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DISCID=1b115715
DTITLE=Trevor Pinnock - The English Concert & Choir / Handel: Messiah (disc 1)
DTITLE= - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
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 ange
TTITLE13=l (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\nThe Eng
EXTD=lish Concert (on authentic instruments)\nThe English Concert Choir\nDirec
EXTD=ted from the harpsichord by Trevor Pinnock\nArleen Auger, soprano\nAnne S
EXTD=ofie von Otter, contralto\nMichael Chance, alto\nHoward Crook, tenor\nJoh
EXTD=n Tomlinson, bass\n\nArchiv, 1988, 423 630-2\nDDD\n\nIn a rec.music.class
EXTD=ical.recordings message, jliu@world.std.com \n(James C Liu) says:\n\nFor 
EXTD=a fine period instruments Messiah, I'd point you to Trevor Pinnock's\nDG 
EXTD=Archiv set with the English Concert and Choir.  Soloists are top-notch,\n
EXTD=including the wonderful Arleen Auger and Anne Sofie von Otter (unforgetta
EXTD=ble\nin He was despised) and a delightfully rumbling basso profundo in Jo
EXTD=hn\nTomlinson (talk about furious raging!).  The choir is small, but disc
EXTD=iplined,\nand makes a full sound with the kind of attention to dynamics a
EXTD=nd expression\nthat recalls Robert Shaw in his glory days (try Since by m
EXTD=an came death).\nPinnock's conducting favors the clear textures and crisp
EXTD= articulation of\nthe period-instrument school, but he isn't afraid of st
EXTD=retching tempi\n(He was despised is one of the slowest I've heard anywher
EXTD=e), of using a\ngorgeous singing tone in the lyrical moments, and of play
EXTD=ing with fire\nand drama.  Very fulfilling stuff.
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