Franco Fagioli; Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Musica Catalana; Orchestre de l'Opera Royal - Handel: Messiah

When one of the most illustrious sopranists of our time becomes a conductor, he chooses nothing less than Messiah! Franco Fagioli paints a fresco of Handel's masterpiece with a Latin exaltation, drawing this great English Baroque oratorio in the colours of the Mediterranean, together with the famous Barcelona choir and their Caravaggesque chiaroscuro, which gives the work a shimmer of moire. The Orchestre de l'Opera Royal provides the backdrop for the splendours revealed by the soloists, who take us on a journey of joy and sorrow through the life and Passion of Christ: Behold, I tell you a Mystery...