Handel: Messiah, Sir Thomas Beecham & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Label: RCA | Original Release: 1959 | 3 Disks | MP3 320 Kbps Stereo - 270 MB | APE - 800 MB
Genre: Sacred

" Amazon.com Essential Recording
Sir Thomas Beecham's Messiah has become notorious among baroque purists (like this writer) for embodying the worst excesses of pre-1960 Handel performance: ponderous tempos, stentorian opera singers, huge lumbering choruses and orchestras, crashing cymbals, clanging triangles.... Well, we'll need a new straw man: this performance is WONDERFUL. Jon Vickers and Giorgio Tozzi negotiate Handel's writing surprisingly well; Jennifer Vyvyan takes to it naturally. The chorus and orchestra (yes, including trombones, tuba, triangle, and cymbals) may obscure the part-writing, but they fill the music with power, grandeur, and faith. If Mozart could re-orchestrate Messiah, why not Beecham? This may not be Handel's Messiah as such, it may even be a period piece itself--but it's magnificent.
Matthew Westphal
"


Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Jon Vickers, Giorgio Tozzi, Monica Sinclair, Jennifer Vyvyan & John McCarthy
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

Disc: 1
01. Messiah: Overture - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
02. Messiah: Recit: Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
03. Messiah: Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
04. Messiah: Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord - John McCarthy
05. Messiah: Recit: Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
06. Messiah: Air: But Who May Abide (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
07. Messiah: Chorus: And He Shall Purify - John McCarthy
08. Messiah: Recit: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
09. Messiah: Air & Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (Contralto) - John McCarthy
10. Messiah: Recit: For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
11. Messiah: Air: The People That Walked In Darkness (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
12. Messiah: Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born - John McCarthy
13. Messiah: Pastoral Symphony - Royal Philharmonic Chorus
14. Messiah: Recit: There Were Shepherds Abiding (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
15. Messiah: Recit: And The Angel Said Unto Them (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
16. Messiah: Recit: And Suddenly There Was (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
17. Messiah: Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest - John McCarthy
18. Messiah: Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
19. Messiah: Recit: Then Shall The Eyes (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
20. Messiah: Air: He Shall Feed His Flock; Come Unto Him (Contralto & Soprano) - Monica Sinclair
21. Messiah: Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy - John McCarthy

Disc: 2
01. Messiah: Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God - John McCarthy
02. Messiah: Air: He Was Despised (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
03. Messiah: Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs - John McCarthy
04. Messiah: Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed - John McCarthy
05. Messiah: Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - John McCarthy
06. Messiah: Recit: All They That See Him (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
07. Messiah: Chorus: He Trusted In God - John McCarthy
08. Messiah: Recit: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
09. Messiah: Air: Behold, And See If There Be (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
10. Messiah: Recit: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
11. Messiah: Air: But Thou Didst Not Leave (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
12. Messiah: Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads - John McCarthy
13. Messiah: Air: How Beautiful Are The Feet (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
14. Messiah: Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands - John McCarthy
15. Messiah: Air: Why Do The Nations So Furious Rage (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
16. Messiah: Chorus: Lets Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - John McCarthy
17. Messiah: Recit: He That Dwelleth In Heaven (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
18. Messiah: Air: Thou Shalt Break Them (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
19. Messiah: Chorus: Hallelujah! - John McCarthy
20. Messiah: Part III - Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
21. Messiah: Chorus: Since By Man Came Death - John McCarthy
22. Messiah: Recit: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
23. Messiah: Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
24. Messiah: Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb - John McCarthy

Disc: 3
01. Messiah: Recit: Unto Which Of The Angels (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
02. Messiah: Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him - John McCarthy
03. Messiah: Air: Thou Art Gone Up On High (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
04. Messiah: Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word - John McCarthy
05. Messiah: Recit: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
06. Messiah: Duet: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Contralto & Tenor) - Monica Sinclair
07. Messiah: Chorus: But Thanks Be To God - John McCarthy
08. Messiah: Air: If God Be For Us (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan


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