Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Players - Handel: Messiah (2002)
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Players - Handel: Messiah (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 670 Mb | Total time: 78:40+67:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 7243 5 62004 25 | Recorded: 1988
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 670 Mb | Total time: 78:40+67:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 7243 5 62004 25 | Recorded: 1988
Andrew Parrott’s period Messiah from the late 1980s was re-released a few years ago by EMI Virgin Classics, and the re-release amply documents the richness and staying power of this generation of Messiah performances—a richness now removed from the aura of novelty—the “uncle” has been clean shaven for quite a while now. In part, the richness of this performance derives from Parrott’s soloists, then the unrivalled stars of the English early music scene, including soprano Emma Kirkby, countertenor James Bowman, and bass David Thomas. Thomas’s renowned profundity combines here with his wondrous ability to spin a melodic line and his ever commanding melismatic prowess, marking the bass solos with memorable distinction. Similarly, Bowman’s electrically-charged melismas on “For he is like a refiner’s fire” are excitingly dynamic, and his vowel-rich grace in “And he shall feed his flock” is one of the high points of the recording.
The choir and orchestra are unflaggingly responsive to Parrott’s vision of the work—a vision that moves things along with dramatic urgency and vividly drawn affective content—and they respond with the stylistic fluency that we have long associated with the various Taverner ensembles. To this one can only add: “Hallelujah!”– Steven Plank
Performer:
Emma Kirkby, soprano I
Emily van Evera, soprano II
David Thomas, bass
Joseph Cornwell, tenor
James Bowman, countertenor
Taverner Choir & Players
Conductor - Andrew Parrott
Track List:
CD1:
01. Part 1. Sinfony. Grave - Allegro moderato
02. Accompagnato. Comfort ye my people
03. Air. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
04. Chorus. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
05. Accompagnato. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts
06. Air. But who may abide the day of His coming
07. Chorus. And he shall purify
08. Recitative. Behold, a virgin shall conceive
09. Air and Chorus. O thou that tellest good tidings to zion
10. Accompagnato. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
11. Air. The people that walked in darkness
12. Chorus. For unto us a child is born
13. Pifa. Larghetto e mezzo piano
14. Recitative & Accompagnato. There were shepherds / Recitative. And the angel said unto them
15. Chorus. Glory to God in the highest
16. Air. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
17. Recitative. Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd
18. Air. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
19. Chorus. His yoke is easy, his burthen is light
20. Part 2. Chorus. Behold, the Lamb of God
21. Air. He was despised
22. Chorus. Surely, He hath borne our griefs
23. Chorus. And with His stripes we are healed
24. Chorus. All we like sheep have gone astray
CD2:
01. Accompagnato. All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
02. Chorus. He trusted in God
03. Accompagnato. Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
04. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
05. Accompagnato.He was cut off out of the land of the living
06. Air. But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell
07. Chorus. Lift up your heads, O ye gates
08. Recitative. Unto which of the angels
09. Chorus. Let all the angels of God worship Him
10. Air. Thou art gone up on hig
11. Chorus. The Lord gave the word
12. Air. How beautiful are the feet
13. Chorus. Their sound is gone out into all lands
14. Air. Why do the3 nations so furiously rage together
15. Chorus. Let us break their bonds asunder
16. Recitative. He that dwelleth in heaven
17. Air. Thou shalt break them
18. Chorus. Hallelujah!
19. Part 3. Air. I know that my redeemer liveth
20. Chorus. Since by man came death
21. Accompagnato. Behold, I tell you a mystery
22. Air. The trumpet shall sound
23. Recitative. Then shall be brought to pass the saying
24. Duet. O death, where is thy sting
25. Chorus. But thanks be to God
26. Air. If God be for us
27. Chorus. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain… Amen
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Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Players - Handel: Messiah (2002)
