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Handel: Messiah Import

MACKERRAS / ORF SYM ORCH (Artist), GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (Composer), CHARLES MACKERRAS (Composer), Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

  1. Act I, Sinfonia In E Minor
  2. Act I, "Comfort Ye My People", Recitative For Tenor
  3. Act I, "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted", Air For Tenor
  4. Act I, "And The Glory Of The Lord", Chorus
  5. Act I, "Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts", Recitative For Bass
  6. Act I, "But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming", Air For Bass
  7. Act I, "And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi", Chorus
  8. Act I, "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive", Recitative For Alto
  9. Act I, "O Thou That Tellest Good Tiding To Zion", Air For Alto
  10. Act I, "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth", Recitative For Bass
  11. Act I, "The People That Walked In Darkness", Air For Bass
  12. Act I, "For Unto Us A Child Is Born", Chorus
  13. Act I, Pifa In C Major
  14. Act I, "There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field", Recitative For Soprano
  15. Act I, "And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them", Recitative For Soprano
  16. Act I, "But Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them", Arioso For Soprano
  17. Act I, "And The Angel Said Unto Them", Recitative For Soprano
  18. Act I, "And Suddenly There Was With The Angel A Multitude", Recitative For Sopra
  19. Act I, "Glory To God In The Highest", Chorus
  20. Act I, "Rejoice Greatly", Air For Soprano
  21. Act I, "Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Open'd", Recitative For Soprano
  22. Act I, "He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd", Air For Soprano
  23. Act I, "His Yoke Is Easy, His Burden Is Light", Chorus
  24. Act Ii, "Behold The Lamb Of God", Chorus
  25. Act Ii, "He Was Dispised And Rejected", Air For Alto
  26. Act Ii, "Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs And Carried Our Sorrows", Chorus
  27. Act Ii, "And With His Stripes We Are Healed", Chorus
  28. Act Ii, "All We Like Sheep", Chorus
  29. Act Ii, "All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn", Recitative For Tenor
  30. Act Ii, "He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him", Chorus
  31. Act Ii, "Thy Rebuke Hat Broken His Heart", Recitative For Tenor
  32. Act Ii, "Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow", Arioso For Tenor
  33. Act Ii, "He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living", Recitative For Tenor
  34. Act Ii, "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell", Air For Tenor
  35. Act Ii, "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates", Chorus
  36. Act Ii, "Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time", Recitative For Tenor
  37. Act Ii, "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him", Chorus
  38. Act Ii, "Thou Art Gone Up On High", Air For Bass/Alto
  39. Act Ii, "Great Was The Company Of The Preachers", Chorus
  40. Act Ii, "How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them", Air For Soprano
  41. Act Ii, "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All The Lands", Arioso For Tenor
  42. Act Ii, "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All The Lands", Chorus
  43. Act Ii, "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together", Air For Bass
  44. Act Ii, "The Kings Of The Earth Rise Up", Air For Bass
  45. Act Ii, "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder", Chorus
  46. Act Ii, "He That Dwelleth In Heaven", Recitative For Tenor
  47. Act Ii, "Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron", Air For Tenor
  48. Act Ii, "Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron", Recitative For Tenor
  49. Act Ii, "Hallelujah", Chorus
  50. Act Iii, "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth", Air For Soprano
  51. Act Iii, "Since By Man Came Death", Chorus
  52. Act Iii, "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery", Recitative For Bass
  53. Act Iii, "The Trumpet Shall Sound", Air For Bass
  54. Act Iii, "Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying", Recitative For Alto
  55. Act Iii, "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?", Duet For Alto & Tenor
  56. Act Iii, "But Thanks To Be To God", Chorus
  57. Act Iii, "Worthy Is The Lamb Was Slain", Chorus
  58. Act Iii, "Amen", Chorus
  59. "Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts", Supplemental Recitative For Bass

Product Details

  • Composer: GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL, CHARLES MACKERRAS, ORF SYM ORCH
  • Audio CD (April 27, 1990)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Archiv Prod Import
  • ASIN: B00000E4CH
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,906 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 starsHandel's Messiah seen through Mozart
By Neaklaus VINE VOICE on November 20, 2004
Format: Audio CD
This recording of Messiah is interesting in the fact that One.

