Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks – Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Remastered) (1972/2019)
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Messiah, HWV 56 (1992 Remastered Version) , Part 1: And the glory of the Lord (chorus: Andante), King’s College Choir, Cambridge/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Sir David Willcocks.
Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the Coverdale Psalter, the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.
Handel’s reputation in England, where he had lived since 1712, had been established through his compositions of Italian opera. He turned to English oratorio in the 1730s in response to changes in public taste; Messiah was his sixth work in this genre. Although its structure resembles that of opera, it is not in dramatic form; there are no impersonations of characters and no direct speech. Instead, Jennens’s text is an extended reflection on Jesus as the Messiah called Christ. The text begins in Part I with prophecies by Isaiah and others, and moves to the annunciation to the shepherds, the only “scene” taken from the Gospels. In Part II, Handel concentrates on the Passion and ends with the “Hallelujah” chorus. In Part III he covers the resurrection of the dead and Christ’s glorification in heaven.
Tracklist:
01. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Chorus. “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion” (4:55)
02. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia (4:09)
03. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Chorus. “Their Sound Is Gone Out” (1:33)
04. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Aria. “He Was Despised and Rejected of Men” (11:09)
05. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. “He Trusted in God” (2:12)
06. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. “Hallelujah” (4:27)
07. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 3: Chorus. “Lift Up Your Heads” (3:15)
08. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: Recitative. “Then Shall Be Brought” (0:19)
09. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: Aria. “The Trumpet Shall Sound” (9:17)
10. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 2: Aria. “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul” (2:00)
11. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Recitative. “Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive” (0:31)
12. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. “For Unto Us a Child Is Born” (4:15)
13. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Chorus. “The Lord Gave the Word” (1:20)
14. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 4: Chorus. “Worthy Is the Lamb” (3:34)
15. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. “Comfort Ye My People” (3:27)
16. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Recitative. “Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened” (0:30)
17. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 4: Chorus. “Amen” (3:45)
18. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Chorus. “And the Glory, the Glory of the Lord” (3:04)
19. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: Aria. “Why Do the Nations” (2:55)
20. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. “Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs” (2:18)
21. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Aria. “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings” (3:56)
22. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Chorus. “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” (5:58)
23. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Accompagnato. “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart” (1:42)
24. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: Pastoral Symphony “Pifa” (3:27)
25. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: Duet. “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?” (1:05)
26. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 4: Recitative. “Unto Which of the Angels” (0:22)
27. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Aria with Choir. “He Shall Feed His Flock” (4:52)
28. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Aria. “Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted” (3:42)
29. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: Accompagnato. “Thus Saith the Lord” (1:49)
30. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: Chorus. “Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder” (1:56)
31. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. “And with His Stripes We Are Healed” (1:58)
32. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings” (1:43)
33. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Arioso. “Behold, and See” (1:38)
34. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Chorus. “Since by Man Came Death” (2:01)
35. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: Recitative. “There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field” (1:46)
36. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: Chorus. “But Thanks Be to God” (2:21)
37. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 4: Chorus. “Let All the Angels of God Worship Him” (1:34)
38. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Chorus. “His Yoke Is Easy” (2:32)
39. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: Aria. “But Who May Abide” (4:38)
40. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. “All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray” (4:09)
41. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: Recitative. “He That Dwelleth in Heav’n” (0:18)
42. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth” (2:33)
43. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: Accompagnato. “Behold, I Tell You a Mystery” (0:43)
44. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 2: Accompagnato. “He Was Cut Off” (0:21)
45. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: Chorus. “Glory to God” (2:24)
46. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: Chorus. “If God Be for Us” (5:07)
47. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Aria. “Thou Art Gone up on High” (2:54)
48. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Chorus. “How Beautiful Are the Feet” (2:23)
49. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. “Behold the Lamb of God” (3:02)
50. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: Chorus. “And He Shall Purify” (2:41)
51. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Aria. “Thou Shalt Break Them” (2:19)
52. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Accompagnato. “All They That See Him” (0:54)
53. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Aria. “The People That Walked in Darkness” (4:13)
Personnel:
James Bowman, alto
Robert Tear, tenor
Benjamin Luxon, bass-baritone
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
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