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HANDEL, G.F.: Messiah (1751 version) (New College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music, E. Higginbottom)

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Label: Naxos

Genre: Choral - Sacred

Period: Baroque

Catalogue No: 8.570131-32

Barcode: 747313013173

Release Date: 10/2006

HANDEL, G.F.: Messiah (1751 version) (New College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music, E. Higginbottom)

Handel’s most popular and joyous oratorio, a work of unfailing melodic invention and dramatic expressiveness, has become almost a British national institution, regularly performed by all manner of choirs and orchestras. This new recording provides the only modern re-construction of Handel’s unique London performances in 1751, when he used boy treble voices not only for the choruses but for the arias as well. It is both a celebration of the British chapel choir tradition and a window onto a particular time and place in the history of Handel’s own performances of his masterpiece.

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Disc 1

Handel, George Frideric
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist

Messiah, HWV 56 (1751 Version)

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Spence, Toby (tenor)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Dougan, Eamonn (bass)
Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Brooks, Robert (treble)
Jenkinson, Henry (treble)
Jones, Otta (treble)

1

Part I: Sinfonia

03:04

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

2

Part I: Accompanied recitative: Comfort ye, my people (Tenor)

03:16

Spence, Toby (tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

3

Part I: Aria: Every valley shall be exalted (Tenor)

03:19

Spence, Toby (tenor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

4

Part I: Chorus: And the glory of the Lord

02:32

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

5

Part I: Accompanied recitative: Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)

01:27

Dougan, Eamonn (bass)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

6

Part I: Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Countertenor)

04:31

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

7

Part I: Chorus: And He shall purify

02:32

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

8

Part I: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (Countertenor)

00:24

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

9

Part I: Aria and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Countertenor)

05:41

Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

10

Part I: Accompanied recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)

02:11

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Dougan, Eamonn (bass)

11

Part I: Aria: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)

03:34

Dougan, Eamonn (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

12

Part I: Chorus: For unto us a Child is born

03:52

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

13

Part I: Pifa

02:14

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

14

Part I: Accompanied recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field (Trebles)

01:28

Brooks, Robert (treble)
Jenkinson, Henry (treble)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

15

Part I: Chorus: Glory to God in the highest

02:15

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

16

Part I: Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Tenor)

04:06

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Spence, Toby (tenor)

17

Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (Countertenor)

00:24

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Jones, Otta (treble)

18

Part I: Aria: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Countertenor, Treble)

04:54

Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Jones, Otta (treble)

19

Part I: Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light

02:14

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

20

Part II: Chorus: Behold, the Lamb of God

02:55

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

21

Part II: Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Countertenor)

12:21

Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

Disc 2

1

Part II: Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows

02:03

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

2

Part II: Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed

01:55

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

3

Part II: Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray

03:34

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

4

Part II: Accompanied recitative: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn (Tenor)

00:42

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

5

Part II: Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him

02:20

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)

6

Part II: Accompanied recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)

01:47

Spence, Toby (tenor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

7

Part II: Aria: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow (Tenor)

01:33

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Spence, Toby (tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

8

Part II: Accompanied recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Treble)

00:18

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Jenkinson, Henry (treble)

9

Part II: Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Treble)

01:59

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Jenkinson, Henry (treble)

10

Part II: Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates

03:09

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)

11

Part II: Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He at any time (Tenor)

00:19

Spence, Toby (tenor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

12

Part II: Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him

01:40

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

13

Part II: Aria: Thou art gone up on high (Countertenor)

03:10

Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

14

Part II: Chorus: The Lord gave the word

01:12

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

15

Part II: Aria: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace (Treble)

02:18

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Jenkinson, Henry (treble)

16

Part II: Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all lands

01:32

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

17

Part II: Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)

02:49

Dougan, Eamonn (bass)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

18

Part II: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder

01:53

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)

19

Part II: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (Tenor)

00:10

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Spence, Toby (tenor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

20

Part II: Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)

02:17

Jones, Otta (treble)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

21

Part II: Chorus: Hallelujah

03:58

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

22

Part III: Aria: I know that my redeemer liveth (Treble)

05:49

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Brooks, Robert (treble)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

23

Part III: Chorus: Since by man came death

02:04

Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

24

Part III: Accompanied recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)

00:38

Dougan, Eamonn (bass)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

25

Part III: Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)

08:38

Dougan, Eamonn (bass)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

26

Part III: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written (Countertenor)

00:16

Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

27

Part III: Duet: O death, where is thy sting (Countertenor and Tenor)

01:06

Spence, Toby (tenor)
Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

28

Part III: Chorus: But thanks be to God

02:11

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

29

Part III: Aria: If God is for us, who can be against us (Countertenor)

04:52

Davies, Iestyn (counter-tenor)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

30

Part III: Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain

03:18

Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)
Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)

31

Part III: Chorus: Amen

03:35

Oxford New College Choir (Choir)
Higginbottom, Edward (Conductor)
Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 02:22:19