Handel: Messiah
Special Edition Bonus CD Set
The Sixteen
Carolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore and Christopher Purves.HARRY CHRISTOPHERS
Arguably the most famous oratorio ever written and certainly Handel’s best known work, Messiah needs little introduction. Composed in a staggering twenty-four days Messiah was first performed in Dublin in 1742 where it received a rapturous welcome. Not so the following year when it premiered in London to a distinctly hostile reception. It wasn’t until Messiah began to be presented
in charity performances at the Foundling Hospital in London that the public started to embrace the work we now regard as Handel’s greatest composition.
On this disc The Sixteen and Harry Christophers are joined by four soloists all revered Handelians who have had a long association with The Sixteen.
“What a winning combination: Handel’s Messiah, the most popular oratorio ever written, sung by The Sixteen, the most richly sonorous of the early music choirs”
The Daily Telegraph
Handel: Messiah
COR16062
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TRACK LISTINGS
CDs 1 & 2:
Handel Messiah
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Special Edition Bonus CD:
1. Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba
Taken from track 4 of Heroes & Heroines (COR16025)
2. The Lord our enemy has slain (Chorus)
Taken from disc 2, track 20 of Esther (COR16019)
3. Nell dolce dell’obblio
Taken from track 10 of Fedel e Costante (COR16045)
Harp concerto Op.4, No,6 in B flat
4. Allegro
5. Larghetto
6. Allegro moderato
Taken from disc 1, tracks 5, 6 & 7 of Alexander’s Feast (COR16028)
7. Sinfonia to Act 2 (from Ariodante)
Taken from track 6 of Heroes & Heroines (COR16025)
8. Recit & Aria: Scherza infida (from Ariodante)
Taken from track 7 of Heroes & Heroines (COR16025)
9. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air & Chorus)
Taken from disc 3, track 22 of Samson (COR16008)
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