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Handel: Messiah

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Saul Quirke (treble), Catherine Robbin (mezzo), Charles Brett (counter-tenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Robert Hale (bass)

English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Gardiner chooses bright-toned sopranos instead of boys for the chorus and he uses, very affectingly, a solo treble to sing There were shepherds abiding...Speeds are fast and light, and the rhythmic... — Penguin Guide, 2010, 3 out of 4 stars More…
  • Release Date: 11th Feb 1992
  • Catalogue No: 4342972
  • Label: Philips
  • Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

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Handel: Messiah

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  • Robert Hale (bass), Charles Brett (countertenor), Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Saul Quirke (boy soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Elizabeth Wilcock (violin)
  • English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1982-11
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Symphony

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1. Accompagnato: Comfort ye, My people

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2. Air: Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted

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3. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord

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4. Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord

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5. Air: "But who may abide the day of his coming"

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6. Chorus: And He shall purify the sons of Levi

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7. Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive

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8. Air - 9. Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings

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10. Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover

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11. Air: The people that walked in darkness

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12. Chorus: "For unto us a Child is born"

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13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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14. Recitative: There were shepherds - Accompagnato: And lo, the angel of the Lord - Recitative: And the angel said unto them - Accompagnato: And suddenly

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15. Chorus: Glory to God in the highest

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16. Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion

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17a. Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind

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18a. Duet: He shall feed his flock

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19. Chorus: His yoke is easy

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20. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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21. Air: He was despised

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22. Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs

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23. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed

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24. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray

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25. Accompagnato: All they that see Him

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26. Chorus: He trusted in God

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27. Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart

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28. Arioso: Behold and see

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29. Accompagnato: He was cut off

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30. Aria: But thou didst not leave

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31. Chorus: Lift up your heads

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32. Recitative: Unto which of the angels

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33. Chorus: Let all the angels of God

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34a. Air: "Thou art gone up on high"

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35. Chorus: The Lord gave the word

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36. Air: How beautiful are the feet

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37a. Chorus: Their sound is gone out

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38. Air: Why do the nations

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39. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder

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40. Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven

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41. Air: Thou shalt break them

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"Hallelujah"

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43. Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth

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44. Chorus: Since by man came death

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45. Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery

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46. Air: The trumpet shall sound

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47. Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass

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48. Duet: O death where is thy sting?

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49. Chorus: But thanks be to God

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50. Air: If God be for us

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51. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb... Amen

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