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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedErin Wall (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone)
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Astonishingly well controlled…the solo voices are rich and weighty…[the] flute provides a charming obbligato to ‘How beautiful are the feet’, while the tenor’s ‘Thy rebuke…’ is intensely moving…a... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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The two top voices here – Sandrine Piau and Katherine Watson – are well matched, with Anthea Pichanick the even, steady contralto and Rupert Charlesworth the clean, fresh-toned tenor…While Niquet’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2017
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Record Review, 16th December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Record Review, 14th October 2017, Recording of the Week
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore, Christopher Purves
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Three of the four outstanding soloists - fine Handelians all - cut their teeth in the choir, and Catherine Wyn-Rogers has been a regular soloist. Crucially they don't stand apart, regally dispensing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2008
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Building a Library, April 2009, First Choice
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Handel: Messiah
Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook & John Tomlinson
The English Concert Choir & The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
One of the freshest and most exciting Messiahs on CD reconciling 'authentic' practice with the work's undoubted scope for grandeur. Superb soloists. — More…
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Handel: Messiah
Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor) and Roderick Williams (baritone), RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle
Doyle’s direction is assured. In the densest counterpoint, he makes voicing crystal clear...Roderick Williams earns special mention for his thrilling additions to ‘The trumpet shall sound’, and... — More…
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedRemastered 2014
Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott & David Thomas
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford & The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Handel: Messiah
Ailish Tynan, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton & Matthew Rose
Choir of King's College Cambridge & Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury
The first choral concert transmitted live to 85 cinemas, Stephen Cleobury's interpretation ticks all the boxes, with choir and orchestra impeccably balanced, and soloists glowing. — More…
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Handel: Messiah
Rachel Redmond (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (bass)
Capella Reial de Catalunya, Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
This concert, recorded live at Versailles, embraces Le Concert des Nations’ breadth of textured sonorities...there is no-nonsense directness in choruses of gutsy resonance and emotive impact,... — More…
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Handel: Messiah
Allan Clayton (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), Iestyn Davies (countertenor) & Julia Doyle (soprano)
Polyphony & Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton
…underpinned by the incisive modern instruments of Britten Sinfonia, the new release has both a fine sense of style and is full of refreshing insights… Tempos - after a slightly low-key start... — More…
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Handel: Messiah
Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Colin Davis
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