Deryk Barker wrote:

>Oh yuck!  Sorry, but I really can't stand the Gardiner, it's as profound
>as his Missa Solemnis (i.e., for me, not at all).

I have his Christmas Oratorio and found it really clinical and dry
sounding.  There was no warmth at all.

>Richter still holds sway for me, although Marriner is not at all bad (and
>has Janet Baker).  I'm still waiting for the HIP B minor which really grabs
>me by the throat.

Wait no longer.  Robert King and the King's Consort on Hyperion.
CDA67201/2.  All male singers.  They hit the notes though, despite a
VERY fast Laudamus.

David Stewart
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