Der Messias

Helmuth Rilling conducts Mozart's 1789 arrangement of that "Grand Musical Entertainment." According to Rilling, it is due to the details that this arrangement is so fascinating: dynamic changes, a different segmentation of solo & chorus parts, and the instrumentation modulated to the tone characteristic of Mozart's time, "Actually," says Rilling, "this Messiah is a new work, more colorful and ver interesting!"