George Frideric Handel, Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson , The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock - Messiah download mp3 flac

Tracklist

	Messiah HWV 56, Part One
1-1	1. Sinfonia (Grave - Allegro Moderato)	3:22
1-2	2. Accompagnato (Tenor): Comfort Ye My People	3:26
1-3	3. Air (Tenor): Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted	3:32
1-4	4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed	2:51
1-5	5. Accompagnato (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts	1:36
1-6	6. Air (Alto): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming	4:45
1-7	7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify	2:25
1-8	8. Recitative (Contralto): Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive	0:30
1-9	9. Air (Contralto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings	5:30
1-10	10. Accompagnato (Bass): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover	3:03
1-11	11. Air (Bass): The People That Walked In Darkness	3:56
1-12	12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born	4:04
1-13	13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)	1:11
1-14a	14. Recitative (Soprano): There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field. Accompagnato (Soprano): And Io, The Angel Of The Lord	0:38
1-14b	15. Recitative (Soprano): And The Angel Said Unto Them	0:37
1-14c	16. Accompagnato (Soprano): And Suddenly There Was With The Angel	0:18
1-15	17. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest	1:58
1-16	18. Air (Soprano): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion	4:48
1-17	19. Recitative (Contralto): Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind	0:21
1-18	20. Air (Contralto & Soprano): He Shall Feed His Flock	6:09
1-19	21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light	2:17
	Messiah HWV 56, Part Two
1-20	22. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God	3:17
1-21	23. Air (Contralto): He Was Despised	13:16
2-1	24. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs	2:28
2-2	25. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed	1:53
2-3	26. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray	3:54
2-4	27. Accompagnato (Tenor): All They That See Him	0:47
2-5	28. Chorus: He Trusted In God	2:33
2-6	29. Accompagnato (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart	1:50
2-7	30. Arioso (Tenor): Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow	2:00
2-8	31. Accompagnato (Soprano): He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land	0:15
2-9	32. Air (Soprano): But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul	2:09
2-10	33. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates	3:05
2-11	34. Recitative (Tenor). Unto Which Of The Angels	0:12
2-12	35. Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him	1:30
2-13	36. Air (Alto): Thou Art Gone Up On High	3:11
2-14	37. Chorus: The Lord Gave The World	1:05
2-15	38. Air (Soprano): How Beautiful Are The Feet	2:37
2-16	39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out	1:23
2-17	40. Air (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage	2:56
2-18	41. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Assunder	1:48
2-19	42. Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth In Heaven	0:11
2-20	43. Air (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them	2:06
2-21	44. Chorus: Hallelujah	3:57
	Messiah HWV 56, Part Three
2-22	45. Air (Soprano): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth	6:42
2-23	46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death	2:20
2-24	47. Recitative (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mystery	0:32
2-25	48. Air (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound	8:59
2-26	49. Recitative (Alto): Then Shall Be Brought To Pass	0:17
2-27	50. Duet (Alto & Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?	1:03
2-28	51. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God	2:13
2-29	52. Air (Contralto): If God Be For Us	4:41
2-30	53. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain - Amen	7:31

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
423 630-2	George Frideric Handel, Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson , The English Concert & Choir / Trevor Pinnock	George Frideric Handel, Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson , The English Concert & Choir / Trevor Pinnock - Messiah ‎(2xCD, Album)	Archiv Produktion	423 630-2	Europe	1988
00289 477 5904	George Frideric Handel - Arleen Auger · Anne Sofie Von Otter · Michael Chance · Howard Crook · John Tomlinson · The English Concert & Choir · Trevor Pinnock	George Frideric Handel - Arleen Auger · Anne Sofie Von Otter · Michael Chance · Howard Crook · John Tomlinson · The English Concert & Choir · Trevor Pinnock - Messiah ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Archiv Produktion	00289 477 5904	Europe	2006
423 630-5	George Frideric Handel, The English Concert And Choir, Trevor Pinnock, Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson	George Frideric Handel, The English Concert And Choir, Trevor Pinnock, Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson - Messiah - Arias And Choruses ‎(DCC, Album)	Archiv Produktion	423 630-5	Germany	Unknown
00289 477 5904	George Frideric Handel - Arleen Auger · Anne Sofie Von Otter · Michael Chance · Howard Crook · John Tomlinson · The English Concert & Choir · Trevor Pinnock	George Frideric Handel - Arleen Auger · Anne Sofie Von Otter · Michael Chance · Howard Crook · John Tomlinson · The English Concert & Choir · Trevor Pinnock - Messiah ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Archiv Produktion	00289 477 5904	Europe	Unknown
423 630-2	George Frideric Handel, Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson , The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock	George Frideric Handel, Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson , The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock - Messiah ‎(2xCD, Album)	Archiv Produktion	423 630-2	Canada	1988

