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Donald Satz wrote:
>Many months back, I took the effort to compare every King recording to a
>comparable period instrument version(where one existed). In every case,
>what sounded good with another conductor sounded great with King. What was
>great with another conductor sounded like "straight from heaven" from King.
I have much respect for King too although I wouldn't consider him
necessarily *better* than, say, Gardiner at his best, but I suspect that
you have heard a lot more of King's Handel than I do. I would beg to
differ as to King's being not a household name. He's a very well known
director of early music and well respected, I'd have thought. And then
there is the *fabulous* recent McCreesh recording of *Solomon* which seems
even better than the Gardiner I always out on first place. But then
McCreesh can hardly be called a Handel-conductor. Did King record Solomon?
If so, he has another potential buyer here thanks to your post ;)
Philip
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