| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
TWENTY20
RECORDS |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
UNKNOWN |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
UNKNOWN |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
1 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
1:20:01 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
2012? |
| CD
RELEASE
DATE: |
2012 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
SIMON
LINDLEY,
UNKNOWN |
| ORCHESTRA: |
UNKNOWN |
| CHOIR: |
THE
LEEDS
PARISH CHURCH CHOIR, UNKNOWN |
| SOPRANO: |
N/A |
| CONTRALTO: |
N/A |
| TENOR: |
N/A |
| BASS: |
N/A |
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DISC ONE
1. Abide With Me
4:38
2. Praise My Soul - The King of
Heaven 3:08
3. O Perfect Love
2:29
4. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God
Almighty 3:45
5. There Is a Green Hill Far
Away 2:30
6. The Lord Is My
Shepherd 3:23
7. Onward, Christian
Solders 4:12
8. Jerusalem 2:55
9. Rock of Ages
2:35
10. All Things Bright and
Beautiful 3:04
11. Praise to the Lord, The
Almighty 2:01
12. The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is
Ended 3:42
13. Stand Up, Stand Up for
Jesus 2:53
14. Guide Me, O Thou Great
Redeemer 3:06
15. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 4 Chorus: And
the Glory of the Lord shall be
revealed 3:05
16. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 7 Chorus: And He
Shall Purify 2:28
17. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 12 Chorus: For
unto us a Child is born
3:49
18. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 22 Chorus:
Behold The Lamb Of God
3:06
19. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 24 Chorus:
Surely He Hath Borne Our
Griefs 2:07
20. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 25 Chorus: And
With His Stripes We Are
Healed 1:54
21. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 26 Chorus: All
We Like Sheep Have Gone
Astray 4:17
22. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 33 Chorus: Lift
Up Your Heads - O Ye
Gates 3:08
23. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 39 Chorus: Their
Sound is gone out into all
lands 1:26
24. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 44 Chorus:
Hallelujah! 3:42
25. Messiah, HWV 56 : No. 49 Chorus:
Worthy Is The Lamb
6:38
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SITE RATING: 7/10
SITE
REVIEW: One of those
anonymous recordings which gives
little-to-none information about the artists
involved, and seems to delight in the
confusion caused by multiple simultaneous
releases in different track lineups.
There are clearly two separate choirs in
use here, with the hymns indeed sung by The Leeds Parish Church
Choir of men and boys, and lifted whole
from a 1980 recording entitled Songs
of
Praise - In the English Sacred Choral
Tradition with organ
accompianment and somewhat shaky singing
befitting a small English church choir.
But the Messiah tracks are sung with
women instead of trebles, has orchestral
backing, and is sung in German! I have
nothing but good to say concerning the Messiah
portion - clean, precise singing, good blend
between chorus and orchestra, crisp diction
and generally propulsive tempos, this is
clearly a professional choir on this Messiah -
and why Twenty20 Records, the label who
released this, and the accompanying two albums
of similar nature, have chosen to highlight
the Leeds Choir participation over the
anonymous, and superior Messiah
choir and orchestra, is beyond my
understanding. My only critique of this
recording is the distant sound captured, with
the singing and playing not as immediate as I
would prefer. In addition to the two
recordings featuring both Choirs in somewhat
different formats, there is a third recording
which pairs the Messiah choruses with a
somewhat strident reading of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker
Suite, and credited to The London Pops Orchestra
and is, to my mind, the best companion to the
Messiah
portion.
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