It is "Messiah" as arrainged by W.A. Mozart. 2. It is sung

in German, which does not take anything away from the beauty

of the work. 3. You have soloists and chorus and Orchestra under

a younger Sir Charles Mackerras. As recordings of "Messiah" go

this is actually one of the lovliest ones of the "traditional"

performances available. Once you can get used to hearing this

work in German you realize that the soloists are doing a great

job singing, the chorus delivers wonderful performances and the

Orchestra also delivers. You might be wondering why Mozart got

with "Messiah" . It was a commissison by the

Baron Van Swieten, who wanted the people of Vienna to hear the

work, so he had the libretto translated into German and had

Mozart arrainge the music so the musicians of Vienna could play

it. One of Mozarts best ideas in this work is to have the start

of some of the big choruses Like "For Unto Us a Child is born"

sung by the soloists, who are then joined by the choir. This

works to great effect, also Mozart added some wind sections to

it. This is I think one of the best recordings of the Mozart

arraingement.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGrandiose alternate reading of Handel's masterpiece from the eyes of Mozart
By Abert on August 6, 2007
Format: Audio CD
The performance also excels.
The score had been re-arranged, some of the original instruments used in Handel's time not being available to the Viennese at the time of Mozart. For instance, the trumpet parts had to be substituted by horns, so "The Trumpet shall Sound" sounds very different from the original Handel arrangement.
Certain arias were also re-arranged, either shortened or cut or sung by different voices. In conclusion, the score is significantly shorter than the original Handel version.
The baroque grandiose effect having been shorn somewhat by substitutions of classical instruments, the vocalists were left with actually more work than the original set up. Here we have a splendid ensemble directed by Mackerras, with top-notch singers headed by Adam, Schreier, Mathis. All are terrific baroque interpretors. The full religious sense and up-lifting spirituality are being fully realised. Theo Adam is one of the best bass bartione voices for the Messiah (the other being Donald McIntyre, in his recording for Karl Richter). His arias are powerful, dramatic and uplifting. Peter Schreier is without doubt the best tenor ever to grace the arias of this great oratorio in German. Edith Mathis sings the soprano parts with such zeal and conviction that lifts this performance from the purely artistic level to a religious level.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe MESSIAH and Mozart
By Drew on February 3, 2008
Format: Audio CD Verified Purchase
Mozart adding his taste to Handel's Messiah was most interesting to listen to. His addition of wood winds playing under the strings really gave you the feel of Mozart. There was a movement that for a moment I thought for a split second that I was listening to THE MAGIC FLUTE. The slight manipulation of notes to fit the german language was nothing different than a soloist adding notes to make thier aria more dramatic. I was totally moved by the alto's rendition of HE WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED OF MEN. The aria plays on of nearly 12 minutes. Yet I did not want it to end. Many of the movements I found to be very slow in tempo, but that did not bother me. 1 star was lost though because I was sad to hear my favorite movement, "THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND", the flowing trumpet solo was cut, and replaced with a french horn. How can you sing about Gabriel's trumpet without the trumpet? Just a question I will have to ask Heir Mozart when I meet him in the hereafter. All in all, a most enjoyable CD.
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5.0 out of 5 starsa MESSIAH for all time
By Dabí Sánchez on January 10, 2012
Format: Audio CD
In his essay accompanying these discs, Andreas Holschneider notes that Mozart's arrangement of The Messiah "dates from less than half a century of the composition itself". He goes on to say that "between the generations of Handel and Mozart lay one of the great stylistic revolutions of musical history". Thanks to Mozart's efforts, Handel's great work lives on both sides of the temporal divide. These are blazing and beautiful performances; the singers never less than excellent, and often inspired; the orchestra reaching for the Baroque sound-world even as it reflects our own; the conductor a model of stateliness and spirituality. The 1974 sound was everything that could be desired, and is here perfectly transferred. I wish Mozart had set the English text, but only because I love the idea of Mozart setting English. The German text sits very well on the music, and the nonpareil quality of these German-language singers is an indispensable gain. Is this the best of all Messiahs? Who knows? Who cares? It's one for the ages; and is offered here at lovely prices.
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