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RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
SAGA CLASSICS |
| CATALOG NUMBER: |
3343 |
| UPC NUMBER: |
UNKNOWN |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
3 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
UNKNOWN |
| YEAR RECORDED: |
1961? |
| CD RELEASE DATE: |
1995 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
FREDERIC JACKSON |
| ORCHESTRA: |
LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA |
| CHOIR: |
LONDON PHILHARMONIC
CHOIR |
| SOPRANO: |
HEATHER HARPER |
| ALTO: |
HELEN WATTS |
| TENOR: |
DUNCAN ROBERTSON |
| BASS: |
ROGER STALMAN |
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| AUDIO SAMPLES |
HIGHLIGHTS |
OTHER RELEASES |
NONE
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DISC ONE
SIDE ONE
1. Overture
2. Comfort ye, my people
3. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
4. And the glory of the Lord
5. Thus saith the Lord of hosts
6. But who may abide
7. And He shall purify
SIDE TWO
1. Behold, a virgin shall conceive
2. O thou that tellest good tidings
3. O thou that tellest good tidings
4. For behold! darkness shall cover
5. The people that walked in darkness
6. For unto us a child is born
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DISC TWO
SIDE THREE
1. Pastorale Symphony
2. There were shepherds abiding in the field / And the angel said unto them
3. Glory to God in the highest
4. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
5. Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd / He shall feed His flock
6. His yoke is easy, His burthen is light
SIDE FOUR
1. Behold the Lamb of God
2. He was despised and rejected
3. Surely, He hath borne our griefs
4. And with His stripes we are healed
5. All we like sheep have gone astray
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DISC THREE
SIDE FIVE
1. All they that see Him
2. He trusted in God
3. Thy rebuke hath borken His heart
4. Behold and see if there by any sorrow
5. He was cut off out of the land
6. But thou didn't not leave his soul in hell
7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates
8. Unto which of the angels
9. Let all the angels of God worship
10. Thou art gone up on high
SIDE SIX
1. The Lord gave the word
2. How beautiful are the feet
3. Their sound is gone out
4. Why do the nations so furiously rage
5. Let us break their bonds
6. He that dwelleth in Heaven
7. Thou shalt break them with a rod
8. Hallelujah
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DISC FOUR
SIDE SEVEN
1. I know that my Redeemer liveth
2. Since by man came death by man came also the ressurection
3. For as in Adam all die even so in Christ
4. Behold I tell you a mystery
5. The trumpet shall sound
SIDE EIGHT
1. Then shall be brought to pass
2. O death, where is thy sting?
3. But thanks be to God
4. If God is for us
5. Worthy is the Lamb
6. Blessing and honor
7. Amen |
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SITE RATING: 4/10
SITE REVIEW:
One of the more obscure Messiahs to come from
the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra has been this 1961 effort
by former Chorus Master Frederic Jackson. Jackson's name more
frequently is seen on the credits of the 1958 Susskind recording
which blankets the marketplace every Christmas-time
in ultra-low-budget releases, but on this later recording, made a mere
three years after the first, Jackson graduates from Chorus Master to
Director of the London Philharmonic forces, and delivers a
performance, which unfortunately, is only slightly more accomplished
than the Susskind.
The orchestra and chorus play and sing in a blunt, perfunctory
manner, giving wooden, somewhat bored performances, led by Jackson's
unimaginative direction, which doesn't attempt any interpretive color,
but merely gets the job done - the instances where he does veer from
the norm, such as a surprising soft entrance on "Glory To God" instead
of the usual breaking forth, reenforces the banality of the rest of the
oratorio. The best that can be said about the choir is that they are in
tune, and perform the larger choruses with great fervor. The
soloists are all overheated, with wide vibratos and suspect tone
colors; their extreme emotiveness more a popular method of the times,
but still sounding forced and unnatural. The glacial tempos can
best be judged by the program being spread out over four
LP sides, instead of the usual three. Still, there is great power
in some of the choruses - with a thrilling "Worthy Is The Lamb" and the
final, declamatory "Amen." Released once on CD in 1995, this
particular performance remains stubbornly out-of-print, lacking the
wide-spread distribution of Susskind's recording, and likely to remain
obscure.
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