David Stewart the pleasure of writing the following: >What's the Gardiner like? My music teacher says he doesn't like it ... >says he thinks Gardiner is running for a bus when he plays Bach. I'd have to agree with your music teacher on this one, at least with the St. John Passion (pardon me for straying a bit off the topic). I have had Gardiner's version of the St. John Passion for quite a while now. However, 2 years ago, as a gift, I got the version with Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. Now, I can't even listen to the Gardiner version anymore. It's too fast for me throughout. I haven't heard Kuijken's St. Matthew Passion (I'm not sure even if it exists), but I'm sure it would or is, just as good as the St. John Passion. Milan Gowin [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~mgowin/