Jacobs has the advantage of the excellent choir Rutter trained at Clare College, one of the best in the country. They sing superbly, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra also make an impressive...

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Handel: Messiah

Kerstin Avemo, Patricia Bardon, Lawrence Zazzo, Kobie van Rensburg & Neal Davies

The Choir of Clare College & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

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Jacobs has the advantage of the excellent choir Rutter trained at Clare College, one of the best in the country. They sing superbly, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra also make an impressive...

Penguin Guide, 20102 out of 4 stars/1 out of 4 stars

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Release date: 2nd Oct 2006
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue number: HMC901928/29
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes
Genre:
- Oratorios & Passions

Contents and tracklist

Handel: Messiah

Work length2:17:22

Part 1, 1. "Sinfony"

Track length2:59

Part 1, 2. Accompagnato (tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"

Track length2:59

Part 1, 3. Air (tenor) "Every valley shall be exalted"

Track length3:01

Part 1, 4. chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"

Track length2:34

Part 1, 5. Accompagnato (bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"

Track length1:19

Part 1, 6. Air (countertenor) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"

Track length3:50

Part 1, 7. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"

Track length2:23

Part 1, 8. Recitative (alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" - 9. Air (alto) & Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, arise"

Track length5:27

Part 1, 10. Accompagnato (bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"

Track length2:18

Part 1, 11. Air (bass) "The people that walked in darkness"

Track length3:41

Part 1, 12. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"

Track length3:57

Part 1, 13. Sinfonia pastorale -14a."There were shepherds"-14b. "And lo, the angel of the Lord"-15. "And the angel said"-16. "And suddenly there was"

Track length4:41

Part 1, 17. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"

Track length2:04

Part 1, 18. Air (soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"

Track length4:33

Part 1, 19. Recitative (alto) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" - 20. Air (alto & countertenor) "He shall feed His flock"

Track length4:58

Part 1, 21. Chorus "His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light"

Track length2:20

Part 2, 22. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"

Track length4:24

Part 2, 23. Air (alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"

Track length10:42

Part 2, 24. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"

Track length1:45

Part 2, 25. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"

Track length1:42

Part 2, 26. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"

Track length3:50

Part 2, 27. Accompagnato (tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"

Track length0:36

Part 2, 28. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"

Track length2:11

Part 2, 29. Accompagnato (tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"

Track length1:30

Part 2, 30. Arioso (tenor) "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"

Track length1:21

Part 2, 31."He was cut off out of the land of the living" - 32."But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"

Track length2:14

Part 2, 33. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"

Track length3:03

Part 2, 34. Recitative (tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"

Track length0:14

Part 2, 35. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"

Track length1:23

Part 2, 36. Air (countertenor) "Thou art gone up on high"

Track length2:47

Part 2, 37. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"

Track length1:09

Part 2, 38. Air (countertenor) "How beautiful are the feet of them"

Track length2:40

Part 2, 39. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"

Track length1:24

Part 2, 40. Air (bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"

Track length2:49

Part 2, 41. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"

Track length1:36

Part 2, 42. Recitative (tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" - 43. Air (tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"

Track length1:59

Part II, Sc. 6, Hallelujah!

Track length3:56

Part 3, 45. Air (soprano) "I know that my redeemer liveth"

Track length6:02

Part 3, 46. Chorus "Since by man came death"

Track length1:57

Part 3, 47. Accompagnato (bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" - 48. Air (bass) "The trumpet shall sound"

Track length8:36

Part 3, 49. Recitative (alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" - 50. Duet (alto & tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?"

Track length1:16

Part 3, 51. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"

Track length2:02

Part 3, 52. Air (countertenor) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"

Track length4:19

Part 3, 53. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" - 54. Chorus "Amen"

Track length6:51

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2010

Jacobs has the advantage of the excellent choir Rutter trained at Clare College, one of the best in the country. They sing superbly, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra also make an impressive contribution. Jacobs's solo team are excellent

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