Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Handel – Messiah, HWV 56 (2020) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

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 (1742) is not only Handel’s most famous work, but equally one of the cornerstones of British choral culture. Over the years, 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 earliest performances.

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.

Handel’s Messiah has been adored by the English since it premiered. It’s a masterpiece in the British repertoire and has never been eclipsed. It’s been sung in every possible style, in every possible size. “Bigger is better” seems to be the general rule of thumb and the number of musicians and singers has approached the thousands. Attending one of these huge performances, Haydn was inspired to write his own oratorio: Die Schöpfung (The Creation).

Recorded in January 2020 in Berlin’s famous Jesus-Christus Church, where so many legendary performances have been recorded, this new version uses the ‘reasonable’ size of its 1742 Dublin premiere. The fabulous RIAS-Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin joined forces for the occasion with an amazing English vocal quartet consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor) and Roderick Williams (bass).

Following their three releases of Handel’s Concerti grossi, Berlin’s Akademie für Alte Musik proves they’re still committed to music by Germany’s most English composer. Just to give you a taste of what it’s all about, the RIAS-Kammerchor has been led by English choirmaster Justin Doyle since 2016. Here he gives an intimate reading of Messiah, conducting an incredible choir and orchestra that are among the best in the world at performing this music. Berlin was treated to this at the Philharmonie for the 2020 New Year Concert a few days before this recording. – François Hudry

Tracklist

1. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 1, Sinfony
2. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Comfort Ye My People
3. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
4. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 4, And the Glory of the Lord
5. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 5, Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts
6. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 6, But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
7. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
8. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 8, Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
9. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
10. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
11. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 11, The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light
12. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, For unto Us a Child Is Born
13. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 13, Pifa “Pastoral Symphony”
14. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14a, There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Fields
15. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14b, And Lo, the Angel of the Lord
16. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 15, And the Angel Said unto Them
17. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 16, And Suddenly There Was with the Angel
18. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 17, Glory to God in the Highest
19. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 18, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
20. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 19, Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened
21. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 20, He Shall Feed His Flock like a Shepherd
22. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 21, His Yoke Is Easy
23. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 22, Behold the Lamb of God
24. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 23, He Was Despised and Rejected of Men
25. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 24, Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows
26. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 25, And with His Stripes We Are Healed
27. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 26, All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
28. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 27, All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn
29. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 28, He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
30. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 29, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
31. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 30, Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow
32. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 31, He Was Cut Off
33. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 32, But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
34. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 33, Lift up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
35. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 34, Unto Which of the Angels
36. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 35, Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
37. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 36, Thou Art Gone Up on High
38. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 37, The Lord Gave the Word
39. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 38, How Beautiful Are the Feet
40. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 39, Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands
41. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 40, Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together
42. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 41, Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
43. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 42, He That Dwelleth in Heaven
44. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 43, Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron
45. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Hallelujah
46. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
47. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 46, Since by Man Came Death
48. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 47, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
49. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 48, The Trumpet Shall Sound
50. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 49, Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
51. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 50, O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
52. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 51, But Thanks Be to God
53. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 52, If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us
54. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle – Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53, Worthy Is the Lamb – Amen

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