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G.F. Handel: Messiah

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1982-01-012h 16m

In Handel's day this best-loved of all oratorios was performed by fewer than forty instrumentalists and a chorus, less than thirty strong, of boy trebles and men. That is the tradition to which Christopher Hogwood has returned in his performances with the Academy of Ancient Music. Members of the Academy all play instruments of the period or accurate modern copies. In this recording the choruses are sung by boy trebles and male altos, tenors and basses, members of the Choir of Westminster Abbey. The soloists improvise embellishments in the arias and, in certain cases, join in the singing of the choruses, just as they would have done 240 years ago. The recording takes full advantage not only of Westminster Abbey's fine acoustic qualities, but also of the incomparable architectural splendor of the surroundings.

Directors
Roy Tipping

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  1. Christopher Hogwood

    Christopher Hogwood

    Conductor

  2. Judith Nelson

    Judith Nelson

    Soprano 1

  3. Emma Kirkby

    Emma Kirkby

    Soprano 2

  4. Carolyn Watkinson

    Carolyn Watkinson

    Contralto

  5. Paul Elliott

    Paul Elliott

    Tenor

  6. David Thomas

    David Thomas

    Bass

  7. Simon Preston

    Simon Preston

    Organist and Master of the Choristers

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