Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) – Messiah – Karl Richter

Finalmente, depois de treze anos, o PQPBach traz para os senhores, entusiastas ou não, uma das gravações mais emblemáticas da história da indústria fonográfica do século XX. Amada por uns, odiada por outros, foi minha porta de entrada para o universo handaelino, assim como para muitos outros.

Confesso que até há alguns anos eu tinha medo de postar esse CD. Mas acho que todos merecem uma chance neste mundo. E convenhamos, estamos falando de um dos maiores especialistas na obra de Bach no século XX, antes de Harnoncourt e Cia Ltda, e muito antes de Gardiner, Pinnock, entre outros, Essa sua gravação do Messiah pode até ser considerada um equívoco, mas ajudou a divulgar esta obra prima do barroco, uma das maiores composições e criações do ser humano desde que ele pisou na Terra.

Aqueles que não a conhecem, baixem e tirem suas conclusões, os que a odeiam, ignorem a postagem. Simples assim.

CD 1 DISC ONE

1. Symphony (Grave-Allegro Moderato)
2. Accompagnato (Tenor): Comfort Ye My People
3. Aria (Tenor): Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed
5. Accompagnato (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts
6. Aria (Bass): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming
7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify
8. Recitative (Contralto): Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive/Aria (Contralto): O Thou That Tellest Good
9. Chorus: O AThou That Tellest Good Tidings
10. Accompagnato (Bass): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover
11. Aria (Bass): The People That Walked In Darkness
12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
14. Recitative (Soprano): There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Fields
15. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest
16. Aria (Soprano): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
17. Recitative (Contralto): Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind /Duet: (Contralto, Soprano): He Shall Feed
18. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light
19. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God
20. Aria (Contralto): He Was Despised
21. Chorus: Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs

DISC TWO

1. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
2. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
3. Accompagnato (Tenor): All They That See Him
4. Chorus: He Trusted In God
5. Accompagnato (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
6. Arioso (Tenor): Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow
7. Accompagnato (Tenor): He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land/ Aria (Tenor): But Thou Didst Not leave His So
8. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
9. Recitative (Tenor): Unto Which Of The Angels/Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
10. Aria (Contralto): Thou Are Gone Up On High
11. Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word
12. Aria (Soprano): How Beautiful Are The Feet
13. Arioso (Tenor): Their Sound Is Gone Out
14. Aria (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage
15. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
16. Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth In Heaven/Aria (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them
17. Chorus: Hallelujah
18. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death
19. Accompagnato (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mystery/Aria (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound
20. Recitative (Contralto): Then Shall Be Brought To Pass/Duet (Contralto, Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
21. Aria (Soprano): If God Be For Us
22. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
23. Chorus: Amen

SOPRANO: HELEN DONATH
CONTRALTO: ANNA REYNOLDS
TENOR: STUART BURROWS
BASS: DONALD MCINTYRE
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
CHOIR: JOHN ALLDIS CHOIR
KARL RICHTER – CONDUCTOR

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