RE: Someone needs to release the Beecham as an SACD!! No HIPsters in sight. nt

I presume that you mean the 1959 NSO recording? (there is an earlier Beecham recording).

That is interesting as over here in the work's homeland the classic version of that style of performance from the 1950s is not that of Beecham but Sir Malcolm Sargent with the Huddersfield Choral Society and the RLPO. A recording I was brought up on as a child. Can you imagine coming from a time when the Hallelujah Chorus was a popular request on children's radio programmes ?

The recording also documents the tradition of English amateur choral singing which dates back almost to Handel's day. This chorus has the music in its bones.

Suitable for SACD release? We are now lucky to get wnatever scraps that are released in that format. Trouble is that although the recording is now in the public domain the original tapes sit in Warner's vaults. Would it be economic for anyone to secure a licence from them for SACD release?

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Topic - What is the best Handel's Messiah availble on SACD where... - Pete Watt 10:51:39 04/23/16 (17)

Rene Jacobs on Harmonia Mundi - JMCIII 07:52:42 08/03/16 (0)

McCreesh, if you can find it - Kas 07:07:15 05/19/16 (0)

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Anyone want comment on the McCreesh or the Harnoncourt? (NT) - Kal Rubinson 10:49:10 04/26/16 (0)

RE: What is the best Handel's Messiah availble on SACD where... - Fitzcaraldo215 14:34:53 04/25/16 (0)

Telarc Robert Shaw Atlanta, Sylvia McNair & Kaaren Erickson NON-HIP - John Marks 08:26:25 04/25/16 (1)

oops, sorry, that's CD only, I went looking for the SACD and in the process forgot your request - John Marks 08:27:30 04/25/16 (0)

I like the FIM 2-disc version - jeromelang 02:43:42 04/25/16 (1)

That's the (HIP) Anders Ohrwall recording, originally on the Proprius label - Chris from Lafayette 10:36:24 04/25/16 (0)

No recommendations from me - they're almost all HIP! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 23:43:29 04/24/16 (3)

Someone needs to release the Beecham as an SACD!! No HIPsters in sight. nt - srl1 03:51:06 04/25/16 (2)

RE: Someone needs to release the Beecham as an SACD!! No HIPsters in sight. nt - PAR 15:09:55 04/26/16 (0)

One of my favorites! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:28:35 04/25/16 (0)

Boston Baroque, on Telarc SACD? nt - oldmkvi 17:59:21 04/23/16 (0)

RE: What is the best Handel's Messiah availble on SACD where... - PAR 17:44:08 04/23/16 (0)

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