Handel: Messiah

The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and its chief conductor Justin Doyle present Handel's 'Messiah', together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and an all-British quartet of outstanding soloists, consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor) and Roderick Williams (bass). 'Messiah' is not only Handel's most famous work, but equally one of the cornerstones of British choral culture. Soon after the work's premiere, a tradition of mass performances full of pomp and circumstance took root, with the 'Hallelujah' as a showstopper. This new period-instruments recording, however, aims to bring the piece back to the size and intimacy of the 1742 premiere in Dublin.

Disc 1
1: Symphony
2: Comfort Ye
3: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
4: And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
5: Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts
6: But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
7: And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
8: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
9: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
10: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
11: The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light
12: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
13: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
14: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field
15: And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them
16: And the Angel Said Unto Them
17: And Suddenly There Was With the Angel
18: Glory to God in the Highest
19: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
20: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd
21: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
22: His Yoke Is Easy

Disc 2
1: Behold the Lamb of God
2: He Was Despised
3: Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs
4: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
5: All We, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray
6: All They That See Him
7: He Trusted in God
8: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
9: Behold, and See
10: He Was Cut Off
11: But Thou Didst Not Leave
12: Lift Up Your Heads
13: Unto Which of the Angels
14: Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
15: Thou Art Gone Up On High
16: The Lord Gave the Word
17: How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them
18: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands
19: Why Do the Nations
20: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
21: He That Dwelleth in Heaven
22: Thou Shalt Break Them
23: Hallelujah
24: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
25: Since By Man Came Death
26: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
27: The Trumpet Shall Sound
28: Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
29: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
30: But Thanks Be to God
31: If God Be for Us
32: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain - Amen

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Justin Doyle

Number of Discs: 2

Orchestra: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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