Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet - Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (1754 Version) (2017) [CD-Rip]

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Artist: Herve Niquet, Concert Spirituel Chorus & Le Concert Spirituel
Title: Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (1754 Version)
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Alpha
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 01:55:45
Total Size: 601 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
PART I
1 nO.1 SINFONIA 2’41
Grave-Allegro Moderato
2 nO.2 ACCOMPAGNATO Comfort ye, my people Rupert Charlesworth 2’17
3 nO.3 AIR Every valley shall be exalted Rupert Charlesworth 3’11
4 nO.4 CHORUS And the glory of the Lord 2’18
5 nO.5 ACCOMPAGNATO Thus saith the Lord of hosts Andreas Wolf 1’14
6 nO.6 AIR But who may abide Sandrine Piau 4’01
7 nO.7 CHORUS And he shall purify 2’38
nO.8 RECITATIVE Behold, a virgin shall conceive Anthea Pichanick
8 nO.9 AIR & CHORUS O thou that tellest Anthea Pichanick 5’10
9 nO.10 RECITATIVE For behold Andreas Wolf 1’34
10 nO.11 AIR The people that worked Andreas Wolf 2’51
11 nO.12 CHORUS For unto us a child is born 3’54
12 nO.13 PIFA (Sinfonia Pastorale) 0’49
nO.14 RECITATIVE There were shepherds Katherine Watson
13 nO.14B RECITATIVE And Io, the angel of the Lord Katherine Watson 0’47
nO.15 RECITATIVE And the angel said unto them
14 nO.16 RECITATIVE & ACCOMPAGNATO And suddenly Katherine Watson 0’17
15 nO.17 CHORUS Glory to God in the highest 2’01
16 nO.18 AIR Rejoice greatly Katherine Watson 4’27
nO.19 RECITATIVE Then shall the eyes of the blind
17 nO.20 AIR He shall feed His fl ock Sandrine Piau, Katherine Watson 3’51
18 nO.21 CHORUS His yoke is easy 2’24

CD 2
PART II
1 nO.22 CHORUS Behold the Lamb of God 2’01
2 nO.23 AIR He was despised Anthea Pichanick 7’22
3 nO.24 CHORUS Surely He hath borne our griefs 1’25
4 nO.25 CHORUS And with His stripes 1’42
5 nO.26 CHORUS All we like sheep 3’26
6 nO.27 RECITATIVE & ACCOMPAGNATO All they that see Him Rupert Charlesworth 0’34
7 nO.28 CHORUS He trusted in God 1’52
8 nO.29 RECITATIVE They rebuke hath broken his Heart Rupert Charlesworth 1’05
9 nO.30 AIR Behold, and see Rupert Charlesworth 1’07
10 nO.31 RECITATIVE He was cut off out Katherine Watson 0’14
11 nO.32 AIR But thou didst not leave His soul in hell Katherine Watson 2’10
12 nO.33 CHORUS Lift up your heads 3’09
nO.34 RECITATIVE Unto which of the angels Rupert Charlesworth
13 nO.35 CHORUS Let all the angels of God 1’28
14 nO.36 AIR Thou art gone up on high Katherine Watson 2’54
15 nO.37 CHORUS The Lord gave the word 1’11
16 nO.38 AIR How beautiful are the feet Sandrine Piau 2’02
17 nO.39 CHORUS Their sound is gone out 1’10
18 nO.40 AIR Why do the nations Andreas Wolf 1’17
19 nO.41 CHORUS Let us break their bonds asunder 1’45
nO.42 RECITATIVE He that dwelleth in heaven Rupert Charlesworth
20 nO.43 AIR Thou shalt break them Rupert Charlesworth 1’50
21 nO.44 CHORUS Hallelujah 3’14

Part III
22 nO.45 AIR I know that my Redeemer liveth Sandrine Piau 5’06
23 nO.46 CHORUS Since by man came death 1’45
24 nO.47 RECITATIVE Behold, I tell you a mystery Andreas Wolf 0’24
25 nO.48 AIR The trumpet shall sound Andreas Wolf 3’58
nO.49 RECITATIVE Then shall be brought to pass Anthea Pichanick
26 nO.50 DUET O Death Anthea Pichanick, Rupert Charlesworth 1’09
27 nO.51 CHORUS But thanks to be God 2’39
28 nO.52 AIR If God be for us Katherine Watson 4’20
29 nO.53 CHORUS Worthy is the Lamb 6’36

Celebrating Le Concert Spirituel's 30th year, conductor Hervé Niquet leads the period-instruments ensemble and chorus in the 1754 Foundling Hospital Concert version of George Frederick Handel's Messiah, a vivid re-creation that features five vocal soloists. This deluxe package presents the oratorio on two CDs, issued in a hardcover book that explains not only the background of Messiah, but also Niquet's quasi-operatic interpretation, which emphasizes the spiritual drama of the work and removes it from the overly reverent tradition that prevailed from the 19th century until the 1980s. That Handel reworked his score on different occasions to make it suitable for the performers at hand is well known, though the 1754 version is the best documented of the early performances, providing the size of the orchestra and the chorus, and the precise instrumentation, including two horns. The vocalists -- sopranos Sandrine Piau and Katherine Watson, contralto Anthea Pichanick, tenor Rupert Charlesworth, and bass-baritone Andreas Wolf -- deliver their arias in the transpositions used at the concert, and the chorus of 27 voices is somewhat larger than the group Handel employed. The tempos are brisk and forward-leaning, with barely a gap between numbers, and the shortened Pifa (with an added pastoral drone) and "Why Do the Nations" reflect changes Handel made, perhaps to keep up momentum. Alpha's recorded sound is focused and reasonably close, notwithstanding the resonant acoustics of Notre-Dame-du-Liban de Paris that give the presentation a feeling of spaciousness. Highly recommended. -- Blair Sanderson

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