Donald Satz wrote:

>As for whether Rifkin's approach is correct or not, that's a decision for
>each listener to make based on musical preference.  It's merit based on
>historical accuracy interests me little.

Yes.  I have the old one on Nonesuch.  I did note that when a singer
goes terribly off-pitch in harmonies produced by passing notes, that
there are no other people singing along as in a chorus that might mitigate
the sometimes awful effect.  But it's an interesting listen.  I thought the
one- on-a-part Crucifixus in Gardiner's (I think it was his) Bach b minor
Mass was quite interesting in effect, but the same problem of the effect
of one person's intonation problems on a crucial suspension is there.  I
personally prefer the more massed sound myself but still like having these
alternatives.

 - A
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