Handel - Messiah | Accentus ACC30499

Handel - Messiah

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Label: Accentus

Cat No: ACC30499

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 17th April 2020

Contents

Artists

Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Benno Schachtner (countertenor)
Benedikt Kristjansson (tenor)
Tobias Berndt (bass)
Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor

Hans-Christoph Rademann

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Messiah, HWV56

Artists

Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Benno Schachtner (countertenor)
Benedikt Kristjansson (tenor)
Tobias Berndt (bass)
Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor

Hans-Christoph Rademann

About

Handel’s Messiah is one of the most sung oratorios in the world and its great choruses and arias can be heard on countless classical collections. From its premiere to the present day, this great sacred work enjoys almost unbroken popularity and has always fascinated audiences and musicians alike.

In the chapter “Resurrection of George Frideric Handel” of his book Decisive Moments in History, Stefan Zweig provides a particularly colourful description of Handel’s Messiah. Starting from the fresh spirit of the work, he creates a lively story that lets the reader look over his shoulder as he composes the work. In it, he illustrates the timelessness and special position of this great composition in the context of music history.

In September 2019, the choir and orchestra of the Gaechinger Cantorey, under the direction of their principal conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann, got to the bottom of this singular work and, together with an excellent quintet of soloists, recorded this stirring and masterly interpretation.

Dublin version, 1742, recorded in the Margarethenkirche, Gotha, September 2019

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