Title: Has its good points
Product review: I like all kinds of Messiahs, from the big and bombastic performances which were popular for over 150 years to the fine and nuanced "authentic" approaches that regained popularity in the last 50 years. Christie's orchestra is very fine and precise. The soloists are excellent but there's one problem. Countertenors did not exist in the 18th century. It is a poor imitation of the castrato voice. So why use the limited dynamic range of the falsetto voice? Since Castrati are no longer an option why not just do what conductors have been doing for 200 years and use a female alto. It may not be "authentic" but then neither are countertenors. The great Norma Proctor may be gone but I'll take any good contralto or mezzo over a guy singing falsetto.
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