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Experience the transcendent glory of Messiah in Sir Andrew Davis’s new, majestic, must-hear edition of Handel’s beloved classic.
Recorded live for SACD release in surround sound, this unique version makes use of all the colours available from the modern symphony orchestra to underline the mood and meaning of the individual movements. Without detracting from the innate power of the original, the conductor’s score calls for moments of drama, pathos, and even, sometimes, whimsicality. It is supported by substantial brass and woodwind forces, and several percussion instruments (including marimba!).
As he explains in a very personal booklet note, this leading British conductor brings immense dedication to what is probably the most famous piece of British sacred music ever composed, this version being one which he has conducted live only a few times, including on this recording. He confesses: ‘Everything I have done instrumentally stems from the enormous respect, even awe, which I feel towards this supreme masterpiece’.
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Nominee for Classical Vocal or Choral Album of the Year
JUNO Awards 2017
Music **** Sonics *****
“... splendid playing and thrilling contributions by the nearly 150-voice chorus. Unlike light (or “lite”) Messiahs of the past quarter century, Davis’ is rich, warm, and weighty without being turgid or lugubrious ... As befits the conception, the soloists all have larger voices than typical. Excellent sound.”
Paul Seydor – The Absolute Sound magazine (USA) – May/June 2017
“...this is a musically satisfying account ... it fully justifies itself as a welcome addition to the extensive catalogue of recorded Messiahs... “ *****
Curtis Rogers – ClassicalSource.com – January 2017
“...Tenor Andrew Staples and mezzo-soprano Elizabeth De Shong are both superb, dramatically alert and technically fluent. John Relyea is compelling, too ... The orchestra ... do a terrific job realising Davis’s flights of fancy...”
Andrew Farach-Cotton – Gramophone magazine – January 2017
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Andrea Bedetti - Audiophile Sound magazine (Italy) - November/December 2016
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Performance **** Recording *****
“... a remarkable choral achievement.”
George Pratt – BBC Music magazine – January 2017
“... the performance (recorded live in Toronto last December) has an unfailingly lyrical flow and dramatic immediacy that communicates nothing but pure love, faith and joy – the genuine Handelian spirit... “For Unto Us a Child Is Born” and “All We Like Sheep” are highlights, sung by the superb 150-strong Toronto Mendelssohn Choir with a fugal exhilaration that doesn’t preclude exemplary diction and precision. They are the stars of the show, but all four soloists are excellent too... this is a performance of Messiah that deserves to rank in the catalogue with the very finest.” *****
Rupert Christiansen – Daily Telegraph – 10 December 2016
“... The Toronto Symphony Orchestra plays with terrific spirit, especially the brass, and there are four excellent soloists including Britain’s Andrew Staples ...” ****
Richard Morrison – The Times – 2 December 2016
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