Description
George Frideric Handel – Messiah / Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson / The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock / Archiv Produktion 2x Audio CD / 00289 477 5904
UPC 028947759041
Label: Archiv Produktion – 00289 477 5904
Series: The Originals
Format: 2 x CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: Feb 1, 2006
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque, Oratorio
Tracklist:
| Part One · Erster Teil · Première Partie | |||
| 1-1 | 1. Sinfonia (Grave - Allegro Moderato) | 3:22 | |
| 1-2 | 2. Accompagnato (Tenor): Comfort Ye My People | 3:26 | |
| 1-3 | 3. Air (Tenor): Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted | 3:32 | |
| 1-4 | 4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed | 2:52 | |
| 1-5 | 5. Accompagnato (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts | 1:36 | |
| 1-6 | 6. Air (Alto): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming | 4:46 | |
| 1-7 | 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify | 2:25 | |
| 1-8 | 8. Recitative (Contralto): Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive | 0:30 | |
| 1-9 | 9. Air (Contralto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings | 5:30 | |
| 1-10 | 10. Accompagnato (Bass): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover | 3:03 | |
| 1-11 | 11. Air (Bass): The People That Walked In Darkness | 3:56 | |
| 1-12 | 12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born | 4:04 | |
| 1-13 | 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) | 1:11 | |
| 14. Recitative / 15. Recitative / 16. Accompagnato | (1:34) | ||
| 1-14a | 14. Recitative (Soprano): There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field. Accompagnato (Soprano): And Io, The Angel Of The Lord | 0:38 | |
| 1-14b | 15. Recitative (Soprano): And The Angel Said Unto Them | 0:37 | |
| 1-14c | 16. Accompagnato (Soprano): And Suddenly There Was With The Angel |
0:18 | |
| 1-15 | 17. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest | 1:58 | |
| 1-16 | 18. Air (Soprano): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion | 4:49 | |
| 1-17 | 19. Recitative (Contralto): Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind | 0:21 | |
| 1-18 | 20. Air (Contralto & Soprano): He Shall Feed His Flock | 6:09 | |
| 1-19 | 21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light | 2:17 | |
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Part Two · Zweiter Teil · Dieuxième Partie |
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| 1-20 | 22. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God | 3:15 | |
| 1-21 | 23. Air (Contralto): He Was Despised | 13:16 | |
| 2-1 | 24. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs | 2:28 | |
| 2-2 | 25. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed | 1:53 | |
| 2-3 | 26. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray | 3:54 | |
| 2-4 | 27. Accompagnato (Tenor): All They That See Him | 0:47 | |
| 2-5 | 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God | 2:33 | |
| 2-6 | 29. Accompagnato (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart | 1:50 | |
| 2-7 | 30. Arioso (Tenor): Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow | 2:00 | |
| 2-8 | 31. Accompagnato (Soprano): He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land | 0:13 | |
| 2-9 | 32. Air (Soprano): But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul | 2:09 | |
| 2-10 | 33. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates | 3:05 | |
| 2-11 | 34. Recitative (Tenor). Unto Which Of The Angels | 0:13 | |
| 2-12 | 35. Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him | 1:30 | |
| 2-13 | 36. Air (Alto): Thou Art Gone Up On High | 3:11 | |
| 2-14 | 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave The World | 1:05 | |
| 2-15 | 38. Air (Soprano): How Beautiful Are The Feet | 2:38 | |
| 2-16 | 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out | 1:23 | |
| 2-17 | 40. Air (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage | 2:57 | |
| 2-18 | 41. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Assunder | 1:48 | |
| 2-19 | 42. Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth In Heaven | 0:11 | |
| 2-20 | 43. Air (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them | 2:06 | |
| 2-21 | 44. Chorus: Hallelujah | 4:00 | |
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Part Three · Dritter Teil · Troisième Partie |
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| 2-22 | 45. Air (Soprano): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth | 6:42 | |
| 2-23 | 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death | 2:20 | |
| 2-24 | 47. Recitative (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mystery | 0:32 | |
| 2-25 | 48. Air (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound | 8:59 | |
| 2-26 | 49. Recitative (Alto): Then Shall Be Brought To Pass | 0:17 |
| 2-27 | 50. Duet (Alto & Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? |
1:03 | |
| 2-28 | 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God | 2:13 | |
| 2-29 | 52. Air (Contralto): If God Be For Us | 4:41 | |
| 2-30 |
53. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain - Amen |
7:31 |
- Alto Vocals [Soloist] – Michael Chance
- Art Direction – Philipp Starke
- Bass Vocals [Choir] – Chris Purves, Donald Greig, Mark Peterson (3), Richard Wistreich, Simon Birchall, Simon Grant (4), Stephen Alder, Stephen Charlesworth (2)
- Bass Vocals [Soloist] – John Tomlinson (2)
- Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Alberto Grazzi
- Booklet Editor – Angela Schumacher
- Cello – Christopher Poffley, Suki Towb, Timothy Kraemer
- Cello [Continuo] – Jane Coe
- Choir – The English Concert Choir
- Composed By – George Frideric Handel
- Conductor, Harpsichord [Continuo] – Trevor Pinnock
- Contralto Vocals [Choir] – Penny Vickers, Sandra Schultze
- Contralto Vocals [Soloist] – Anne Sofie Von Otter
- Countertenor Vocals [Choir] – Ashley Stafford, Graeme Curry, Jonathan Kenny, Nicholas Clapton
- Double Bass – Amanda McNamara, Peter McCarthy
- Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Hans-Peter Schweigmann
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Ulrich Vette
- Executive-Producer – Charlotte Kriesch, Dr. Andreas Holschneider
- Horn – Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford
- Liner Notes – Anthony Burton
- Liner Notes [Traduction] – Dennis Collins (2)
- Liner Notes [Übersetzung] – Reinhard Lüthje
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Choir] – Caroline Trevor
- Oboe – Anthony Robson, Gail Hennessy, Paul Goodwin (2), Sophia McKenna
- Orchestra – The English Concert
- Organ [Continuo] – Ivor Bolton
- Painting [Cover] – Fra Angelico (2)
- Photography By [Artist Photos] – Clive Barda, Richard Holt
- Producer [Recording Producer] – Dr. Gerd Ploebsch
- Project Manager – Alan Newcombe
- Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Alison Gough, Caroline Ashton, Deborah Roberts, Lucinda Houghton, Nicola Jenkin, Patricia Forbes, Rachel Platt, Sally Dunkley, Tessa Bonner, Twig Hall
- Soprano Vocals [Soloist] – Arleen Auger
- Tenor Vocal [Soloist]s – Howard Crook
- Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Angus Smith, Nicolas Robertson, Paul Tindall, Peter Long, Philip Daggett, Philip Salmon, Simon Davies (3)
- Timpani – Robert Howes
- Trumpet – Michael Harrison (4), Michael Laird (2)
- Viola – Colin Kitching, Katherine Hart, Rupert Bawden, Trevor Jones (4)
- Violin [1] – Graham Cracknell, Maurice Whitaker, Miles Golding, Pauline Nobes, Simon Standage, Susie Carpenter-Jacobs
- Violin [2] – Alison Cracknell, Frances Turner, Marc Ashley Cooper, Margaret Faultless, Micaela Comberti, Walter Reiter
