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Messiah
Georg Friedrich Händel

Felicity Lott / Felicity Palmer

Messiah

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212007426
Catnr: SIGCD 074
Release date: 01 March 2006
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212007426
Catalogue number
SIGCD 074
Release date
01 March 2006
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Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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About the album

A stellar line-up of soloists, conductor, choir and orchestra combine forces in the re-mastered 2 CD set of Mozart's arrangement of Handel's much loved 'Messiah'.

In April 1742, shortly after the first performance of Messiah in Dublin for the city's Charitable Musical Society, the Dublin Journal reported that the oratorio "was allowed by the greatest of Judges to be the finest Compostion of Musick that was ever heard".

Sir Charles Mackerras continues the constantly evolving performance history of one of the world's most enduring masterpieces.

"an appealing tribute that translates the music's idiom from Baroque to Classical, with many graceful and imaginative touches"

- BBC Music Magazine

Een vernieuwde versie van Mozart’s bewerking van de Messiah
In april 1742, kort na de eerste uitvoering van Händels Messiah in Dublin voor de Charitable Musical Society, vermeldde de Dublin Journal dat het oratorium “was allowed by the greatest of Judges to be the finest Compostion of Musick that was ever heard.” Slechts weinig werken van zijn tijdgenoten hebben een dergelijke lange uitvoeringstraditie of kennen een dergelijk breed scala aan versies en edities. Uitvoeringen van de Messiah reiken van de eerste successen in Händels tijd tot de herziende versie van Mozart, door de Victoriaanse periode waarin het in een kolossaal bouwwerk werd veranderd, naar de ‘meezing-Messiah’ in de dorpszaal en uiteindelijk naar de aanpak van specialisten van de historische uitvoeringspraktijk.

Een topcast van solisten, dirigent, koor en orkest treden gezamenlijk op op dit dubbelalbum met een vernieuwde versie van Mozarts bewerking van Händels zeer geliefde Messiah. Sir Charles Mackerras zet met deze opname de zich continu ontwikkelende uitvoeringsgeschiedenis van een van de langst blijvende meesterwerken voort. De aria’s waarvan de partijen van de stemmen door Mozart zijn aangepast hebben hun oorspronkelijke partijen weer terug, en voor het libretto wordt weer gebruik gemaakt van de originele Engelse tekst, in plaats van de Duitse vertaling.

BBC Music Magazine schreef over dit album: “an appealing tribute that translates the music's idiom from Baroque to Classical, with many graceful and imaginative touches.”

Artist(s)

Felicity Lott (soprano)

Huddersfield Choral Society

Founded in 1836, the Huddersfield Choral Society has developed an international reputation as one of the UK's leading choral societies.  The Society's busy schedule is centred on its own subscription concert season in Huddersfield Town Hall, including its annual performances of Messiah. The choir also performs in other major concert venues in the UK and abroad, it regularly broadcasts for BBC radio and television, and has a long history of pioneering recordings.
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Founded in 1836, the Huddersfield Choral Society has developed an international reputation as one of the UK's leading choral societies.

The Society's busy schedule is centred on its own subscription concert season in Huddersfield Town Hall, including its annual performances of Messiah. The choir also performs in other major concert venues in the UK and abroad, it regularly broadcasts for BBC radio and television, and has a long history of pioneering recordings.


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Charles Mackerras (conductor)

John Birch (organ)

Composer(s)

Georg Friedrich Händel

Georg Frideric Handel was a composer from the Baroque period. Handel wrote primarily music-dramatic works: 42 operas, 29 oratorios, more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets, which comes to a total amount of almost 2000 arias! Furthermore, he composed English, Italian and Latin sacred music, serenades and odes. Among his instrumental music are several organ concertos, concerti grossi, overtures, oboe sonatas and violinsonates, along with many solo works for harpsichord and organ.  Together with Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born in the same year (1685), Handel is viewed as one of the greatest composers of his time. He was extremely prolific and wrote in total more than 610 works, many of which are still performed today.  Compared to his contemporaries Bach, Telemann...
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Georg Frideric Handel was a composer from the Baroque period. Handel wrote primarily music-dramatic works: 42 operas, 29 oratorios, more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets, which comes to a total amount of almost 2000 arias! Furthermore, he composed English, Italian and Latin sacred music, serenades and odes. Among his instrumental music are several organ concertos, concerti grossi, overtures, oboe sonatas and violinsonates, along with many solo works for harpsichord and organ.

