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Handel: Messiah

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Daniel Taylor (alto), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) & Peter Harvey (bass)

Kammerchor Stuttgart & Barockorchester Stuttgart, Freider Bernius

Handel: Messiah
…Bernius's interpretation has irreproachable integrity and displays outstanding musical quality. The quartet of Anglo-Canadian soloists is near-perfect. Carolyn Sampson's coloratura, occasional...

Handel: Messiah

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Daniel Taylor (alto), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) & Peter Harvey (bass)

Kammerchor Stuttgart & Barockorchester Stuttgart, Freider Bernius

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…Bernius's interpretation has irreproachable integrity and displays outstanding musical quality. The quartet of Anglo-Canadian soloists is near-perfect. Carolyn Sampson's coloratura, occasional...

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Seldom has a CD recording been so eagerly anticipated as the Messiah with Freider Bernius.

Contents and tracklist

Symphony
Track length3:24
Comfort Ye, My People
Track length2:54
Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
Track length3:21
And the Glory of the Lord
Track length2:38
Thus Saith the Lord
Track length1:26
But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
Track length4:25
And He Shall Purify
Track length2:21
Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive; O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
Track length5:55
For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover
Track length2:02
The People That Walked in Darkness
Track length4:39
For Onto Us A Child Is Born
Track length3:53
Pifa; There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Fields
Track length2:28
And Lo, the Angel of the Lord
Track length0:22
And the Angel Said Unto Them; And Suddenly There Was with the Angel
Track length0:49
Glory to God in the Highest
Track length1:49
Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
Track length3:58
Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be opened; He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
Track length5:19
His Yoke Is Easy
Track length2:19
Behold the Lamb of God
Track length2:42
He Was Despised
Track length10:17
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
Track length1:45
And with His Stripes We Are Healed
Track length1:55
All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
Track length3:26
All They That See Him
Track length0:42
He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
Track length2:22
Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His heart
Track length1:43
Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow
Track length1:22
He Was Cut Off
Track length0:14
But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
Track length2:22
Lift Up Your Heads
Track length3:02
Unto Hich of the Angels; Let All the Angels of God
Track length1:44
Thou Art Gone Up On High
Track length3:17
The Lord Gave the Word
Track length1:01
How Beautiful Are the Feet
Track length2:01
Their Sound Is Gone Out
Track length1:17
Why Do the Nations
Track length2:46
Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
Track length1:46
He That Dwelleth in Heaven; Thou Shalt Break Them
Track length2:09
44. "Hallelujah"
Track length3:48
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Track length5:54
Since By Man Came Death
Track length2:11
Behold, I Tell You A Mystery
Track length0:38
The Trumpet Shall Sound
Track length9:31
Then Shall Be Brought to Pass; O Death, Where Is thy Sitting
Track length1:16
But Thanks Be to God
Track length2:00
If God Be for Us
Track length4:59
Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain; Amen
Track length6:51

Awards and reviews

September 2009

…Bernius's interpretation has irreproachable integrity and displays outstanding musical quality. The quartet of Anglo-Canadian soloists is near-perfect. Carolyn Sampson's coloratura, occasional embellishments and trills in "Rejoice greatly" are marvellous, and she combines with Taylor to heart-rendingly beautiful effect in a gorgeous account of "He shall feed his flock". The Stuttgart Chamber Choir could almost pass for a native British early music group: the counterpoint is purely blended and the inner parts are shaped with refinement. The Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra plays with captivating spontaneity while never forcing the issue, and the trumpets in "Glory to God" are ideally distant.
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