Jonathan Ellis wrote of McCreesh: >Even though he has recorded the most spectacular and musically satisfying >Messiah ever. If this doesn't make him THE "Handel Conductor" then I don't >know what does. I love McCreesh's Messiah too but I also love Gardiner's and Pinnock's (to name a few). I don't think McCreesh recorded so much Handel, or did he? Gardiner did an awesome lot opf oratorios and operas. But you have a point here - if someone performs two major pieces at such a high level he should be mentioned in this context. Philip