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The recording of the Messiah by the New College Oxford Choir, conducted by Edward Higginbottom using the 1751 music version (HWV56).
Henry Jenkinson, Otta Jones, Robert Brooks (trebles), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Toby Spence (tenor), Eamonn Dougan (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
“This is a very special recording. Not only is it of quite outstanding quality both musically and dramatically, but, being sung entirely by male voices associated with a single institution (all the soloists are past or present members of New College Choir), it probably comes as close as modern conditions permit to a sound that Bach would have recognized.” The Daily Telegraph