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Messiah, The: George Frideric Handel - The Choir Of King's College (1993)
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Handel's most famous oratorio, The Messiah, is a grand and inspiring anthology of passages from the Old and New Testaments relating to Christ before, during and after his life on Earth.By this piece the composer's name is known throughout the world, yet it is something of an oddity in his work since he was not a religious composer in the accepted sense.But still The Messiah's power, lyricism, sincerity and profundity make it one of the supreme musical creations as well as an outstanding example of devotional art.Haydn, on hearing the Hallelujah Chorus in Westminster Abbey, rose to his feet with the crowd, wept, and exclaimed, "He is the master of us all."
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