| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
EMI
CLASSICS (FRANCE) |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
CDS
7 47577 8 |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
077774757782 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
2 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
120:23 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1984 |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
NOVEMBER
5, 2002 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
NEVILLE
MARRINER |
| ORCHESTRA: |
RADIO
SINFONIE ORCHESTER STUTTGART |
| CHOIR: |
SÜDFUNKCHOR |
| SOPRANO: |
LUCIA
POPP |
| CONTRALTO: |
BRIGITTE
FASSBAENDER |
| TENOR: |
ROBERT
GAMBILL |
| BASS: |
ROBERT
HOLL |
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| AUDIO SAMPLES |
HIGHLIGHTS |
OTHER
RELEASES |
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DISC ONE
1. Act I, Sinfonia In E Minor
2. Act I, "Comfort Ye My People",
Recitative For Tenor
3. Act I, "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be
Exalted", Air For Tenor
4. Act I, "And The Glory Of The Lord",
Chorus
5. Act I, "Thus Saith The Lord Of
Hosts", Recitative For Bass
6. Act I, "But Who May Abide The Day Of
His Coming", Air For Bass
7. Act I, "And He Shall Purify The Sons
Of Levi", Chorus
8. Act I, "Behold, A Virgin Shall
Conceive", Recitative For Alto
9. Act I, "O Thou That Tellest Good
Tiding To Zion", Air For Alto
10. Act I, "For Behold, Darkness Shall
Cover The Earth", Recitative For Bass
11. Act I, "The People That Walked In
Darkness", Air For Bass
12. Act I, "For Unto Us A Child Is
Born", Chorus
13. Act I, Pifa In C Major
14. Act I, "There Were Shepherds Abiding
In The Field", Recitative For Soprano
15. Act I, "And Lo, The Angel Of The
Lord Came Upon Them", Recitative For
Soprano
16. Act I, "But Lo, The Angel Of The
Lord Came Upon Them", Arioso For Soprano
17. Act I, "And The Angel Said Unto
Them", Recitative For Soprano
18. Act I, "And Suddenly There Was With
The Angel A Multitude", Recitative For
Sopra
19. Act I, "Glory To God In The
Highest", Chorus
20. Act I, "Rejoice Greatly", Air For
Soprano
21. Act I, "Then Shall The Eyes Of The
Blind Be Open'd", Recitative For Soprano
22. Act I, "He Shall Feed His Flock Like
A Shepherd", Air For Soprano
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DISC TWO
23. Act I, "His Yoke Is Easy,
His Burden Is Light", Chorus
24. Act Ii, "Behold The Lamb Of God",
Chorus
25. Act Ii, "He Was Dispised And
Rejected", Air For Alto
26. Act Ii, "Surely, He Hath Borne Our
Griefs And Carried Our Sorrows", Chorus
27. Act Ii, "And With His Stripes We Are
Healed", Chorus
28. Act Ii, "All We Like Sheep", Chorus
29. Act Ii, "All They That See Him,
Laugh Him To Scorn", Recitative For
Tenor
30. Act Ii, "He Trusted In God That He
Would Deliver Him", Chorus
31. Act Ii, "Thy Rebuke Hat Broken His
Heart", Recitative For Tenor
32. Act Ii, "Behold, And See If There Be
Any Sorrow", Arioso For Tenor
33. Act Ii, "He Was Cut Off Out Of The
Land Of The Living", Recitative For
Tenor
34. Act Ii, "But Thou Didst Not Leave
His Soul In Hell", Air For Tenor
35. Act Ii, "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye
Gates", Chorus
36. Act Ii, "Unto Which Of The Angels
Said He At Any Time", Recitative For
Tenor
37. Act Ii, "Let All The Angels Of God
Worship Him", Chorus
38. Act Ii, "Thou Art Gone Up On High",
Air For Bass/Alto
39. Act Ii, "Great Was The Company Of
The Preachers", Chorus
40. Act Ii, "How Beautiful Are The Feet
Of Them", Air For Soprano
41. Act Ii, "Their Sound Is Gone Out
Into All The Lands", Arioso For Tenor
42. Act Ii, "Their Sound Is Gone Out
Into All The Lands", Chorus
43. Act Ii, "Why Do The Nations So
Furiously Rage Together", Air For Bass
44. Act Ii, "The Kings Of The Earth Rise
Up", Air For Bass
45. Act Ii, "Let Us Break Their Bonds
Asunder", Chorus
46. Act Ii, "He That Dwelleth In
Heaven", Recitative For Tenor
47. Act Ii, "Thou Shalt Break Them With
A Rod Of Iron", Air For Tenor
48. Act Ii, "Thou Shalt Break Them With
A Rod Of Iron", Recitative For Tenor
49. Act Ii, "Hallelujah", Chorus
50. Act Iii, "I Know That My Redeemer
Liveth", Air For Soprano
51. Act Iii, "Since By Man Came Death",
Chorus
52. Act Iii, "Behold, I Tell You A
Mystery", Recitative For Bass
53. Act Iii, "The Trumpet Shall Sound",
Air For Bass
54. Act Iii, "Behold, I Tell You A
Mystery", Recitative For Bass
55. Act Iii, "O Death, Where Is Thy
Sting?", Duet For Alto & Tenor
56. Act Iii, "But Thanks To Be To God",
Chorus
57. Act Iii, "Worthy Is The Lamb Was
Slain", Chorus
58. Act Iii, "Amen", Chorus
59. "Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts",
Supplemental Recitative For Bass
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SITE RATING: 9/10
SITE
REVIEW: Sir Neville
Marriner rarely disappoints on his recordings
of Messiah
- he completely understands how to make
Handel's music dance - and on this, his second
Messiah
and (so far) his only Mozart/German one, he
again delivers a marvellous, entrancing
performance - everyone, from the soloists to
the orchestral and choral ensembles, appear to
be completely immersed in the music, giving
stunningly involved readings of the entire
oratorio. The Stuttgart Radio Symphony
plays with a beguiling lightness and freedom,
with stunning instrumental colors bleeding
through that I'd never heard before; The
Südfunkchor sings with passion, power and
perfectly blended tones, the soloists are
uniformly fine, rich and powerful with the
famous Lucia Popp giving a perfectly-pitched
(although somewhat ripe) performance, and
tenor Robert Gambill a terrifically heroic
presence. This Messiah may be a bit too
"big" and old-school for modern listeners,
however I found it uniformly thrilling from
start to finish, with lavish sound, huge
choruses, expressive feeling, and a deep
humanity present that is all too rare on most
Messiahs.
This may be Sir Neville Marriner's
greatest Messiah
on record, and considering his
accomplishments, that's saying a lot.
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