George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Messiah, HWV 56 (1997)
Cover Front Album
Composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Conductor Paul McCreesh
Orchestra / Ensemble I Gabrieli Players
Length 132:02
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Oratorio
Chorus I Gabrieli Consort
Index 240
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Roschmann; Gritton; Fink; Daniels; Davies
Credits
Producer Christopher Alder
Label Archiv
Track List
79:46
01 Part One: No. 1: Sinfony 03:22
02 Part One: No. 2: Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye" 03:35
03 Part One: No. 3: Aria (Tenor) "Ev'ry vally shall be exalted" 03:03
04 Part One: No. 4: Chorus "And the glory of the Lord" 02:50
05 Part One: No. 5: Accompagnato (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord" 01:19
06 Part One: No. 6: Aria (Soprano) "But who may abide" 03:50
07 Part One: No. 7: Chorus "And He shall purify" 02:22
08 Part One: No. 8: Recitative (Contralto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" 00:26
09 Part One: No. 9: Aria (Contralto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" 04:47
10 Part One: No. 10: Accompagnato (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" 02:13
11 Part One: No. 11: Aria (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness" 03:58
12 Part One: No. 12: Chorus "For unto us" 03:36
13 Part One: No. 13: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) 00:38
14 No. 14: Recitative (Soprano) "There were shepherds abiding in the field"; Part One: Accompagnato (Soprano) "And lo, the Angel of the Lord"; Part One: No. 15: Recitative (Soprano) "And the Angel said unto them"; Part One: No. 16: Accompagnato (Soprano) "And suddenly there was with the angel" 01:02
15 Part One: No. 17: Chorus "Glory to God" 01:41
16 Part One: No. 18: Aria (Soprano) "Rejoice greatly" 03:46
17 Part One: No. 19: Recitative (Soprano) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" 00:20
18 Part One: No. 20: Aria (Soprano) "He shall feed His flock" 04:17
19 Part One: No. 21: Chorus "His yoke is easy, his burthen light" 02:08
20 Part Two: No. 22: Chorus "Behold the lamb of God" 03:09
21 Part Two: No. 23: Aria (Contralto) "He was despised" 12:11
22 Part Two: No. 24: Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs" 01:38
23 Part Two: No. 25: Chorus "And with His stripes" 01:43
24 Part Two: No. 26: Chorus "All we like sheep" 03:20
25 Part Two: No. 27: Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him laugh him to scorn" 00:39
26 Part Two: No. 28: Chorus "He trusted in God" 02:03
27 Part Two: No. 29: Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" 02:03
28 Part Two: No. 30: Aria (Tenor) "Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow" 01:30
29 Part Two: No. 31: Accompagnato (Soprano) "He was cut off" 00:14
30 Part Two: No. 32: Aria (Soprano) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" 02:03
52:16
01 Part Two: No. 33: Chorus "Lift up your heads" 02:46
02 Part Two: No. 34: Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels" 00:15
03 Part Two: No. 35: Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship him" 01:21
04 Part Two: No. 36: Aria (Soprano) "Thou art gone up on high" 02:46
05 Part Two: No. 37: Chorus "The Lord gave the word" 01:05
06 Part Two: No. 38: Aria (Soprano) "How beautiful are the feet" 02:00
07 Part Two: No. 39: Chorus "Their sound is gone out" 01:17
08 Part Two: No. 40: Aria (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" 01:14
09 Part Two: No. 41: Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder" 01:37
10 Part Two: No. 42: Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven"; Part Two: No. 43: Aria (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" 02:06
11 Part Two: No. 44: Chorus "Hallelujah!" 03:43
12 Part Three: No. 45: Aria (Soprano) "I know that my redeemer liveth" 06:23
13 Part Three: No. 46: Chorus "Since by man came death" 02:03
14 Part Three: No. 47: Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" 00:32
15 Part Three: No. 48: Aria (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound" 08:18
16 Part Three: No. 49: Recitative (Contralto) "Then shall be brought to pass" 00:14
17 Part Three: No. 50: Duet (Contralto and Tenor) "O death, where is thy sting?" 00:53
18 Part Three: No. 51: Chorus "Thanks be to God" 01:56
19 Part Three: No. 52: Aria (Soprano) "If God is for us" 04:13
20 Part Three: No. 53: Chorus "Worthy is the lamb that was slain...Amen" 07:34
Personal
Purchase Date 11/8/2001
Value $34.50
Store eBay
Condition 100%
Librettist Charles Jennens
Nationality German
Premiere Foundling Hospital, 1754
Language English
Period Baroque
Details
Studio All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
Catalog Number 453 464-2
Live No
Recording Date 12/1/1996
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Dorothea Roschmann: Soprano
Susan Gritton: Soprano
Bernarda Fink: Contralto
Charles Daniels: Tenor
Neal Davies: Bass

On authentic instruments

Unequal temperament
Pitch: A = 418

Notes, illustrations and text

Essay: "'Messiah': Realizing the Librettists Design" by Ruth Smith
Essay: "A 'Messiah' for the Millennium" by Paul McCreesh