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DISCID=1b115715
DTITLE=Handel  / Messiah (disc 1)
TTITLE0=Sinfony (Grave - Allegro moderato)
TTITLE1=Comfort ye my people (tenor, accompagnato)
TTITLE2=Ev'ry valley shall be exlted (tenor, air)
TTITLE3=And the glory of the lord shall be revealed (chorus)
TTITLE4=Thus saith the lord of hosts (bass, accompagnato)
TTITLE5=But who may abide the day of his coming (alto, air)
TTITLE6=And he shall purify (chorus)
TTITLE7=Behold, a virgin shall concieive (contralto, recitative)
TTITLE8=O thoou that tellest good tidings (contralto, air, and chorus)
TTITLE9=For behold, darkness shall cover (bass, accompagnato)
TTITLE10=The people that walked in darkness (bass, air)
TTITLE11=For unto us a child is born (chorus)
TTITLE12=Pifa (pastoral symphony)
TTITLE13=There were shepherds/And lo, the angel/And suddenly there was an
TTITLE13= angel (soprano)
TTITLE14=Glory to god in the highest (chorus)
TTITLE15=Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion (soprano, air)
TTITLE16=Then shall the eyes of the blind (contralto, recitative)
TTITLE17=He shall feed his flock (contralto & soprano, air)
TTITLE18=His yoke is easy, his burden is light (chorus)
TTITLE19=Behold the Lamb of God (chorus)
TTITLE20=He was despised (contralto, air)
EXTD=Messiah (HWV 56), disc 1\nGeorge Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)\n\nT
EXTD=he English Concert (on authentic instruments)\nThe English Concer
EXTD=t Choir\nDirected from the harpsichord by Trevor Pinnock\nArleen A
EXTD=uger, soprano\nAnne Sofie von Otter, contralto\nMichael Chance, al
EXTD=to\nHoward Crook, tenor\nJohn Tomlinson, bass\n\nArchiv, 1988, 423 6
EXTD=30-2\nDDD\n\nIn a rec.music.classical.recordings message, jliu@worl
EXTD=d.std.com \n(James C Liu) says:\n\nFor a fine period instruments Me
EXTD=ssiah, I'd point you to Trevor Pinnock's\nDG Archiv set with the 
EXTD=English Concert and Choir.  Soloists are top-notch,\nincluding th
EXTD=e wonderful Arleen Auger and Anne Sofie von Otter (unforgettable
EXTD=\nin He was despised) and a delightfully rumbling basso profundo 
EXTD=in John\nTomlinson (talk about furious raging!).  The choir is sm
EXTD=all, but disciplined,\nand makes a full sound with the kind of at
EXTD=tention to dynamics and expression\nthat recalls Robert Shaw in h
EXTD=is glory days (try Since by man came death).\nPinnock's conductin
EXTD=g favors the clear textures and crisp articulation of\nthe period
EXTD=-instrument school, but he isn't afraid of stretching tempi\n(He 
EXTD=was despised is one of the slowest I've heard anywhere), of usin
EXTD=g a\ngorgeous singing tone in the lyrical moments, and of playing
EXTD= with fire\nand drama.  Very fulfilling stuff.
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