Handel: Messiah / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh / Bernarda Fink / Dorothea Röschmann / Susan Gritton / Neal Davies (2 CD) (FLAC)

Handel: Messiah / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh / Bernarda Fink / Dorothea Röschmann / Susan Gritton / Neal Davies

Disc 1

Part The First

1-1 1. Sinfonia (Grave - Allegro Moderato) 3:22

1-2 2. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): Comfort Ye My People 3:36

1-3 3. Song (Tenor): Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted 3:04

1-4 4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed 2:51

1-5 5. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts 1:19

1-6 6. Song (Soprano II): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming 3:51

1-7 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi 2:22

1-8 8. Recitative (Contralto): Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive 0:26

1-9 9. Song (Contralto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion 4:47

1-10 10. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth 2:14

1-11 11. Song (Bass): The People That Walked In Darkness 3:58

1-12 12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born 3:36

1-13 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) 0:38

1-14 14. Recitative (Soprano I): There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field - Recitative, Accompanied (Soprano I) - Recitative (Soprano I) And Io, The Angel Of The Lord 1:02

1-15 17. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest 1:41

1-16 18. Song (Soprano I): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion 3:46

1-17 19. Recitative (Soprano I): Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind 0:20

1-18 20. Song (Soprano I): He Shall Feed His Flock 4:17

1-19 21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy 2:03


Part The Second

1-20 22. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God 3:09

1-21 23. Song (Contralto): He Was Despised 12:11

1-22 24. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs 1:38

1-23 25. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed 1:43

1-24 26. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray 3:17

1-25 27. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): All They That See Him 0:39

1-26 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God 2:03

1-27 29. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart 2:03

1-28 30. Song (Tenor): Behold, And See 1:30

1-29 31. Recitative, Accompanied (Soprano I): He Was Cut Off 0:14

1-30 32. Song (Soprano I): But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell 2:03





Disc 2

2-1 33. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads 2:46

2-2 34. Recitative (Tenor). Unto Which Of The Angels 0:15

2-3 35. Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him 1:21

2-4 36. Song (Soprano II): Thou Art Gone Up On High 2:46

2-5 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave The World 1:05

2-6 38. Song (Soprano I): How Beautiful Are The Feet 2:00

2-7 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out 1:17

2-8 40. Song (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together? 1:14

2-9 41. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Assunder 1:37

2-10 42. Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Song (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them 2:06

2-11 44. Chorus: Hallelujah 3:34


Part The Third

2-12 45. Song (Soprano II): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth 6:23

2-13 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death 2:03

2-14 47. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mystery 0:32

2-15 48. Song (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound 8:19

2-16 49. Recitative (Contralto): Then Shall Be Brought To Pass 0:14

2-17 50. Duet (Contralto & Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? 0:53

2-18 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God 1:57

2-19 52. Song (Soprano I): If God Be For Us 4:13

2-20 53. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain - Amen 7:34



    Bass Vocals – Neal Davies
    Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
    Conductor – Paul McCreesh
    Contralto Vocals – Bernarda Fink
    Edited By – Reinhild Schmidt
    Engineer [Recording] – Jürgen Bulgrin
    Engineer [Sound] – Andrew Wedman
    Ensemble – Gabrieli Consort
    Executive-Producer – Peter Czornyj
    Liner Notes – Paul McCreesh, Ruth Smith 
    Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins 
    Liner Notes [German Translation] – Horst Leuchtmann
    Producer [Recording] – Christopher Alder
    Soprano Vocals [Soprano I] – Dorothea Röschmann
    Soprano Vocals [Soprano II] – Susan Gritton
    Tenor Vocals – Charles Daniels 

    Recording: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, 12/1996. 







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