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CHSA 5176
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Handel - Messiah
Running Time: 113:58
Release Date: November 2016
Originally recorded in 2015
Composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
Soprano Voice soprano
Erin Wall
Erin Wall
Solo mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth DeShong
Elizabeth DeShong
Tenor Voice tenor
Andrew Staples
Andrew Staples
Bass Voice bass
John Relyea
John Relyea
Choral
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Orchestra
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis
Producer (Soundmirror Inc.)
Blanton Alspaugh
Blanton Alspaugh
Engineer (Soundmirror Inc.)
John Newton
John Newton
Venue (live); December 2015
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Orchestral & Concertos
Vocal & Song
Orchestral & Concertos
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COMPACT DISC ONE
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Messiah, HWV 56 (1741)
113:58
Oratorio in Three Parts
New Concert Edition by Sir Andrew Davis
'In Memory of My Mother and Father'
Part 1
1.
1
Overture (Sinfony). Grave - Allegro moderato -
3:37
2.
2
Accompagnato. Tenor: 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people'. Larghetto
2:33
3.
3
Air. Tenor: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'. Andante
3:21
4.
4
Chorus: 'And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed'. Allegro giocoso - Adagio
2:35
5.
5
Accompagnato. Bass: 'Thus saith the Lord'. Solenne
1:31
6.
6
Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'But who may abide the day of his coming!'. Larghetto - Prestissimo - Larghetto - Prestissimo - Adagio
4:01
7.
7
Chorus: 'And He shall purify the sons of Levi'
2:31
8.
8
Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Behold! A virgin shall conceive'
0:29
9.
9
Air. Mezzo-soprano and Chorus: 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'. Andante
5:07
10.
10
Accompagnato. Bass: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'. Andante larghetto
2:20
11.
11
Air. Bass: 'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'. Larghetto
3:09
12.
12
Chorus: 'For unto us a Child is born'. Andante allegro
4:04
13.
13
Pastoral Symphony (Pifa). Larghetto -
0:53
14.
14A
Recitative. Soprano: ;There were shepherds abiding in the field'. [ ]
0:14
15.
14B
Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them'. Andante
0:21
16.
15
Recitative. Soprano: 'And the angel said unto them'
0:38
17.
16
Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude...'. Allegro
0:18
18.
17
Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'. L'istesso tempo
2:04
19.
18
Air. Soprano: 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion'. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I
4:45
20.
19
Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd'
0:28
21.
20
Duet. Mezzo-soprano and Soprano: 'He shall feed His flock like a shepherd'. Larghetto -
5:21
22.
21
Chorus: 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!
2:24
Total time: 52:44
COMPACT DISC TWO
Part 2: 41:19
1.
22
Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'. Largo
2:56
2.
23
Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'He was despised and rejected of men'. Largo
5:11
3.
24
Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows'. Largo e staccato -
1:54
4.
25
Chorus: 'And with His stripes we are healed'. Alle breve moderato -
1:49
5.
26
Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'. Allegro moderato - Adagio
3:56
6.
27
Accompagnato. Tenor: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'. Larghetto -
0:43
7.
28
Chorus: 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'. Allegro
2:20
8.
29
Accompagnato. 'Tenor: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart'. Largo
1:42
9.
30
Arioso. Tenor: 'Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow'. Largo e piano
1:16
10.
31
Accompagnato. Tenor: 'He was cut off out of the land of the living'
0:16
11.
32
Air. Tenor: 'But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell'. Andante larghetto
2:07
12.
33
Chorus: 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates'. A tempo ordinario
3:13
13.
37
Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'. Andante allegro -
1:00
14.
38
Air. Soprano: 'How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace'. Larghetto
2:07
15.
40
Air. Bass: 'Who do the nations so furiously rage together'. Allegro -
2:52
16.
41
Chorus: 'Let us break their bonds asunder'. Allegro e staccato
1:48
17.
42
Recitative. Tenor: 'He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn' -
0:15
18.
43
Air. Tenor: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron'. Andante
1:55
19.
44
Chorus: 'Hallelujah!'. Allegro
3:48
Part 3: 20:09
20.
45
Air. Soprano: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'. Larghetto
6:16
21.
46
Chorus: 'Since by man came death'. Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro
2:07
22.
47
Accompagnato. Bass: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery'
0:35
23.
48
Air. Bass: 'The trumpet shall sound'. Pomposo, ma non allegro
4:10
24.
53
Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain'. Largo - Larghetto - Allegro moderato
6:58
Total time: 61:14
Solo: Elizabeth DeShong mezzo-soprano
Choral: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Noel Edison, artistic director
Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Crow, concert master
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
