Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs - Handel: Messiah (2006)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 1. "Sinfony"
02. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 2. Accompagnato (tenor) "Comfort Ye, My People, Saith Your God"
03. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 3. Air (tenor) "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted"
04. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 4. Chorus "And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed"
05. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 5. Accompagnato (bass) "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"
06. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 6. Air (countertenor) "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?"
07. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 7. Chorus "And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi"
08. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 8. Recitative (alto) 9. Air [alto]
09. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 10. Accompagnato (bass) "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"
10. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 11. Air (bass) "The People That Walked in Darkness"
11. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 12. Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
12. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 13. Sinfonia Pastorale (Pifa) - 14a. Recitative (soprano) - 14b. Accompagnato (soprano) - 15. Recitative (soprano) - 16. Accompagnato (soprano)
13. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 17. Chorus "Glory to God in the Highest"
14. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 18. Air (soprano) "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"
15. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 19. Recitative (alto) "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened" - 20. Air (alto & Countertenor) "He Shall Feed His Flock"
16. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: 21. Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light"
17. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 22. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"
18. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 23. Air (alto) "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"
19. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 24. Chorus "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"
20. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 25. Chorus "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"

CD2
21. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 26. Chorus "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"
01. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 27. Accompagnato (tenor) "All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn"
02. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 28. Chorus "He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him"
03. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 29. Accompagnato (tenor) "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"
04. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 30. Arioso (tenor) "Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow"
05. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 31. Accompagnato (soprano) "He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living" - 32. Air (soprano) "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell"
06. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 33. Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates"
07. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 34. Recitative (tenor) "Unto Which of the Angels Said He At Any Time"
08. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 35. Chorus "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"
09. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 36. Air (countertenor) "Thou Art Gone Up On High"
10. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 37. Chorus "The Lord Gave the World"
11. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 38. Air (countertenor) "How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them"
12. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 39. Chorus "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands"
13. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 40. Air (bass) "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together"
14. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 41. Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"
15. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 42. Recitative (tenor) "He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn" - 43. Air (tenor) "Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron"
16. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: 44. Chorus "Hallelujah"
17. Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: 45. Air (soprano) "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
18. Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: 46. Chorus "Since By Man Came Death"
19. Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: 47. Accompagnato (bass) "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery" - 48. Air (bass) "The Trumpet Shall Sound"
20. Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: 49. Recitative (alto) "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying That Is Written" - 50. Duet (alto & Tenor) "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"
21. Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: 51. Chorus "But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory"
22. Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: 52. Air (countertenor) "If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?"
23. Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: 53. Chorus "Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain" - 54. Chorus "Amen"



Les paradoxes du Messie. Après une interprétation magistrale du très théâtral Saül (Gramophone Editor's Choice, Choc du Monde de la Musique, etc.), René Jacobs se tourne vers Le Messie, dans sa version avec deux altos de 1750. Haendel apporta de multiples remaniements à la distribution en fonction des solistes qu'il avait à disposition en dirigeant annuellement l'ouvrage à Londres? Mais cette reconnaissance intervint bien après la création triomphale de Dublin, le 13 avril 1742 : car pour ce qui est du public londonien, Messiah avait dû affronter une cabale d'autant plus injustifiée que ce Messie s'abstenait de toute théâtralisation autour du personnage et de la Passion du Christ : l'anti-Saül en quelque sorte. On connaît la suite de l'histoire !

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