Handel - Messiah / M. Marshall ? Quirke ? Robbin ? Brett ? Rolfe Johnson ? Hale ? The Monteverdi Choir ? The English Baroque Soloists ? Gardiner
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Polygram Records
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Music CD 1
- Messiah: Sinfonia
- Messiah: Part One: Comfort Ye, My People - Accompagnato: Evy'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted - Aria
- Messiah: Part One: And The Glory Of The Lord - Coro
- Messiah: Part One: Thus Saith The Lord - Accompagnato: But Who May Abide - Aria: He Shall Purify - Coro
- Messiah: Part One: Behold A Virgin A Shall Conceive - Recitativo: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Aria: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Coro
- Messiah: Part One: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth - Accompagnato: The People That Walked In Darkness - Aria
- Messiah: Part One:For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Coro
- Messiah: Part One: Pifa - Sinfonia pastorale: There Were Shepherds - Recitativo: And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord - Accompagnato: And The Angel Said Unto Them - Accompagnato: And Suddenly There Was With The Angel - Accompagnato
- Messiah: Part One: Rejoice Greatly - Aria
- Messiah: Part One: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind - Recitativo
- Messiah: Part One: He Shall Feed His Flock - Duetto
- Messiah: Part One: His Yoke Is Easy - Coro
- Messiah: Part Two: Behold The Lamb Of God - Coro
- Messiah: Part Two: He Was Despised - Aria
- Messiah: Part Two: Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs - Coro: And With His Stripes - Coro: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - Coro
- Messiah: Part Two: All They That See Him - Accompagnato: He Trusted In God - Coro
- Messiah: Part Two: The Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart - Accompagnato: Behold, And See - Arioso
- Messiah: Part Two: He Was Cut Off - Accompagnato: But Thou Didst Not Leave - Aria
- Messiah: Part Two: Lift Up Your Heads
- Messiah: Part Two: Unto Which Of The Angels - Recitativo: Let All The Angels Of God - Coro
- Messiah: Part Two: Thou Art Gone Up On High - Aria
- Messiah: Part Two: The Lord Gave The Word - Coro
- Messiah: Part Two: How Beautiful Are The Feet - Aria
- Messiah: Part Two: Their Sound Is Gone Out - Coro
- Messiah: Part Two: Why Do The Nations? - Aria
- Messiah: Part Two: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - Coro
- Messiah: Part Two: He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Recitativo: Thou Shalt Break Them - Aria
- Messiah: Part Two: Hallelujah - Coro
- Messiah: Part Three: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Aria
- Messiah: Part Three: Since By Man Came Death - Coro
- Messiah: Part Three: Behold, I Tell You A Mysery - Accompagnato
- Messiah: Part Three: The Trumpet Shall Sound - Aria
- Messiah: Part Three: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Recitativo: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Duetto: But Thanks Be To God - Coro
- Messiah: Part Three: If God Be For Us - Aria
- Messiah: Part Three: Worthy Is The Lamb...Amen - Coro
Free Music Notes for Handel - Messiah / M. Marshall ? Quirke ? Robbin ? Brett ? Rolfe Johnson ? Hale ? The Monteverdi Choir ? The English Baroque Soloists ? Gardiner
Free Music Review: direct, immediate, and moving
Hit: 5 Stars
Some believe Handel's "Messiah" is best performed by massive choirs accompanied by gigantic orchestras playing modern instruments. I do not. Those performances, whatever their overpowering grandiosity, end up being ponderous and remote. They simply lack the immediacy, intimacy, and direct emotive power of this smaller ensemble accompanied by period instruments.
Gardiner's recording of the "Messiah" is, far and away, my favorite. It is clear and crisp. The tempo and instrumentation are lively. The vocals are close, personal, and genuinely moving.
This is what the "Messiah" should be. The layers of pomposity afflicting so many grandiose recordings have been stripped away, leaving an immediate sound and starkly human story with which the listener connects directly.
The soloists all are wonderful. I suppose that some modern ears, unaccustomed to the sound of a counter-tenor, may find Charles Brett's voice a little off-putting at first. I have grown to love it.
But I particularly like the use of the boy soprano, Saul Quirke, who tells us of "shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night" when "lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid."
Sore afraid indeed! No other recording of this passage that I have heard so effectively communicates the terror these shepherds must have felt. I connect with them as human beings, and I share their relief as Saul Quirke's clear, innocent, unaffected voice reassures them: "Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." The boy soprano then accomplishes a perfect segue: "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav'nly host, praising God, and saying . . . ."
"Glory to God in the highest," the chorus comes in, "and peace on earth, good will towards men." With this recording, I can I feel I'm there with the shepherds, in the cold of night, sharing their amazement and wonder. Thanks to the small size of the choir, perhaps, it feels as though the angelic host is directly addressing me, a human mortal.
Truly, no other performance of the "Messiah" puts me there, smack dab in the middle of the action, like this one does. My other recordings of the "Messiah" gather dust. This one gets played again and again - always fresh, vibrant, and moving.
Eric Alan Isaacson
Handel - Messiah / M. Marshall ? Quirke ? Robbin ? Brett ? Rolfe Johnson ? Hale ? The Monteverdi Choir ? The English Baroque Soloists ? Gardiner Poster
John Eliot Gardiner's is a highly musical and inspired account of Messiah, featuring an excellent group of soloists and an outstanding period-instrument band. With dance rhythms athletically sprung and da capo arias tastefully ornamented, the performance generates consistent interest and is lively in spite of its length. There is splendid choral singing from the Monteverdi Choir--the ending of "All We Like Sheep" is quite potent--and much wonderful work from the soloists. The recording, made in 1982, is impeccable. --Ted LibbeyClassical Music CDs
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