Esse belo registro do monumental Oratório ‘Messiah’, de Haendel foi realizado em Munique, em 2014, bem recente, portanto. Temos aqui toda uma nova geração de cantores e um jovem maestro, cumprindo muito bem a função de tocar esta obra única, a principal composição deste gênio chamado Haendel.
A destacar o contratenor Lawrence Zazzo, acho que é a primeira vez que ouço esta obra com um Contratenor no papel principal.
Em anexo aos arquivos de áudio segue o booklet, bem completo e explicativo.
CD 1
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) – Der Messiah
Part One
01 No. 1 Symphony. Grave
02 No. 2 Comfort ye, my people (Accompagnato – tenor / Tenor)
03 No. 3 Ev‘ry valley shall be exalted (Aria – tenor / Tenor)
04 No. 4 And the glory of the Lord (chorus / Chor)
No. 5 Thus saith the Lord (Accompagnato – bass baritone / Bassbariton)
06 No. 6 But who may abide the day of his coming (Aria – countertenor / Countertenor)
07 No. 7 And he shall purify the sons of Levi (chorus / Chor)
08 No. 8 Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Recitative – countertenor / Countertenor)
09 No. 9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Aria – countertenor – chorus / Countertenor – Chor)
10 No. 10 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Accompagnato – bass baritone / Bassbariton)
11 No. 11 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (Aria – bass baritone / Bassbariton)
12 No. 12 For unto us a child is born (chorus / Chor)
13 No. 13 Pifa. Larghetto (Pastoral Symphony / Hirtenmusik)
14 No. 14a There were shepherds abiding in the field (Recitative – soprano / Sopran)
15 No. 14b And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Accompagnato – soprano / Sopran)
16 No. 15 And the angel said unto them (Recitative – soprano / Sopran)
17 No. 16 And suddenly there was with the angel (Accompagnato – soprano / Sopran)
18 No. 17 Glory to God in the highest (chorus / Chor)
19 No. 18 Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion (Aria – soprano / Sopran)
20 No. 19 Then shall the eyes of the blind be open`d (Recitative – countertenor / Countertenor)
21 No. 20 He shall feed his flock (Aria – countertenor – soprano / Countertenor – Sopran)
Parte Two
22 No. 21 His yoke is easy (chorus / Chor)
23 No. 22 Behold the Lamb of God (chorus / Chor)
24 No. 23 He was despised and rejected of men (Aria – countertenor / Countertenor)
25 No. 24 Surely, he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (chorus / Chor)
26 No. 25 And with his stripes we are healed (chorus / Chor)
27 No. 26 All we like sheep (chorus / Chor)
CD 2
01 No. 27 All they that see him (Accompagnato – tenor / Tenor)
02 No. 28 He trusted in God (chorus / Chor)
03 No. 29 Thy rebuke hath broken his heart(Accompagnato – tenor / Tenor)
04 No. 30 Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Arioso – tenor / Tenor)
05 No. 31 He was cut off (Accompagnato – tenor / Tenor)
06 No. 32 But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (Aria – tenor / Tenor)
07 No. 33 Lift up your heads (chorus / Chor)
08 No. 34 Unto which of the angels said he at any time (Recitative – tenor / Tenor)
09 No. 35 Let all the angels of God worship him (chorus / Chor)
10 No. 36 Thou art gone up on high (Aria – countertenor / Countertenor)
11 No. 37 The Lord gave the word (chorus / Chor)
12 No. 38 How beautiful are the feet (Aria – soprano / Sopran)
13 No. 39 Their sound is gone out into all lands (chorus / Chor)
14 No. 40 Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Aria – bass baritone / Bassbariton)
15 No. 41 Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus / Chor)
16 No. 42 He that dwelleth in heaven (Recitative – tenor / Tenor)
17 No. 43 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Aria – tenor / Tenor)
18 No. 44 Hallelujah! (chorus / Chor)
Part Three
19 No. 45 I know that my Redeemer liveth (Aria – soprano / Sopran)
20 No. 46 Since by man came death (chorus / Chor)
21 No. 47 Behold, I tell you a mystery (Accompagnato – bass baritone / Bassbariton)
22 No. 48 The trumpet shall sound (Aria – bass baritone / Bassbariton)
23 No. 49 Then shall be brought to pass (Recitative – countertenor / Countertenor)
24 No. 50 O death, where is thy sting? (Duet – countertenor – tenor / Countertenor – Tenor)
25 No. 51 But thanks be to God (chorus / Chor)
26 No. 52 If God be for us (Aria – soprano / Sopran)
27 No. 53 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (chorus / Chor)
28 No. 54 Amen (chorus / Chor)
Julia Doyle – Soprano
Lawrence Zazzo – Countertenor
Steve Davislim – Tenor
Neal Davies – Bass Baritone
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
B’Rock – Belgian Baroque Orchestra Ghent
Peter Dijkstra – Conductor
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