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Messiah - A Film By William Klein

Minkowski, Les Musiciens Du Louvre
Release Date: 12/06/2005 
Label:  Koch Lorber Films   Catalog #: 3058  
Composer:  George Frideric Handel
Performer:  John Mark Ainsley,  Charlotte Hellekant,  Magdalena Kozená
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre,  Lavender Light,  Las Vegas Baroque Chorale,   ... 

Recorded in: Stereo 
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Filmmaker/photographer Williams Klein superimposes Handel's Messiah over disturbing images of contemporary life.

"There are...inspired interpolations: performances by Lavender Light, a gay and lesbian gospel choir, in Times Square; the Las Vegas Baroque Chorale; and inmates of the Sugarland Prison in Texas. In terms of polish - on a scale of 10, with Mr. Minkowski's forces at about 8 - these performances range from 0 to 3. Yet in terms of genuine infectious spirit, they put many would-be authenticists of the early-music movement to shame. This was inspiration on Mr. Klein's part." -- James R. Oestreich, The New York Times
 Filmmaker/photographer Williams Klein superimposes Handel's Messiah over disturbing images of contemporary life.

"There are...inspired interpolations: performances by Lavender Light, a gay and lesbian gospel choir, in Times Square; the Las Vegas Baroque Chorale; and inmates of the Sugarland Prison in Texas. In terms of polish - on a scale of 10, with Mr. Minkowski's forces at about 8 - these performances range from 0 to 3. Yet in terms of genuine infectious spirit, they put many would-be authenticists of the early-music movement to shame. This was inspiration on Mr. Klein's part." -- James R. Oestreich, The New York Times
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1. Messiah, HWV 56 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  John Mark Ainsley (Tenor), Charlotte Hellekant (Mezzo Soprano), Magdalena Kozená (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre,  Lavender Light,  Las Vegas Baroque Chorale  ... 
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1742; Dublin, Ireland 

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