Handel: Messiah

Handel: Messiah

Handel: Messiah
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Composer: George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Orchestra: The Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra
Performer: Judith Raskin
Performer: Florence Kopleff
Performer: Richard Lewis
Performer: Thomas Paul
Performer: Robert Conant
Performer: Robert Arnold
Performer: James Smith
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-10-12
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. No. 1 Sinfonia (Overture)
  2. No. 2 Recitative (Tenor): Comfort Ye My People
  3. No. 3 Air (Tenor): Every Valley Shall Be Exhalted
  4. No. 4 Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord
  5. No. 5 Recitative (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord
  6. No. 6 Air (Alto): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?
  7. No. 7 Chorus: And He Shall Purify
  8. No. 8 Recitative (Alto): Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive
  9. No. 9 Air (Alto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest GoodTidings To Zion
  10. No. 10 Recitative (Bass): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth
  11. No. 11 Air (Bass): The People That Walked In Darkness
  12. No. 12 Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
  13. No. 13 Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
  14. No. 14a Recitative (Soprano): There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field/No. 14b And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them
  15. No. 15 Recitative (Soprano): And The Angel Said Unto Them
  16. No. 16 Recitative (Soprano): And Suddenly There Was With The Angel
  17. No. 17 Chorus: Glory To God
  18. No. 18 Air (Soprano): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
  19. No. 19 Recitative (Alto): Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind
  20. No. 20 Air (Alto): He Shall Feed His Flock - Air (Soprano): Come Unto Him
  21. No. 21 Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, And His Burden Is Light
  22. No. 22 Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God
  23. No. 23 Air (Alto): He Is Despised
Music CD 2
  1. No. 24 Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
  2. No. 25 Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
  3. No. 26 Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
  4. No. 27 Recitative (Tenor): All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn
  5. No. 28 Chorus: He Trusted In God
  6. No. 29 Recitative (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
  7. No. 30 Air (Tenor): Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow
  8. No. 31 Recitative (Soprano): He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living
  9. No. 32 Air (Soprano): But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell
  10. No. 33 Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
  11. No. 34 Recitative (Tenor): Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time
  12. No. 35 Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
  13. No. 36 Air (Alto): Thou Art Gone Up On High
  14. No. 37 Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word
  15. No. 38 Air (Soprano): How Beautiful Are The Feet
  16. No. 39 Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out
  17. No. 40 Air (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together?
  18. No. 41 Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
  19. No. 42 Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth In Heaven
  20. No. 43 Air (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them
  21. No. 44 Chorus: Hallelujah
  22. No. 45 Air (Soprano): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
  23. No. 46 Chorus: Since By Man Came Death
  24. No. 47 Recitative (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mystery
  25. No. 48 Air (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound
  26. No. 49 Recitative (Alto): Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
  27. No. 50 Duet (Alto And Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
  28. No. 51 Chorus: But Thanks Be To God
  29. No. 52 Air (Soprano): If God Be For Us
  30. No. 53 Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain

Music reviews of Handel: Messiah

Music Review: Inspired
Rating: 5 Stars

For a work so frequently recorded, one might think, oh, whee, another reissue from the vaults. But among all the many excellent to splendid recordings of Handel's great oratorio, this has always been the one that spoke to me in the most immediate, humane, and beautiful voice. Small scale enough to clarify the orchestral and choral textures so often made heavy and sodden by huge numbers, on the other hand one never feels this is a dry, academic, period reconstruction either: just as too many earlier recorded performances were overblown, too many today are abrasive fossil-like museum pieces. NOT THIS RECORDING! There are a number of recordings, old and new, which avoid the stylistic pitfalls of the periods in which they were made, yet are clearly of that period. This recording, though, is timeless. Indeed, as one critic has aptly said, this is a "Messiah for the ages". Even the less well-known numbers are given loving attention -- nowhere is there the idea of the singers and orchestra "marking" time or shuffling through the "boring" sections... and, voila! They are not in the least boring! Shaw, his soloists, chorus, and orchestra, not only navigate through the many reefs of interpretation of this pivotal masterpiece, they infuse it with life, and joy, and the utmost virtuousity, it is big when the music makes it so; it is never meretriciously performed and one feels that everyone involved believes in this monumental work, from the crisp and exciting overture to the final exhilirating chorus "Amen!". I went through 3 copies of the LP set, and when RCA did not bring it out in CD form I went to the trouble of having the LPs transferred to CD. But this remastering is excellent, and well worth having waited so long for!!! It is something to rejoice about! Whether you have no other versions of MESSIAH, or if you have a score of them, this will swiftly become one of your favorite recordings. A masterpiece in a masterpiece of a performance! Thanks, RCA, for finally bringing it to us again! As the beautiful contralto recitative says, "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, /And the ears of the deaf unstopped; /Then shall the lame man leap as an hart,/And the tongue of the dumb shall sing!"
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