George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Messiah, HWV 56 (1991)
Cover Front Album
Composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Conductor Richard Hickox
Orchestra / Ensemble I Collegium Musicum 90
Length 140:27
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Oratorio
Chorus I Collegium Musicum 90
Index 239
Out of Print Yes
Musicians
Soloist Rodgers; Jones; Robson; Langridge; Terfel
Credits
Producer Tim Oldham
Label Chandos
Track List
Messiah, HWV 56: First Part: Nos. 1-21; Second Part: Nos. 22-26 75:15
01 First Part: No. 1: Sinfony 03:10
02 First Part: No. 2: Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye" 02:49
03 First Part: No. 3: Air (Tenor) "Ev'ry valley" 03:05
04 First Part: No. 4: Chorus "And the glory" 02:47
05 First Part: No. 5: Accompagnato (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord" 01:24
06 First Part: No. 6: Air (Counter-tenor) "But who may abide?" 04:21
07 First Part: No. 7: Chorus "And He shall purify" 02:17
08 First Part: No. 8: Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" 00:26
09 First Part: No. 9: Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest" 05:24
10 First Part: No. 10: Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness" 01:59
11 First Part: No. 11: Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness" 03:39
12 First Part: No. 12: Chorus "For unto us" 03:54
13 First Part: No. 13: Pastoral Symphony 00:55
14 First Part: No. 14a: Recitative (Soprano) "There were shepherds" 00:12
15 First Part: No. 14b: Accompagnato (Soprano) "And lo, the angel of the Lord" 00:19
16 First Part: No. 15: Recitative (Soprano) "And the angel said unto them" 00:30
17 First Part: No. 16: Accompagnato (Soprano) "And suddenly there was with the angel" 00:17
18 First Part: No. 17: Chorus "Glory to God" 01:56
19 First Part: No. 19: Recitative (Alto) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" 04:15
20 First Part: No. 19: Recitative (Alto) "Then shall the eyes of the blind" 00:26
21 First Part: No. 20: Air (Alto) "And He shall feed his flock" 05:08
22 First Part: No. 21: Chorus "His yoke is easy" 02:15
23 Second Part: No. 22: Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God" 03:31
24 Second Part: No. 23: Air (Alto) "He was despised" 12:21
25 Second Part: No. 24: Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs" 02:02
26 Second Part: No. 25: Chorus "And with His stripes" 02:06
27 Second Part: No. 26: Chorus "All we like sheep" 03:47
Messiah, HWV 56: Second Part: Nos. 27-44; Third Part: Nos. 45-53 65:12
01 Second Part: No. 27: Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him" 00:47
02 Second Part: No. 28: Chorus "He trusted in God" 02:05
03 Second Part: No. 29: Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" 01:30
04 Second Part: No. 30: Air "Behold, and see" 01:17
05 Second Part: No. 31: Accompagnato (Tenor) "He was cut off" 00:13
06 Second Part: No. 32: Air (Tenor) "But Thou didst not leave" 02:04
07 Second Part: No. 33: Chorus "Lift up your heads" 03:06
08 Second Part: No. 34: Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels" 00:12
09 Second Part: No. 35: Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him" 01:31
10 Second Part: No. 36: Air (Counter-tenor) "Thou art gone up on high" 03:05
11 Second Part: No. 37: Chorus "The Lord gave the word" 01:09
12 Second Part: No. 38: Air (Soprano) "How beautiful are the feet" 02:18
13 Second Part: No. 39: Chorus "Their sound is gone out" 01:30
14 Second Part: No. 40: Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" 02:43
15 Second Part: No. 41: Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder" 01:41
16 Second Part: No. 42: Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven" 00:10
17 Second Part: No. 43: Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them" 02:01
18 Second Part: No. 44: Chorus "Hallelujah" 03:55
19 Third Part: No. 45: Air (Soprano) "I know that my redeemer liveth" 05:56
20 Third Part: No. 46: Chorus "Since by man came death" 02:19
21 Third Part: No. 47: Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" 00:38
22 Third Part: No. 48: Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound" 08:58
23 Third Part: No. 49: Air (Counter-tenor) "Then shall be brought to pass" 00:15
24 Third Part: No. 50: Duet (Counter-tenor; Tenor) "O death, where is thy sting" 01:03
25 Third Part: No. 51: Chorus "But thanks be to God" 02:14
26 Third Part: No. 52: Air (Soprano) "If God be for us" 04:48
27 Third Part: No. 53: Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb...Amen" 07:44
Personal
Purchase Date 11/6/2001
Value $34.50
Store eBay
Condition 100%
Librettist Charles Jennens
Nationality German
"Form" Oratorio for soli, chorus and orchestra
Language English
Period Baroque
Details
Studio St. Jude's Church, Central Square, London
Catalog Number 0522/3
Live No
Recording Date 1/11/1991
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Joan Rodgers: Soprano
Christopher Robson: Counter-tenor
Della Jones: Mezzo-soprano
Philip Langridge: Tenor
Bryn Terfel: Bass-baritone

Crispian Steele-Perkins: Trumpet (Kohler, London, 1860)

Notes, text and translations into German and French

Essay: Clifford Bartlett, 1991