[marmul]

Any suggestions on a great recording of this piece? With the holidays coming up I would like a different copy than the one I already have.

Thanks in advance.

 

[hempcamp]

I have two versions. Gabrieli Consort on Archiv is stunning. The Naxos budget recording with the Scholar's Baroque group is also top-notch in terms of recording quality, but maybe not as passionate as Gabrieli. The Scholars version is still unique enough from the standard interpretation to merit a listen. It's a tough call for me which is the better of the two.

--Chris

 

[porta]

This is one of the best.

HANDEL/MESSIAH 2 SACDs

 

[ppl]

I do not Know if this is the Best Performance available However it is one that i truly love. I have the LP and the CD and both are great but the record is out of Print. the CD is available at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=classical
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[DarkAngel]

I am not a big Messiah fan, but if I was to get a new version for myself I would get one of the newer "period" performances that are highly rated like:

Pinnock/Archiv

Hempcamp mentions a newer version McCreesh/Archiv which I would probably also like very much.........lots of high energy.

Also to get started cheaply the Naxos set is very good as mentioned above.

 

[marmul]

Thanks for the information, I will check these out as soon as the buget allows.