| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
ARABESQUE |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
6743 |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
026724674327 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
2 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
134:22 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1999 |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
APRIL
10, 2009 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
ANDREW
PARROTT |
| ORCHESTRA: |
HANDEL
& HAYDN SOCIETY |
| CHOIR: |
HANDEL
& HAYDN SOCIETY |
| SOPRANO: |
KARINA
GAUVIN |
| MEZZO-SOPRANO: |
JENNIFER
LANE |
| TENOR: |
JOHN
ELWES |
| BASS: |
BRETT
POLEGATO |
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DISC ONE
1 Overture 03:56
2 "Comfort Ye" 03:01
3 "Ev'ry valley..."
03:30
4 "And the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed" 02:46
5 "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts..."
01:22
6 "But who may abide the day of His
coming..." 04:24
7 "And He shall purify the sons of
Levi..." 02:37
8 "Behold, a Virgin shall conceive"
00:
9 "O thou that tellest good tidings to
Zion..." 04:15
10 "O thou that tellest good tidings to
Zion..." 01:49
11 "For behold, darkness shall cover the
Earth..." 01:59
12 "The people that walked in darkness
have seen a great light"
03:53
13 "For unto us a Child is born..."
04:04
14 Pifa 03:10
15 "There were shepherds abiding in the
field..." 00:
16 "And the angel said unto them..."
00:34
17 "And suddenly there was with the
angel..." 00:
18 "Glory to God in the highest..."
01:59
19 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of
Zion!..." 04:14
20 "Then shall the eyes of the blind
be open'd..." 00:
21 "He shall feed his flock like a
shepherd..." 05:14
22 "His yoke is easy..."
02:31
23 "Behold the Lamb of God..."
03:10
24 "He was despised and rejected of
men..." 11:23
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DISC TWO
1 "Surely He hath borne our
griefs..." 02:07
2 "And with His stripes we are healed"
01:56
3 "All we like sheep, have gone astray..."
04:00
4 "All they that see Him..."
00:41
5 "He trusted in God that He would deliver
Him..." 02:24
6 "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart..."
01:29
7 "Behold, and see if there be any
sorrow..." 01:21
8 "He was cut out of the land of the
living..." 00:
9 "But thou didst not leave His soul in
hell..." 02:39
10 "Lift up your heads..."
03:06
11 "Unto which of the angels said He at
any time..." 00:
12 "The Lord gave the word..."
01:09
13 "How beautiful are the feet..."
02:28
14 "Their sound is gone out into all
lands..." 01:23
15 "Why do the nations so furiously rage
together..." 04:48
16 "Let us break their bonds asunder..."
01:53
17 "He that dwelleth.../Thou shalt break
them..." 02:16
18 Hallelujah 04:08
19 "I know that my redeemer liveth..."
06:37
20 "Since by man came death..."
02:04
21 "Behold I tell you a mystery..."
00:30
22 "The trumpet shall sound..."
02:17
23 "Then shall be brought to pass..."
00:
24 "O Death, where is thy sting?"
02:02
25 "But thanks be to God..."
02:17
26 "If God be for us..."
01:07
27 "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain..."
03:27
28 "Amen" 03:59
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SITE RATING: 4/10
SITE
REVIEW: I'm afraid
that part of this rating is due to the
manufacture of this set. Certain
companies are being allowed to market and sell
inferior products like the Parrott "Messiah"
to customers who don't realize what they're
purchasing. Reissued on Arabesque, it's sold
cheap, (much cheaper than the high-priced
originals being hawked by CD by opportunists),
but you get what you pay for: CD-R's instead
of properly-pressed CDs, stripped-down
packaging that completely omits the second
disc's track listing, no timings for any
tracks, and no notes.
Now, about this performance - I've heard much
better renditions of Mozart's Messiah
than this one - the chorus sounds muted, the
tempos are ponderous, and the soloists are too
'operatic' for my tastes. In fact, this entire
performance hearkens back to the "large"
Messiahs of the past, slow-moving and dense.
Part of this is due to the nature of
this being a live recording, with clarity and
sparkle lacking in the sound, but part is due
to the languid tempos chosen by Parrott, and
the performers themselves.
I would recommend passing this one by - if you
want a fine English-speaking
Messiah-cum-Mozart, check out the Harry
Christophers/Huddersfield Choral Society
discs released by BBC.
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