Two CDs for the price of one!

No-one, but no-one performs Messiah better every year than the choir Polyphony under the conductor Stephen LaytonEvening Standard

Polyphony and Stephen Laytons liveMessiahat St Johns Smith Square has become one of the highlights of the musical season. The joyful sincerity and urgent brilliance of the performers has brought the familiar story to life again and again. Now this wonderful experience is available on disc, recorded in 2008 for a new release that will surely prove a strong competitor in a necessarily crowded market. Polyphony is joined by the Britten Sinfonia and a quartet of magnificent young soloists all variously acclaimed as the premier Handel singers of the new generation.

POLYPHONY
BRITTEN SINFONIA
STEPHEN LAYTONconductor
JULIA DOYLEsoprano
IESTYN DAVIEScountertenor
ALLAN CLAYTONtenor
ANDREW FOSTER-WILLIAMSbass

CDA67800 Released 2009