Handel: Messiah

This welcome reissue of harmonia mundi's 1994 recording of Handel's Messiah features William Christie leading his ensemble Les Arts Florisssants. Soloists include sopranos Sandrine Piau and Barbara Schlick, alto Andreas Scholl, tenor Mark Padmore and bass Nathan Berg. Upon release, Gramophone magazine hailed Christie's Messiah as, ''a triumph... which holds our attention from start to finish.''