RECORDINGS

LABEL: ALM RECORDS
CATALOG NUMBER: ALCD-9190
UPC NUMBER: 4530835112273
NUMBER OF DISCS: 2
RUNNING TIME: 144 MIN.
YEAR RECORDED: 2018
CD RELEASE DATE: 2019
CONDUCTOR: TOSHIKI MISAWA
ORCHESTRA: CANNONS CONCERT ORCHESTRA
CHOIR: CANNONS CONCERT CHAMBER CHOIR
SOPRANO: NAO HIROSE
ALTO: HATANO MUTOMI
TENOR: TSUJI HIROHISA
BASS: MAKINO MASATO

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DISC ONE

Part 1
[1] 1. Sinfonia (Overture)
[2] 2. Instrumental accompaniment retrograde (tenor) Comfort your people, comfort you
[3 ] 3. Aria (tenor) All the valleys are high
[4] 4. Chorus and thus the glory of the Lord appears
[5] 5. Lord of the Armies with the instrumental accompaniment (Bus)
[6] 6. Aria Bus) But who can bear on the day he is coming?
[7] 7. Chorus He purifies the descendants of Levi
[8] Retitaivo (Alto) Behold, the maid's conscience
[9] 8. Aria (Alto) and those who communicate good news to Zion
[10] 9. Instrumental music Behold, the dark covers the earth
[11] 10. Aria (bus) People who walk in the dark are
[12] 11. Chorus One baby (Midorigu) was born for us
[13] 12. Pifa (Sinfonia · Pastorale)
[14] Retitivo (soprano) There are shepherds who live in the area
[15] 13. Equestrian accompaniment retrograde (soprano) Then the angel of the Lord goes down
[16] Retitantivo (soprano) The angel told them
[17] 14. Instrumental accompaniment retrograde (soprano) As soon as the heavenly army arrived
[18] 15. Chorus At the highest is the glory of God
[19] 16. Aria (soprano) Rejoice greatly, the daughter of Zion
[20] Retitiva (soprano) At that time the eyes of invisible people became visible
[21] 17. Aria (soprano) The Lord cultivates its herd like a shepherd
[22] 18. The chorus of the chorus is easy to bear

2nd section
[23] 19. Behold the chair, Sheep
[24] 20. Aria (Alto) He is despised and abandoned by people
[25] 21. Chorus surely owes our pain
[26] 22. Chorus We are healed by his wounds was
[27] 23. chorus we are all out of the way like sheep
DISC TWO

[1] 24. instrumental accompaniment with Recitative (Tenofovir - Le) everyone him see who is, him Azawarai
[2] 25. Chorus He believed the Lord will save himself.
[26] 26. The tyranny of the reticentivo (tenor) with instrumental accompaniment smashed his heart
[4] 27. Ario - Whether there is sadness behind his sorrow
[5] 28. Instrumental accompaniment retrograde (tenor) He was separated from the land of life
[6] 29. Aria (tenor), you Without giving his soul to the grave
[7] 30. Give the head of the chorus gate
[8] Retitiva (Tenor) Has the Lord once told someone else?
[9] 31. All the chorus angels worship God all together.
[10] 32. Aria (bus) You climb to high places
[11] 33. The choruser told the word
[12] 34. Aria Soprano) What a beautiful thing, tell the gospel of peace and convey the good news
　　　[35 is not included in the first draft of 1741]
[13] 36. Aria (bus) Why are the countries angry with each other
[14] 37. Punctuate the chorus
[15] Reticentivo (tenor) The one who lives in heaven
[16] 38. Aria (tenor) You crush them with an iron cane
[17] 39. Choral hallelujah

Part 3
[18] 40. Aria (soprano) I know, those who redeem me live
[19] 41. Since the chorus death came by a single person
[20] 42. Recitativo with instrumental accompaniment (bus ) Behold, I will tell the mystery to you
[21] 43. Aria (bus) When the trumpet resounds
[22] Rechitati O (alto) at that time, the words are written this way might be fulfilled
[23] 44. Duet (alto / tenor) O death, where is thy thorn for?
[24] 45. Chorus But thank God
[25] 46. Aria (soprano) If God is on our side
[26] 47. The lamb who was chorus and slain and who redeemed us before God by his blood
[27] 48. Chorus Amen
SITE RATING:  9/10
SITE REVIEW:  This live performance, taken from a Handel celebration held in Japan, is a thrilling, vital document - conductor Toshiki Misawa brings real fire and passion to the performance, combined with electrifying tempos and superb playing and singing by the Cannons Concert Chamber Choir & Orchestra.   Although its evident that the choir aren't singing in their native tongue, their tone and precision is brilliant - with enviable vocal color and unity evidenced throughout.  The orchestra, playing on period instruments, are models of clarity and spirit.  The soloists are similarly well-chosen, bass Masato Makino has a vibrant tone, and sings with breathtaking passion; alto Mutsumi Hatano's tone is interesting, very violin-like in its timbre, and unlike any I'd heard before - but pleasing and ear-catching.  Soprano Nao Hirose possesses a lovely, lyrical tone, and sings with great delicacy of feeling - a lovely rose of a performance.  Tenor Hirohisa Tsuji is the only soloist I had mild reservations over - his tone sounds a bit swallowed and with a thin timbre, but he gives a passionate performance, which covers a multitude of sins with me. With such a passionate, fiery recording, with pin-point precision, yet infused with great feeling, I can't help but give this CD an unreserved recommendation.  This recording is currently only available in Japan, but I ordered it from Amazon.co.jp and it was shipped to me in two days! 

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