Handel: Der Messias (Messiah)

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Sinfonia (Grave-Allegro Moderato)    
2. Nr. 1 Accompagnato (Trostet Ihr Mein Volk)    
3. Nr. 2 Arie (Alle Tale Macht Hoch Erhaben)    
4. Nr. 3 Chor (Denn Die Herrlichkeit Gottes, des Herrn)    
5. Nr. 4 Accompgnato (So Spricht Der Herr)    
6. Nr. 5 Arie (Doch Wer Kann Bestehn)    
7. Nr. 6 Chor (Und Er Wird Reinigen)    
8. Nr. 7 Rezitativ (Denn Sieh, Eine Jungfrau)    
9. Nr. 8 Arie (O du, Die Woone)    
10. Nr. 9 Chor (O du, Die Wonne)    
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Disc: 2
1. Nr. 23 Chor (Durch Seine Wunden)    
2. Nr. 24 Chor (Der Herde Gleich)    
3. Nr. 25 Accompagnato (Alle Die, Die Ihn Sehen)    
4. Nr. 26 Chor (Er Traut Auf Gott)    
5. Nr. 27 Accompagnato (Diese Schmach Zerbrach Ihm Sein Herz)    
6. Nr. 28 Arioso (Schau Hin und Sieh!)    
7. Nr. 29 Accompagnato (Er Ist Dahin)    
8. Nr. 30 Arie (Doch du Liebest Ihn Dem Tode Nicht)    
9. Nr. 31 Chor (Hebt Euer Haupt)    
10. Nr. 32 Rezitativ (Denn Zuwelchem Der Engel)    
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Handel: Der Messias (Messiah), Music, George Frideric Handel, Helmut Koch, Theo Adam, Dietrich Knothe, Peter Schreier, Regina Werner, Heidi Riess, Choral, Christmas / Chanukkah, Christmas Music, Classical, Oratorio
Handel: Der Messias (Messiah)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • SPLENDED, MAGNIFICENT, GLORIOUS!!!
  • Slow tempos
Handel: Der Messias (Messiah)
George Frideric Handel , Helmut Koch , Theo Adam , Dietrich Knothe , Peter Schreier , Regina Werner , and Heidi Riess
Manufacturer: Berlin Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000AG5Q
Release Date: 2005-10-01

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars SPLENDED, MAGNIFICENT, GLORIOUS!!!.......2001-10-10

It is a great production. Artistically convincing if not enthralling. Technically a little bit, I would say, too panoramic when it comes to the way the sound is recorded. The singing in the German version is outstanding, you just understand every single word, for instance in "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" one has no problem in following Theo Adam. The singing techniques used by all the singers in this recording match so well the spiritual genre of oratorio. Although I highly praise a couple of other recordings of Messiah in the original language, I find this one greatly balanced, especially when it comes to the tempos. I think this particular Messiah deserves a better remastering; it sounds a little bit too digital. Berlin Classics has so far issued a great many wonderful recordings which are quite successfully remastered, but not this one. Despite this little flaw don't tarry to purchase it, you will be deeply moved!

3 out of 5 stars Slow tempos.......2001-06-19

The thing that struck me most about this recording was that the tempos were slower than I'm used to on some of the numbers. (A lot of the tempos are fine, but certain numbers are quite slow.) To let you know where I'm coming from, my all-time favorite recording of Messiah is John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir on Philips, and he's known for his brisk tempos. I got this recording because it's one of the only German language recordings of Messiah available, plus I'm a Peter Schreier fan. The recording was made in 1973, so you wouldn't expect much in the way of period performance practice. The orchestra and chorus are big, although there is a slight nod to performance practice in the use of harpsichord. They manage to fit the entire Messiah onto two discs with timings of 75:10 and 74:43. The recording is mid-priced, and I like the novelty of having the Messiah in German.
Händel: Der Messias (as arranged by Mozart, KV 572)
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    Händel: Der Messias (as arranged by Mozart, KV 572)

    Manufacturer: Hanssler Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0009IORD4
    Release Date: 2004-08-01
    Handel: Der Messias
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Fine Performance, But Recording Could Be Better
    Handel: Der Messias
    Popp , Fassbaender , Gambill , Holl , Marriner , and Stuttgart Radio Stmphony Orchestra
    Manufacturer: Angel
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000026D31
    Release Date: 2002-11-05

    Tracks:

