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The Messiah: Handel arr. Mozart

 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
 

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

BBC Music Magazine
   
     
       

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. 

 

 

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Huddersfield Choral Society
Release date: March 2006
Order code: SIGCD074
Barcode: 635212007426
 
Disc One/  One/Part One
1. Overture
 [1.27]
2. Allegro moderato [2.13]
3. Recitative Comfort ye (tenor) [3.13]
4. Aria Every Valley (tenor) [3.25]
5. Chorus And the Glory of the Lord
 [2.54]
6. Recitative Thus saith the Lord (bass) [1.28]
7. Aria But who may abide (bass) [4.30]
8. Chorus And He shall purify [2.33]
9. Recitative Behold! A Virgin (alto) [0.23]
10. Aria O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto) [5.38]
11. Recitative For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass) [2.10]
12. Aria The people that walked in darkness (bass) [3.24]
13. Chorus For unto us a Child is born [4.00]
14. Pastoral Symphony Recitative There were shepherds (soprano) [3.17]
15. Accompagnato And lo!, the Angel (soprano) [0.23]
16. Recitative And the Angel said unto them (soprano) [0.34]
17. Accompagnato And suddenly there was with the Angel (soprano) [0.16]
18. Chorus Glory to God
 [1.49]
19. Aria Rejoice greatly (soprano) [4.35]
20. Recitative Then shall the eyes of the blind (alto) [0.22]
21. Aria He shall feed His flock Aria Come unto him (soprano)  [5.41]
22. Chorus His yoke is easy [2.29]
  Total time  [56.56] 
 
Disc Two / Part Two
1. Chorus Behold the Lamb of God [2.38]
2. Aria He was despised (alto) [12.42]
3. Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs [1.59]
4. Chorus And with his Stripes [1.46]
5. Chorus All we like sheep have gone astray [3.56]
6. Recitative All they that see Him (tenor) [0.43]
7. Chorus He trusted in God [2.07]
8. Recitative Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (tenor) [1.55]
9. Aria Behold, and see (tenor) [1.27]
10. Recitative He was cut off (tenor) [0.15]
11. Aria But Thou didst not leave (tenor) [2.30]
12. Chorus Lift up your heads [2.56]
13. Chorus The Lord gave the Word [1.12]
14. Aria How beautiful are the feet of them (soprano) [2.17]
15. Aria Why do the nations (bass) [2.47]
16. Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder [1.44]
17. Recitative He that dwelleth in Heaven (tenor) [0.13]
18. Aria Thou shalt break them (tenor) [2.09]
19. Chorus Hallelujah! [3.42]
Part Three
20. Aria I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano) [7.01]
21. Chorus Since by man came death [2.08]
22. Recitative Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass) [0.31]
23. Aria The trumpet shall sound (bass) [3.53]
24. Chorus Worthy is the Lamb [3.39]
25. Chorus Amen [3.34]
Total time [70.01]
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