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- Messiah [videorecording] a sacred oratorio / by Handel, George Frideric,1685-1759.(CARDINAL)147596; Elliott, Paul,1950-prf; Hogwood, Christopher.cnd(CARDINAL)155901; Jennens, Charles,1700-1773.(CARDINAL)525469; Kirkby, Emma.prf; Nelson, Judith.prf; Preston, Simon.prf; Thomas, David,1943-prf; Tipping, Roy.; Watkinson, Carolyn.prf; Academy of Ancient Music (1973- )prf; Kultur International Films.; Westminster Abbey.Choir.prf;
Directed for video and television by Roy Tipping.Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, sopranos ; Carolyn Watkins, contralto ; Paul Elliott, tenor ; David Thomas, bass ; Simon Preston, organist and master of the choristers ; Choir of Westminster Abbey ; Academy of Ancient Music ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor.Filmed in 1982, Westminster Abbey, London.Handel's most beloved of all oratorios was performed by fewer than forty instrumentalist and a chorus, less than thirty strong, of boy trebles and men. This is the tradition to which this performance has returned to. Members of the Academy all play instruments of the period or accurate modern copies. The soloists improvised embellishments in the arias and, in certain cases, join in the singing of the choruses, just as they would have done 240 years ago.DVD; soundtrack in Dolby stereo; aspect ratio 4:3.- Subjects: Oratorios.;
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