| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
MONK
MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
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| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
CSH
001
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| UPC
NUMBER: |
N/A
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| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
1
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| RUNNING TIME: |
1:12:25
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| YEAR
RECORDED: |
2011
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| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
2012
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| CONDUCTOR: |
MARK
MANGINI
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| ORCHESTRA: |
SOUTH
FORK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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| CHOIR: |
THE
CHORAL SOCIETY OF THE HAMPTONS
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| SOPRANO: |
RADA
HASTINGS
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| MEZZO-SOPRANO: |
SUZANNE
SCHWING
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| TENOR: |
NILS
NEUBERT
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| BARITONE: |
MISCHA
BOUVIER
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DISC ONE
1. Messiah, HWV 56, Sinfonia, Part I:
(Orchestra) 3:20
2. Messiah, HWV 56, Comfort Ye My People
(Tenor) 2:52
3. Messiah, HWV 56, Ev'ry Valley Shall Be
Exalted (Tenor) 3:36
4. Messiah, HWV 56, and the Glory of the
Lord (Chorus) 3:16
5. Messiah, HWV 56, Thus Saith the Lord of
Hosts (Bass) 1:28
6. Messiah, HWV 56, but Who May Abide the
Day of His Coming (Alto) 4:50
7. Messiah, HWV 56, and He Shall Purify
the Sons of Levi (Chorus) 2:57
8. Messiah, HWV 56, Behold, a Virgin Shall
Conceive (Alto) 0:25
9. Messiah, HWV 56, O Thou That Tellest
Good Tidings to Zion (Alto and Chorus)
5:38
10. Messiah, HWV 56, for Behold, Darkness
Shall Cover the Earth (Bass) 1:59
11. Messiah, HWV 56, for Behold, Darkness
Shall Cover the Earth
(Bass) 3:45
12. Messiah, HWV 56, for Unto Us a Child
Is Born (Chorus) 4:31
13. Messiah, HWV 56, Pifa, Pastoral
Symphony (Orchestra) 2:44
14. Messiah, HWV 56, There Were Shepherds
Abiding in the Fields (Soprano) 0:36
15. Messiah, HWV 56, and Lo, the Angel of
the Lord (Soprano) 0:36
16. Messiah, HWV 56, and the Angel Said
Unto Them (Soprano) 0:21
17. Messiah, HWV 56, and Suddenly There
Was With the Angel (Soprano) 2:11
18. Messiah, HWV 56, Glory to God in the
Highest (Chorus) 4:58
19. Messiah, HWV 56, Rejoice Greatly, O
Daughter of Zion (Soprano) 3:20
20. Messiah, HWV 56, Lift Up Your Heads, O
Ye Gates (Chorus) 0:31
21. Messiah, HWV 56, Then Shall the Eyes
of the Blind Be Opened (Soprano) 5:07
22. Messiah, HWV 56, He Shall Feed His
Flock Like a Shepherd (Alto and
Soprano) 2:32
23. Messiah, HWV 56, His Yoke Is Easy
(Chorus) 4:10
24. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Hallelujah,
Blessing and Honor, Amen (Chorus) 6:55
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SITE RATING: 2/10
SITE
REVIEW: A live
recording from December 2011, this Messiah,
under the direction of Mark Mangini features
some lovely moments in the beginning, with
delicious, controlled playing from the South
Fork Chamber Orchestra on the opening
Sinfonia. Tenor Nils Neubert is
similarly very fine, with a rich, romantic
tone and expert phrasing on both "Comfort
Ye" and "Ev'ry Valley". Unfortunately,
from those opening moments, things go
quickly downhill. The Choral Society
of the Hamptons simply don't come near the
expertise of either the orchestra or soloist
which preceded them, with extremely
amateurish singing, poor tone, disunity, and
bad pitch. Baritone Mischa
Bouvier is simply OK, sounding affected and
a bit unsure. Mezzo-soprano Suzanne
Schwing is better, but is hampered somewhat
by tempos that start to drag, and the
tendency to lunge up to notes. Soprano
Rada Hastings sounds tremulous and somewhat
intimidated in her arias, with a tendency to
become shrill in her upper register.
Mingini's direction, which seems so sure and
confident at the first, becomes more slow
and clumsy as the program goes on, and its
evident that the limitations of the forces
he's conducting have hamstrung him. In
conclusion, except for a few moments, this
recording is simply too amateurish to
recommend.
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