| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
SINE
QUA NON / SUPERBA |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
SA
2015 |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
N/A |
| NUMBER
OF DISCS: |
3 |
| RUNNING
TIME: |
UNKNOWN |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1976? |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
1977 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
THOMAS
DUNN |
| ORCHESTRA: |
ORCHESTRA
OF THE HANDEL & HAYDN
SOCIETY |
| CHOIR: |
CHORUS
OF THE HANDEL & HAYDN
SOCIETY |
| SOPRANO: |
DIANA
HOAGLAND |
| MEZZO-SOPRANO: |
BARBARA
WALLACE |
| ALTO: |
PAMELA
GORE |
| TENOR: |
GEORGE
LIVINGS |
| BASS: |
DAVID
EVITTS |
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| AUDIO SAMPLES |
HIGHLIGHTS |
OTHER
RELEASES |
NONE
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NONE
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NONE
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DISC ONE
SIDE ONE
1. Sinfony
2. Comfort ye my people
3. Every valley shall be exalted
4. Ant he glory of the Lord
5. Thus saith the Lord of hosts
6. But who may abide the day of His
coming?
7. And he shall purify
SIDE TWO
1. Behold, a virgin shall conceive
2. O thou that tellest good tidings
3. For behold, darkness shall cover the
earth
4. The people that walked in darkness
5. For unto us a child is born
6. Pifa (Pastoral symphony)
7. There were shepherds abiding in the
field
8. And the angel said unto them
9. And suddenly there was with the angel
10. Glory to God
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DISC
TWO
SIDE THREE
1. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
2. Then shall the eyes of the blind be
opened
3. He shall feed His flock like a
shepherd
4. His yoke is easy, and his burthen in
light
5. Behold the Lamb of God
6. He was despised and rejected of men
SIDE FOUR
1. Surely he hath borne our griefs
2. All they that see him laugh him to
scorn
3. He trusted in God that he would
deliver him
4. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart
5. Behold and see if there be any sorrow
6. He was cut off from the land of the
living
7. But thou didn't not leave his soul in
hell
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DISC
THREE
SIDE FIVE
1. Lift up your heads, O ye gates
2. Unto which of the angels said
he at any time
3. Let all the angels of God
worship him
4. Thou art gone up on high
5. The Lord gave the word
6. How beautiful are the feet
7. Their sound is gone out
8. Why do the nations so furiously
rage together?
9. Let us break their bonds
asunder
10. He that dwelleth in Heaven
11. Thou shalt break them with a
rod of iron
12. Hallelujah
13. I know that my Redeemer liveth
SIDE
SIX
1.
Since by man came death
2. Behold, I tell you a mystery
3. The trumpet shall sound
4. Then shall be brought to pass
5. O Death, where is thy sting?
6. But thanks be to God
7. If god be for us, who can be
against us?
8. Worthy is the Lamb / Amen |
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SITE RATING: 8/10
SITE
REVIEW:
A Messiah from
the mid-1970s, this stylish, expert release
featuring the Handel and
Haydn Society of Boston, under
the baton of Thomas Dunn
(this being the organization's third recording
of Messiah
by my count, the others
being the 1999
Parrott and the chorus
appearing on the 1958
Stone), the
orchestra and choir sing with fine
distinction, with Dunn showing some
interpretive verve and imagination with his
conducting, and the tempos
bridging the divide between Victorian
broadness and Baroque swiftness.
The soloists are mostly excellent, with
tenor George Livings
giving a pleasant, generally accomplished
showing; alto Pamela Gore's
unsteady vibrato and throaty tone causing me
to skip over her tracks.
Bass David Evitts is splendid, with a
rich, resonant tone and
heartfelt delivery, and soprano Diana Hoagland
posessing clear,
bell-like tones which were beautifully
showcased on her stunning
melismas. Mezzo-soprano Barabara Wallace
seems more distantly
placed, but has a lovely bell tone, and richer
sound that she uses to
great effect. The Choir sings with great
clarity and precision,
beautifully unified and tight - their tone and
enunciation are among
the cleanest I've heard, while the Orchestra
plays with equal attention
to perfection. This album, originally
released on the
long-defunct Sine Qua Non / Superba label, I'm
afraid that the masters
to this recording may be lost, which is a
pity, since it's a polished
performance, with many standout moments that
deserves to be restored
and re-released on CD.
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