Handel: Messiah
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: George Frideric Handel, Messiah, Foundling Hospital version (1754). Recorded at St. Jude-on-the-Hill, London, and released in 1990.
Performers: Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, sopranos; Carolyn Watkinson, contralto; Paul Elliott, tenor; David Thomas, bass; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor.
Anthony Hicks wrote in the accompanying booklet: "By happy chance this first recording of Messiah with original forces can be accompanied with a note taking account of newly discovered correspondence between Handel's librettist Charles Jennens and his friend the classical scholar Edward Holdsworth. … ("Origins and the Present Performance," p. 6).
Allan Kozinn wrote in the New York Times: "My favorite recording of Handel's 'Messiah' is Christopher Hogwood's, with its spare textures, period instruments and a boys' choir. …" ("Not Highfalutin, but Highly Satisfying Indulgences," 2/8/08).
Contents: George Frideric Handel, Messiah, Foundling Hospital version (1754). Recorded at St. Jude-on-the-Hill, London, and released in 1990.
Performers: Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, sopranos; Carolyn Watkinson, contralto; Paul Elliott, tenor; David Thomas, bass; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor.
Anthony Hicks wrote in the accompanying booklet: "By happy chance this first recording of Messiah with original forces can be accompanied with a note taking account of newly discovered correspondence between Handel's librettist Charles Jennens and his friend the classical scholar Edward Holdsworth. … ("Origins and the Present Performance," p. 6).
Allan Kozinn wrote in the New York Times: "My favorite recording of Handel's 'Messiah' is Christopher Hogwood's, with its spare textures, period instruments and a boys' choir. …" ("Not Highfalutin, but Highly Satisfying Indulgences," 2/8/08).
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