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Members of the Academy all play instruments of the period or accurate modern copies. In this recording the choruses are sung by boy trebles and male altos, tenors and basses, members of the Choir of Westminster Abbey. The soloists improvise embellishments in the arias and, in certain cases, join in the singing of the choruses, just as they would have done 240 years ago.
The recording takes full advantage not only of Westminster Abbey's fine acoustic qualities, but also of the incomparable architectural splendor of the surroundings.
Judith Nelson, Soprano 1 Emma Kirkby, Soprano 2 Carolyn Watkinson, Contralto Paul Elliott, Tenor David Thomas, Bass
Music: George Frideric Handel
Westminster Abbey Choir Organist and Master of the Choristers: Simon Preston Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Directed for TV by: Roy Tipping
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