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| 1. Messiah: No 1 Symphony | |||
| 2. Messiah: Nos 2/3 Recitative & Air Tenor. Comfort ye my people... Every valley shall be exalted | |||
| 3. Messiah: No 4 Chorus: And the glory of the Lord | |||
| 4. Messiah: Nos 5 - 6 Recitative & Air bass: Thus saith the Lord... But who may abide | |||
| 5. Messiah: No 7 Chorus: And he shall purify | |||
| 6. Messiah: Nos 8 - 9 Recitative & Air alto & Chorus: Behold, a virgin shall conceive... O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion | |||
| 7. Messiah: Nos 10-11 Recitative & Air bass: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth... The people that walked in darkness | |||
| 8. Messiah: No 12 Chorus: For unto us a child is born | |||
| 9. Messiah: No 13 Pifa | |||
| 10. Messiah: Nos 14 - 16 Recitative soprano: There were sheperds, abiding in the field... And lo! the angel of the Lord come upon them... And the angel said unto them... And suddenly there was with the angel | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Messiah: No. 24 Chorus: Surely he hath borne our griefs | |||
| 2. Messiah: No. 25 Chorus: And with his stripes | |||
| 3. Messiah: No. 26 Chorus: All we like sheep | |||
| 4. Messiah: Nos. 27 - 28 Recitative tenor & Chorus: All they that see him... He trusted in God | |||
| 5. Messiah: Nos. 29 - 30 Recitative & Arioso soprano: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart... Behold and see | |||
| 6. Messiah: Nos. 31 - 32 Recitative & Air tenor: He was cut off out of the land of the living... But thou didst not leave his soul in hell | |||
| 7. Messiah: No. 33 Chorus: Lift up your heads | |||
| 8. Messiah: Nos. 34 - 35 Recitative tenor & Chorus: Unto which of the angels... Let all the angels of God worship him | |||
| 9. Messiah: No. 36 Air bass: Thou art gone up on high | |||
| 10. Messiah: No. 37 Chorus: The Lord gave the word | |||
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Neville Marriner's 1976 account of the Covent Garden version of the score (1743), with the Academy and Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and soloists Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, and Gwynne Howell, is positively plush-sounding but nicely animated. I'd love to have this kind of string tone for, say, the Dvorák Serenade, but for Handel it may be just a bit much. --Ted Libbey
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Celebrate Christmas as people around the world have for more than 250 years! This is the 1743 London version of Handel's Messiah , performed by none other than Sir Neville Mariner and the Academy & Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Chara
Format:Audio CD
This recording was featured in a book club we belonged to many years ago. Our children were very young at the time and apparently we played this album so much that when our son was in about grade 3, he told a teacher that The Messiah was his favourite piece of music.
I grew up with The Messiah (my parents both being trained musicians) and had had my "favourite" parts before hearing this recording, but I quickly acquired several new preferences. One is Gwynne Howell's rendition of "The Trumpet Shall Sound."
This is a "lighter" recording than many, with fewer instruments and a slightly livelier pace. It took some getting used to from what I'd been familiar with as a child, but now I prefer it over the heavier and more traditional versions.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By NNNNN
Format:Audio CD
There are Handel Messiah performances that make you feel as if you have bought into someone's doctoral thesis in obscure music theory. Then there are others that are a joy to listen to from note one. In that later catagory we can safely place this splendid 1976 recording by Neville Marriner. The tempos are spirited, the rhythms well pointed and the slow movements touched with enough gravitas to bring out dignity without lapsing into pretenciousness. Marriner and the Academy are as ever in prime condition as are an excellent group of soloists with Elly Ameling standing out as she often does. There are Messiah performances that are a sort of flavor of the week that quickly fade away. This performance by Marriner is ever fresh and manages to avoid dating itself because it stays true to the spirit of the music.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
As has been previously mentioned, this version has some notable differences from more familiar versions, my favorite being the air "He shall feed His flock/Come unto Him" which is for contralto only. The recitative "And lo, the angel of the Lord..." is somewhat longer and more arioso-like. The air "How beautiful are the feet..." is a duet for contralto and soprano, followed by a chorus. The tempi are rather brisk, which works for the most part (especially in the opening sinfonia, which is often performed excessively slowly), however the air and chorus "Oh thou that tellest good tidings" is supposed to be adante and is much closer to allegro, and the chorus "His yoke is easy" while marked allegro, is just too fast for my taste. On the whole this is a highly recommended recording, it sounds Baroque (with the orchestration and ornamentation), but it doesn't sound hollow or bland, nor does it sound like overly dramatic.
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