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title: "Handel: Messiah"
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# Handel: Messiah

**Brand:** sylvia mcnairanne sofie von otterneville marrinerbarrie gavin
**Price:** 364 kr
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Handel: Messiah

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## Customer Reviews

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    Tenor is a sickness?
  

*by F***H on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2012*

We are dealing perhaps with  one of the  5 greatest works of all History,nevertheless we should always be aware of  rankings whatsoever.  There is no and never will be a perfect Messiah. This wonderful composition has been contaminated by several fashions and historical prejudices, both from grandiloquent taste and from economic "authentic-original" forces.  We have had thousand interpreters at past British festivals, as well as colossal recordings  by  Beecham and Sargent.  So we can also find some grandeur even in Christophers version, with more or less 40 interpreters,meaning choir and orchestra together.  I would never be surprised should we hear a Messiah with string quartet and voice quatuor. We have such a thing with Haydn's Seven Last Words and, since  the music is very good, result is never  very  bad.  Well, Marriner is not a flawless conductor, however his staff  gets a medium range between an octet and an "army".Female voices, among whom I include lovely countertenor M Chance(no prejudice) at a reasonable share of alto arias, are very good.  Robert LLoyd is  an icon with good versatility, who has sung even Boris Godunov in Russian. I liked his Handelian arias. Anne S. van Otter is always a goddess .At many recordings, however, uneven cast is the problem.  It s said  Hans von Buellow , first son in law to Liszt,and Wagner s "rival" towards  Cosima, stated "Tenor is not a voice, but a sickness".  Well, in  Messiah, tenor arias are not many. J Hadley voice is beautiful,correct, smooth,pleasant, but tasteless, harmless and inexpressive. Would it be an illness or a curse?Flavio J. MorschSanta Cruz do Sul, Brazil

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Exceptional Modern Instrument Performance
  

*by M***Z on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 25, 2013*

Having sung and conducted Messiah numerous times over my 35-year career as a choral professional, I find very little lacking in this fine recording of Messiah as conceived and conducted by Sir Neville Marriner with his Academy of St. Martin in the Fields orchestra and chorus in 1992.  It is not difficult today to find Messiah recorded on period instruments, but to find a viable performance recorded on modern instruments in a convincing Baroque style is another matter.  This recording accomplishes that very thing.  The proportion of chorus to orchestra is excellent, the tempi and articulation are vigorous and appropriate for the various musical textures, and the many improvisations required of Baroque interpretation are tasteful and convincing.  Marriner’s orchestra is honed to near perfection in this live performance, with transitions between movements and the immediate adjustment to changing tempi clear and consistent.  The chorus is outstanding, singing with authority and clarity throughout the work.  The soloists each bring their uniquely beautiful sound and character to this recording, with distinguished performances by Sylvia McNair and Michael Chance, in particular, though all five are excellent in their own way.  Even the choice of organ or harpsichord for the continuo realization imparts uncommon value to this improvisational aspect of the score.  Handel may have composed Messiah in three weeks, but this performance definitely wasn't prepared in three weeks.  Rather, it bears witness to immeasurable hours of preparation on the part of all participants.  As modern audiences become more attuned to Baroque performance practice in performances of Messiah, I can recommend this one without reservation as exceptional among the myriad of recordings available to the listener today.

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    Fine performance
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 13, 2002*

A major problem with Amazon's listing of classical videos is that they don't tell you who the performers are.  This makes a rational buying decision impossible.  You can't even get a large image of the box to tell who it is.  So I'm writing this review as a public service since I can recognize the box (similar to the CD) as being the second Marriner recording.  It hasSylvia McNair, sopranoAnne Sofie von Otter, mezzoMichael Chance, countertenorJerry Hadley, tenorRobert Lloyd, bass.St. Martin in the Fields Orch and Chorus.Musically, this is a better performance than most.  von Otter is particularly fine in "He was Despised", and trumpeter Mark Bennett does the best Messiah trumpeting ever recorded, bar none.  Many of the choruses are well done, and Chance is good if you like countertenors.  Hadley is out of his element.  Lloyd and McNair are mid-pack.Can't comment on the video direction since I haven't seen the video yet.  But based on the CD I will get it.

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