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Soloist] – Michael Chance
• Bass Vocals [Choir] – Chris Purves, Donald Greig, Mark Peterson , Richard Wistreich, Simon Birchall, Simon Grant , Stephen Alder, Stephen Charlesworth
• Bass Vocals [Soloist] – John Tomlinson
• Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Alberto Grazzi
• Cello – Christopher Poffley, Suki Towb, Timothy Kraemer
• Cello [Continuo] – Jane Coe
• Choir – The English Concert Choir
• Composed By – George Frideric Handel
• Conductor, Harpsichord [Continuo] – Trevor Pinnock
• Contralto Vocals [Choir] – Penny Vickers, Sandra Schultze
• Contralto Vocals [Soloist] – Anne Sofie Von Otter
• Countertenor Vocals [Choir] – Ashley Stafford, Graeme Curry, Jonathan Kenny, Nicholas Clapton
• Double Bass – Amanda McNamara, Peter McCarthy
• Edited By – Ulrich Vette
• Engineer – Hans-Peter Schweigmann
• Horn – Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford
• Libretto By – Charles Jennens
• Liner Notes – Carole Boudreault, Donald Burrows
• Liner Notes [German Translation] – Horst Leuchtmann
• Liner Notes [Italian Translation] – Olimpio Cescatti
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Choir] – Caroline Trevor
• Music Consultant [Keyboard Advisor] – Maurice Cochrane
• Oboe – Anthony Robson, Gail Hennessy, Paul Goodwin , Sophia McKenna
• Orchestra – English Concert (tracks: The English Concert)
• Organ [Continuo] – Ivor Bolton
• Painting [Cover] – Fra Angelico
• Photography By [Artist Photos] – Clive Barda, Richard Holt
• Producer – Dr. Andreas Holschneider
• Recording Supervisor – Dr. Gerd Ploebsch
• Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Alison Gough, Caroline Ashton, Deborah Roberts, Lucinda Houghton, Nicola Jenkin, Patricia Forbes, Rachel Platt, Sally Dunkley, Tessa Bonner, Twig Hall
• Soprano Vocals [Soloist] – Arleen Auger
• Tenor Vocal [Soloist]s – Howard Crook
• Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Angus Smith, Nicolas Robertson, Paul Tindall, Peter Long, Philip Daggett, Philip Salmon, Simon Davies
• Timpani – Robert Howes
• Trumpet – Michael Harrison , Michael Laird
• Viola – Colin Kitching, Katherine Hart, Rupert Bawden, Trevor Jones
• Violin [1] – Graham Cracknell, Maurice Whitaker, Miles Golding, Pauline Nobes, Simon Standage, Susie Carpenter-Jacobs
• Violin [2] – Alison Cracknell, Frances Turner, Marc Ashley Cooper, Margaret Faultless, Micaela Comberti, Walter Reiter

Notes

℗ 1988 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg

Recording: London, Abbey Road Studios 1/1988

Cover: Painting by Fra Angelico (Detail), Church of San Dommenica, Fiesole, Italy

75 page booklet with English, German, French and Italian notes and sung text

Barcodes

• Label Code: LC 0113
• Other (BMG Direct cat #): D 203374
• Other (Cat.no CD 1): 423 631-2
• Other (Cat.no CD 2): 423 632-2
• SPARS Code: DDD

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor International GmbH
• Licensed To – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
• Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios