Helmuth Rilling conducts Mozart's 1789 arrangement of that "Grand Musical Entertainment." According to Rilling, it is due to the details that this arrangement is so...

Helmuth Rilling conducts Mozart's 1789 arrangement of that "Grand Musical Entertainment." According to Rilling, it is due to the details that this arrangement is so fascinating: dynamic changes, a different segmentation of solo & chorus parts, and the instrumentation modulated to the tone characteristic of Mozart's time, "Actually," says Rilling, "this Messiah is a new work, more colorful and ver interesting!"