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 Perfect May 17, 2009
Pitty I can't listen to it live. Songs are great the way it is, with a modern touch.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A Sincere and Admirable Effort . . . Dec 15, 2007
After discovering that Maestro Handel apparently gave written permission to future generations to interpret The Messiah according to the styles of the times, my wife and I saw Handel's Young Messiah performed live in 1990 at George Mason University. We both found it an uplifting interpretation and bought the recording. It has been a part of our Holiday Season every year. I heartily recommend this version as an addition to any music library that also includes a copy of a more traditional performance.
Handel's Young Messiah is a worthy and noble effort, as well as an enjoyable and inspirational experience at each listening . . .
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A Great Version With The Voices Of Regular Humans Dec 15, 2007
I'm trained as a musician, I understand and love many different genres of music, and yet I could never really get into the operatic warbling that seems to have to go with just about every version of "Messiah" out there. I wanted to hear a version where the vocalists sang with the voices of normal people.
With that in mind, when I discovered this CD 17 years ago, I immediately bought it. Then, after listening to it, I went out and bought more copies for friends. To those who say that Handel's spinning in his grave, I say that his only regret right now is probably that he's not raking in the royalties from this one. After all, he's the one who invented the oratorio form in order to get around the English rule that no operas could be performed during Lent, a rule that would cut into his profits. Too many "purists" out there don't take into account that the many composers they're so pure about were much more flexible regarding their music and that of others. I think Handel would be pleased with this version.
Regrettably, it's long out of print, but thankfully we now have the ability to rip out-of-print CDs to our computers and move them to our iPods. So long after my original copy of this bites the dust, I'll be able to burn another copy for myself.
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 Love it or hate it - I love it Mar 12, 2006
Seems from the reviews so far you can only love it or hate it. I love it, although my musically educated super-ego tells me I shouldn't. So why do I love it? I listen to it in the car and I sing along, loud, if not very beautifully - something I would not dare to do with classically trained singers. I like the instrumentation and voices, too. The only thing is the rhythm section that in my view is too pronounced sometimes - baroque music has got enough rhythm of its own!
The singers have more sincere feeling, I believe, than perfectly trained voices striving for a timeless recording usually allow themselves to show.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 The lights in Westminster Abbey... Dec 08, 2005
...are powered by Handel spinning in his grave.
My uncle, a semi-professional opera singer, introduced me to this monstrosity years ago. He had something better than the CD - he had a videotape of the performances. And oh my, were they bad. They were so bad, they actually wrapped all the way back around to funny.
This album suffers from the worst flaws of "contemporary Christian" music. Off-key soloists. Strange instrumentations. Soulless, metronomic rhythms. Weird phrasings ("Eh-heh-VREE va-ha-LEE"). And earnestness that makes your teeth hurt.
The capper was the repeated insistence by the performers that this was exactly the way Handel would have done things if he had access to modern instruments. EXACTLY.
With so many fine recordings of "The Messiah" available, why on earth would you choose this one?
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