About the album

A stellar line-up of soloists, conductor, choir and orchestra combine forces in the re-mastered 2 CD set of Mozart's arrangement of Handel's much loved 'Messiah'.

In April 1742, shortly after the first performance of Messiah in Dublin for the city's Charitable Musical Society, the Dublin Journal reported that the oratorio "was allowed by the greatest of Judges to be the finest Compostion of Musick that was ever heard".

Sir Charles Mackerras continues the constantly evolving performance history of one of the world's most enduring masterpieces. 

"an appealing tribute that translates the music's idiom from Baroque to Classical, with many graceful and imaginative touches"

 - BBC Music Magazine