Handel: Messiah - Pentatone: PTC5186853 - 2 CDs or download | Presto Classical

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Doyle’s direction is assured. In the densest counterpoint, he makes voicing crystal clear...Roderick Williams earns special mention for his thrilling additions to ‘The trumpet shall sound’, and... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, More…

Release Date: 23rd Oct 2020
Catalogue No: PTC5186853
Label: Pentatone
Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

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Handel: Messiah

2:13:58

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Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Roderick Williams (bass), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), Julia Doyle (soprano)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor
Justin Doyle

No. 1, Sinfony

2:52

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No. 2, Comfort Ye My People

2:47

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No. 3, Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted

3:13

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No. 4, And the Glory of the Lord

2:36

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No. 5, Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts

1:21

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No. 6, But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming

4:13

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No. 7, And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi

2:22

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No. 8, Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive

0:29

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No. 9, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion

5:15

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No. 10, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth

1:43

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No. 11, The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light

3:45

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No. 12, For unto Us a Child Is Born

3:55

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No. 13, Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"

0:56

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No. 14a, There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Fields

0:10

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No. 14b, And Lo, the Angel of the Lord

0:23

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No. 15, And the Angel Said unto Them

0:31

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No. 16, And Suddenly There Was with the Angel

0:15

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No. 17, Glory to God in the Highest

1:49

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No. 18, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion

4:12

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No. 19, Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened

0:25

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No. 20, He Shall Feed His Flock like a Shepherd

4:50

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No. 21, His Yoke Is Easy

2:20

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No. 22, Behold the Lamb of God

2:42

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No. 23, He Was Despised and Rejected of Men

10:07

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No. 24, Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows

1:39

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No. 25, And with His Stripes We Are Healed

1:45

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No. 26, All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

3:31

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No. 27, All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn

0:40

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No. 28, He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him

2:23

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No. 29, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart

1:31

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No. 30, Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow

1:23

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No. 31, He Was Cut Off

0:14

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No. 32, But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell

2:08

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No. 33, Lift up Your Heads, O Ye Gates

3:06

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No. 34, Unto Which of the Angels

0:17

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No. 35, Let All the Angels of God Worship Him

1:28

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No. 36, Thou Art Gone Up on High

3:02

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No. 37, The Lord Gave the Word

1:06

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No. 38, How Beautiful Are the Feet

2:10

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No. 39, Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands

1:22

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No. 40, Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together

2:40

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No. 41, Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder

1:50

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No. 42, He That Dwelleth in Heaven

0:12

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No. 43, Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron

1:53

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No. 44, Hallelujah

3:36

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No. 45, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

6:01

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No. 46, Since by Man Came Death

2:13

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No. 47, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery

0:31

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No. 48, The Trumpet Shall Sound

8:23

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No. 49, Then Shall Be Brought to Pass

0:17

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No. 50, O Death, Where Is Thy Sting

1:02

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No. 51, But Thanks Be to God

2:09

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No. 52, If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us

4:58

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No. 53, Worthy Is the Lamb - Amen

7:17

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The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and its chief conductor Justin Doyle present Handel's Messiah, together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and an all-British quartet of outstanding soloists, consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor) and Roderick Williams (bass). Messiah is not only Handel's most famous work, but equally one of the cornerstones of British choral culture. Soon after the work's premiere, a tradition of mass performances full of pomp and circumstance took root, with the Hallelujah as a showstopper. This new period-instruments recording, however, aims to bring the piece back to the size and intimacy of the 1742 premiere in Dublin.

The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin has a substantial PENTATONE discography, including Handel's Concerti grossi Op. 6 and Op. 3, (released in 2019 and 2020), Telemann's opera Miriways (2019) and CANTATA with Bejun Mehta (2018). The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Justin Doyle, Julia Doyle, Tim Mead, Thomas Hobbs and Roderick Williams all make their PENTATONE debut.

Reviews

Christmas 2020

Doyle’s direction is assured. In the densest counterpoint, he makes voicing crystal clear...Roderick Williams earns special mention for his thrilling additions to ‘The trumpet shall sound’, and countertenor Tim Mead illuminates his part through intense declamation...the Kammerchor is nimble, sweet-toned and polished – with ensemble and diction to rival that of any professional English choir - but its climaxes are muted.

December 2020

The Akademie are simply one of the world’s finest baroque orchestras, technically immaculate but also with a distinctive woody strength to their sound...The soloists, too, are great to listen to. Julia Doyle has a voice of bewitching clarity...Mead is a superb countertenor whose richly lyrical voice, almost like a contralto in places, has not a weak note in it..Doyle is keen to avoid overloading the oratorio with bombast by holding things back in places, the better to release his forces more effectively elsewhere.

5th December 2020

A covetable new recording of Handel’s Messiah...with spirited, lean performances from the Rias Kammerchor Berlin and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by Justin Doyle, with top soloists.

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