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| LABEL: |
SILVERLINE |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
IMRG
84020
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| UPC
NUMBER: |
676628402023 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
1 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
49:16 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
2000 |
| CD
RELEASE
DATE: |
NOVEMBER
2,
2004 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
DON
JACKSON |
| ORCHESTRA: |
LONDON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |
| CHOIR: |
THE
ST.
JAMES 48-VOICE CHORALE |
| SOPRANO: |
CATHERINE
BOTT |
| ALTO: |
CLAIRE
HENRY |
| TENOR: |
GARETH
ROBERTS |
| BASS: |
DAVID
STEPHENSON |
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DISC ONE
1. Comfort ye, My People, Saith Your
God
3:00
2. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
3:28
3. Chorus: And The Glory of the Lord Shall
Be Revealed
3:10
4. Chorus: And He Shall Purify the Sons of
Levi
2:40
5. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
4:20
6. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
2:49
7. Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of
Zion
4:31
8. Air: He Shall Feed His Flock Like A
Shepherd
5:13
9. Chorus: Behold The Lamb of God
2:20
10. Air: He Was Despised And Rejected Of
Men
4:40
11. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone
Astray
4:13
12. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound
4:11
13. Chorus: Hallelujah! For the Lord God
Omnipotent Reigneth
3:49
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SITE RATING: 2/10
SITE
REVIEW: Apparently, no
one over at Silverline Records cared much that
Don Jackson was responsible for Sony Music's
horrific 1992 Messiah
highlights disc, and commissioned him to
create a second highlights disc that, yes,
while an improvement over his previous
disaster, is not worth seeking out. The
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are
certainly able to sing the Messiah in their
sleep, and Jackson's tempos are infinitely
brighter and more accessible than his previous
outing, but it all feels purposeless, and the
soloists are anything but noteworthy, with
tenor Gareth Roberts muffing his high notes,
soprano Catherine Bott gasping for breaths in
the middle of her melismas, alto Claire Henry
subject to needless ornamentation, and bass
David Stephenson in possession of a gulping
tessitura that left me cold. The London
Symphony Orchestra is brightly recorded, but
play indifferently, and the St. James Chorale
are pushed far back in the mix. Davis's
direction is workman-like, with no
intelligence or style brought to play, and
while Silverline has pushed this release onto
the public as a "prestige" recording (with
dual-disc and DVD-Audio releases), this is in
no way a quality release, either in
performance or sound. Pass this one by,
in all its formats.
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