British Early Music specialist Robert King faces four years in prison for assaulting underage boys. Igor Toronyi-Lalic regrets the loss. “Above all, however, he provided me with some of the most intense musical experiences I’ve ever had and, for me – though obviously not the courts – these and his golden recordings have put him beyond reproach. He was also about the only person in Classical Music who, when he opened his mouth, could actually be funny. He was the supreme raconteur and always had the audiences in the palm of his hand.”