Product Review

Following the rush-release on CD of the live recording of Handel's Messiah earlier this year, EMI Classics is now proud to announce the release of the DVD of this extraordinary performance in the magnificent setting of the Chapel of King's College. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and the Academy of Ancient Music are conducted by Stephen Cleobury with soloists Ailish Tynan, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton and Matthew Rose. The DVD of the concert on Palm Sunday 2009 was filmed and produced by Opus Arte.This Messiah performance was at the heart of the fifth annual Easter at King's festival and commemorated both the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel and the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge. The concert was carried via satellite - a first for a live choral concert - and was screened in over 85 cinemas across Europe and North America.