George Frideric Handel: Messiah

Handel's 'Messiah' is already very well-represented on the CD market, with dozens of existing recordings and new productions appearing at regular intervals. Yet this is a very special version, carefully crafted, by the Prague-based Collegium Vocale and Collegium 1704 under the baton of Vaclav Luks, founder of the ensemble and one of the most exciting conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire. The fine young singers Giulia Semenzato, Benno Schachtner, Krystian Adam and Kresimir Strazanac joined the ensembles for two moving live performances in Prague's Rudolfinum in March 2018, which Accent proudly present now on double CD.

Disc 1
1: Symphony
2: Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People
3: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
4: And the Glory, the Glory of the Lord
5: Thus Saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts
6: But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
7: And He Shall Purify
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
12: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
13: Pifa
14: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field
15: And Lo, the Angel of the Lord
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 Sion
20: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd
21: He Shall Feed His Flock
22: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light

Disc 2
1: Behold the Lamb of God
2: He Was Despised
3: Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows
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 If There Be Any Sorrow
10: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
11: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
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: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together
19: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
20: He That Dwelleth in Heaven
21: Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron
22: Hallelujah
23: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
24: Since By Man Came Death
25: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
26: The Trumpet Shall Sound and the Dead Shall Be Rais'd
27: Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
28: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - But Thanks Be to God
29: If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us
30: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
31: Amen

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Vaclav Luks

Number of Discs: 2

Orchestra: Collegium 1704

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