GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Messiah

 

Susan Gritton

Sara Mingardo

Mark Padmore

Alastair Miles

 

Tenebrae Choir

 

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis

 

Sir Colin Davis's final performances as Principal Conductor of the LSO in December 2006 prior to taking up the position of President of the orchestra featured Handel's Messiah. Sir Colin's previous recording of Messiah, made in 1966, was for many years the most popular of the work. On this new version, featuring an edition of the score prepared by Sir Colin himself, he is joined by a magnificent group of singers as well as the sensational Tenebrae Choir who also featured on his recent recording of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ.

 

Handel's masterpiece uses short texts from the Bible to tell the story of Christ's birth, death and resurrection. Imbued with a deep humanity and written with the imagination of a composer at the peak of his powers, Messiah includes some of Handel's best loved music.

 

40 min inc Sir Colin interview

 

LSO Live 2 Hybrid SACDs + DVD LSO0607