- Actors: Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance (II), Jerry Hadley, Robert Lloyd
- Directors: Barrie Gavin, Tony Boland
- Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
- Language English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Exempt
- Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
- DVD Release Date: 13 Oct 2003
- Run Time: 286 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000AKGUW
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
72,849 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
- #32 in Film & TV > Musicals & Classical > Classical Music > Composers > Handel
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was the title I gave to my review of the equivalent audio CD elsewhere in Amazon. It has naturally the same problems with the tenor and bass soloists simply not being up to it. However, an extra star for the visual element (especially the way Neville Marriner smiles when he's about to launch into a big number) and the interesting essay on the piece by Marriner and Handel expert Professor H. Robbins Landon. Nev and the ASMF sing and play in the typically bright style for which they're famous, and the big choruses are great. And Mark Bennett's celestial trumpeting on "The trumpet shall sound" alone almost justifies the price of the DVD.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I bought three copies of this DVD and they all stuck in different places but mostly 5 minutes into the part II. So, I bought a new DVD machine, and still they stuck. I assumed that there was a manufacturing fault. I would love a good copy of this but I will not buy another one, I'd be mad to. On the performance side, this is as good as it gets. Wonderful performances, especially Sylvia McNair and the conductor. Watch him smile just as they start Unto Us A Child is Born! You need to ignore the fact that Ann-Sophie decided to wear her living-room curtains, she has no dress-sense at all, she never does. Great singer of course. If Amazon could get me a working copy that would be great. But I do not trust this DVD.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was dubious of the dvd as there are many Messiah's that are very high brow productions. Having sung the Messiah for many years I wanted a version similar to the Huddersfield Choral Society. This DVD met all my expectaions and more, very well produced and performed.
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Live performance is a different medium from CD
A little gem and as with all recordings done live, there are little idiosyncrasies which make it much more like the real thing. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A. Gunn
It's Ok, But!
I bought this because I remember the broadcast on TV and it's funny how memory plays tricks on you, I don't remember the tempi being as fast as this? Read more
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