| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
LSO
LIVE (UK) |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
LSO0607 |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
822231160724 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
3
(2CD - 1 DVD) |
| RUNNING TIME: |
2:25:44 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
2006 |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
OCTOBER
9, 2007 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
SIR
COLIN DAVIS |
| ORCHESTRA: |
LONDON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |
| CHOIR: |
TENEBRAE
CHOIR |
| SOPRANO: |
SUSAN
GRITTON |
| ALTO: |
SARA
MINGARDO |
| TENOR: |
MARK
PADMORE |
| BASS: |
ALASTAIR
MILES |
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DISC ONE
1. Sinfonia 3:44
2. Comfort ye my people
2:59
3. Ev'ry valley shall be
exalted 3:34
4. And the glory of the
Lord 2:45
5. Thus saith the Lord
1:30
6. But who may abide the day of His
coming? 4:17
7. And He shall purify
2:21
8. Behold, a virgin shall
conceive 0:23
9. O thou that tellest good tidings to
Zion 3:56
10. O thou that tellest good tidings to
Zion 1:44
11. For, behold, darkness shall cover the
earth 2:26
12. The people that walked in
darkness 3:10
13. For unto us a child is
born 4:06
14. Pifa 3:08
15. There were shepherds abiding in the
field 1:54
16. Glory to God 1:39
17. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of
Zion 4:38
18. Then shall the eyes of the
blind 0:26
19. He shall feed His flock like a
shepherd 4:59
20. His yoke is easy
2:16
21. Behold the Lamb of
God 3:28
22. He was despised 9:56
23. Surely He hath borne our
griefs 2:20
24. And with His stripes we are
healed 2:30
25. All we like sheep have gone
astray 4:10
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DISC TWO
1. All they that see Him laugh Him to
scorn 0:50
2. He trusted in God
2:28
3. Thy rebuke hath broken His
heart 2:26
4. Behold, and see if there be any
sorrow 1:26
5. He was cut off out of the land of the
living 0:21
6. But Thou didst not leave His soul in
hell 2:29
7. Lift up your heads, O ye
gates 3:12
8. Unto which of the angels said He at any
time 0:14
9. Let all the angels of God worship
Him 1:26
10. Thou art gone up on
high 3:22
11. The Lord gave the
word 1:11
12. How beautiful are the
feet 2:25
13. Their sound is gone
out 1:36
14. Why do the nations so furiously rage
together? 2:40
15. Let us break their bonds
asunder 1:44
16. He that dwelleth in
Heaven 0:16
17. Thou shalt break
them 2:05
18. Hallelujah 3:44
19. I know that my Redeemer
liveth 5:59
20. Since by man came
death 2:18
21. Behold, I tell you a
mystery 0:36
22. The trumpet shall
sound 8:38
23. Then shall be brought to
pass 0:18
24. O death, where is thy
sting? 1:09
25. But thanks be to God
2:05
26. If God be for us
4:50
27. Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain 3:27
28. Amen 4:08
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SITE RATING: 8/10
SITE
REVIEW: Immediately
following the release of this, Sir Colin
Davis's third Messiah recording, pundits
immediately began to compare it with his first
1966 recording (why
his 1984 Philips Messiah
was ignored is a subject for debate), and this
recent one was found uniformly lacking.
Also, there were distinct rumblings that
there was an agenda behind this particular
recording - that Davis, having watched from
the sidelines during the Baroque revivalist
movement of the last 25 years, had decided to
make his own argument in favor of more modern
instrumentation. Granted, the 1966
recording, also with the London Symphony
Orchestra was fresher, more immediate in its
performance, and, at the time, considered the
best Messiah of its generation. But this
one, recorded live, and captured in SACD/DSD
audio, and accompanied by a fifty-minute-long
highlights DVD, stands quite well on its own
merits. The LSO plays marvelously, the
soloists, pulled from both the Baroque and
other schools are uniformly excellent, and the
London Symphony Chorus is slick and
professional; so the fault (if there is indeed
any to be found) lies with Sir Colin Davis.
Much like Robert Shaw's Telarc Messiah, this
performance by Davis and the LSO feels more
careful - not less refined, or less
accomplished, simply less vital in its rhythms
and attacks. It's an older Messiah
conducted by an older Davis, and the
performance, perhaps inevitably, is more
deliberate, and yes, slower. It's still
a "good" Messiah - even breathtaking at
moments, but most, I believe, will prefer his
first effort.
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