Handel's 'Messiah' is already very well-represented on the CD market, with dozens of existing recordings and new productions appearing at regular intervals. Yet this is a very special version, carefully crafted, by the Prague-based Collegium Vocale and Collegium 1704 under the baton of Vaclav Luks, founder of the ensemble and one of the most exciting conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire. The fine young singers Giulia Semenzato, Benno Schachtner, Krystian Adam and Kresimir Strazanac joined the ensembles for two moving live performances in Prague's Rudolfinum in March 2018, which Accent proudly present now on double CD.

Disc 1
1. Symphony (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
2. Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
3. Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
4. And the Glory, the Glory of the Lord (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
5. Thus Saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
6. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
7. And He Shall Purify (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
8. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
9. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
11. The People That Walked in Darkness (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
12. For Unto Us a Child Is Born (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
13. Pifa (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
14. There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
15. And Lo, the Angel of the Lord (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
16. And the Angel Said Unto Them (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
17. And Suddenly There Was With the Angel (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
18. Glory to God in the Highest (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
19. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Sion (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
20. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
21. He Shall Feed His Flock (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
22. His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
Disc 2
1. Behold the Lamb of God (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
2. He Was Despised (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
3. Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
4. And With His Stripes We Are Healed (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
5. All We Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
6. All They That See Him (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
7. He Trusted in God (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
8. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
9. Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
10. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
11. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
12. Lift Up Your Heads (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
13. Unto Which of the Angels (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
14. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
15. Thou Art Gone Up On High (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
16. The Lord Gave the Word (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
17. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
18. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
19. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
20. He That Dwelleth in Heaven (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
21. Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
22. Hallelujah (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
23. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
24. Since By Man Came Death (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
25. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
26. The Trumpet Shall Sound and the Dead Shall Be Rais'd (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
27. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
28. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - But Thanks Be to God (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
29. If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
30. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers
31. Amen (George Frideric Handel) - Various Performers