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| LABEL |
WETON-WESGRAM
B.V. |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
CC217
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| UPC NUMBER: |
8717423055587
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| NUMBER
OF DISCS: |
2 |
| RUNNING
TIME: |
UNKNOWN
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| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1994? |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
2007 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
ALIPI
NAIDENOV |
| ORCHESTRA: |
SOFIA
PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA |
| CHOIR: |
BULGARIAN
CHAPEL CHOIR |
| SOPRANO: |
CARMINA
TCHAIO |
| MEZZO-SOPRANO: |
HRISTINA
ANGELACOVA |
| TENOR: |
N/A |
| BASS: |
PLAMEN
HIDJOV |
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DISC
ONE
1.
Sinfonia
2. Comfort Ye, My People-Accompagnato (Tenore)
3. Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted-Aria (Tenore)
4. And The Glory Of The Lord-Coro
5. Thus Saith The Lord-Accompagnato (Basso)
6. But Who May Abide-Aria (Alto)
7. And He Shall Purify-Coro
8. Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive-Recitativo (Mezzo Soprano)
9. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion-Aria (Mezzo Soprano)
10. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion-Coro
11. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth-Accompagnato (Basso)
12. The People That Walked In Darkness-Aria (Basso)
13. For Unto Us A Child Is Born-Coro
14. Pifa-Sinfonia Pastorale
15. There Were Shepherds-Recitativo (Soprano)
16. And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord-Accompagnato (Soprano)
17. And The Angel Said Unto Them-Recitativo (Soprano)
18. And Suddenly There Was With The Angel-Accompagnato (Soprano)
19. Glory To God-Coro
20. Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind-Recitativo (Mezzo Soprano)
21. He Shall Feed His Flock-Duetto (Mezzo Soprano/Soprano)
22. His Yoke Is Easy-Coro
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DISC
TWO
1. How Beautiful Are The Feet-Aria (Soprano)
2. Why Do The Nations ?-Aria (Basso)
3. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder-Coro
4. He That Dwelleth In Heaven-Recitativo (Tenore)
5. Thou Shalt Break Them-Aria (Tenore)
6. Hallelujah-Coro
7. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth-Aria (Soprano)
8. Behold, I Tell You A Mystery-Accompagnato (Basso)
9. The Trumpet Shall Sound-Aria (Basso)
10. Then Shall Be Brought To Pass-Recitativo (Mezzo Soprano)
11. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting ?-Duetto (Mezzo Soprano/Tenore)
12. But Thanks Be To God-Coro
13. If God Be For Us-Aria (Soprano)
14. Worthy Is The Lamb.... Amen-Coro |
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SITE RATING:
1/10
SITE REVIEW:
Easily one of the
most ineptly performed Messiahs
I've ever heard, this 1995
European-produced album, featuring The Bulgarian Chapel Choir, Sofia
Philharmonic
Orchestra and soloists, all conducted by Alipi Naidinov is pretty
horrific from a performance standpoint.
Naidenov's conduction is blunt and without
expression; everything is hammered with long, clumsy strokes
exacerbated by the lumbering tempos and full-out singing of the choir.
One listen to the ham-fisted "Hallelujah" will convince most
of
the dire nature of this recording, but there are other problems - it
sounds as if the orchestra is playing from a pirated score, with
occasional lapses in familiar lines, and with so much of the oratorio
cut (this Netherland release is the fullest account I've found - most
of the available releases are in even shorter highlights editions),
that it reminded me of the similarly butchered Ormandy
disc. The three named soloists
(for some reason, the tenor soloist is completely anonymous) are
hampered by wide vibratos which often send them careening off the
pitch center, often the
impression of being physically
manhandled during their performances, and suffer as well from
severe regional
accents which blur the English libretto to an absurd degree.
This
is a live
recording as
well, and loud coughing is often heard during the quieter moments, as
well as chairs shifting and other odd, distracting noises present
throughout. I'm quite frankly astonished that someone felt
that
this performance merited any kind of recorded transcript, and even more
appalled that budget companies like Platinum Records choose this
performance to release on their label. It's a terrible Messiah
from beginning to end, and
can be easily shunned by all listeners.
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