Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: My First Choice

Although Gardiner's version of Orfeo appears to "overshadow" this rendition in the view of some, I frankly consider it inferior right from the opening, which in Gardiner's version is is both too formal and too fast compared to the broader and yet more intimate-feeling start to the proceedings on this set. That sense of intimacy, not really matched by the Gardiner peformance, extends to this entire version, making it for me the more desirable option. The Gardiner rendition is what it is, and that's a very good performance of Orfeo. I just think this one shines more warmly and losing none of the grandeur.