| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
PAN
CLASSICS
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| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
PC
10351
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| UPC
NUMBER: |
7619990103511
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| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
2
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| RUNNING TIME: |
141
MIN.
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| YEAR
RECORDED: |
2015
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| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
OCTOBER
28, 2016
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| CONDUCTOR: |
DANIELA
DOLCI
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| ORCHESTRA: |
MUSICA
FIORITA
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| CHOIR: |
MUSICA
FIORITA
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| SOPRANO: |
MIRIAM
FEUERSINGER
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| ALTO: |
FLAVIO
FERRI-BENEDETTI
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| TENOR: |
DINO
LÜTHY
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| BARITONE: |
RAITIS
GRIGALIS
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| AUDIO SAMPLES |
HIGHLIGHTS |
OTHER
RELEASES |
NONE
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NONE
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NONE
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DISC ONE
1. Symphony 02:43
2. Comfort Ye My People 02:41
3. Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted 03:22
4. And the Glory of the Lord 02:30
5. Thus Saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts
01:34
6. But Who May Abide the Day 04:09
7. And He Shall Purify 02:19
8. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive 00:21
9. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings 05:17
10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the
Earth 02:20
11. The People That Walked in Darkness
04:02
12. For unto Us a Child Is Born 03:46
13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) 02:46
14. There Were Shepherds Abiding in the
Fields 00:16
15. And Lo, the Angel of the Lord 00:17
16. And the Angel Said unto Them 00:30
17. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel
00:15
18. Glory to God in the Highest 02:11
19. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
05:59
20. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind 00:31
21. He Shall Feed His Flock like a
Shepherd 04:58
22. His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen is Light
02:15
23. Behold, the Lamb of God 02:33
24. He Was Despised 10:31
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DISC TWO
1. Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs
01:56
2. And with His Stripes We Are Healed
01:41
3. All We like Sheep Have Gone Astray
03:35
4. All They That See Him 00:43
5. He Trusted in God 02:20
6. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart 01:24
7. Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow
01:27
8. He Was Cut Off out of the Land of the
Living 00:20
9. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul 02:33
10. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates 03:02
11. Unto Which of the Angels 00:16
12. Let All the Angels of God 01:20
13. Thou Art Gone Up on High 02:57
14. The Lord Gave the Word 01:02
15. Their Sound Is Gone Out 01:09
16. How Beautiful Are the Feet 04:42
17. Why Do the Nations So Furiously
Together 02:39
18. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder 01:36
19. He That Dwelleth in Heaven 00:13
20. Thou Shalt Break Them 01:57
21. Hallelujah 03:51
22. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth 05:48
23. Since by Man Came Death 01:57
24. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery 00:32
25. The Trumpet Shall Sound 09:28
26. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass 00:20
27. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting 03:06
28. If God Be for Us 04:04
29. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
03:26
30. Amen 03:34
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SITE RATING: 8/10
SITE
REVIEW: A
lithe and assured performance, this 2015
recording by the Swiss baroque ensemble
Musica Fiorita under the direction of
Daniela Dolci showcases the group's polished
expertise and mastery is this, their first
recorded Messiah. I looked at
the Musica
Fiorita website, and was impressed by
the group's wide-ranging oeuvre - which
includes live opera, touring concerts, and
recordings of both major and obscure
composers. Among the soloists here,
tenor Dino Lüthy possesses a mellow, warm
tone and absolute mastery in the arias;
baritone Raitis Grigalis is somewhat weaker,
with odd performance choices jarring the
listener: his widely-spaced melismas and
pronounced accent mangling his arias to a
distracting degree. Alto Flavio
Ferri-Benedetti has a lovely, melting timbre
and sensitive readings on his arias, while
soprano Miriam Feuersinger has a lovely
tessitura and buttery tone which pleasantly
offsets the clear "white" sound she brings
to the performance. Dolci's tempi are
brisk, yet not rushed - and she clearly
understands how to milk the meaning of the
text - the Musica Fiorita ensemble is tight
and responsive - occasionally vocal timbres
or vibrato break out of the fabric of sound,
perhaps a remnant of their more operatic
endeavors, but with such a small group, such
minor deviances are easily forgiven in the
face of their uniform excellence. A
truly excellent recording, and one well
worth adding to your Messiah
collection.
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