Brian Blackwell writes:

>Now HIP has made its way into the Classical and Romantic eras - in short,
>the standard orchestral repertoire.  For many reasons, I believe they'll
>remain largely an addendum here ...

I hope so!  My biggest HIP disappointment was Gardiner's HIP Verdi Requiem.
The big, earth-shattering bass drum thwacks hardly sounded.  My mother
could make more noise beating a rug on a clothesline.

John Smyth