Handel - Messiah - Mormon Tabernacle Digital Life Music

Handel - Messiah - Mormon Tabernacle
by: George Frideric Handel, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eileen Farrell, Martha Lipton, Davis Cunningham, William Warfield, Mormon Tabernacle Choir

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074640060724
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: July 16, 1991
Sales Rank: 2041
Studio: Sony

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Messiah
This product was just as I had anticipated, excellant, one of the best renditions of Handel's Messiah produced. With the Morman Tabernacle Choir, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and those selected soloists, this was so well presented and simply one of the most inspiring pieces of music ever produced.!

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- handle messiah
dissapointed in disc, recived 2 dics 1 not disc one and disc two, reordered, and the same thing, 2 disc one, and no disc two, returned itme, and heard nothing, so ordered item form privated party, and got both disc's 1 and 2 in gr8 condition
very dissapointed in this, i hopw this will be corrected for future orders

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- 50 years old and still the best
Still in print after 50 years? Thank heavens. Our decades old CD got damaged. Thought we'd have to play our nearly worn out vinyl version.

If Handel had been alive in 1959, he'd have teamed up Ormandy, his orchestra, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as his absolute dream team. And been proud of the result.

No one remembers the soloists anymore. Too bad, they were brilliant here. But everyone remembers Ormandy in the golden years of the Philadelphia Orchestra for good reason. They were the best in the world. The MTC was then, and remains today about as good as a large choir gets. There is nothing like them in full voice.

It's analog, incomplete, and not the baroque style. If that's what you're after, look elsewhere. But if you want the core of the Messiah played sensitively and sung brilliantly by the best of the best, buy this one.

Rating:

- Ugh
Like many others here, this recording was my first exposure to Handel's Messiah. I thought it was rather strange for a Baroque piece, but kept listening to it to resurrect the Christmas cheer every year.

Then I listened to John Eliot Gardiner's rendition, and I finally understood what I was missing.

Unlike Gardiner's version, this version lacks the lightness of step and vigor of Handel. Instead, it's a muddy, leaden, over-dramatic mess. The microphones seem to be set quite a ways from a HUGE choir and orchestra, creating a foggy, booming atmosphere.

From other reviews here, it sounds like many people like this simply because of fond memories from their childhood. If you don't have those memories and know even a little bit about classical music, DON'T get this version. Get a version that actually treats it like the Baroque masterpiece that it is.

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