C Major: 703104

Handel: Messiah

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Handel: Messiah

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703104

Handel: Messiah

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Susan Gritton (soprano), Cornelia Horak (soprano), Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Richard Croft (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone)

Ensemble Matheus & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Stage Director - Claus Guth

Recorded live at the Theater an der Wien, 2009

Claus Guth, one of the most interesting and successful German stage directors in the area of theatrical music, has created a unique concept for the staging of Handel’s most famous work.

Winner of the Diapason d'Or and the BBC Music Magazine Award, Spinosi and Ensemble Matheus is internationally acclaimed for its interpretations of early music on authentic period instruments.

Video director Hannes Rossacher, internationally known as one of the leading video directors for rock and pop events (Rolling Stones), has captured this unique performance of the oratorio on film.

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