Record Review Podcast - Emma Kirkby and Catherine Mackintosh on recording Handel's Messiah with Christopher Hogwoo

Download Emma Kirkby and Catherine Mackintosh on recording Handel's Messiah with Christopher Hogwoo

In an interview originally broadcast in April 2014 Andrew talks to soprano Emma Kirkby and violinist Catherine Mackintosh about the recording they made of Handel's oratorio Messiah with conductor Christopher Hogwood back in 1980. This iconic recording changed the way we hear this staple of choral societies up and down the land; and the cast of musicians now reads like a Who's Who from the world of Historically Informed Performance Practice.

Published on Friday, 26th September 2014.

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