Friday 7 December 2018

1959 - Handel - Messiah (Hermann Scherchen, 1959) [3CDs]


DG 2001 [1959] | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 3CDs + booklet | 990MB


MESSIAH, Oratorio in Three Parts, HWV 56


performed by


Pierrette Alarie, soprano

Nan Merriman, contralto

Leopold Simoneau, tenor

Richard Standen, bass

 

Vienna Academy Chamber Choir

Vienna State Opera Orchestra

(on modern instruments)

Hermann Scherchen, dir.


Recording: Wien, Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal, 4 & 6/1959
TT: 192'33''