    1. Act I, Sinfonia In E Minor
    2. Act I, "Comfort Ye My People", Recitative For Tenor
    3. Act I, "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted", Air For Tenor
    4. Act I, "And The Glory Of The Lord", Chorus
    5. Act I, "Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts", Recitative For Bass
    6. Act I, "But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming", Air For Bass
    7. Act I, "And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi", Chorus
    8. Act I, "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive", Recitative For Alto
    9. Act I, "O Thou That Tellest Good Tiding To Zion", Air For Alto
    10. Act I, "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth", Recitative For Bass
    11. Act I, "The People That Walked In Darkness", Air For Bass
    12. Act I, "For Unto Us A Child Is Born", Chorus
    13. Act I, Pifa In C Major
    14. Act I, "There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field", Recitative For Soprano
    15. Act I, "And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them", Recitative For Soprano
    16. Act I, "But Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them", Arioso For Soprano
    17. Act I, "And The Angel Said Unto Them", Recitative For Soprano
    18. Act I, "And Suddenly There Was With The Angel A Multitude", Recitative For Sopra
    19. Act I, "Glory To God In The Highest", Chorus
    20. Act I, "Rejoice Greatly", Air For Soprano
    21. Act I, "Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Open'd", Recitative For Soprano
    22. Act I, "He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd", Air For Soprano
    23. Act I, "His Yoke Is Easy, His Burden Is Light", Chorus
    24. Act Ii, "Behold The Lamb Of God", Chorus
    25. Act Ii, "He Was Dispised And Rejected", Air For Alto
    26. Act Ii, "Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs And Carried Our Sorrows", Chorus
    27. Act Ii, "And With His Stripes We Are Healed", Chorus
    28. Act Ii, "All We Like Sheep", Chorus
    29. Act Ii, "All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn", Recitative For Tenor
    30. Act Ii, "He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him", Chorus
    31. Act Ii, "Thy Rebuke Hat Broken His Heart", Recitative For Tenor
    32. Act Ii, "Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow", Arioso For Tenor
    33. Act Ii, "He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living", Recitative For Tenor
    34. Act Ii, "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell", Air For Tenor
    35. Act Ii, "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates", Chorus
    36. Act Ii, "Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time", Recitative For Tenor
    37. Act Ii, "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him", Chorus
    38. Act Ii, "Thou Art Gone Up On High", Air For Bass/Alto
    39. Act Ii, "Great Was The Company Of The Preachers", Chorus
    40. Act Ii, "How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them", Air For Soprano
    41. Act Ii, "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All The Lands", Arioso For Tenor
    42. Act Ii, "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All The Lands", Chorus
    43. Act Ii, "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together", Air For Bass
    44. Act Ii, "The Kings Of The Earth Rise Up", Air For Bass
    45. Act Ii, "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder", Chorus
    46. Act Ii, "He That Dwelleth In Heaven", Recitative For Tenor
    47. Act Ii, "Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron", Air For Tenor
    48. Act Ii, "Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron", Recitative For Tenor
    49. Act Ii, "Hallelujah", Chorus
    50. Act Iii, "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth", Air For Soprano
    51. Act Iii, "Since By Man Came Death", Chorus
    52. Act Iii, "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery", Recitative For Bass
    53. Act Iii, "The Trumpet Shall Sound", Air For Bass
    54. Act Iii, "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery", Recitative For Bass
    55. Act Iii, "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?", Duet For Alto & Tenor
    56. Act Iii, "But Thanks To Be To God", Chorus
    57. Act Iii, "Worthy Is The Lamb Was Slain", Chorus
    58. Act Iii, "Amen", Chorus
    59. "Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts", Supplemental Recitative For Bass

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Fine Performance, But Recording Could Be Better.......2006-09-14

    This performance, in German, by Neville Marriner and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony is a little broader in tempo than I was expecting, coming in at about 2 and a half hours, but very fine nonetheless. The soloists are uniformly excellent in giving a warm-hearted, full-bodied account of the music. The chorus is very good too. If I didn't usually listen to music on headphones, I would rate the recording job more highly, but throughout the recording, there are persistent, sporadic sonic blurs of the kind you hear from musicians groaning or humming, and they're audible on all my headsets. I think this may be the first Marriner recording I've heard that isn't technically clean.
    Handel: Der Messias [Germany]
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      Handel: Der Messias [Germany]
      Jonowitz , Hoffgen , Haefliger , Richter , and Munchener Bach Orchester
      Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00002475G

      Tracks:

