Can't answer the question, but I just remembered an old favorite. "Henry Purcell: Songs" sung by Maureen Forrester, an alto I always liked, and Alexander Young, a tenor who didn't scream, with Martin Isepp on harpsichord and Brian Priestman cond. the "Vienna Radio Orchestra" is a Westminster LP pressed by ABC Paramount out of ground-up ex-jukebox pop singles. I once nominated "What shall I do to show [how much I love her?]' as the first pop song, imagining love-sick swains buying the sheet music. Donald Clarke *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html