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Special offer. Handel: Messiah

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Saul Quirke (treble), Catherine Robbin (mezzo), Charles Brett (counter-tenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Robert Hale (bass)

English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Handel: Messiah
Gardiner chooses bright-toned sopranos instead of boys for the chorus and he uses, very affectingly, a solo treble to sing There were shepherds abiding...Speeds are fast and light, and the rhythmic...

Penguin Guide, 20103 out of 4 stars

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Special offer. Handel: Messiah

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Saul Quirke (treble), Catherine Robbin (mezzo), Charles Brett (counter-tenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Robert Hale (bass)

English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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Gardiner chooses bright-toned sopranos instead of boys for the chorus and he uses, very affectingly, a solo treble to sing There were shepherds abiding...Speeds are fast and light, and the rhythmic...

Penguin Guide, 20103 out of 4 stars

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Handel: Messiah
Work length2:17:10
Symphony
Track length2:54
1. Accompagnato: Comfort ye, My people
Track length2:19
2. Air: Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted
Track length3:11
3. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
Track length2:40
4. Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord
Track length1:19
5. Air: "But who may abide the day of his coming"
Track length4:18
6. Chorus: And He shall purify the sons of Levi
Track length2:17
7. Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
Track length0:28
8. Air - 9. Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings
Track length5:34
10. Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover
Track length1:45
11. Air: The people that walked in darkness
Track length3:49
12. Chorus: "For unto us a Child is born"
Track length4:01
13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
Track length2:26
14. Recitative: There were shepherds - Accompagnato: And lo, the angel of the Lord - Recitative: And the angel said unto them - Accompagnato: And suddenly
Track length1:20
15. Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
Track length1:43
16. Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion
Track length4:10
17a. Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind
Track length0:21
18a. Duet: He shall feed his flock
Track length4:27
19. Chorus: His yoke is easy
Track length2:00
20. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
Track length2:39
21. Air: He was despised
Track length10:13
22. Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs
Track length2:07
23. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
Track length1:52
24. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
Track length4:11
25. Accompagnato: All they that see Him
Track length0:46
26. Chorus: He trusted in God
Track length2:16
27. Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
Track length1:30
28. Arioso: Behold and see
Track length1:32
29. Accompagnato: He was cut off
Track length0:13
30. Aria: But thou didst not leave
Track length2:07
31. Chorus: Lift up your heads
Track length2:57
32. Recitative: Unto which of the angels
Track length0:13
33. Chorus: Let all the angels of God
Track length1:25
34a. Air: "Thou art gone up on high"
Track length3:16
35. Chorus: The Lord gave the word
Track length1:08
36. Air: How beautiful are the feet
Track length2:16
37a. Chorus: Their sound is gone out
Track length1:15
38. Air: Why do the nations
Track length2:34
39. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
Track length1:35
40. Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven
Track length0:11
41. Air: Thou shalt break them
Track length1:58
"Hallelujah"
Track length3:48
43. Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
Track length6:26
44. Chorus: Since by man came death
Track length1:59
45. Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery
Track length0:29
46. Air: The trumpet shall sound
Track length8:16
47. Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass
Track length0:15
48. Duet: O death where is thy sting?
Track length1:19
49. Chorus: But thanks be to God
Track length2:46
50. Air: If God be for us
Track length5:05
51. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb... Amen
Track length7:31

Awards and reviews

2010

Gardiner chooses bright-toned sopranos instead of boys for the chorus and he uses, very affectingly, a solo treble to sing There were shepherds abiding...Speeds are fast and light, and the rhythmic buoyancy in the choruses is very striking...the soloists are all first class, with the soprano Margaret Marshall finest of all
3 out of 4 stars
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