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Edward Higgenbottom - Messiah [2 CD]

Edward Higgenbottom - Messiah [2 CD]

Release Date: /// Naxos

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Handel' most popular and joyous oratorio, a work of unfailing melodic invention and dramatic expressiveness, has become almost a British national institution, regularly performed by all manner of choirs and orchestras.

Tracklist:

  1. Sinfonia
  2. Accompanied Recitative: Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)
  3. Aria: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
  4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord
  5. Accompanied Recitative: Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts (Bass)
  6. Aria: But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming (Countertenor)
  7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify
  8. Recitative: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive, And Bear A Son (Cou
  9. Aria (Countertenor) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
  10. Accompanied Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Ear
  11. Aria: The People That Walked In Darkness (Bass)
  12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
  13. Pifa
  14. Accompanied Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Fiel
  15. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest
  16. Aria: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion (Tenor)
  17. Recitative: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened (Countert
  18. Aria: He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd (Countertenor; Tre
  19. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light
  20. Chorus: Behold, The Lamb Of God
  21. Aria: He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men (Countertenor)
  22. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs And Carried Our Sorrows
  23. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
  24. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
  25. Accompanied Recitative: All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scor
  26. Chorus: He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him
  27. Accompanied Recitative: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor)
  28. Aria: Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorro
  29. Accompanied Recitative: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Li
  30. Aria: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell (Treble: Henry J
  31. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
  32. Recitative: Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time (Tenor)
  33. Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
  34. Aria: Thou Art Gone Up On High (Countertenor)
  35. Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word
  36. Aria: How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them That Preach The Gospel
  37. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands
  38. Aria: Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together (Bass)
  39. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
  40. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn
  41. Aria: Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron (Tenor)
  42. Chorus: Hallelujah
  43. Aria: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Treble: Henry Jenkinson)
  44. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death
  45. Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass)
  46. Aria: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass) (Trumpet: David Blackadder)
  47. Recitative: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Wri
  48. Duet: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting (Countertenor And Tenor)
  49. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God
  50. Aria: If God Is For Us, Who Can Be Against Us (Countertenor)
  51. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
  52. Chorus: Amen

UPC: 747313013173
Label: NAXOS
Release Date: 10.31.06
Format: CD

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