Description
Handel - Der Messias, Messiah, Le Messie / Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Robert Hale, Charles Brett, Saul Quirke / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner / Philips 3x Audio CD 1983 / 411 041-2
UPC 028941104120
Label: Philips – 411 041-2
Format: 3 × CD , Box Set
Country: Germany
Released: 1983
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque, Oratorio
Tracklist:
| Part One - Erster Teil - Première Partie | ||
| 1-1 | Sinfonia | 2:53 |
| 1-2a | Comfort Ye, My People - Accompagnato | |
| 1-2b | Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted - Aria | 3:30 |
| 1-3 | And The Glory Of The Lord - Coro | 3:40 |
| 1-4a | Thus Saith The Lord - Accompagnato | |
| 1-4b | But Who May Abide - Aria | |
| 1-4c | And He Shall Purify - Coro | 7:56 |
| 1-5a | Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Recitativo | |
| 1-5b | O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Aria | |
| 1-5c | O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Coro | 6:03 |
| 1-6a | For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth - Accompagnato |
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| 1-6b | The People That Walked In Darkness - Aria | 5:34 |
| 1-7 | For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Coro | 4:03 |
| 1-8a | Pifa - Sinfonia Pastorale | |
| 1-8b | There Were Shepherds - Recitativo | |
| 1-8c | And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord - Accompagnato | |
| 1-8d | And The Angel Said Unto Them - Recitativo | |
| 1-8e | And Suddenly There Was With The Angel - Accompagnato | |
| 1-8f | Glory To God - Coro | 5:28 |
| 1-9 | Rejoice Greatly - Aria | 4:11 |
| 1-10 | Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind - Recitativo | 0:22 |
| 1-11 | He Shall Feed His Flock - Duetto | 4:28 |
| 1-12 | His Yoke Is Easy - Coro | 2:00 |
| Part Two - Zweiter Teil - Deuxième Partie | ||
| 2-1 | Behold The Lamb Of God - Coro | 2:39 |
| 2-2 | He Was Despised - Aria | 10:12 |
| 2-3a | Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs - Coro | |
| 2-3b | And With His Stripes - Coro | |
| 2-3c | All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - Coro | 8:04 |
| 2-4a | All They That See Him - Accompagnato | |
| 2-4b | He Trusted In God - Coro | 3:01 |
| 2-5a | Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart - Accompagnato | |
| 2-5b | Behold, And See - Arioso | 3:03 |
| 2-6a | He Was Cut Off - Accompagnato | |
| 2-6b | But Thou Didst Not Leave - Aria | 2:20 |
| 2-7 | Lift Up Your Heads - Coro | 3:57 |
| 2-8a | Unto Which Of The Angels - Recitativo | |
| 2-8b | Let All The Angels Of God - Coro | 1:39 |
| 2-9 | Thou Art Gone Up On High - Aria | 3:16 |
| 2-10 | The Lord Gave The Word - Coro | 1:09 |
| 2-11 | How Beautiful Are The Feet - Aria (Alternative Version) | 2:16 |
| 2-12 | Their Sound Is Gone Out - Coro (Alternative Version) | 1:15 |
| 2-13 | Why Do The Nations - Aria | 2:34 |
| 2-14 | Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - Coro | 1:25 |
| 2-15a | He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Recitativo | |
| 2-15b | Thou Shalt Break Them - Aria | |
| 2-16 | Hallelujah - Coro | 3:47 |
| Part Three - Dritter Teil - Troisième Partie | ||
| 3-1 | I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Aria | 6:26 |
| 3-2 | Since My Man Came Death - Coro | 1:59 |
| 3-3 | Behold, I Tell You A Mistery - Accompagnato | 0:29 |
| 3-4 | The Trumpet Shall Sound - Aria | 8:17 |
| 3-5a | Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Recitativo | |
| 3-5b |
O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Duetto | |
| 3-5c | But Thanks Be To God - Coro | |
| 3-6 | If God Is For Us - Aria | 5:05 |
| 3-7 | Worthy Is The Lamb… Amen. - Coro | 7:27 |
- Bass Vocals – Robert Hale (2)
- Bass Vocals [Choir] – Alan Brafield, Benjamin Odom, Charles Stewart (2), Christopher Green, Geoffrey Dolton, Richard Lloyd Morgan, Simon Oberst
- Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Andrew Watts (2)
- Cello – Angela East, Julie Lehwalder, Madeline Thorner, Timothy Mason
- Choir – Monteverdi Choir
- Composed By – Händel
- Concertmaster – Elizabeth Wilcock
- Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
- Countertenor Vocals – Charles Brett
- Countertenor Vocals [Choir] – Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon (2), David Cole (7), Julian Clarkson, Matthew Bright, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin
- Double Bass – Amanda MacNamara, Valerie Botwright
- Liner Notes – John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Kenyon
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Wilfried Sczepan
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Catherine Robbin
- Oboe – Richard Earle, Robin Canter, Sophia McKenna, Valerie Darke
- Orchestra – English Baroque Soloists
- Organ, Harpsichord – Alastair Ross
- Soprano Vocals – Margaret Marshall
- Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Saul Quirke
- Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Carol Hall (2), Catherine Kroll, Gill Ross, Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Jenny Hill, Lucinda Houghton, Lyn Parkyns, Marilyn Troth, Mary Seers, Suzanne Flowers
- Tenor Vocals – Anthony Rolfe-Johnson
- Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Andrew Murgatroyd, Colin Mair, John-Huw Thomas, Nicholas Robertson, Paul Harrhy, Philip Pettifor, William Pool
- Timpani – Charles Fullbrook
- Trumpet – Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Staff
- Viola – Annette Isserlis, Jan Schlapp, Joan Brickley, Katherine Hart
- Violin [1st] – Alison Bury, Desmond Heath, Elizabeth Wilcock, Helen Orsler, Hildburg Williams, Miles Golding
- Violin [2nd] – Alison Townley, Bill Turnell, Graham Cracknell, Julie Miller (2), Roy Goodman
