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ゲオルク・フリードリヒ・ヘンデル - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)：
1-22. Messiah, HWV 56
Part I: Overture
Part I: Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor)
Part I: Air: Every valley shall be exalted (Tenor)
Part I: And the glory of the Lord (Chorus)
Part I: Recitative: Thus saith the Lord (Bass)
Part I: Air: But who may abide the day of his coming? (Counter-tenor)
Part I: And he shall purify (Chorus)
Part I: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto)
Part I: Air and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus)
Part I: Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)
Part I: Air: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)
Part I: For unto us a child is born (Chorus)
Part I: Pifa, ""Pastoral Symphony""
Part I: Recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field (Soprano)
Part I: Recitative: And lo, the Angel of the Lord (Soprano)
Part I: Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano)
Part I: Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)
Part I: Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)
Part I: Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)
Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto)
Part I: Air: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Alto)
Part I: His yoke is easy, his burthen is light (Chorus)
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ゲオルク・フリードリヒ・ヘンデル - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)：
1-32. Messiah, HWV 56
Part II: Behold The Lamb of God (Chorus)
Part II: Air: He was despised (Alto)
Part II: Surely he hath borne our griefs (Chorus)
Part II: And with his stripes we are healed (Chorus)
Part II: All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
Part II: Recitative: All they that see him (Tenor)
Part II: He trusted in God that he would deliver him (Chorus)
Part II: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (Soprano)
Part II: Air: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Soprano)
Part II: Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor)
Part II: Air: But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (Tenor)
Part II: Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus)
Part II: Recitative: Unto which of the angels (Tenor)
Part II: Let all the angels of God worship him (Chorus)
Part II: Air: Thou art gone up on high (Counter-tenor)
Part II: The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
Part II: Air and Chorus: How beautiful are the feet (Couunter-tenor, Chorus)
Part II: Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)
Part II: Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
Part II: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor)
Part II: Air: Thou shalt break them (Tenor)
Part II: Hallelujah (Chorus)
Part III: Air: I know that my redeemer liveth (Soprano)
Part III: Since by man came death (Chorus)
Part III: Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
Part III: Air: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)
Part III: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass (Tenor)
Part III: Duet: O death, where is thy sting (Counter-tenor, Tenor)
Part III: But thanks be to God (Chorus)
Part III: Air: If God be for us (Soprano)
Part III: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain … Amen (Chorus)
Part III: Amen (Chorus)
※録音: October 2024, Concert Hall, TU Dublin Conservatoire, Ireland
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[初演地ダブリンに古楽器演奏で響く「生まれたての『メサイア』」の佇まい]1742年ダブリンで初演され、やがてヘンデルの代表作として不朽の名声に彩られてゆくことになる傑作オラトリオ『メサイア』。ここではアイルランドを代表する古楽器アンサンブルが、史料から推察できる初演時の状況にできるだけ近づけた小規模編成で「生まれたて」の傑作の姿に迫ります。声楽パートは独唱者を含めソプラノ4、アルト3、テノール3、バス3という構成で、独唱も合唱に加わるスタイル。4/3/2/2/1の弦楽編成で木管なし、これにトランペット2とティンパニが加わり、チェンバロとオルガンが通奏低音で入るオーケストラと織りなされるアンサンブルは、緊密かつ様式感にあふれ、聴き進めるほどに惹き込まれる求心力に貫かれています。その精緻な解釈のうちに現れるハレルヤ・コーラスの迫力は比較的小規模な編成だったことを忘れさせるほど。第2部後半にあるソプラノのアリア「麗しきかな、善き知らせを告げる者」はアルト(カウンターテナー)二重唱に合唱の続く形で歌われるなど初演版の特徴が活きているのも聴きどころです。躍進めざましいアレクサンダー・チャンスはじめ独唱陣の歌唱も充実度満点。並み居る名盤群にも劣らない聴き深めがいある全曲録音です。
ヒラリー・クローニン(ソプラノ)、ヘレン・チャールストン(アルト)、アレクサンダー・チャンス(カウンターテナー)、ネイサン・マーシエカ(カウンターテナー)、ガイ・カッティング(テノール)、フレデリック・ロング(バス)、エドワード・グリント(バス)、アイルランド・バロック合唱団、アイルランド・バロック・オーケストラ、ピーター・ウィーラン(指揮)／Cronin, Charlston, A. Chance, Mercieca, Cutting, Grint, Long, Irish Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Whelan(con)
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