Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus - Handel - Messiah / Erickson, McNair, Hodgson, Humphrey, Stilwell, Atlanta SO, Shaw
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Artist: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber ChorusPerformer: Richard Stilwell
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Performer: Layton James
Performer: Alfreda Hodgson
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Kaaren Erickson
Performer: Sylvia McNair
Performer: Jon Humphrey
Orchestra: Jon Humphrey
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Part One.: Sinfonia
- Part One.: Comfort Ye, My People/Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
- Part One.: And The Glory Of The Lord
- Part One.: Thus Saith The Lord/But Who May Abide/And He Shall Purify
- Part One.: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive/O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
- Part One.: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth/The People That Walked In Darkness
- Part One.: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
- Part One.: Pifa-"Pastoral Symphony"/There Were Shepherds/And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Th
- Part One.: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
- Part One.: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind
- Part One.: He Shall Fed His Flock Like A Shepherd
- Part One.: His Yoke Is Easy
- Part Two.: Behold The Lamb Of God
- Part Two.: Behold The Lamb Of God
- Part Two.: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
- Part Two.: And With His Stripes We Are Healed/All We Like Sheep
- Part Two.: All They That See Him/He Trusted In God
- Part Two.: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart/Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow/He Was Cut Off O
- Part Two.: Lift Up Your Heads
- Part Two.: Unto Which Of The Angels/Let All the Angels Of God Worship Him
- Part Two.: Thou Art Gone Up On High
- Part Two.: The Lord Gave The Word
- Part Two.: How Beautiful Are The Feet
- Part Two.: Their Sound Is Gone Out
- Part Two.: Why Do The Nations?/Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
- Part Two.: He That Dwelleth In Heaven/Thou Shalt Break Them
- Part Two.: Hallelujah
- Part Three.: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
- Part Three.: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery/The Trumpet Shall Sound
- Part Three.: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass/O Death, Where Is Sting?/But Thanks Be To God
- Part Three.: If God Be For Us
- Part Three.: Worthy Is The Lamb...Amen.
Music reviews of Handel - Messiah / Erickson, McNair, Hodgson, Humphrey, Stilwell, Atlanta SO, Shaw
Music Review: The Shaw Version on BMG Red Seal is Better
Rating: 4 Stars
Robert Shaw's RCA recording of Messiah from the mid-1960s remains a preferred recording of this warhorse. I don't think this remake from 1983 captures the magic of the earlier version. For one thing, I prefer Shaw's earlier solo quartet (Judith Raskin, Florence Kopleff, Richard Lewis, and Thomas Paul). Raskin and Kopleff are particularly good, among the best to have left us accounts of this music. Richard Stilwell (bass) is possibly better than his counterpart Thomas Paul. His baritone timbre is better suited to the bass part, which tends to lie a little high for most basses.
The Atlanta strings sound smoother than the occasionally wiry sound of Shaw's orchestra of twenty years earlier. The chorus, however, cannot match the precision of Shaw's Chorale.
I can't agree with earlier postings about "cavernous" sound. This Soundstream effort of 25 years ago sounds as forward and airy as many recordings of more recent vintage.
I'd still opt for the earlier Shaw/RCA, but this is no slouch.
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