      1. Messiah: Sinf - Munchener Bach-Orch/Karl Richter
      2. Messiah: No.3 Chor: 'Denn Die Herrlichkeit' - Munchener Bach-Chor
      3. Messiah: No.5 Arie: 'Doch Wer Wird Ertragen Den Tag Seiner Ankunft' - Marga Hoeffgen
      4. Messiah: No.6 Chor: 'Und Er Wird Reinigen Und Lautern Das Volk Des Bundes' - Munchener Bach-Chor
      5. Messiah: No.11 Arie: 'Das Volk Das Da Wandelt Im Dunkel' - Franz Crass
      6. Messiah: No.12 Chor: 'Denn Es Ist Uns Ein Kind Geboren' - Munchener Bach-Chor
      7. Messiah: No.13 Pifa (Pastoral Sym) - Munchener Bach-Orch/Karl Richter
      8. Messiah: No.14 Rezitativ: 'Es Waren Hirten Beisammen Auf Dem Felde' - Gundula Janowitz
      9. Messiah: No.15 Chor: 'Ehre Sei Gott In Der Hohe' - Munchener Bach-Chor
      10. Messiah: No.18a Duett: 'Er Weidet Seine Herde' - Gundula Janowitz/Marga Hoeffgen
      11. Messiah: No.24 Chor: 'Der Herde Gleich, Vom Hirten Fern' - Munchener Bach-Chor
      12. Messiah: No.30 Arie: 'Doch Du Liessest Ihn Im Grabe Nicht' - Ernst Haefliger
      13. Messiah: No.34 Arie: 'Du Fuhrest In Die Hoh'' - Franz Crass
      14. Messiah: No.41 Arie: 'Du Zerschlagst Sie Mit Dem Eisernen Zepter' - Ernst Haefliger
      15. Messiah: No.42 Chor: Halleluja - Munchener Bach-Chor
      16. Messiah: No.43 Arie: 'Ich Weiss, Dass Mein Erloser Lebet' - Gundula Janowitz
      17. Messiah: No.51 Chor: 'Wurdig Ist Das Lamm' - Munchener Bach-Chor
      18. Messiah: No.52 Chor: Amen - Munchener Bach-Chor
      Handel - Der Messias (Arranged by Mozart)
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        Handel - Der Messias (Arranged by Mozart)

        Manufacturer: K&K Verlagsanstalt
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000OV14K0
        Release Date: 2007-04-24

        Album Description

        An audiophile concert recording of an historically informed performance at the basilica of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Maulbronn Monastery, sung in German, with Marlis Petersen (Soprano), Margot Oitzinger (Alto), Markus Schäfer (Tenor), Marek Rzepka (Bass), the Hanoverian Court Orchestra (on period instruments) and the Maulbronn Chamber Choir. Conductor: Juergen Budday.

        A complete recording of the Oratorio by George Frideric Handel in the arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, recorded and created by Andreas Otto Grimminger & Josef-Stefan Kindler. A release from the Maulbronn Monastery CD-Series by K&K Verlagsanstalt.
        Handel - Der Messias - Heinz Mende
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          Handel - Der Messias - Heinz Mende

          Manufacturer: MYTO Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000EG6NEM

          Product Description

          Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) Der Messias Oratorium in drei Teilen nach den Worten der Heiligen Schrift (Charles Jennens) Tenor - Fritz Wunderlich Sopran - Tilla Briem Alt - Margarete Bence Bass - Otto von Rohr Sudfunk - Sinfonieorchester Philharmonischer Chor Stuttgart Direttore : Heinz Mende 20.3.1959, Stuttgart Bonus: Fritz Wunderlich sings Handel XERXES: Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik, 1962 ALCINA: Orchester der Cappella Coloniensis, Ferdinand Leitner, 1959
          Handel: Der Messias
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            Handel: Der Messias

            Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000000SBT
            Release Date: 1991-06-25

            Tracks:

            1. Der Messias: Symphony (Grave - Allegro moderato)
            2. Der Messias: Tenor: 'Comfort ye' ' Ev'ry Valley'
            3. Der Messias: Chor: 'And The Glory Of The Lord'
            4. Der Messias: Alt: 'O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion'
            5. Der Messias: Chor: 'For Unto Us A Child Is Born'
            6. Der Messias: Sopran: 'And Suddenly There Was With The Angel'
            7. Der Messias: Chor: 'Glory To God'
            8. Der Messias: Sopran: 'Rejoice Greatly'
            9. Der Messias: Chor: 'Behold The Lamb Of God'
            10. Der Messias: Alt: 'He Was Despised'
            11. Der Messias: Chor: 'Hallelujah'
            12. Der Messias: Sopran: 'I Know That My Redeemer Liveth'
            13. Der Messias: Bass: 'Behold, I Tell You A Mystery' 'The Trumpet Shall Sound'
            14. Der Messias: Chor: 'Worthy Is The Lamb'
            Handel Meets Pop
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              Handel Meets Pop
              Der Messias
              Manufacturer: Zyx
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD
              ASIN: B000252E5M
              Release Date: 2003-11-03
              Handel Meets Pop
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                Handel Meets Pop
                Der Messias
                Manufacturer: Zyx
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                Binding: Audio CD

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                ASIN: B00000AX9S

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