London
Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir --
Messiah (George Frederick Handel)
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Price:
$18.95
Availability: In Stock
Product#: SPD-1560 [2 CD SET]
Released: 1979 (Re-released in 2002)
Label: Sparrow Records
Description:
Choir And Orchestra
Total Playing
Time for both CD's: 140:58
CD #1 -- 70:39 (Messiah Volume 1)
CD #2 --
70:19 (Messiah Volume 2)
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This recording is listed under:
Choirs
Re-Releases From LP's
Songs Included On These
Two CD's
(Click To Listen to 90 second mp3 samples)
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Messiah (George
Frederick Handel) Disc #1
Performed
by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir.
Produced by
Irving Martin
Executive Producer: Billy Ray Hearn
Conducted by John
Alldis.
Soloists:
Soprano: Felicity Lott
Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Tenor: Philip Langridge
Bass: Ulrick Cold
1. Overture (4:03) -- Opus #1
2. Comfort Ye My People (3:01) -- Opus #2 (Tenor Recitative)
3. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (3:47) -- Opus #3 (Tenor Aria)
4. And The Glory Of The Lord (3:02) -- Opus #4 (Chorus)
5.
Thus
Saith The Lord (1:37) -- Opus #5 (Bass Recitative)
6. But
Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming? (5:07) -- Opus #6 (Bass Aria)
7.
And
He Shall Purify (2:41) -- Opus #7 (Chorus)
8. Behold
A Virgin Shall Conceive (0:26) -- Opus #8 (Contralto Recitative)
9.
O
Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion (6:20) -- Opus #9 (Contralto
Aria And Chorus)
10. For,
Behold, A Darkness Shall Cover The Earth (2:17) -- Opus #10 (Bass
Recitative)
11. The
People That Walked In Darkness (4:02) -- Opus #11 (Bass Aria)
12. For
Unto Us A Child Is Born (4:29) -- Opus #12 (Chorus)
13. Pastoral
Symphony (3:38) -- Opus #13
14. There
Were Shepherds Abiding In the Field (0:42) -- Opus #14 (Soprano
Recitative)
15. And
The Angel Said Unto Them (0:41) -- Opus #15 (Soprano Recitative)
16.
And
Suddenly There Was With The Angel (0:19) -- Opus #16 (Soprano
Recitative)
17. Glory
To God (2:05) -- Opus #17 (Chorus)
18. Rejoice
Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion (4:41) -- Opus #17 (Soprano Aria)
19.
Then
Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened (0:28) -- Opus #19 (Contralto
Recitative)
20. He
Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd (6:00) -- Opus #20 (Contralto
Aria And Soprano Aria)
21. His
Yoke Is Easy, And His Burthen Is Light (2:23) -- Opus #21 (Chorus)
22.
Behold
The Lamb Of God (3:19) -- Opus #22 (Chorus)
23. He
Was Despised (4:55) -- Opus #23 (Chorus)
Messiah (George
Frederick Handel) Disc #2
1. Surely He Hath Borne Our
Griefs (2:12) -- Opus #24 (Chorus)
2. And With His Stripes We Are Healed (2:36) -- Opus #25 (Chorus)
3. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray (3:45) -- Opus #26 (Chorus)
4. All
They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn (0:48) -- Opus #27 (Tenor
Recitative)
5. He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him (2:19) -- Opus #28
(Chorus)
6. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (1:51) -- Opus #29 (Tenor
Recitative)
7. Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow (1:35) -- Opus #30 (Tenor
Arioso)
8. He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living (0:20) -- Opus #31
(Tenor Recitative)
9. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell (2:47) -- Opus #32 (Tenor
Aria)
10. Lift Up Your
Heads, O Ye Gates (3:35) -- Opus #33 (Chorus)
*******NOTE: Opuses 34-37 are Omitted in this Concert Performance.******
11.
How
Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them (2:45) -- Opus #38 (Soprano Aria)
12. Their
Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands (1:54) -- Opus #39 (Chorus)
13. Why
Do The Nations So Furiously Rage? (3:14) -- Opus #40 (Bass Aria)
14. Let
Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (1:50) -- Opus #41 (Chorus)
15. He
That Dwelleth In Heaven (0:17) -- Opus #42 (Tenor Recitative)
16. Thou
Shalt Break Them (2:08) -- Opus #43 (Tenor Aria)
17. Hallelujah!
(4:11) -- Opus #44 (Chorus)
18. I
Know That My Redeemer Liveth (7:18) -- Opus #45 (Soprano Aria)
19. Since
By Man Came Death (2:05) -- Opus #46 (Chorus)
20. Behold,
I Tell You A Mystery (0:36) -- Opus #47 (0:36)
21. The
Trumpet Shall Sound (4:16) -- Opus #48 (Bass Aria)
22. Then
Shall He Be Brought To Pass (0:18) -- Opus #49 (Contralto
Recitative)
23. O
Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (1:05) -- Opus #50 (Contralto And Tenor
Duet)
24. But
Thanks Be To God (2:13) -- Opus #51 (Chorus)
25. If
God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (5:15) -- Opus #52 (Soprano
Aria)
26. Worthy
Is The Lamb (8:40) -- Opus #53 (Chorus)
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MY COMMENTS
This
recording is a CD re-release of Messiah by the London Philharmonic
Orchestra and Choir. The original LP release in 1979 consisted of a 4 record
set. (I have been playing from the Eastman Chorale version of Messiah, released
by WORD Records in 1984, on Old Christian Radio since the station has been on
the air.) I'm glad that Sparrow Records re-released this recording in a 2 CD set so
I can play it on the air and make it available for the purchase to the listeners of Old Christian
Radio.
The message inside the CD cover reads...
While
George Frederick Handel will be remembered as one of classical music's premier
composers, a wealthy yet generous man, this was not always the life he lived.
Handel struggled for years with financial hardship and failure, once even
threatened with debtors prison.
Known universally for his generosity and concern for
those who suffered, Handel donated freely to charities even in times when he
faced personal financial ruin. Although faced with disaster throughout his life,
he was a relentless optimist whose faith in God sustained him through very
difficulty. The story behind his masterpiece, Messiah, reflects Handel's
generosity.
Commissioned by a Dublin charity wanting a piece to use
at a benefit concert, the first performance was April 13, 1742. Over 400 pounds
were raised, enough to free 142 men from debtor's prison.
Handel personally conducted more than thirty
performances of Messiah Many of these concerts were benefits for the
Foundling Hospital, of which Handel was a major benefactor. The thousands of
pounds Handel's Performances of Messiah raised for charity led one
biographer to note: "Messiah has fed the hungry, clothed the naked,
fostered the orphan more than any other single musical production in this or any
other country."
Taken from - The Spiritual Lives of Great Composers, 1992,
Sparrow Press, written by Patrick Kavanaugh.
The Messiah is a cornerstone recording in the
history of Sparrow Records. As executive producer, Billy Ray Hearn's intention
was to make this 1979 recording more friendly to the "man in the pew"
by using a choral conductor, John Alldis, and modern orchestration. There was no
attempt to be authentic or "purist". The purpose was to show this to
be the greatest praise and worship composition ever. Billy Ray Hearn
poured his passion for classical music into this and other classic projects such
as Hymns Triumphant
and Majesty
and Glory. We would like to continue in the "spirit" of Handel's
Messiah this year as we re-launch this timeless testimony to God's goodness and
faithfulness.
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