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| LABEL: |
HARMONIA
MUNDI |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
901928.29 |
| UPC NUMBER: |
794881817726 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
2 |
| RUNNING
TIME: |
120:18 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
2006 |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
OCTOBER
10, 2006 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
RENE
JACOBS |
| ORCHESTRA: |
FREIBURGER
BAROCKORCHESTER |
| CHOIR: |
THE
CHOIR OF CLAIRE
COLLEGE |
| SOPRANO: |
KERSTIN
AVEMO |
| ALTO: |
PATRICIA
BARDON |
| COUNTERTENOR: |
LAWRENCE
ZAZZO |
| TENOR: |
KOBIE
VAN RENSBURG |
| BASS: |
NEAL
DAVIES |
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DISC
ONE
1.
Sinfony
2. Accompagnato. Comfort ye, my people, saith your God
3. Air. Every valley shall be exalted
4. Chorus. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
5. Accompagnato. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts
6. Air. But who may abide the day of His coming?
7. Chorus. And He shall purify the sons of Levi
8. Chorus. Behold, a virgin shall concieve / No. 9. Air &
Chorus. O thou that tellest good tidings
9. Accompagnato. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
10. Air. The people that walked in darkness
11. Chorus. For unto us a child is born
12. Sinfonia pastorale (Pifa) / No. 14a. Recitative. There were
shepherds abiding in th
13. Chorus. Glory to God in the highest
14. Air. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
15. Recitative. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened / No. 20.
Air. He shall feed
16. Chorus. His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light
17. Chorus. Behold the lamb of God
18. Air. He was despised and rejected of men
19. Chorus. Surely He hath borne our griefs
20. Chorus. And with His stripes we are healed
21. Chorus. All we like sheep have gone astray
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DISC
TWO
1.
Accompagnato. All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn
2. Chorus. He trusted in God that He would deliver Him
3. Accompagnato. Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
4. Arioso. Behold and see if there be any sorrow
5. Accompagnato. He was cut off out of the land of the living / No. 32.
Air. But Thou
6. Chorus. Lift up your heads, O ye gates
7. Recitative. Unto which of the angels said He at any time
8. Chorus. Let all the angels of God worship Him
9. Air. Thou art gone up on high
10. Chorus. The Lord gave the world
11. Air. How beautiful are the feet of them
12. Chorus. Their sound is gone out into all lands
13. Air. Why do the nations so furiously rage together
14. Chorus. Let us break their bonds asunder
15. Recitative. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn /
No. 43. Air. Tho
16. Chorus. Hallelujah!
17. Air. I know that my redeemer liveth
18. Chorus. Since by man came death
19. Accompagnato. Behold, I tell you a mystery / No. 48. Air. The
trumpet shall sound
20. Recitative. Then shall be brought / No. 50. Duet. O Death, where is
thy sting?
21. Chorus. But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory
22. Air. If God be for us, who can be against us?
23. Chorus. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain / No. 54. Chorus. Amen
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SITE RATING:
8/10
SITE REVIEW:
A dynamic, exciting
Messiah
from René Jacobs from 2006, this release from Harmonia Mundi
was
undoubtedly considered one of their premiere recordings that year,
receiving deluxe packaging and dueling CD/SACD releases.
Everyone
here is at the top of their game, with electrifying performances from
The Freiburger Barockorchester (playing period instruments), soloists
Kerstin Avemo, Patricia Bardon, Lawrence Zazzo (just listen to his
remarkable virtuoso run at "But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming")
Kobie van Rensburg, and a thunderous performance by bass Neal Davies.
The Choir of Claire College bring a fresh youthful cleanness
to
the choruses, and René Jacobs keeps everything moving at an
breathless, highly-kinetic pace. There's a clenched-teeth
fierceness to this Messiah
that I'd not heard on other releases, and it creates a marked tension
between all of the performers - an almost one-up-manship attitude that
makes this a not-altogether comfortable listening experience - so much
audible effort is being put into every movement, that I found myself
waiting to see if it all self-destructed before the end of the
recording. Fascinating (and a little exhausting) to listen
to;
ultimately, one of those Messiahs
that seem preoccupied with achieving style over emotional substance.
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