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Händel - Messiah / On Period Instruments / Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Robert Hale, Charles Brett / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Solists / Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner / Philips Classics 2 CD 1992
UPC 028943429726
MADE IN GERMANY
2 X AUDIO CD
TOTAL TIME: 137 MINUTES
Label: Philips Classics – 434 297-2
Series: Philips Digital Classics –
Format: 2 × CD Box Set, Reissue
Country: Germany
Released: 1992
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque, Oratorio
Tracklist:
| Part One - Erster Teil - Première Partie | ||
| 1-1 | Sinfonia | 2:50 |
| 1-2 | Comfort Ye, Me People - Accompagnato | 2:18 |
| 1-3 | Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted - Aria | 3:11 |
| 1-4 | And The Glory Of The Lord - Coro | 2:41 |
| 1-5 | Thus Saith The Lord - Accompagnato | 1:19 |
| 1-6 | But Who May Abide - Aria | 4:19 |
| 1-7 | And He Shall Purify - Coro | 2:16 |
| 1-8 | Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Recitativo | 0:27 |
| 1-9 | O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Aria / O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Coro | 5:32 |
| 1-10 | For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth - Accompagnato | 1:44 |
| 1-11 | The People That Walked In Darkness - Aria | 3:49 |
| 1-12 | For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Coro | 4:00 |
| 1-13 | Pifa - Sinfonia Pastorale | 2:27 |
| 1-14 | There Were Shepherds - Recitativo / And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord - Accompagnato / And The Angel Said Unto Them - Recitativo / And Suddenly There Was With The Angel - Accompagnato | 1:19 |
| 1-15 | Glory To God - Coro | 1:42 |
| 1-16 | Rejoice Greatly - Aria | 4:08 |
| 1-17 | Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind - Recitativo | 0:19 |
| 1-18 | He Shall Feed His Flock - Duetto | 4:28 |
| 1-19 | His Yoke Is Easy - Coro | 1:58 |
| Part Two - Zweiter Teil - Deuxième Partie | ||
| 1-20 | Behold The Lamb Of God - Coro | 2:36 |
| 1-21 | He Was Despised - Aria | 10:10 |
| 1-22 | Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs - Coro | 2:07 |
| 1-23 | And With His Stripes - Coro | 1:52 |
| 1-24 | All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - Coro | 4:04 |
| 2-1 | All They That See Him - Accompagnato | 0:44 |
| 2-2 | He Trusted In God - Coro | 2:16 |
| 2-3 | Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart - Accompagnato | 1:28 |
| 2-4 | Behold, And See - Arioso | 1:32 |
| 2-5 | He Was Cut Off - Accompagnato | 0:12 |
| 2-6 | But Thou Didst Not Leave - Aria | 2:05 |
| 2-7 | Lift Up Your Heads - Coro | 2:55 |
| 2-8 | Unto Which Of The Angels - Recitativo | 0:12 |
| 2-9 | Let All The Angels Of God - Coro | 1:23 |
| 2-10 | Thou Art Gone Up On High - Aria | 3:14 |
| 2-11 | The Lord Gave The Word - Coro | 1:06 |
| 2-12 | How Beautiful Are The Feet - Aria (Alternative Version) | 2:16 |
| 2-13 | Their Sound Is Gone Out - Coro (Alternative Version) | 1:15 |
| 2-14 | Why Do The Nations - Aria | 2:34 |
| 2-15 | Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - Coro | 1:34 |
| 2-16 | He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Recitativo | 0:11 |
| 2-17 | Thou Shalt Break Them - Aria | 1:57 |
| 2-18 | Hallelujah - Coro | 3:46 |
| Part Three - Dritter Teil - Troisième Partie | ||
| 2-19 | I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Aria | 6:23 |
| 2-20 | Since My Man Came Death - Coro | 1:56 |
| 2-21 | Behold, I Tell You A Mistery - Accompagnato | 0:28 |
| 2-22 | The Trumpet Shall Sound - Aria | 8:16 |
| 2-23 | Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Recitativo | 0:14 |
| 2-24 | O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Duetto | 1:19 |
| 2-25 | But Thanks Be To God - Coro | 2:45 |
| 2-26 | If God Is For Us - Aria | 5:05 |
| 2-27 | Worthy Is The Lamb… Amen. - Coro | 7:26 |
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Philips Classics Productions
- Made By – PMDC, Germany
- Bass Vocals – Robert Hale (2)
- Bass Vocals [Choir] – Alan Brafield, Benjamin Odom, Charles Stewart (2), Christopher Green, Geoffrey Dolton, Richard Lloyd Morgan, Simon Oberst
- Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Andrew Watts (2)
- Cello – Angela East, Julie Lehwalder, Madeline Thorner, Timothy Mason
- Choir – Monteverdi Choir*
- Composed By – Händel*
- Concertmaster – Elizabeth Wilcock
- Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
- Countertenor Vocals – Charles Brett
- Countertenor Vocals [Choir] – Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon (2), David Cole (7), Julian Clarkson, Matthew Bright, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin
- Double Bass – Amanda MacNamara*, Valerie Botwright
- Liner Notes – John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Kenyon
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Wilfried Sczepan
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Catherine Robbin
- Oboe – Richard Earle, Robin Canter, Sophia McKenna, Valerie Darke
- Orchestra – English Baroque Soloists*
- Organ, Harpsichord – Alastair Ross
- Soprano Vocals – Margaret Marshall
- Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Saul Quirke
- Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Carol Hall (2), Catherine Kroll, Gill Ross, Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Jenny Hill, Lucinda Houghton, Lyn Parkyns, Marilyn Troth, Mary Seers, Suzanne Flowers
- Tenor Vocals – Anthony Rolfe-Johnson*
- Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Andrew Murgatroyd, Colin Mair, John-Huw Thomas, Nicholas Robertson*, Paul Harrhy, Philip Pettifor, William Pool
- Timpani – Charles Fullbrook
- Trumpet – Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Staff
- Viola – Annette Isserlis, Jan Schlapp, Joan Brickley, Katherine Hart
- Violin [1st] – Alison Bury, Desmond Heath, Elizabeth Wilcock, Helen Orsler, Hildburg Williams, Miles Golding
- Violin [2nd] – Alison Townley, Bill Turnell, Graham Cracknell, Julie Miller (2), Roy Goodman
Booklet in English, German & French.
