Handel - Messiah (Complete) (3 CD Set) / Hunt, J. Williams, Spence, Minter, J. Thomas, W. Parker, PBO, McGegan
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Composer: George Frideric HandelConductor: Nicholas McGegan
Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque
Performer: Lorraine Hunt
Performer: Janet Williams
Performer: Patricia Spence
Performer: Drew Minter
Performer: Jeffrey Thomas
Performer: William Parker
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1992-12-07
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi France
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Sinfonia/Comfort Ye/Every Valley Shall Be Exalted/And The Glory Of The Lord - Jeffrey Thomas
- Thus Saith The Lord - William Parker
- But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming - Drew Minter
- And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive/O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion/O Thou That Tellest - Patricia Spence
- For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth/The People That Walked In The Darkness - William Parker
- For Unto Us A Child Is Born/Pifa/There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field - Janet Williams
- And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them - Janet Williams
- And The Angel Said Unto Them/And Suddenly There Was With The Angel/Glory To God - Janet Williams
- Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion - Lorraine Hunt
- Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened - Patricia Spence
- He Shall Feed His Flock - Patricia Spence
- His Yoke Is Easy - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- Thus Saith The Lord - William Parker
- But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming - William Parker
- But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming - Lorraine Hunt
- But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming (Recitative) - William Parker
- But Lo! The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them - Janet Williams
- Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion - Janet Williams
- He Shall Feed His Flock - Drew Minter
- Behold The Lamb Of God - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men - Patricia Spence
- Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs And Carried Our Sorrows; And With His Stripes We Are Healed/All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray/All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn/He Trusted In God/Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart/Behold And See... - Jeffrey Thomas
- Lift Up Your Heads/Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time/Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him - Jeffrey Thomas
- Thou Art Gone Up On High - Drew Minter
- The Lord Gave The Word - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- How Beautiful Are The Feet - Lorraine Hunt
- Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together - William Parker
- Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- He That Dwelleth In Heaven/Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron - Jeffrey Thomas
- Hallelujah! - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- Thou Are Gone Up On High - William Parker
- Thou Art Gone Up On High - Patricia Spence
- How Beautiful Are The Feet.../Their Sound Is Gone Out... - Lorraine Hunt
- How Beautiful Are The Feet.../Break Forth Into Joy - Patricia Spence
- How Beautiful Are The Feet... - Drew Minter
- Their Sound Is Gone Out... - Jeffrey Thomas
- Why Do The Nations - William Parker
- He That Dwelleth.../Thou Shalt Break Them... - Jeffrey Thomas
- I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Lorraine Hunt
- Since By Man Came Death - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- Behold, I Tell You A Mystery - William Parker
- The Trumpet Shall Sound - William Parker
- Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Drew Minter
- O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Jeffrey Thomas
- But Thanks Be To God - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- If God Be For Us - Janet Williams
- Worthy Is The Lamb - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- Amen - U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Patricia Spence
- He Was Despised... - Lorraine Hunt
Free Music Notes for Handel - Messiah (Complete) (3 CD Set) / Hunt, J. Williams, Spence, Minter, J. Thomas, W. Parker, PBO, McGegan
Free Music Review: Points for Completeness
Hit: 3 Stars
I purchased a copy of this shortly after its release for an opportunity to hear the variants included. Having satisfied my curiosity, I've pretty much relegated it to the shelf. It's one of those recordings I respect without much enthusiasm. The much lamented Lorraine Hunt is the standout soloist. William Parker's baritone is well suited to the high lying tessitura of the bass part and his tone is nicely plush - and poignant given that he passed away not long after the recording from effects of a long illness. The other soloists are thoroughly professional. I have never cared much for the sound of the UC Berkeley Chorus in this or the other Handel oratorios McGegan recorded with them. There's nothing wrong with the choral voices as such, but I think glee club every time I hear them. The booklet makes much of the recording's engineering but the results are dry and lifeless. The conducting is pretty good, but I think the final "Amen" is a miscalculation. After the vigor of the penultimate chorus, the slow and soft singing is like stepping into mud. There are better historically informed performances available, but this is a unique opportunity to hear both Handel's original ideas, second thoughts, and response to necessity - like the secco recitatives substituted in Dublin because of singer limitations (for example, Who may abide). I've read elsewhere those those bits were lost to posterity, but that's a question for the musicologists.
Handel - Messiah (Complete) (3 CD Set) / Hunt, J. Williams, Spence, Minter, J. Thomas, W. Parker, PBO, McGegan Poster
When it was first issued, this was billed as the "do it yourself" Messiah, since the presence of alternate versions of many of the arias and choruses allowed you to assemble any of the many different versions that Handel conducted in his lifetime. That gimmick aside, this performance really doesn't stand up against much of the "original instrument" competition--particularly Trevor Pinnock, The Sixteen, or Harmonia Mundi's own later version with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants--perhaps the best of all. --David HurwitzClassical Music CDs
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