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| The New Young Messiah | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Sparrow
Category: Music
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 70354
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 077775140422
EAN: 0077775140422
ASIN: B000005KWX
Release Date: September 21, 1993
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 Excellent for a Contemporary Rendition December 29, 2007
I saw this performed years ago and bought the CD and the VHS tape. I was actually looking for a DVD of the performance and found this CD rating. First, I love the Messiah in the original. It is the ONLY church cantata or music performance I have ever wept over. The Messiah is a very moving piece of work. When a friend asked me to go to the Young Messiah I was quite interested yet shocked after the interlude by the difference between the traditional and this work. While I would mention that there are two songs that I believe do not do justice to the original and are not well done, It would be notable to point out that the rest of the songs are done quite well. Anyone who is familiar with gospel artists Sandi Patti and Steve Green will find them both in this recording as well as other well-known artists. Mr. Green's song, Refiner's Fire, will move you as does Steven Curtis Chapman's rendition of Who Shall Stand. Nice CD.
 Stunning Production December 23, 2007
Having sung Handel's original work and this one, I'm blessed to have found both to be in praise of the Messiah. For those who find any interpretation other than the composer's original sacriledge, I'd skip The Young Messiah. But for those of us who find beauty in music based in scripture, this should not disappoint. It's upbeat, moving and clearly still tells the greatest story ever told. My favorites were BeBe and CeCe Winan, Larnelle Harris, 4Him and Michael English. I will soon need a new CD. I play mine thoughout the year, not just at Christmas. Thanks to Ralph Carmichael for this wonderful and inspiring moment of music.
 Horrible, but HILARIOUSLY so! December 4, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This family of classical musicians has never laughed so hard at a recording of the Messiah made in earnest. This is almost as funny as a good PDQ Bach album.
The best track on the album is #3, "Every Valley" - it starts out with a fine string ensemble, easily fooling the listener into expecting a more traditional rendition of the song, but the instrumentation changes completely right as the singer makes his entrance. It's a great gag track to play for your friends from community choir!
Now of course I can't let the producers get away THAT easily, so here is some real criticism for you:
None of the singers have any of the vocal fortitude that Handel obviously had in mind when he wrote the Messiah. The keys have been changed fit the voices of whoever the producers felt should perform the song. It's even worse than listening to Andrea Bocelli...there's quite a bit of "going where no vowel has gone before".
Rather than a tribute to the Messiah or even to the oratorio as an art form that can praise God, each track is a vanity piece for the "artist", as the booklet so kindly refers to the anemic singers (who are standing on the shoulders of giants, in the form of many talented studio musicians), made entirely independent in execution from the other tracks, with the original music exploited and made subservient to the cutting-edge, commercially-manufactured wall of sound characteristic to Christian Contemporary Music. At least they didn't have to write the lyrics or the melody...quite a time-saver.
Disappointing November 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved the original Young Messiah which was able to preserve much of the beauty of the original sacred work while updating it for the modern ear. This newest release renders a number of the pieces almost unrecognizable. The New Young Messiah is unfortunately a gilded lily. Most disappointing despite the awesome line-up of musicians!
Horrifying July 31, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Let's see. Take one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, and turn it into bubble-gum pop tripe? People need to learn how to appreciate good music, rather than dumb down great music and call it wonderful. If you want to write something new, feel free. Do it in the "spirit" of the Messiah, even. But don't destroy a great work of art just to sell CDS to an unsophisticated listening audience.
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