Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performer: Cor de Cambra Del Palau de La Musica Catalana, Marie Lys, Margherita Maria Sala, Pablo Bemsch, Alex Rosen
Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal
Conductor: Franco Fagioli
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
Catalogue: CVS107
Release: 2023
Size: 2.65 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Messiah
CD 01
01. Symphonie
02. Accompagnato Confort ye my people
03. Air Every valley shall be exalted
04. Chorus And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
05. Accompagnato Thus saith the Lord of hosts
06. Air But who may abide the day of His coming
07. Chorus And he shall purify the sons of Levi
08. Recitative Behold, a virgin shall conceive
09. Air O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
10. Accompagnato For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
11. Air The people that walked in darkness
12. Chorus For unto us a Child is born
13. Pifa
14. Recitative There were shepherds
15. Chorus Glory to God in the highest
16. Air Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
17. Recitative Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened
18. Duet He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
19. Chorus His yoke is easy, His burthen is light
20. Chorus Behold the lamb of God
21. Air He was despised and rejected of men
22. Chorus Surely He hath borne our griefs
23. Chorus And with His stripes we are healed
24. Chorus All we like sheep have gone astray
25. Accompagnato All they that see Him
26. Chorus He trusted in God that He would deliver Him
CD 02
01. Accompagnato Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
02. Accompagnato He was cut off out of the land of the living
03. Air But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell
04. Chorus Lift up your heads
05. Recitative Unto which of the angels
06. Chorus Let all the angels of God worship Him
07. Air Thou art gone up on high
08. Chorus The Lord gave the word
09. Air How beautiful are the feet
10. Chorus The sound is gone out into all lands
11. Air Why do the nations so furiously rage together
12. Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder
13. Recitative & air He that dwelleth in heaven
14. Chorus Hallelujah : for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth
15. Air I know that my Redeemer liveth
16. Chorus Since by man came death
17. Accompagnato Behold, I tell you a mystery
18. Air The trumpet shall sound
19. Recitative Then shall be brought to pass
20. Duet O death, where is thy sting?
21. Chorus But thanks be to God
22. Air If God be for us
23. Chorus Worthy is the Lamb
When one of the most illustrious sopranists of our time becomes a conductor, he chooses nothing less than Messiah! Franco Fagioli paints a fresco of Handel’s masterpiece with a Latin exaltation, drawing this great English Baroque oratorio in the colours of the Mediterranean, together with the famous Barcelona choir and their Caravaggesque chiaroscuro, which gives the work a shimmer of moire. The Orchestre de l’Opera Royal provides the backdrop for the splendours revealed by the soloists, who take us on a journey of joy and sorrow through the life and Passion of Christ: “Behold, I tell you a Mystery…”