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Four I would recommend.

I have five versions.

For orchestral and choral sound quality, I would recommend Robert Shaw's Telarc recording.

For a reverent and devotional interpretation with great soloists and chorus, I would recommend Giulini's EMI remastered 1960's recording with Schwarzkokpf, Ludwig, Gedda and Ghiaurov. The sound quality is rather harsh on some very loud passages, but otherwise very good.

For a live performance, I would recommend Toscanini's Music and Arts recording of a broadcast from Carnegie Hall in the 1940's with the great tenor, Jussi Bjorling.

My favorite is a Seraphim recording with Ezio Pinza, Beniamino Gigli, Elba Stagnani and Nadia Caniglia. Unfortunately, I only have this classic on tape which I transcribed from 78rpm records some years ago. I believe it was remastered on to CDs, but is priced at over $100. Pinza and Gigli were superb - the best I ever heard in the bass and tenor parts.

One I would not recommend is the Valery Gerviev version with Bocelli as tenor, The other soloists, Fleming, Borodina and D'Archangelo are good, but Bocelli is very much out of his element.

Barney


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