Handel's Messiah

The list author says:
	"Prize winning rendition of what is believed to be Handel's original version of this much loved Oratorio."

The list author says:
	"The 1751 version of Messiah with an all male cast in both soloists and choir."

The list author says:
	"Old-style massed orchestra and choir but a big brassy and showy Messiah."

The list author says:
	"Until relatively recently, probably the best HIP recording."

The list author says:
	"John Eliot Gardiner's 'take' on Messiah."

The list author says:
	"Probably the recording that launched Emma Kirkby's career - she sings the previously unrecorded Passerini transpositions of the Guadagni arias."

The list author says:
	"A classic recording now on CD with all male cast, and the soprano arias sung by King's boy sopranos."

The list author says:
	"Another all-Brit cast here."

The list author says:
	"Rene Jacobs' version of Messiah, remarkably unquirky for him."

The list author says:
	"regarded by many as the best HIP recording. But, for me, it was curiously detached."

The list author says:
	"Sir Thomas Beecham version - not quite as old school as some would have described it. The 3rd disc has some of Beecham's less favourite movements."

The list author says:
	"One of Minkowski's less effective Handel recordings. some eccentrically fast speeds, but some powerful singing also."

The list author says:
	"Mozart's orchestrated version from Vienna in 1789. Sung in German."

The list author says:
	"An attempt to recreate Handel's first intentions, including some versions of arias that he later rejected."

The list author says:
	"Slightly old-fashioned version but worth having for the singing of Heather Harper and John Shirley-Quirk"

The list author says:
	"My favourite rendition with Andreas Scholl singing the Guadagni arias."

The list author says:
	"Another Mozart orchestrated version, this time in English."

The list author says:
	"An under-rated HIP recording from Italy."

The list author says:
	"Nicholas Harnoncourt's take on Messiah."

The list author says:
	"Harnoncourt's less favoured second recording."

The list author says:
	"A fresh sounding version from Australia"

The list author says:
	"An almost 'evangelistic' version from America"

The list author says:
	"The Vienna Boys' choir - with some fantastic singing by a young Max Cencic"

The list author says:
	"Bach Collegium Japan's version - some outstanding singing from this interesting ensemble"

The list author says:
	"Curiosity value only on the 250th anniversary of Messiah's composition - only decent singing is from Michael Chance"