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| LABEL: |
STH
QUALITY CLASSICS
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| CATALOG
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19483-2
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| UPC
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N/A?
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| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
2
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| RUNNING TIME: |
2:22:12
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| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1993
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| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
1993
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| CONDUCTOR: |
PIETER
JAN LEUSINK
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| ORCHESTRA: |
BAROKORKEST
FLORILEGIUM MUSICUM
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| CHOIR: |
STADSKNAPENKOOR
ELBURG
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| SOPRANO: |
MAJA
ROODVELDT
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| COUNTER-TENOR: |
SYTSE
BUWALDA
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| TENOR: |
PAUL
VAN DEN BEMT
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| BASS: |
JULIAN
HARTMAN
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DISC ONE
01 Messiah, Part One - Sinfony
02 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- Comfort
ye my people
03 Messiah, Part One - Aria- Ev'ry valley
shall be exalted
04 Messiah, Part One - Koor- And the glory
of the Lord
05 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- Thus
saith the Lord
06 Messiah, Part One - Aria- But who may
abide
07 Messiah, Part One - Koor- And He shall
purify
08 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- Behold
a virgin shall
09 Messiah, Part One - Aria- O thou that
tellest
10 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- For
behold, darkness
11 Messiah, Part One - Aria- The people
that walked
12 Messiah, Part One - Koor- For unto us a
child is born
13 Messiah, Part One - Pifa
14 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- There
were shepherds
15 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- And lo,
the angel
16 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- And the
angel said
17 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- And
suddenly there was an
18 Messiah, Part One - Koor- Glory to God
19 Messiah, Part One - Aria- Rejoice
20 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- Then
shall the eyes
21 Messiah, Part One - Recitatief- He
shall feed His flock
22 Messiah, Part One - Koor- His yoke is
easy and His burthen
23 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- Behold the
Lamb of God
24 Messiah, Part Two - Aria- He was
despised
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DISC TWO
25 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- Surely
He hath born
26 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- And with His
stripes
27 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- All we like
sheep
28 Messiah, Part Two - Recitatief- All
they that see Him
29 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- He trusted in
God
30 Messiah, Part Two - Recitatief- Thy
rebuke hath broken
31 Messiah, Part Two - Aria- Behold, and
see
32 Messiah, Part Two - Recitatief- He was
cut off out
33 Messiah, Part Two - Aria- But Thou
didst not leave
34 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- Lift up your
heads
35 Messiah, Part Two - Recitatief- Unto
which of the angels
36 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- Let all the
angels of God
37 Messiah, Part Two - Aria- Thou art gone
up on high
38 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- The Lord gave
the word
39 Messiah, Part Two - Aria- How beautiful
are the feet
40 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- Their sound
is gone out
41 Messiah, Part Two - Aria- Why do the
nations
42 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- Let us break
43 Messiah, Part Two - Recitatief- He that
dwelleth
44 Messiah, Part Two - Aria- Thou shalt
break them
45 Messiah, Part Two - Koor- Hallelujah
46 Messiah, Part Three - Aria- I know that
my Redeemer
47 Messiah, Part Three - Koor- Since by
man came death
48 Messiah, Part Three - Recitatief-
Behold I tell you a mystery
49 Messiah, Part Three - Aria- The trumpet
shall sound
50 Messiah, Part Three - Recitatief- Then
shall he brought
51 Messiah, Part Three - Duet- O death,
where is thy sting
52 Messiah, Part Three - Koor- But thanks
be to God
53 Messiah, Part Three - Aria- If God be
for us
54 Messiah, Part Three - Koor- Worthy is
the Lamb
55 Messiah, Part Three - Koor- Blessing
and honour
56 Messiah, Part Three - Koor- Amen
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SITE RATING: 8/10
SITE
REVIEW: One of the rarest Messiah
CD's to find, this out-of-print 1993
recording, released on the Holland-based STH
Records label was provided to me by
Baroque-connoisseur Yvan Raoux, who highly
recommended it, and I am eternally grateful
to him for his generosity. Pieter Jan
Leusink, who has recorded two other
performances of Messiah, is
consistently excellent in his interpretation
of Handel's masterwork, with light, dancing
tempos, small, baroque forces, and clean,
clear execution. The Florilegium
Musicum baroque orchestra is finely
delineated in its playing, while the boys
and men of Stadsknapenkoor Elberg choir
acquit themselves admirably with the
difficult choruses, with powerful lower
voices nicely balanced against the
finely-trained trebles - an impressive
choir, overall. The soloists are more
spotty - soprano Maja Roodveldt is a
revelation - her brilliant tone and
cheerful, masterful performance are simply
perfection. Tenor Paul Van Den Bemt
has an odd tone to his voice - a quavery,
nasal quality which distracts, and at times
is almost comic in its effect.
Counter-tenor Sytse Bulwada is quite good,
with a pleasant, mellow quality to his
arias, while bass Julian Hartman's deep
resonant tone is pleasant, although not as
commanding or powerful as others, sounding a
bit hollowed out in his upper
register. The recorded sound is quite
lovely, recorded in the 15th-Century church
of Grote
Kerk, Vollenhove, with warm natural
acoustics and an excellent pipe organ.
I wish that I could tell you where to find
this recording, but it is very rare, but
being of high quality, if you should happen
upon a copy, I would not hesitate to
recommend you add it to your collection.
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