Amy Chastek wrote: >I am new to this work. My budget version on Naxos seems inadequate >(Halasz/NicEstSin). What other versions are preferable? Why? What >others do I avoid? My favorite recording is by Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music on L'Oiseau Lyre/Decca (with all-male choir). This performance is based on Richard Maunder's edition, which includes his completion/additions/revisions of the "Et incarnatus" and "Sanctus" movements. I really can't give a reason why I care for it; I just like it. My number two choice would be Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists (with mixed choir) on Philips. It sports some fine solo vocal singing as well as a fantastic rendition of Mozart's stand-alone Kyrie in D minor. (Note that both groups perform on period instruments.) Mark K. Ehlert