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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. 1. Overture (Grave - Allegro moderato) | |||
| 2. 2. Comfort ye, my people (tenor recit.) | |||
| 3. 3. Every valley shall be exalted (tenor) | |||
| 4. 4. And the glory of the Lord (chorus) | |||
| 5. 5. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (bass recit.) | |||
| 6. 6. But who may abide (bass) | |||
| 7. 7. And he shall purify (chorus) | |||
| 8. 8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alto recit.) | |||
| 9. 9. O thou that tellest (alto) | |||
| 10. 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass recit.) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. 22. Behold the lamb of God (chorus) | |||
| 2. 23. He was despised (alto) | |||
| 3. 24. Surely he hath borne our griefs (chorus) | |||
| 4. 25. And with his stripes we are healed (chorus) | |||
| 5. 26. All we like sheep have gone astray (chorus) | |||
| 6. 27. All they that see him (tenor recit.) | |||
| 7. 28. He trusted in God (chorus) | |||
| 8. 29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (tenor recit.) | |||
| 9. 30. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (tenor) | |||
| 10. 31. He was cut off out of the land of the living (tenor recit.) | |||
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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful
For many years now we have been offered 'authentic' recordings of Handel's masterpiece designed to give us the 18th Century sound. This usually means a small choir, a few strings and a harpsichord.
As Sir Maclolm Sargent says in his notes, Handel was notorious in his own day as a loud composer who used big effects in his music. He would have wanted a 'Messiah' performed at full throttle, with a large orchestra and choir to do full justice to his work.
This is what you get here. The recording may be almost fifty years old but this glorious interpretation of the 'Messiah' still sounds as rich and inspiring as ever.
When you listen to the final "Worthy is the Lamb/Amen" chorus you will find yourself echoing Handel's own words; "I thought I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God Himself."
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
OK, the recording is 1959, OK, It's ADD, not DDD, OK, the trend is now towards the baroque band and choirs of aorund 20 and not the massed musical forces north of Watford, OK, the choir comes from 'Udderfield and the orchestra from Liverpewel and not from trendy London. Yes I know all that. BUT This, for me is THE definitive recording of Handel's Messiah and THE one to own. It's got the great outsized Victorian tradition wall to wall, it's got the pre Christmas concert sentiment as standard, at no extra cost an' it's got the G(u)oosto of t'best choral society-EVER. And yet despite all that warm cosy sentiment, it has the intelligent caring musical direction of the one and only Malcolm Srgent who studied music at Cambridge and was one of the great conductors of the 20th century (despite all the clever insults to his detriment that genius Beecham could devise!). It's also got the (R)LPO playing at its best and four wonderful soloists.......YUP, if you're looking for a recording of Handel's Messiah, this has to be at the top of your list. If you're a tecchie then go and buy the latest digital sound as well as (not instead of) this one, but I know which one you'll listen to first most of the time - you got it - the Sargent version. Happy listening - (and a bargain too).
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
The point is well made that Handel was a showman - in the very best sense. But it's not quite that simple. Big band, big choir, slow speeds and gravity and grandure. Sir Malcolm provides all those in his own impressive manner. But these are not the sounds that Handel had in his mind's ear. He would have written in a quite different style had they been. As lovely, grand or whatever else you may feel this version to be - it is an utter (if glorious!) anachronism. Handel wrote music to make a sound utterly different from this. There is freshness and vitality and depth of feeling in Handel's great work that are absent from this version. But we need not deprive ourselves of choice, when there are so many recordings - all of which offer different (not necessarily mutually exclusive) perspectives on this infinitely diverse masterpiece.
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Wonderful recording even though it is 50+ years old; vintage conductor in Sir Malcolm Sargent and a choral society in its heyday.
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If you are thinking about purchasing Messiah than go no further than this recording...it is sublime! Read more
Published 19 months ago by Patricia
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Sir Marcolm Sargent was without question the finest English choral conductor of his generation and this, his penultimate recording of the Messiah, is a fine memorial to his art. Read more
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I ALREADY HAD THE LONG PLAYING RECORD, BUT IT IS TOO WORN TO PLAY. I WAS BORN IN HUDDERSFIELD, AND AM PROUD OF MY "HOME TOWN" CHOIR. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by Rodney Senior
Nostalgia
This is the version of Messiah that I remember from many years ago,listening to the radio with my mother.As far as I am concerned,this is the definitive version!
Published on 11 Jan 2010 by Mr. L. B. Knipe
Off to Dublin with the Messiah score in my knapsack
In a nutshell, this is a 1959 rendering that's rich, stately but oh so slow. I'm listening to it as I type this. Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2009 by Humpty Dumpty
Simply Magnificent
So the recording quality's not 21st century - and it certainly isn't an "authentic instrument" recording. But does it pass that shiver down the spine test? Read more
Published on 17 July 2009 by Bill Brooks
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