Since you are interested in Messiah (complete recorded in 1994), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
DUFAY / OCKEGHEM / FINCK / DESPREZ / GOMBERT / BRUMEL / etc
O Magnum Mysterium Schola Cantorum Stuttgart / Clytus Gottwald [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2009 ] Roughly speaking classical music started just before 1400 in Flanders, where an unprecedented burst of creativity formed the Flemish School, producing the most amazing polyphonic choral textures, of the utmost complexity. |