
Box Set
Handel, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh – "Messiah" (1997) Box Set, CD, Album, Stereo, *p*, *e*, *s*, *a*, *l*, *c*, *i* format. Official release from Archiv Produktion, released 1997. This release will appeal to Classical and Baroque, Oratorio music fans. Box Set, CD for sale — available for purchase online.
Handel / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh - Messiah 1997
Handel, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh – "Messiah" (1997) Box Set, CD, Album, Stereo, *p*, *e*, *s*, *a*, *l*, *c*, *i* format. Official release from Archiv Produktion, released 1997. This release will appeal to Classical and Baroque, Oratorio music fans. Box Set, CD for sale — available for purchase online.
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Release Information
Released:
1997
Country: Europe
Label: 453 464-2
(Archiv Produktion)
Barcode: 028945346427, 0 28945 34642 7
Record Tracklist
| № | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | 1. Sinfonia (Grave - Allegro Moderato) | 3:22 |
| 1-2 | 2. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): Comfort Ye My People | 3:36 |
| 1-3 | 3. Song (Tenor): Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted | 3:04 |
| 1-4 | 4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed | 2:51 |
| 1-5 | 5. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts | 1:19 |
| 1-6 | 6. Song (Soprano II): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming | 3:51 |
| 1-7 | 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi | 2:22 |
| 1-8 | 8. Recitative (Contralto): Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive | 0:26 |
| 1-9 | 9. Song (Contralto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion | 4:47 |
| 1-10 | 10. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth | 2:14 |
| 1-11 | 11. Song (Bass): The People That Walked In Darkness | 3:58 |
| 1-12 | 12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born | 3:36 |
| 1-13 | 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) | 0:38 |
| 1-14 | 14. Recitative (Soprano I): There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field - Recitative, Accompanied (Soprano I) - Recitative (Soprano I) And Io, The Angel Of The Lord | 1:02 |
| 1-15 | 17. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest | 1:41 |
| 1-16 | 18. Song (Soprano I): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion | 3:46 |
| 1-17 | 19. Recitative (Soprano I): Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind | 0:20 |
| 1-18 | 20. Song (Soprano I): He Shall Feed His Flock | 4:17 |
| 1-19 | 21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy | 2:03 |
| 1-20 | 22. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God | 3:09 |
| 1-21 | 23. Song (Contralto): He Was Despised | 12:11 |
| 1-22 | 24. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs | 1:38 |
| 1-23 | 25. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed | 1:43 |
| 1-24 | 26. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray | 3:17 |
| 1-25 | 27. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): All They That See Him | 0:39 |
| 1-26 | 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God | 2:03 |
| 1-27 | 29. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart | 2:03 |
| 1-28 | 30. Song (Tenor): Behold, And See | 1:30 |
| 1-29 | 31. Recitative, Accompanied (Soprano I): He Was Cut Off | 0:14 |
| 1-30 | 32. Song (Soprano I): But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell | 2:03 |
| 2-1 | 33. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads | 2:46 |
| 2-2 | 34. Recitative (Tenor). Unto Which Of The Angels | 0:15 |
| 2-3 | 35. Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him | 1:21 |
| 2-4 | 36. Song (Soprano II): Thou Art Gone Up On High | 2:46 |
| 2-5 | 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave The World | 1:05 |
| 2-6 | 38. Song (Soprano I): How Beautiful Are The Feet | 2:00 |
| 2-7 | 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out | 1:17 |
| 2-8 | 40. Song (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together? | 1:14 |
| 2-9 | 41. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Assunder | 1:37 |
| 2-10 | 42. Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Song (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them | 2:06 |
| 2-11 | 44. Chorus: Hallelujah | 3:34 |
| 2-12 | 45. Song (Soprano II): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth | 6:23 |
| 2-13 | 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death | 2:03 |
| 2-14 | 47. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mystery | 0:32 |
| 2-15 | 48. Song (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound | 8:19 |
| 2-16 | 49. Recitative (Contralto): Then Shall Be Brought To Pass | 0:14 |
| 2-17 | 50. Duet (Contralto & Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? | 0:53 |
| 2-18 | 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God | 1:57 |
| 2-19 | 52. Song (Soprano I): If God Be For Us | 4:13 |
| 2-20 | 53. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain - Amen | 7:34 |
Info
Credits:Bass Vocals – Neal Davies
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Paul McCreesh
Contralto Vocals – Bernarda Fink
Edited By – Reinhild Schmidt
Engineer [Recording] – Jürgen Bulgrin
Engineer [Sound] – Andrew Wedman
Ensemble – Gabrieli Consort
Executive-Producer – Peter Czornyj
Liner Notes – Paul McCreesh
Liner Notes – Ruth Smith (2)
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins (2)
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Horst Leuchtmann
Producer [Recording] – Christopher Alder
Soprano Vocals [Soprano II] – Susan Gritton
Soprano Vocals [Soprano I] – Dorothea Röschmann
Tenor Vocals – Charles Daniels (2)
Notes:Recording: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, 12/1996.
56 page booklet with English, German and French notes and sung text.
Fatbox with slipcase.
56 page booklet with English, German and French notes and sung text.
Fatbox with slipcase.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Label code: LC 0113
(Label code)
Spars code: DDD
(Spars code)
Price code: PY 927
(Price code), A H2
(Boxed)
Other: 453 465-2
(Cat.no CD 1), 453 466-2
(Cat.no CD 2)

