This recording, particularly Beverly Sills' performance, took my breath away. I have NEVER heard such fast, beautiful, coloratura singing before (well, maybe I have, but they were all Sills recordings...). Frankly I don't care much for baroque stuff, but Miss Sills sings perfectly the whole way. No one has ever sang pianissimi and legato lines as beautifully woven as she did, either. It makes you want to hold your own breath to complete a long legato phrase! I have no ther words to praise this 10-star worthy recording, but the previous review by Vinh Chau is very descriptive.