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Reader Comments
Could not disagree more. This is music making of the highest order with Klemperer giving, as usual, an insight into the music which is totally lacking in any of the contemporary accounts. Yes, I could wish forslightly faster tempi at times and overall I find Grace Hoffman a bit detached in her singing but the playing of the Philharmonia and the quality of the Philharmonia chorus are unmatched in any other recording I have ever heard. A performance for the ages, not just for the current fashion.
Also disagree although taste is always personal. This Messiah was my first purchase - 3 LPs and the box is ragged. It was in the 1970's the highest-rated recording. I now have Polyphony (Stephen Payton), Gabrieli Consort and Players (Paul McCreesh), Brandenburg Consort/Choir of Kings College Cambridge (DVD) but the Angel recording is still my fave. I just ordered the CD reissue from Germany (Discogs). They all bring me closer to God with gorgeous singing. My son sang the boy soprano parts once.