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| LABEL: |
MADACY |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
GCB2
51311 |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
628621131129 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
2 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
140:05 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1958 |
| CD
RELEASE
DATE: |
OCTOBER
2,
2001 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
WALTER
SUSSKIND |
| ORCHESTRA: |
LONDON
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA |
| CHOIR: |
LONDON
PHILHARMONIC CHOIR |
| SOPRANO: |
APRIL
CANTELLO |
| CONTRALTO: |
HELEN
WATTS |
| TENOR: |
WILFRED
BROWN |
| BASS: |
ROGER
STALMAN |
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DISC ONE
1. Overture
2. Comfort Ye My People
3. Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
4. And the Glory of the Lord
5. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts
6. But Who May Abide the Day of His
Coming?
7. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
8. Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive
9. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to
Zion
10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the
Earth
11. People That Walked in Darkness
12. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
13. Pastorale Symphony
14. There Were Shepherds Abiding in the
Field
15. Glory to God in the Highest
16. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
17. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be
Open'd
18. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a
Shepherd
19. His Yoke Is Easy, His Burden Is Light
20. Behold the Lamb of God
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DISC TWO
21. He Was Despised and Rejected of
Men
22. Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs
23. And With His Stripes We Are Healed
24. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
25. All They That See Him, Laugh Him to
Scorn
26. He Trusted in God That He Would
Deliver Him
27. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
28. Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow
29. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the
Living
30. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in
Hell
31. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
32. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them
33. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage
34. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
35. He That Dwelleth in Heaven
36. Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of
Iron
37. Hallelujah - London Philharmonic
Chorus
38. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
39. Since by Man Came Death - For as in
Adam, Even So in Christ
40. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
41. Trumpet Shall Sound
42. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
43. Amen
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SITE RATING: 3/10
SITE
REVIEW: Madacy has
gotten a lot of mileage out of this lumbering,
mechanical 1958 recording. Repackaged
again and again in different guises, but with
the same rusty engine underneath, what once
started out as a 101 Strings production, and
released in England on the budget PYE label,
has since migrated to the States and
beyond. Often saddled with the
misleading tag line "The Original Manuscript",
this performance is long in the tooth
both in age and performance. Sound wise,
it's in good condition, a stereo release, with
better fidelity than, say, the Bernstein Messiah,
but director Walter Susskind's direction is so
lackluster, so heavy, that even though the
oratorio cuts nearly ten tracks (mostly from
section two), it feels much, much longer than
fuller performances. As to the soloists,
they are a mixed lot, with soprano April
Cantello fairing best with her easy,
effortless arias, tenor Wilfred Brown tries
too hard to impress, bass Roger Stalman is
throaty and heavy, as is alto Helen Watts with
her Wagnerian swells. The Choir and
orchestra are adequate, but neither is helped
by the thudding tempi and unimaginative
direction.
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