It is frustrating to listen to performances given with the care and precision that Robert Shaw and solists bring to them, and realize that you are listening through a "fog" of either poor mixing or placement of soloists too far away from the chorus and orchestra. Karl Dent can hardly be heard above the ensemble and the chorus' flawless diction is muddy. Renee Fleming's ravishing solo work is best heard through headphones because on speakers, the orchestra predominates. It is the miking at time of performance or something else that makes me wish this recording were reissued and remixed?