Messiah... Refreshed! Vocal & Song Orchestral & Concertos Signum

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Messiah

Edition by Sir Eugene Goossens & Sir Thomas Beecham

PART ONE

Sinfonia (Overture)

3:58

Orchestra

Comfort ye my people

3:03

Recit. (Tenor)

Ev'ry valley shall be exalted

3:28

Air (Tenor)

And the glory of the Lord

3:05

Chorus

Thus saith the Lord

1:30

Recit. Bass

But who may abide the day of his coming?

5:15

Air (Bass)

And he shall purify

2:58

Chorus

Behold, a virgin shall conceive

0:28

Recit. (Mezzo)

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

5:51

Air (Mezzo) & Chorus

10.

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth

2:44

Recit. (Bass)

11.

The people that walked in darkness

4:46

Air (Bass)

12.

For unto us a child is born

4:21

Chorus

13.

Pifa ("Pastoral Symphony")

3:21

Orchestra

14.

There were shepherds abiding in the field

0:42

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them

Recit. (Soprano)

15.

And the angel said unto them

0:47

Recit. (Soprano)

16.

And suddenly there was with the angel

0:19

Recit. (Soprano)

17.

Glory to God

2:15

Chorus

18.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion

4:49

Air (Soprano)

19.

Then shall the eyes of the blind

0:31

Recit. (Mezzo)

20.

He shall feed his flock

5:26

Air (Mezzo/Soprano)

21.

His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light

2:51

Chorus

PART TWO

22.

Behold the Lamb of God

3:52

Chorus

23.

He was despised

4:48

Air (Mezzo)

24.

Surely he hath borne our griefs

2:31

Chorus

25.

And with his stripes we are healed

2:07

Chorus

26.

All we like sheep have gone astray

4:20

Chorus

27.

All they that see him laugh him to scorn

0:53

Chorus

28.

He trusted in God

2:53

Chorus

29.

Thy rebuke hath broken his heart

2:08

Recit. (Tenor)

30.

Behold, and see if there be any sorrow

1:25

Recit. (Tenor)

31.

He was cut off out of the land of the living

0:23

Recit. (Tenor)

32.

But thou didst not leave his soul in hell

2:26

Air (Tenor)

33.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates

3:49

Chorus

34.

The Lord gave the word

1:13

Chorus

35.

How beautiful are the feet

2:27

Air (Soprano)

36.

Their sound is gone out

1:41

Chorus

37.

Why do the nations so furiously rage together?

3:01

Air (Bass)

38.

Let us break their bonds asunder

2:13

Chorus

39.

He that dwelleth in heaven

0:17

Recit. (Tenor)

40.

Thou shalt break them

2:00

Air (Tenor)

41.

Hallelujah

4:29

Chorus

PART THREE

42.

I know that my redeemer liveth

6:20

Air (Soprano)

43.

Since by man came death

2:02

Chorus

44.

Behold, I tell you a mystery

0:39

Recit. (Bass)

45.

The trumpet shall sound

4:26

Air (Bass)

46.

Worthy is the lamb that was slain

9:16

Chorus

Total time: 134:07

Solo: Penelope Shumate Soprano

Solo: Claudia Chapa Mezz-soprano

Solo: John McVeigh <>Tenor

Solo: Christopher Job Bass-baritone

Choral: Jonathan Griffith Singers

Choral: National Youth Choir of Great Britain

Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Jonathan Griffith

"...It is fascinating to hear the first recording of Goossens’s technicoloured treatment since 1959. The present-day Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play with dignified nobility, although Goossens’s hyperactive switches of colours in the Sinfonia gild the lily...The combined National Youth Choir of Great Britain and Griffith’s own chorus sing with weighty stateliness..."

David Vickers - Gramophone magazine - July 2020

Performance *** Recording ***

"... Dishing up a rich, lusciously executed bowl of nostalgia, Jonathan Griffith conducts with evident relish and affection ... Christopher Job delivers a virile 'Why do the Nations' ..."

Paul Riley - BBC Music magazine - June 2020

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