Handel’s Messiah is already very well-represented on the CD market, with dozens of existing recordings and new productions appearing at regular intervals. Yet this is a very special version, carefully crafted, by the Prague-based Collegium Vocale and Collegium 1704 under the baton of Vaclav Luks, founder of the ensemble and one of the most exciting conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire.

The fine young singers Giulia Semenzato, Benno Schachtner, Krystian Adam and Krešimir Stražanac joined the ensembles for two moving live performances in Prague’s Rudolfinum in March 2018, which Accent proudly present now on double CD.