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I agree. I have been an admirer of Maurice Andre since I first heard him, but this is truer to Handel and somehow more honest. It is perfection !

MAGNIFICENT !

This is beautiful and interesting to watch - but why on earth did they allow the guy with the bald patch to sit right in front of the camera, hiding one of the players ?

Beautiful ! Thank you.

Yes, it is a beautiful recording of this massive choir - but it is dreadfully unbalanced by MTC's recording engineers. Except in a couple of short passages one doesn't hear Sissel at all. What is the point of engaging the best soprano in the world and then drowning her out with that vast sound ma...

This is Beethoven's true "ode to joy". As this wonderful orchestra shows, it expresses joy so much better than his beautiful, but undeniably heavy and rather pompous 9th. Of course, no European orchestra would dare do this (to Beethoven !!!). I love Karajan and his 'white tie and tails' orchestra...

Wonderful singer, beautiful voice, exquisite song. Terrible video !

As an Englishman, brought up on Ferrier, I agree with MrAxel3232. Aafje is better, which is interesting because Ferrier had a big following in Holland at about the time when Aafje was getting established. Incidentally, at 0.30 in the video, is that Sir Malcolm Sargent with Ms. Heynis ?

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Thank you again Bob, and for the introduction to Stephen. He's getting me the recording I wanted. I was wrong about Ed. Murrow - . evidently it was Quentin Reynolds. Well, it was a long time ago!

Sorry Sir Adrian, but this recording by Sargent is the ultimate for me.

This is the true Nimrod.

On the whole I prefer these early recordings of Sissel. I feel that her voice was richer then and her style was more natural, even with the two 'po-faced' choristers behind her! A little envy, perhaps? That's not to criticise her more recent performances. She's still wonderful.

I do agree with Infantamay 92, and it is noticeable that whoever inserted the lyrics picked them up at the point where she suddenly becomes legible. However, I love Katherine's version, which adds colour to this beautiful tune that becomes dull and pedestrian in the hands of most choirs. Just lis...

Beautiful of course (when did Dame Kiri ever do anything that wasn't ?), but much too fast. She has to slur words in a couple of places just to keep up. This orchestra needs a more sensitive conductor.

This is beautiful, but what does "featuring" mean? Did they sing together, or did Katherine sing to a reecording of Kiri - or vice versa?