Handel - Messiah / Nelson, Kirkby, Watkinson, Elliott, Thomas, AAM, Hogwood
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Composer: George Frideric HandelConductor: Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music
Performer: Emma Kirkby
Performer: Carolyn Watkinson
Performer: Judith Nelson
Performer: Paul Elliott
Performer: David Thomas
Performer: Oxford Choir of Christ Church Cathedral
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-10-10
Music Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre (Decca)
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Free Music Review: while no perfect "Messiah" this is STILL one of the very finest
Hit: 5 Stars
While there may be no perfect "Messiah" recording out there, this is STILL one of the very finest, and I've owned it since its original release & still return to it regulary. Emma Kirkby's solos alone make this One of the top Three to Five choices out there among hundreds of versions available. This is one of the Original attempts to produce an more "historically accurate" version, by using a choir of Men and boychoir, rather than the more commonly used mixed choir of males & females. And surely the Christ Church Choir of Oxford delivers a serene, rich, pure tone, which is very "transparent" in the four vocal parts Handel wrote for the chorus, balanced by the clear & equally transparent Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra. Some often dismiss this "style" of performance as a bit dry, but I strongly recommend you purchase this version, and then listen to this with very, very good headphones for the first time. Hearing it this way will really open your mind, as you will likely hear details which so easily get lost in some of the larger, psuedo-romantic full-orchestra/Symphony Orchestra versions of Messiah. The only other version as consistently superior is the superb Telarc recording featuring the Boston Baroque & Martin Perlman. The soloists and orchestra on that version are as perfect as anyhing this side of Heaven, but again, even that version doesn't offer the voice of Emma Kirby! We may need to wait for hearing Messiah in Heaven to approach her mastery of Handel's writing as hear on this superb release...
Handel - Messiah / Nelson, Kirkby, Watkinson, Elliott, Thomas, AAM, Hogwood Poster
This is the Messiah that started it all--the first period instrument performance recorded with a choir of men and boys. It introduced music lovers the world over to Christopher Hogwood, Emma Kirkby, and a whole host of performers who have since become ubiquitous as the "English Early Music Mafia," appearing as they do under zillions of different ensemble names on a variety of labels. Hogwood's performance still holds its own, however, as one of the finest and freshest available. A first-rate effort. --David HurwitzClassical Music CDs
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