Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis - Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (2016) [HDTracks]

Recorded: Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; December 2015.

Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah, HWV 56 (1741)
Oratorio in Three Parts
New Concert Edition by Sir Andrew Davis
'In Memory of My Mother and Father'
Part 1
1. 1. Overture (Sinfony). Grave - Allegro moderato - 3:37
2. 2. Accompagnato. Tenor: 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people'. Larghetto 2:33
3. 3. Air. Tenor: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'. Andante 3:21
4. 4. Chorus: 'And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed'. Allegro giocoso - Adagio 2:35
5. 5. Accompagnato. Bass: 'Thus saith the Lord'. Solenne 1:31
6. 6. Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'But who may abide the day of his coming!'. Larghetto - Prestissimo - Larghetto - Prestissimo - Adagio 4:01
7. 7. Chorus: 'And He shall purify the sons of Levi' 2:31
8. 8. Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Behold! A virgin shall conceive' 0:29
9. 9. Air. Mezzo-soprano and Chorus: 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'. Andante 5:07
10. 10. Accompagnato. Bass: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'. Andante larghetto 2:20
11. 11. Air. Bass: 'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'. Larghetto 3:09
12. 12. Chorus: 'For unto us a Child is born'. Andante allegro 4:04
13. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa). Larghetto - 0:53
14. 14A. Recitative. Soprano: ;There were shepherds abiding in the field'. [ ] 0:14
15. 14B. Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them'. Andante 0:21
16. 15. Recitative. Soprano: 'And the angel said unto them' 0:38
17. 16. Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude...'. Allegro 0:18
18. 17. Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'. L'istesso tempo 2:04
19. 18. Air. Soprano: 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion'. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I 4:45
20. 19. Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd' 0:28
21. 20. Duet. Mezzo-soprano and Soprano: 'He shall feed His flock like a shepherd'. Larghetto - 5:21
22. 21. Chorus: 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce! 2:24
Part 2
23. 22. Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'. Largo 2:56
24. 23. Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'He was despised and rejected of men'. Largo 5:11
25. 24. Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows'. Largo e staccato - 1:54
26. 25. Chorus: 'And with His stripes we are healed'. Alle breve moderato - 1:49
27. 26. Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'. Allegro moderato - Adagio 3:56
28. 27. Accompagnato. Tenor: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'. Larghetto - 0:43
29. 28. Chorus: 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'. Allegro 2:20
30. 29. Accompagnato. 'Tenor: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart'. Largo 1:42
31. 30. Arioso. Tenor: 'Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow'. Largo e piano 1:16
32. 31. Accompagnato. Tenor: 'He was cut off out of the land of the living' 0:16
33. 32. Air. Tenor: 'But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell'. Andante larghetto 2:07
34. 33. Chorus: 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates'. A tempo ordinario 3:13
35. 37. Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'. Andante allegro - 1:00
36. 38. Air. Soprano: 'How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace'. Larghetto 2:07
37. 40. Air. Bass: 'Who do the nations so furiously rage together'. Allegro - 2:52
38. 41. Chorus: 'Let us break their bonds asunder'. Allegro e staccato 1:48
39. 42. Recitative. Tenor: 'He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn' - 0:15
40. 43. Air. Tenor: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron'. Andante 1:55
41. 44. Chorus: 'Hallelujah!'. Allegro 3:48
Part 3
42. 45. Air. Soprano: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'. Larghetto 6:16
43. 46. Chorus: 'Since by man came death'. Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro 2:07
44. 47. Accompagnato. Bass: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery' 0:35
45. 48. Air. Bass: 'The trumpet shall sound'. Pomposo, ma non allegro 4:10
46. 53. Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain'. Largo - Larghetto - Allegro moderato 6:58
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Erin Wall, soprano
Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
John Relyea, bass
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Noel Edison, artistic director
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Crow, concertmaster
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor