Thomas Beecham - Messiah HLTS - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Sym No.5 in B Flat, D.485 Allegro 2. Sym No.5 in B Flat, D.485 Andante Con Moto 3. Sym No.5 in B Flat, D.485 Menuetto 4. Sym No.5 in B Flat, D.485 Allegro Vivace 5. Sym in D, M.48 Lento - Allegro 6. Sym in D, M.48 Allegretto 7. Sym in D, M.48 Allegro Non Troppo

Already during his lifetime Handel's InchMessiahInch became his most frequently performed work, achieving virtually cult status. The many outstanding choruses in this oratorio are among the most beloved, well known pieces in the history of choral music. This new contains all of the choruses from the internationally acclaimed recording conducted by Frieder Bernius. The special sound and musical refinement displayed by his ensembles - the Stuttgarter Kammerchor and the Barockorchester Stuttgart - which, according to the MDR Figaro (April 2009) breathe Inchliveliness and new energyInch into the work, make it a most musically exciting listening experience. Album Tracks 1. Symphony - Barockorchester Stuttgart 2. And the Glory of the Lord 3. And He Shall Purify 4. For Unto Us a Child Is Born 5. Glory to God in the Highest 6. His Yoke Is Easy 7. Behold the Lamb of God 8. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs 9. And with His Stripes We Are Healed 10. All We, Like Sheep 11. He Trusted in God 12. Lift Up Your Heads 13. The Lord Gave the Word 14. Their Sound Is Gone Out 15. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder 16. Halleluja 17. Since By Man Came Death 18. But Thanks Be to God 19. Worthy Is the Lamb/Amen

Album Tracks 1. Symphony (Overture) 2. Tenor Aria 'Every Valley Shal Be Exalted' 3. Choir 'And the Glory of the Lord' 4. Alto Aris 'But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming' 5. Alto Aris 'O Thous That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion' 6. Choir 'O Thous That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion' 7. Soprano Aria 'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion' 8. Soprano and Alto Duet 'He Shall Feed His Flock' 9. Choir 'His Yoke Is Easy' 10. Choir 'All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray' 11. Choir 'He Trusted in God' 12. Choir 'Lift Up Your Heads' 13. Bass Aria 'Why Do the Nation' 14. Choir 'Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder' 15. Choir 'Hallelujah' 16. Bass Aria 'The Trumpet Shall Sound' 17. Soprano Aria 'If God Is for Us' 18. Choir 'Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain' 19. Choir 'Amen'