Handel: Messiah

Amazon.com John Eliot Gardiner's is a highly musical and inspired account of Messiah, featuring an excellent group of soloists and an outstanding period-instrument band. With dance rhythms athletically sprung and da capo arias tastefully ornamented, the performance generates consistent interest and is lively in spite of its length. There is splendid choral singing from the Monteverdi Choir--the ending of "All We Like Sheep" is quite potent--and much wonderful work from the soloists. The recording, made in 1982, is impeccable. --Ted Libbey Product description Handel - Der Messias, Messiah, Le Messie / Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Robert Hale, Charles Brett, Saul Quirke / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner / Philips ‎3x Audio CD 1983 / 411 041-2 UPC 028941104120 /// Label: Philips ‎– 411 041-2 Format: 3 × CD , Box Set Country: Germany Released: 1983 Genre: Classical Style: Baroque, Oratorio /// Tracklist: Part One - Erster Teil - Première Partie 1-1 Sinfonia 2:53 1-2a Comfort Ye, My People - Accompagnato 1-2b Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted - Aria 3:30 1-3 And The Glory Of The Lord - Coro 3:40 1-4a Thus Saith The Lord - Accompagnato 1-4b But Who May Abide - Aria 1-4c And He Shall Purify - Coro 7:56 1-5a Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Recitativo 1-5b O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Aria 1-5c O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Coro 6:03 1-6a For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth - Accompagnato 1-6b The People That Walked In Darkness - Aria 5:34 1-7 For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Coro 4:03 1-8a Pifa - Sinfonia Pastorale 1-8b There Were Shepherds - Recitativo 1-8c And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord - Accompagnato 1-8d And The Angel Said Unto Them - Recitativo 1-8e And Suddenly There Was With The Angel - Accompagnato 1-8f Glory To God - Coro 5:28 1-9 Rejoice Greatly - Aria 4:11 1-10 Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind - Recitativo 0:22 1-11 He Shall Feed His Flock - Duetto 4:28 1-12 His Yoke Is Easy - Coro 2:00 Part Two - Zweiter Teil - Deuxième Partie 2-1 Behold The Lamb Of God - Coro 2:39 2-2 He Was Despised - Aria 10:12 2-3a Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs - Coro 2-3b And With His Stripes - Coro 2-3c All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - Coro 8:04 2-4a All They That See Him - Accompagnato 2-4b He Trusted In God - Coro 3:01 2-5a Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart - Accompagnato 2-5b Behold, And See - Arioso 3:03 2-6a He Was Cut Off - Accompagnato 2-6b But Thou Didst Not Leave - Aria 2:20 2-7 Lift Up Your Heads - Coro 3:57 2-8a Unto Which Of The Angels - Recitativo 2-8b Let All The Angels Of God - Coro 1:39 2-9 Thou Art Gone Up On High - Aria 3:16 2-10 The Lord Gave The Word - Coro 1:09 2-11 How Beautiful Are The Feet - Aria (Alternative Version) 2:16 2-12 Their Sound Is Gone Out - Coro (Alternative Version) 1:15 2-13 Why Do The Nations - Aria 2:34 2-14 Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - Coro 1:25 2-15a He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Recitativo 2-15b Thou Shalt Break Them - Aria 2-16 Hallelujah - Coro 3:47 Part Three - Dritter Teil - Troisième Partie 3-1 I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Aria 6:26 3-2 Since My Man Came Death - Coro 1:59 3-3 Behold, I Tell You A Mistery - Accompagnato 0:29 3-4 The Trumpet Shall Sound - Aria 8:17 3-5a Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Recitativo 3-5b O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Duetto 3-5c But Thanks Be To God - Coro 3-6 If God Is For Us - Aria 5:05 3-7 Worthy Is The Lamb… Amen. - Coro 7:27 Bass Vocals – Robert Hale (2) Bass Vocals [Choir] – Alan Brafield, Benjamin Odom, Charles Stewart (2), Christopher Green, Geoffrey Dolton, Richard Lloyd Morgan, Simon Oberst Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Andrew Watts (2) Cello – Angela East, Julie Lehwalder, Madeline Thorner, Timothy Mason Choir – Monteverdi Choir Composed By – Händel Concertmaster – Elizabeth Wilcock Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner Countertenor Vocals – Charles Brett Countertenor Vocals [Choir] – Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon (2), David Cole (7), Julian Clarkson, Matthew Bright, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin Double Bass – Amanda MacNamara, Valerie Botwright Liner Notes – John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Kenyon Liner Notes [German Translation] – Wilfried Sczepan Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Catherine Robbin Oboe – Richard Earle, Robin Canter, Sophia McKenna, Valerie Darke Orchestra – English Baroque Soloists Organ, Harpsichord – Alastair Ross Soprano Vocals – Margaret Marshall Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Saul Quirke Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Carol Hall (2), Catherine Kroll, Gill Ross, Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Jenny Hill, Lucinda Houghton, Lyn Parkyns, Marilyn Troth, Mary Seers, Suzanne Flowers Tenor Vocals – Anthony Rolfe-Johnson Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Andrew Murgatroyd, Colin Mair, John-Huw Thomas, Nicholas Robertson, Paul Harrhy, Philip Pettifor, William Pool Timpani – Charles Fullbrook Trumpet – Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Staff Viola – Annette Isserlis, Jan Schlapp, Joan Brickley, Katherine Hart Violin [1st] – Alison Bury, Desmond Heath, Elizabeth Wil
ASIN: B0000040VU
VSKU: DBV.B0000040VU.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Margaret Marshall|Anthony Rolfe Johnson|Saul Quirke|Catherine Robbin|Charles Brett|Robert Hale|The Monteverdi Choir|George Frideric Handel|John Eliot Gardiner|The English Baroque Soloists
Binding: Audio cd
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