| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
ERATO |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
2564
69282-6 |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
825646928262 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
2 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
2:20:55 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1983 |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
APRIL
6, 2009 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
TON
KOOPMAN |
| ORCHESTRA: |
AMSTERDAM
BAROQUE ORCHESTRA |
| CHOIR: |
THE
SIXTEEN |
| SOPRANO: |
MARJANNE
KWEKSILBER |
| ALTO: |
JAMES
BOWMAN |
| TENOR: |
PAUL
ELLIOTT |
| BASS: |
GREGORY
REINHART |
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| AUDIO SAMPLES |
HIGHLIGHTS |
OTHER
RELEASES |
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DISC ONE
Part One
01 No. l Sinfony
(Overture) 3.08
02 No.2 Recitative: Comfort ye my people
tenor 3.03
03 No.3 Air: Ev'ry valley shall be
exalted tenor 3.34
04 No.4 Chorus: And the glory of the
Lord shall be revealed
3.04
OS No.5 Recitative: Thus saith the Lord
bass 1.28
06 No.6 Air: But who may abide the day
of his coming bass
4.17
07 No.7 Chorus: And he shall purify the
sons of Levi 2.36
08 No.8 Recitative: Behold, a virgin
shall conceive, and bear a son
alto 0.20
09 No.9 Air: O thou that tellest good
tidings to Zion alto
3.34
10 No.9 Chorus: O thou that tellest good
tidings to Zion 1.34
11 No. 10 Recitative: For behold,
darkness shall cover the earth
bass 1.57
12 No. l l Air: The people that walked
in darkness have seen a great light
bass 3.15
13 No. 12 Chorus: For unto us a child is
born 4.06
14 No. 13 Pifa (Pastoral
Symphony) 2.31
15 No. 14a Recitative: And there were
shepherds abiding in the field soprano
No. 14b Recitative: But lo, the angel of
the Lord came upon them soprano
No. 15 Recitative: And the angel said
unto them: Fear not soprano
No. 16 Recitative: And suddenly there
was with the angel a multitude
of the heav'nly host
soprano 2.31
16 No. 17 Chorus: Glory to God in the
highest 1.54
17 No. 18 Air: Rejoice greatly, o
daughter of Zion
soprano 4.24
18 No. 19 Recitative: Then shall the
eyes of the blind be opened
soprano 0.26
19 No.20 Air: He shall feed his flock
like a shepherd
soprano 4.31
20 No. 21 Chorus: His yoke is
easy 2.25
Part Two
21 No.22 Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God,
that taketh away the sin of the
world 2.37
22 No.23 Air: He was despised and
rejected of men alto
9.43
23 No.24 Chorus: Surely he hath borne
our griefs and carried our
sorrows 1.50
24 No.25 Chorus: And with his stripes we
are healed 2.02
25 No.26 Chorus: All we like sheep have
gone astray 4.05
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DISC TWO
01 No.27 Recitative: All they
that see him laugh him to scorn
tenor 0.50
02 No.28 Chorus: He trusted in God that
he would deliver him
2.29
03 No.29 Recitative: Thy rebuke hath
broken his heart
soprano 1.18
04 No.30 Air: Behold, and see if there
be any sorrow like unto his sorrow
soprano 1.29
05 No.31 Recitative: He was cut off out
of the land of the living
soprano 0.16
06 No.32 Air: But thou didst not leave
his soul in hell
soprano 2.34
07 No.33 Chorus: Lift up your heads, o
ye gates 3.08
08 No.34 Recitative: Unto which of the
angels said he at any time
tenor 0.20
09 No.35 Chorus: Let all the angels of
God worship him 1.26
10 No.36 Air: Thou art gone up on high,
thou hast led captivity captive
alto 2.50
11 No.37 Chorus: The Lord gave the word:
great was the company of the
preachers 1.11
12 No.38 & 39 Air: How beautiful are
the feet of them that preach the gospel
of peace ...
Their sound is gone out into all lands
soprano 4.53
13 No.40 Air: Why do the nations so
furiously rage together
bass 2.41
14 No.41 Chorus: Let us break their
bonds asunder 1.50
15 No.42 Recitative: He that dwelleth in
heaven shall laugh them to scorn
tenor 0.15
16 No.43 Air: Thou shalt break them with
a rod of iron tenor
2.02
17 No.44 Chorus:
Hallelujah 3.36
Part Three
18 No.45 Air: I know that my Redeemer
liveth soprano 5.10
19 No.46 Chorus: Since by man came
death 2.11
20 No.47 Recitative: Behold, I tell you
a mystery bass 0,29
21 No.48 Air: The trumpet shall sound
bass 8.39
22 No.49 Recitative: Then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is
written alto 0.16
23 No.50 Duet: O death, where is thy
sting? alto, tenor
1.55
24 No.51 Chorus: But thanks be to God,
who giveth us the
victory 2.20
25 No.52 Air: If God be for us, who can
be against us? soprano
4.41
26 No.53 Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that
was slain 3.34
27 [No.53 Chorus:]
Amen 3.10
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SITE RATING: 8/10
SITE
REVIEW: Warner
Brothers label Erato has done everyone a great
service by reissuing several of their
out-of-print Messiah recordings in budget
packaging and remastered sound; this live
recording from 1983 with Ton Koopman and The
Sixteen is particularly fine, with Koopman
giving the oratorio an exceedingly smooth,
velvety reading, which is a great pleasure to
listen to. Nothing here is jarring, or
overly ornate - the attacks and dynamics are
all very moderate, with the Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra giving a finely finessed performance
of the score, The Sixteen are all vocal
perfection as usual, but benefit tremendously
by being captured in a live setting - it adds
to their warmth and expression, and the
soloists are uniformly excellent, Gregory
James having a vibrant tessatura and alto
James Bowman having a lovely golden mellowness
to his tone. There is some different
ornamentation applied by the soloists as well,
which I found effective, without being
terribly ostentatious. This is such a
genial, good natured Messiah that it easily melts
into the background while listening; I prefer
a bit more drama and fireworks in my Messiahs,
but this one, with it's warm, buttery
constitution, is a perfectly agreeable,
exceedingly gentle listen.
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