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I have both sacds Hemiolia & SME SICP-10083 and for my ears they sound almost the same (there are minor differences). I like them both. I also have HDtracks (24/192) release ...

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Available on Qobuz (but only in 16/44.1, for now). Currently I cannot locate the highres file for streaming or downloading, not even on Prelude Classics' own website. If ...

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I just want to take this opportunity to express my joy that BIS is still releasing lots of recordings, and on multichannel SA-CD, too. After Robert von Bahr sold the company ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Longjohns and Wifebeaters - October 3, 2026

There is a relevant discussion here on a German site (some of it in English, the rest easily translatable), which states it (the Hemiolia) is derived from Job Reel C. Also ...

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A fellow site member kindly allowed me to audition the Hemiolia SACD for review purposes. Based on listening and comparing waveforms, I now think the Hemiolia SACD was ...

Handel: Messiah - Christophe Rousset

Harmonia Mundi  HMM905428.29

Stereo  (2 hours 12 minutes)

Classical - Vocal

Ana Vieira Leite (soprano)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
William Thomas (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Christophe Rousset


Handel’s sacred oratorio Messiah is the iconic work the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists have chosen to launch their joint partnership with harmonia mundi. Directed by Christophe Rousset, they have combined forces with a stellar vocal quartet of soloists to present Handel’s masterpiece in all its dramatic power, eloquence and fervent exultation.

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• George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56