Georg Friedrich Haendel* – Barbara Schlick, Sandrine Piau, Andreas Scholl, Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie – Messiah (2xCD, Album, RE, RP) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

BOX 340-M-ANU

SLIPCASE IS VG – BOOKLET IS NM – THIS NM DISC HAILS FROM AN IMMENSE CD COLLECTION 27,000 DEEP – IT HAS BEEN OPENED AND IS WITHOUT SHRINK WRAP – ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IS COMPLETE WITH NO CREASING, RIPS OR TEARS – BEAUTIFUL COPY! NOW ENJOY!

Notes:

Recorded December 1993.
Total Time 2h22’40.
℗ 1994, 1999.
Made in Germany (on rear cover).

Illustration: Altdorfer, Auferstehung Christi © Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.
© harmonia mundi pour l’ensemble des textes et des traductions.
Maquette Relations, Arles.
Imprimé en Allemagne (on booklet).

Total Playing Time CD1 = 77:00.
Total Playing Time CD2 = 65:40.

No barcode.
16-page booklet.

. Part I
1-1. Sinfonia 3:01
1-2. Recitative “Comfort Ye, My People, Saith Your God” 3:10
1-3. Air “Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” 3:18
1-4. Chorus “And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed” 2:40
1-5. Recitative “Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts” 1:39
1-6. Air “But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?” 4:37
1-7. Chorus “And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi” 2:16
1-8. Recitative “Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive” – Air “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion” – Chorus “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion, Arise” 5:56
1-9. Recitative “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth” – Air “The People That Walked In Darkness” 5:42
1-10. Chorus “For Unto Us A Child Is Born” 3:38
1-11. Pastoral Symphony 2:54
1-12. Recitative “There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field” – Recitative “And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them” – Recitative “And The Angel Said Unto Them: Fear Not, For Behold” – Chorus “Glory To God In The Highest” 3:08
1-13. Air “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion” 4:25
1-14. Recitative “Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened” – Air “He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd” 5:59
1-15. Chorus “His Yoke Is Easy, And His Burthen Is Light” 2:17
. Part II
1-16. Chorus “Behold The Lamb Of God” 2:19
1-17. Air “He Was Despised And Rejected Of Man” 11:06
1-18. Chorus “Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs” – Chorus “All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray” 7:18
2-1. Recitative “All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn” – Chorus “He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him” 2:54
2-2. Recitative “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart” – Air “Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow” – Recitative “He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living” 3:55
2-3. Air “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell” 2:30
2-4. Chorus “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates” 2:43
2-5. Rectitative “Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time” – Chorus “Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him” 1:37
2-6. Air “Thou Art Gone Up On High” 3:04
2-7. Chorus “The Lord Gave The World” 1:14
2-8. Air “How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them” 2:32
2-9. Chorus “Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands” 1:15
2-10. Air “Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together” 2:40
2-11. Chorus “Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder” 1:43
2-12. Recitative “He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn” – Air “Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron” 2:12
2-13. Chorus “Hallelujah!” 3:20
. Part III
2-14. Air “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” 6:11
2-15. Chorus “Since By Man Came Death” 2:14
2-16. Recitative “Behold, I Tell You A Mystery” – Air “The Trumpet Shall Sound” 9:17
2-17. Recitative “Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written” – Duet “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?” – Chorus “But Thanks Be To God Who Giveth Us The Victory” 3:30
2-18. Air “If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?” 4:51
2-19. Chorus “Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain” 3:28
2-20. Chorus “Amen” 3:18

SPARS Code DDD
Label Code LC 7045
Other HMX 2901498
Other HMX 2901499
Matrix / Runout SONOPRESS H-6688/ HMC901498 D
Mastering SID Code IFPI L021
Mould SID Code IFPI 0749
Matrix / Runout [Sonopress logo] H-6689/HMX2901499 K
Mastering SID Code IFPI L0 30
Mould SID Code IFPI 0764
Matrix / Runout SONOPRESS H-6688/ HMC901498 D
Mastering SID Code IFPI L021
Mould SID Code IFPI 0727
Matrix / Runout [Sonopress logo] H-6689/HMX2901499 K
Mastering SID Code IFPI L0 30
Mould SID Code IFPI 0727

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