| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
FANCORPS |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
N/A |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
N/A |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
2 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
2:19:08 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
2003 |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
APRIL
6, 2004 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
TERJE
KVAM |
| ORCHESTRA: |
TELEMANN
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA |
| CHOIR: |
QUODLIBET
CHOIR |
| SOPRANO: |
HEATHER
SARRIS |
| ALTO: |
PAMELA
DELLAL |
| TENOR: |
BARRY
CRAFT |
| BASS: |
DAVID
MURRAY |
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DISC ONE
1. Overture
3:00
2. Comfort Ye My People
2:49
3. Every Valley Shall Be
Exalted 3:47
4. And the Glory of the
Lord 2:49
5. Thus Saith the Lord
1:23
6. But Who May Abide
4:11
7. And He Shall Purifiy
2:33
8. Behold a Virgin Shall
Conceive 0:24
9. O Thou That Tellest
5:26
10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the
Earth 1:45
11. The People That Walked in
Darkness 3:18
12. For Unto Us a Child Is
Born 4:06
13. Pastoral 1:03
14. There Were Shepherds
0:32
15. And the Angel Said Unto
Them 0:32
16. And Suddenly There Was With the
Angel 0:16
17. Glory to God 1:54
18. Rejoice Greatly 4:29
19. Then Shall the Eyes of the
Blind 0:36
20. He Shall Feed His
Flock 5:27
21. His Yoke Is Easy
2:18
22. Behold the Lamb of
God 2:38
23. He Was Despised
11:12
24. Surely 1:39
25. And With Stripes
1:56
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DISC TWO
1. All We Like
Sheep 3:54
2. All They That See Him
0:42
3. He Trusted in God
2:19
4. Thy Rebuke 1:49
5. Behold and See 1:38
6. He Was Cut Off 0:20
7. But Thou Didst Not
Leave 2:03
8. Lift Up Your Heads
3:00
9. Unto Which of the
Angels 0:15
10. Let All the Angels of
God 1:24
11. Thou Art Gone Up
High 3:07
12. The Lord Gave the
Word 1:13
13. How Beautiful Are the
Feet 2:29
14. Their Sound Is Gone
Out 1:29
15. Why Do the Nations
2:42
16. Let Us Break the
Bonds 1:47
17. He That Dwelleth in
Heaven 0:14
18. Thou Shalt Break
Them 2:14
19. Hallelujah 3:38
20. I Know That My Redeemer
Liveth 5:28
21. Since By Man Came
Death 2:01
22. Behold, I Tell You a
Mystery 0:35
23. The Trumpet Shall
Sound 8:49
24. Then Shall Be Brought to
Pass 0:19
25. O Death, Where Is Thy
Sting? 1:09
26. But Thanks Be to God
2:20
27. If God Be for Us
4:28
28. Worthy Is the Lamb
7:39
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SITE RATING: 5/10
SITE
REVIEW: I first became
aware of this recording through the short EP
download released by tenor Barry Craft;
unimpressed by the heavy-handed and amateurish
performance of his, I later discovered that
there was a full-length Messiah performance
available through Craft's website, but didn't
rush to purchase it. Now however, the
album has been made available as an
inexpensive download, and am able to place his
performance in its full context.
Recorded live in Japan(?), with
Norweigian conductor Terje Kvam leading the
Telemann Chamber Orchestra and Quodlibet Choir
(under the baton of Yoshifumi Hata), this Messiahis
a workman-like production, with flat, dim
accoustics, square direction, and soloists who
all fare about the same as Barry Craft, or
somewhat better. Soprano Heather Sarris
is bright and genial in her arias, seemingly
unaware of the gravitas of the text she is
singing; alto Pamela Dellal is solid, but
emotionally removed from her arias, and bass
David Murray is competent, but nothing more.
The Quodlibet Choir sings with a thick
palette of sound which isn't helped by the
occasinally ponderous tempos or the flat
recorded sound, which serves to emphasize the
Choir's occasionally distracting Eastern
accent. The entire performance simply
feels heavy and flat, with talents which tend
to veer closer to the amateur level than a
polished, professional troupe. I
recommend passing this one by, unless you are
a Messiah
completist.
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