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Handel - Messiah / Ameling A. Reynolds Langridge Howell Marriner | 
 enlarge | Artists: George Frideric Handel, Neville Marriner, Elly Ameling, Philip Langridge, Academy & Chours Of St. Martin-in-the-fields, Anna Reynolds, Gwynne Howell
Label: Decca
Category: Music
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 3965
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 444824
UPC: 028944482423
EAN: 0028944482423
ASIN: B00000427H
Release Date: October 17, 1995
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | No. 1 Symphony | | • | Nos. 2/3 Recitative & Tenor: Comfort Ye My People/Every Valley Shall Be Exalted | | • | No. 4 Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord | | • | Nos. 5/6 Recitative & Bass: Thus Said The Lord/But Who May Abide | | • | No. 7 Chorus: And He Shall Purify | | • | Nos. 8/9 Recitative & Air Alto & Chorus: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive/O Thou That Tellest Good T | | • | Nos. 10/11 Recitative & Air Bass: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth/The People That Walked | | • | No. 12 Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born | | • | No. 13 Pifa | | • | Nos. 14-16 Recitative Soprano: There Were Shepherds, Abiding In The Field/And Lo! The Angel Of The | | • | No. 17 Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest | | • | No. 18 Air Soprano: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion | | • | No. 19/20 Recitative And Aria Alto: Then Shall The Eyes/He Shall Feed His Flock | | • | No. 21 Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy | | • | No. 22 Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God | | • | No.23 Air Alto: Hes Was Despised |
Disc 2
| • | No. 24 Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs | | • | No. 25 Chorus: And With His Stripes | | • | No. 26 Chorus: All We Like Sheep | | • | Nos. 27/28 Recitative Tenor & Chorus: All They That See Him/He Trusted In God | | • | Nos. 29/30 Recitative & Arioso Soprano: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart/Behold And See | | • | Nos. 31/32 Recitative & Air Tenor: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living/But Thou Didst Not | | • | No. 33 Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads | | • | Nos. 34/35 Recitative Tenor & Chorus: Unto Which Of The Angels/Let All The Angels Of God Worship Hi | | • | No. 36 Air Bass: Thou Art Gone Up On High | | • | No. 37 Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word | | • | No. 38 Duet Soprano & Alto, Chorus: How Beautiful Are The Feet/Break Forth Into Joy | | • | No. 39 Arioso Tenor: Their Sound Is Gone Out | | • | Nos. 42/43 Recitative & Air Tenor: He That Dwelleth In Heaven/Thou Shalt Break Them | | • | No.44 Chorus: Hallelujah | | • | No. 45 Air Soprano: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth | | • | No. 46 Chorus: Since By Man Came Death | | • | Nos. 47/48 Recitative & Air Bass: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery/The Trumpet Shall Sound | | • | Nos. 49-51 Recitative Alto, Duet Alto & Tenor, Chorus: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass/O Death, Where | | • | No. 52 Air Alto: If God Be For Us | | • | No. 53 Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb/Amen |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Neville Marriner's 1976 account of the Covent Garden version of the score (1743), with the Academy and Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and soloists Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, and Gwynne Howell, is positively plush-sounding but nicely animated. I'd love to have this kind of string tone for, say, the Dvorak Serenade, but for Handel it may be just a bit much. --Ted Libbey
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| Customer Reviews:
The Definitive Messiah! June 11, 2008
Michael L. Durfee
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have this Messiah in several mediums, most recently on MP3. This is the best interpretation of Handel's most famous work. Ely Ameling is superb! The tempos are perfect - brisk and lively, and the chorus is on pitch, not dragging, and, thank goodness, not shouting and screaming, but singing beautifully. If you can afford only one recording of the Messiah, this is the recording to purchase.
 stellar performance - except for alto April 6, 2007
J. Lim (Bellevue Washington)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sir Marriner delivers once again in this authentic version of Messiah. Recording sounds great, except I find myself skipping to the next chapter whenever the alto is singing.. where did they find this tone-deaf alto? (Primary reason for 4 stars) Otherwise, no complaints.
Totally Inspired January 10, 2007
Karen K. Washabaugh (Vancouver, WA United States)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Listening to this rendition of the Messiah will cause you to believe in God even if you didn't before -- what else but divine inspiration could create this sound?
A "New" Messiah January 10, 2007
Karen Medrano (Inverness, FL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great recording if you're looking for something different than the old standby version we all grew up with. Especially interesting are the solos, which are different versions Handel actually wrote. Great job by all the musicians.
The scholar's "Messiah" January 3, 2007
A. E. Scully (Flushing, New York United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am so pleased I purchased this recording. There is a plethora of choices when it comes to "Messiah" recordings, and this one is especially interesting to scholars of music history, professional or otherwise. Some of the arias are obviously not the ones you normally hear in concert today, and the liner notes offer a well-written explanation for the changes. The quality of the recording is excellent. The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields is always a spot-on ensemble and the singers are excellently trained. My only complaint (and it is particularly nit-picky at that) is the occasional intonation problem in the soprano section of the chorus. But really, it doesn't detract.
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