Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah (Early Version 1741, First Recording) (2023) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah (Early Version 1741, First Recording) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:20:21 minutes | 2,64 GB | Genre: Classical
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Since its premiere in 1742, George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” has been a hit and has been performed all over the world. Surprisingly, however, it is difficult to reconstruct an “original version” of the work, as Handel himself performed it with very different instrumentations.

The musicologist Malcom Bruno was not satisfied with this and has created a version based on the autograph score from 1741 that corresponds to Handel’s intentions when composing (and not at the first performances).

There are audible differences in some of the arias, which are presented here in their original versions, and in the orchestration, especially the addition of woodwinds. Felix Koch conducts this first recording of the “Ur-Messiah” with a great feel for the dramaturgy of the work. His Neumeyer Consort plays with a warm tone and clear accents, the quartet of soloists is very well cast, with only the Gutenberg Chamber Choir showing minor intonational shortcomings in rapid coloraturas.

Tracklist:

1-1. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 1 Sinfony (02:49)
1-2. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 2 Accompagnato (Tenore): Comfort Ye My People (02:54)
1-3. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 3 Air (Tenore): Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (03:31)
1-4. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 4 Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord (02:35)
1-5. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 5 Accompagnato (Basso): Thus Saith the Lord (01:20)
1-6. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 6 Air (Basso): But Who May Abide (03:46)
1-7. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 7 Chorus: And He Shall Purify (02:24)
1-8. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 8 Recitativo (Alto): Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (00:24)
1-9. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 9 Air (Alto), Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (05:30)
1-10. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 10 Accompagnato (Basso): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (01:48)
1-11. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 11 Air (Basso): The People That Walked in Darkness (03:30)
1-12. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 12 Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born (03:59)
1-13. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 13 Pifa (02:11)
1-14. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 14 Recitativo, Accompagnato (Soprano): There Were Shepherds (01:21)
1-15. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 15 Chorus: Glory to God (01:48)
1-16. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 16 Air (Soprano): Rejoice Greatly (07:44)
1-17. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 17 Recitativo (Alto): Then Shall the Eyes (00:25)
1-18. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 18 Air (Alto): He Shall Feed His Flock (04:37)
1-19. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part I: No 19 Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy (02:12)
1-20. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 20 Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God (02:43)
1-21. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 21 Air (Alto): He Was Despised (10:09)
1-22. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 22 Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs (01:49)
1-23. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 23 Chorus: And with His Stripes (01:51)
1-24. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 24 Chorus: All We, Like Sheep (03:39)
1-25. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 25 Accompagnato (Tenore): All They That See Him (00:47)
1-26. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 26 Chorus: He Trusted in God (02:21)
1-27. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 27 Accompagnato (Tenore): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken (01:31)
1-28. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 28 Arioso (Tenore): Behold, and See (01:17)
1-29. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 29 Accompagnato (Tenore): He Was Cut off out of the Land (00:14)
1-30. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 30 Air (Tenore): Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul (02:05)
1-31. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 31 Chorus: Lift up Your Heads (03:05)
1-32. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 32 Recitativo (Tenore): Unto Which of the Angels (00:20)
1-33. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 33 Chorus: Let All the Angels of God (01:29)
1-34. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 34 Air (Basso): Thou Art Gone up on High (02:56)
1-35. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 35 Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word (01:14)
1-36. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 36 Air (Soprano): How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them (04:55)
1-37. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 37 Air (Basso): Why Do the Nations (02:30)
1-38. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 38 Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds (01:50)
1-39. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 39 Recitativo (Tenore): He That Dwelleth in Heaven (00:12)
1-40. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 40 Air (Tenore): Thou Shalt Break Them (01:53)
1-41. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part II: No 41 Chorus: Hallelujah (03:38)
1-42. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 42 Air (Soprano): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (05:13)
1-43. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 43 Chorus: Since by Man Came Death (01:56)
1-44. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 44 Accompagnato (Basso): Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (00:37)
1-45. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 45 Air (Basso): The Trumpet Shall Sound (08:30)
1-46. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 46 Recitativo (Alto): Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (00:16)
1-47. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 47 Duet (Alto, Tenore): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (01:51)
1-48. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 48 Chorus: But Thanks Be to God (02:10)
1-49. Felix Koch – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 49 Air (Soprano): If God Be for Us (04:51)
1-50. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 50 Chorus: Worthy Is the Lamb (03:40)
1-51. Gutenberg-Kammerchor – Messiah HWV 56 Early Version 1741: Part III: No 51 Chorus: Amen (03:37)

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