Steve Schwartz wrote:

> Probably the Jochum recording with the Bavarian Radio Symphony
> Orchestra and Chorus comes closest to the composer's intent, but no
> one moment particularly grabs you.

The moment that grabs me in this recording is the soprano's "Dulcissime"
near the end.  Some time ago I wrote here about my disappointment with
other versions, including some that seemed downright blowsy, enough to
sour my mood, and then I rediscovered this one, where the soprano's high
light voice makes that moment ravishing.  (The packaging on the three
Trionfi credits four sopranos, so I don't know her name.)

Jim Tobin

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