| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
PHILIPS |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
0
412 538-1 PH3 |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
028941253828 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
3 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
149:59 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1984 |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
OCTOBER
25, 1990 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
SIR
COLIN DAVIS |
| ORCHESTRA: |
BAVARIAN
RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |
| CHOIR: |
BAVARIAN
RADIO SYMPHONY CHOIR |
| SOPRANO: |
MARGARET
PRICE |
| CONTRALTO: |
HANNA
SCHWARZ |
| TENOR: |
STUART
BURROWS |
| BASS: |
SIMON
ESTES |
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DISC ONE
1. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part
1. Sinfonia
2. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 1. Recitativo accompagnato
3. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 2. Air
4. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 3. Chorus
5. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 4. Recitativo accompagnato
6. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 5. Air
7. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 6. Chorus
8. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 7-8-9. Recitativo - Air - Chorus
9. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 10-11. Recitativo accompagnato - Air
10. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 12. Chorus
11. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 13. Pifa (Sinfonia pastorale)
12. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 14. Recitativo - Recitativo
accompagnato - Recitativo accompagnato
13. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 15. Chorus
14. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 16. Air
15. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 17a. Recitativo
16. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 18a. Duet
17. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 1.
No. 19. Chorus
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DISC TWO
1. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56:
Part 2. No. 20. Chorus
2. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 21. Air
3. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 22-23-24. Chorus
4. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 25. Recitativo accompagnato
5. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 26. Chorus
6. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 27. Recitativo accompagnato
7. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 28. Air
8. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 29-30. Recitativo accompagnato - Air
9. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 31. Chorus
10. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 32-33. Recitativo - Chorus
11. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 34. Air
12. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 36. Air
13. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 37. Chorus
14. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 38. Air
15. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 39. Chorus
16. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 40-41. Recitativo - Air
17. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Part 2.
No. 42. Chorus
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DISC
THREE
1. Messiah,
oratorio, HWV 56: Part 3. No. 43.
Air
2. Messiah, oratorio, HWV
56: Part 3. No. 44. Chorus
3. Messiah, oratorio, HWV
56: Part 3. No. 45. Recitativo
accompagnato
4. Messiah, oratorio, HWV
56: Part 3. No. 46. Air
5. Messiah, oratorio, HWV
56: Part 3. No. 47-48-49.
Recitativo - Duet - Chorus
6. Messiah, oratorio, HWV
56: Part 3. No. 50. Air
7. Messiah, oratorio, HWV
56: Part 3. No. 51-52. |
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SITE RATING: 8/10
SITE
REVIEW: According to
reports at the time, Sir Colin Davis was
persuaded to record this version of Messiah
with The Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus
after a performance in Munich, where the
public, reportedly unaware of Messiah (is that
even possible?) gave a rapturous response -
and so, pulling together the same forces, this
expansive recording was made. Strangely,
it's fallen completely out of print, and
listening to it, this Messiah is a strange
throwback in many ways to the large, operatic
performances of the 1950s. The soloists
all hail from the opera arena, and have
distinctly 'large' voices - the Barvarian
Radio Symphony and Chorus are similarly huge,
giving this performance the most mammoth
personalities of any of Davis's Messiahs.
It has a grandeur and power that many
recordings lack, and will easily appeal to
those anti-baroque musicians who rail against
period-instrument performances. Davis
also pulls some surprises, such as having "And
With His Stripes" sung acapella! The
tempos are hot and cold - with some very slow
movements strongly contrasting with
lightning-quick choruses. Although I
still would not rate this performance as
highly as Sir Colin Davis's 1966 recording, it's
easily on par, performance-wise, with his 2007 recording.
Worth seeking out for those who like
their Messiahs
large and grand in the best Romantic
tradition.
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