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Special offer. Handel: Messiah

Susan Gritton (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass)

Tenebrae Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Handel: Messiah
Sir Colin Davis's way with Messiah, as recorded live at the Barbican last December, is old-fashioned by present-day standards. His soloists are all good. The Tenebrae Choir, with its thirty-odd...

BBC Music Magazine, December 20074 out of 5 stars

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Susan Gritton (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass)

Tenebrae Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

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Sir Colin Davis's way with Messiah, as recorded live at the Barbican last December, is old-fashioned by present-day standards. His soloists are all good. The Tenebrae Choir, with its thirty-odd...

BBC Music Magazine, December 20074 out of 5 stars

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Contents and tracklist

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Part I
Work length41:59
No. 1, Sinfonia
Track length3:45
No. 2, Comfort Ye My People
Track length3:00
No. 3, Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
Track length3:34
No. 4, And the Glory of the Lord
Track length2:46
No. 5, Thus Saith the Lord
Track length1:30
No. 6, But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?
Track length4:16
No. 7, And He Shall Purify
Track length2:21
No. 8, Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
Track length0:23
No. 9, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
Track length3:56
No. 9a, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Chorus)
Track length1:43
No. 10, For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
Track length2:26
No. 11, The People That Walked In Darkness
Track length3:11
No. 12, For Unto Us a Child Is Born
Track length4:06
No. 13, Pifa
Track length3:08
Nos. 14a-16, There Were Shepherds Abiding In the Field
Track length1:54
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Par I
Work length1:39
No. 17, Glory to God
Track length1:39
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Part I
Work length12:20
No. 18, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
Track length4:39
No. 19, Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind
Track length0:27
No. 20, He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
Track length4:58
No. 21, His Yoke Is Easy
Track length2:16
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Part II
Work length56:22
No. 22, Behold the Lamb of God
Track length3:28
No. 23, He Was Despised
Track length9:56
No. 24, Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
Track length2:20
No. 25, And With His Stripes We Are Healed
Track length2:32
No. 26, All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
Track length4:06
No. 27, All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn
Track length0:49
No. 28, He Trusted In God
Track length2:28
No. 29, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
Track length2:27
No. 30, Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow
Track length1:27
No. 31, He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
Track length0:22
No. 32, But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell
Track length2:29
No. 33, Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
Track length3:12
No. 34, Unto Which of the Angels Said He At Any Time
Track length0:15
No. 35, Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
Track length1:27
No. 36, Thou Art Gone Up On High
Track length3:22
No. 37, The Lord Gave the Word
Track length1:11
No. 38, How Beautiful Are the Feet
Track length2:26
No. 39, Their Sound Is Gone Out
Track length1:36
No. 40, Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?
Track length2:41
No. 41, Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
Track length1:43
No. 42, He That Dwelleth In Heaven
Track length0:16
No. 43, Thou Shalt Break Them
Track length2:06
No. 44, Hallelujah
Track length3:43
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Part III
Work length33:33
No. 45, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Track length6:01
No. 46, Since By Man Came Death
Track length2:19
No. 47, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
Track length0:36
No. 48, The Trumpet Shall Sound
Track length8:38
No. 49, Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
Track length0:19
No. 50, O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
Track length1:10
No. 51, But Thanks Be to God
Track length2:04
No. 52, If God Be for Us
Track length4:50
No. 53a, Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
Track length3:28
No. 53b, Amen
Track length4:08

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December 2007

Sir Colin Davis's way with Messiah, as recorded live at the Barbican last December, is old-fashioned by present-day standards. His soloists are all good. The Tenebrae Choir, with its thirty-odd voices, proves near ideal for a performance on this sort of scale, and their sheer neatness is a delight. One or two tempos may be on the slow side, but generally Davis motivates Handel's music with dynamism.
4 out of 5 stars

2010

[the soloists] make an excellent team, with clean, clear voices, well focused. Mark Padmore is outstanding as the tenor soloist, and Sara Mingaro is a fine, firm mezzo, not at all fruity, singing He was despised movingly at a steady tempo. She contrasts well with the soprano, Susan Gritton, in He shall feed his flock
3 out of 4 stars
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