Handel - Messiah (250th Anniversary Performance) plus FOR EVER AND EVER, a documentary
by Neville Marriner, Barrie Gavin
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Actor: Anne Sofie von Otter, Jerry Hadley, Michael Chance, Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNairDirector: Barrie Gavin, Neville Marriner
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 156 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Philips
DVD Reviews of Handel - Messiah (250th Anniversary Performance) plus FOR EVER AND EVER, a documentary
DVD Review: Sir Neville Marriner rules!
Summary: 5 Stars
Marriner has, in my opinion, one of the best takes on Handel's Messiah. Professional performers and aggressive speed are just what the oratorio needs to show of its pure genius. The soloists are all impressive, and the DVD boasts a DTS soundtrack. So this is an excellent choice for any Messiah enthusiast.
PROS
lively and professional performance
good soloists
DTS soundtrack
CONS
none
DVD Review: Disappointing
Summary: 3 Stars
Nev Marriner and the ASMF can usually be relied upon to produce a sparkling performance, and they and the ASMF Chorus do, in this Dublin performance to celebrate the first performance (in a long-disppeared venue in Fishamble Street). In particular, Mark Bennett, the trumpeter, playing a modern piccolo trumpet, produces the best trumpet part in "The trumpet shall sound" that I've ever heard, naturally far better than Valentine Snow could have played it with his natural trumpet.
So what's the problem? The tenor and bass soloists, that's what. Both are major disappointments. Especially with note runs of the "And I will sha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-(etc.)-ke". The notes are not clearly enunciated and just plain tuneless. It spoiled the whole thing for me.
For a really top DVD version of "Messiah", seek out the ABC (as in Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Shop, which is selling a an absolute knockout Downunder version as a CD/DVD package. I expected a Region 4 DVD (I have a code-free player), but the DVD appears code-free. The bass Teddy Tahu Rhodes is especially good (there are clips on YouTube).
DVD Review: Jarring Soloists!
Summary: 2 Stars
The orchestra and chorus are superb as is the video. The ornamentations used by the (especially the female)soloists are in maginal taste and quite often jarring. Buy something else!DVD Review: What version of the score was used?
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a number of versions of the score for this, and there are a lot of pitch and rhythm changes in this performance that are NOT based on what Handel wrote (and I am not talking about solo vocal passages, with their rather awful improvisations...but ensemble).
The tenor is awful! He sings sharp at important points. The Basso Continuo is completely lost in ensemble.
Marriner himself seems to give a very perfunctory, uninspired reading.
The strings and brass are, as usual, fine.
Therefore, I completely disagreee with everyone that has written here.
DVD Review: Handel's Messiah
Summary: 5 Stars
The orchestra using instuments used in Handel's time were enjoyable. Made it seem more authentic. The chorus was good and so were the solo singers.
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