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Handel: Messiah

arranged for wind ensemble

Susanna Hurrell (soprano), Rebecca Afonwy Jones (mezzo), Samuel Boden (tenor), James Platt (bass)

BBC Singers, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble, David Hill

Handel: Messiah
If not revelatory, this performance in Aareskjold’s transcription is rather more than a curiosity: it’s the underlying tenderness of the new orchestration which will ensure return visits, and...

Gramophone Magazine, February 2019

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Handel: Messiah

arranged for wind ensemble

Susanna Hurrell (soprano), Rebecca Afonwy Jones (mezzo), Samuel Boden (tenor), James Platt (bass)

BBC Singers, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble, David Hill

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If not revelatory, this performance in Aareskjold’s transcription is rather more than a curiosity: it’s the underlying tenderness of the new orchestration which will ensure return visits, and...

Gramophone Magazine, February 2019

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The BBC Singers and conductor David Hill join with one of the world´s oldest continuously running orchestras, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble (NWE), to present this major new arrangement of George Frideric Handel’s most celebrated oratorio – Messiah. Arranged for wind ensemble by NWE member Stian Aareskjold, this version here receives its world premere recording with a stellar cast of soloists who bring this visionary re-scoring of this famous work vividly to life.

Contents and tracklist

Handel: Messiah
Work length2:21:50
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Sinfonia (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:09
II. Comfort Ye (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:02
III. Ev’ry Valley Shall be Exalted (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:17
IV. And the Glory of the Lord (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:43
V. Thus Saith the Lord (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:20
VI. But Who May Abide (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:39
VII. And He Shall Purify (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:31
VIII. Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:22
IX. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length5:22
X. For Behold (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:21
XI. The People That Walked in Darkness (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:22
XII. For Unto us a Child is Born (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:49
XIII. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:57
XIV. There Were Shepherds – And Lo! – And the Angel Said Unto Them – And Suddenly (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:30
XV. Glory to God (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:58
XVI. Rejoice Greatly (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length6:18
XVII. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:21
XVIII. He Shall Feed His Flock (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length4:37
XIX. His Yoke is Easy (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:22
I. Behold the Lamb of God (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:28
II. He was Despised (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length10:51
This track is only available as an album download.
III. Surely He Hath Borne our Griefs (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:58
IV. And With His Stripes (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:53
V. All We Like Sheep (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:53
VI. All They That See Him (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:47
VII. He Trusted in God (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:23
VIII. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:47
IX. Behold and See (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:24
X. He Was Cut Off (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:14
XI. But Thou Didst not Leave (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:03
XII. Lift Up Your Heads (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:11
XIII. Unto Which of the Angels (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:16
XIV. Let All the Angels of God (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:29
XV. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:09
XVI. The Lord Gave the Word (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:08
XVII. How Beautiful Are the Feet (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:25
XVIII. Their Sound is Gone Out (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:09
XIX. Why Do the Nations (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:46
XX. Let Us Break Their Bonds (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:50
XXI. He That Dwelleth in Heaven (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:10
XXII. Thou Shalt Break Them (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:00
XXIII. Hallelujah (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:53
I. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length5:53
II. Since by Man Came Death (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length1:58
III. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:34
IV. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length8:42
V. Then Shall Be Brought (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:14
VI. O death where is thy sting? (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length0:56
VII. But Thanks Be to God (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length2:05
VIII. If God Be for Us (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length4:57
IX. Worthy Is the Lamb (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:26
X. Amen (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold)
Track length3:58

Awards and reviews

February 2019

If not revelatory, this performance in Aareskjold’s transcription is rather more than a curiosity: it’s the underlying tenderness of the new orchestration which will ensure return visits, and the unfussy high-quality wind playing of NWE in tandem with the evergreen BBC Singers.
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