Handel: Messiah | Adrian Peacock, David van Asch, ...

Handel: Messiah | Adrian Peacock, David van Asch, ... | A decent performance

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Handel: Messiah

	Handel: Messiah Adrian Peacock, David van Asch, ... Naxos, 1994 average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Beautifully

The playing and singing for this version of Handel's best known oratorio, "The Messiah", are quite stylish, rendered with a great deal of rhythmic vitality. The purity of the singing (both choral and solo) is quite stunning. The arioso/recitative "Comfort ye my People" is especially beautiful. All around, a very satisfying recording.

A decent performance

When I was looking for a recording of Haendel's Messiah, this was the first one I bought. At first I loved it, but when I got the Boston Baroque Orchestra recording, I noticed the many flaws this one has. The only highlight: David Van Asch singing "But who may abide", based on the original version. Other recordings use a more recent version, more dramatical and written for a mezzosoprano, but it can't compare with the original for bass.

If you are a fan of baroque music in general, and specially Haendel, skip this one. You will be disappointed.

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Tracks
Part 1. Sinfony | Part 1. Recitative. Comfort ye my people | Part 1. Aria. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted | Part 1. Chorus. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed | Part 1. Recitative. Thus saith the Lord | Part 1. Aria. But who may abide the day of His coming | Part 1. Chorus. And He shall purify the sons of Levi | Part 1. Recitative. Behold a virgin shall conceive | Part 1. Aria. O thou that tellest good things to Zion | Part 1. Recitative. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | Part 1. Aria. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light | Part 1. Chorus. For unto us a child is born | Part 1. Pifa | Part 1. Recitative. There were shepherds abiding in the field | Part 1. Chorus. Glory to God in the highest | Part 1. Aria. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion | Part 1. Recitative. Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd | Part 1. Aria. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd | Part 1. Chorus. His yoke is easy | Part 2. Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God | Part 2. Aria. He was despised and rejected of men | Part 2. Chorus. Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows | Part 2. Chorus. And with His stripes we are healed. | Part 2. Chorus. All we like sheep have gone astray | Part 2. Recitative. All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn | Part 2. Chorus. He trusted in God that He would deliver Him | Part 2. Recitative. Thy rebuke hath broken His heart | Part 2. Arioso. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow | Part 2. Recitative. He was cut off out of the land of the living | Part 2. Aria. But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell | Part 2. Chorus. Lift up your heads | Part 2. Recitative. Unto which of the angels said He at any time | Part 2. Chorus. Let all the angels of God worship Him | Part 2. Aria. Thou art gone up high | Part 2. Chorus. The Lord gave the word | Part 2. Duet. How beautiful are the feet of Him that bringeth glad tidings of salvation | Part 2. Aria. Why do the nations so furiously rage | Part 2. Chorus. Let us break their bonds asunder | Part 2. Aria. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron | Part 2. Chorus. Hallelujah | Part 3. Aria. I know that my Redeemer liveth | Part 3. Chorus. Since by man came death | Part 3. Recitative. Behold, I tell you a mystery | Part 3. Aria. The trumpet shall sound | Part 3. Recitative. Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written | Part 3. Duet. O Death, where is thy sting | Part 3. Aria. If God be for us | Part 3. Chorus. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain

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