George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Messiah (arr. Sir Eugene Goosens) (1992)
Cover Front Album
Composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra / Ensemble I Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Length 161:01
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Oratorio
Chorus I Royal Philharmonic Chorus
Chorus Master John McCarthy
Index 238
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Vyvyan; Sinclair; Vickers; Tozzi
Credits
Producer N/A
Label BMG/RCA
Catalog Line Red Seal
Track List
Messiah: Part One 70:18
01 Part One: Overture 04:51
02 Part One: Recitative (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people" 03:38
03 Part One: Air (Tenor) "Every valley shall be exalted" 03:34
04 Part One: Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord" 03:37
05 Part One: Recit (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" 01:52
06 Part One: Air (Bass) "But who may abide" 05:05
07 Part One: Chorus: "And He shall purify" 03:13
08 Part One: Recit (Contralto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" 00:44
09 Part One: Air & Chorus (Contralto) "O thou that tellest good tidings" 07:24
10 Part One: Recit (Bass) "For, behold, darkness shall cover" 03:00
11 Part One: Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness" 04:56
12 Part One: Chorus: "For unto us a child is born" 04:51
13 Part One: Pastoral Symphony 04:37
14 Part One: Recit (Soprano) "There were shepherds abiding" 00:59
15 Part One: Recit (Soprano) "And the angel said unto them" 00:53
16 Part One: Recit (Soprano) "And suddenly there was" 00:21
17 Part One: Chorus: "Glory to God in the highest" 02:18
18 Part One: Air (Soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter" 04:37
19 Part One: Recit (Contralto) "Then shall the eyes" 00:31
20 Part One: Air (Contralto & Soprano) "He shall feed his flock"; "Come unto Him" 06:15
21 Part One: Chorus: "His yoke is easy" 03:02
Messiah: Part Two and Part Three 73:44
01 Part Two: Chorus: "Behold the Lamb of God" 04:11
02 Part Two: Air (Contralto) "He was despised" 06:07
03 Part Two: Chorus: "Surely He hath borne our griefs" 02:59
04 Part Two: Chorus: "And with His stripes we are healed" 02:21
05 Part Two: Chorus: "All we like sheep have gone astray" 04:03
06 Part Two: Recit (Tenor) "All they that see Him" 00:53
07 Part Two: Chorus: "He trusted in God" 02:26
08 Part Two: Recit (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" 02:39
09 Part Two: Air (Tenor) "Behold, and see if there be" 02:04
10 Part Two: Recit (Tenor) "He was cut off out of the land" 00:27
11 Part Two: Air (Tenor) "But Thou didst not leave" 03:27
12 Part Two: Chorus: "Lift up your heads" 03:14
13 Part Two: Air (Soprano) "How beautiful are the feet" 03:06
14 Part Two: Chorus: "Their sound is gone out into all lands" 01:43
15 Part Two: Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furious rage" 02:52
16 Part Two: Chorus: "Lets us break their bonds asunder" 01:51
17 Part Two: Recit (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven" 00:22
18 Part Two: Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them" 02:12
19 Part Two: Chorus: "Hallelujah!" 03:36
20 Part Three: Air (Soprano) "I know that my Redeemer liveth" 07:45
21 Part Three: Chorus: "Since by man came death" 02:30
22 Part Three: Recit (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" 00:42
23 Part Three: Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound" 04:21
24 Part Three: Chorus: "Worthy is the Lamb" 07:53
Messiah: Appendix 16:59
01 Part Two: Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels" 00:26
02 Part Two: Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him" 01:37
03 Part Two: Air (Bass) "Thou art gone up on high" 04:00
04 Part Two: Chorus "The Lord gave the word" 01:13
05 Part Three: Recitative (Contralto) "Then shall be brought to pass" 00:21
06 Part Three: Duet (Contralto & Tenor) "O death, where is thy sting?" 01:23
07 Part Three: Chorus "But thanks be to God" 02:24
08 Part Three: Air (Soprano) "If God be for us" 05:35
Personal
Purchase Date 10/28/1997
Value $30.00
Store Media Play, Gainesville
Condition 100%
Librettist Charles Jennens
Nationality German
Language English
Period Baroque
Details
Studio N/A
Catalog Number 09026-61266-2
Live No
Recording Date 1/1/1959
Spars ADD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Jennifer Vyvyan: Soprano
Monica Sinclair: Mezzo-soprano
Jon Vickers: Tenor
Giorgio Tozzi: Bass

Notes and text

Essay: "Messiah" by Sir Thomas Beecham, 1959