Together with Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born in the same year (1685), Handel is viewed as one of the greatest composers of his time. He was extremely prolific and wrote in total more than 610 works, many of which are still performed today.

Compared to his contemporaries Bach, Telemann and Scarlatti, Handel was by far the most cosmopolitan. When Handel was a child, his father, who was a surgeon at the court of Saxe-Weissenfels, imagined a juridical career for him. But his musical talents did not go unnoticed at the court, which forced the father to let him study music. In Hamburg, Handel befriended Mattheson. Together they visited Buxtehude, the greatest organ player of his time, in 1703 (two years before Bach did). At that time, Handel was already an excellent musician, but it wasn't until his stay in Italy - the land of opera - that his talents and skills truly started to flourish. Back in Germany, he received a position at the court of Hannover, where the noblemen had a connection to the British throne. Thanks to these connections, Handel decided to move to London, after which a puzzling history of intrigues and political games started. For example, it is unclear what the exact political message of his famous Water Music is, which was composed for a boat ride on the river Thames by King George. Initially, Handel focused on Italian opera during his stay in London, but from the 1730s onwards he started composing English spoken oratorios, with the celebrated Messiah at its peak.


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Disc #1
01.
Overture
01:27
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
02.
Allegro moderato
02:13
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
03.
Recitative: Comfort ye (tenor)
03:13
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
04.
Aria: Every Valley (tenor)
03:25
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
05.
Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord
02:54
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
06.
Recitative: Thus saith the Lord (bass)
01:28
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Robert Lloyd, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
07.
Aria: But who may abide (bass)
04:30
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Robert Lloyd, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
08.
Chorus: And He shall purify
02:33
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
09.
Recitative: Behold! A Virgin (alto)
00:23
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Felicity Palmer, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
10.
Aria: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto)
05:38
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Felicity Palmer, John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
11.
Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass)
02:10
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Robert Lloyd, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
12.
Aria: The people that walked in darkness (bass)
03:24
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Robert Lloyd, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
13.
Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
04:00
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Huddersfield Choral Society, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
14.
Pastoral Symphony Recitative: There were shepherds (soprano)
03:17
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Felicity Lott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
15.
Accompagnato: And lo!, the Angel (soprano)
00:23
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Felicity Lott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
16.
Recitative: And the Angel said unto them (soprano)
00:34
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Felicity Lott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
17.
Accompagnato: And suddenly there was with the Angel (soprano)
00:16
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Felicity Lott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
18.
Chorus: Glory to God
01:49
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Huddersfield Choral Society, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
19.
Aria: Rejoice greatly (soprano)
04:35
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Felicity Lott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
20.
Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind (alto)
00:22
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Felicity Palmer, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
21.
Aria: He shall feed His flock Aria Come unto him (soprano)
05:41
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Felicity Lott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
22.
Chorus: His yoke is easy
02:29
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Disc #2
01.
Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
02:38
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Huddersfield Choral Society, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
02.
Aria: He was despised (alto)
12:42
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Felicity Palmer, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
03.
Chorus: Surely, He hath borne our griefs
01:59
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
04.
Chorus: And with his Stripes
01:46
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
05.
Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
03:56
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
06.
Recitative: All they that see Him (tenor)
00:43
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
07.
Chorus: He trusted in God
02:07
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
08.
Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (tenor)
01:55
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
09.
Aria: Behold, and see (tenor)
01:27
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
10.
Recitative: He was cut off (tenor)
00:15
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
11.
Aria: But Thou didst not leave (tenor)
02:30
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
12.
Chorus: Lift up your heads
02:56
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
13.
Chorus: The Lord gave the Word
01:12
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
14.
Aria: How beautiful are the feet of them (soprano)
02:17
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Felicity Lott, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
15.
Aria: Why do the nations (bass)
02:47
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Robert Lloyd, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
16.
Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
01:44
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
17.
Recitative: He that dwelleth in Heaven (tenor
00:13
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
18.
Aria: Thou shalt break them (tenor)
02:09
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Philip Langridge, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
19.
Chorus: Hallelujah!
03:42
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
20.
Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
07:01
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Felicity Lott, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
21.
Chorus: Since by man came death
02:08
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
22.
Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass)
00:31
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Robert Lloyd, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
23.
Aria: The trumpet shall sound (bass)
03:53
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Robert Lloyd, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
24.
Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb
03:39
(Georg Friedrich Händel) Huddersfield Choral Society, John Birch, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
25.
Chorus: Amen
03:34
(Georg Friedrich Händel) John Birch, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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