{"product_id":"698044","title":"New College Oxhigginbottom - Handel: Messiah (1751 version) (Edward Higginbottom) (Naxos) [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new recording of Handel's 'Messiah' presents the first modern recording of a re-construction of Handel's unique London performances of 'Messiah' in April and May 1751, when he used treble voices from the Chapel Royal for choruses and arias. Similarly, just as Handel drew upon a chapel resource (the Chapel Royal) for his tenor and bass soloists, so Edward Higginbottom has drawn on his own New College Chapel resource (both Toby Spence and Eamonn Dougan are former clerks of New College Choir). Together these attributes give the Choir of New College, Oxford\/Academy of Ancient Music's Messiah a unique status and a unique coherence. It is both a celebration of the chapel choir tradition and window onto a particular time and place in the history of Handel's own performances of his masterpiece. \\\\This is a very special recording. Not only is it of quite outstanding quality both musically and dramatically, but, being sung entirely by male voices associated with a single institution (all the soloists are past or present members of New College Choir), it probably comes as close as modern conditions permit to a sound that Bach would have recognized. The Daily Telegraph''\u003cp\u003eSinfonia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs And Carried Our Sorrows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied Recitative: Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: And The Glory Of The Lord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied Recitative: All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied Recitative: Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts (Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming (Countertenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied Recitative: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: And He Shall Purify\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecitative: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive, And Bear A Son (Countertenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied Recitative: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living (Treble: Henry Jenkinson)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria (Countertenor) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings Of Zion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell (Treble: Henry Jenkinson)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth (Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: The People That Walked In Darkness (Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecitative: Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePifa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: Thou Art Gone Up On High (Countertenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field (Trebles: Henry Jenkinson And Robe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: The Lord Gave The Word\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Glory To God In The Highest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them That Preach The Gospel Of Peace (Treble: Otta Jones)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecitative: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened (Countertenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together (Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd (Countertenor; Treble: Otta Jones)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Behold, The Lamb Of God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron (Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men (Countertenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Hallelujah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Treble: Henry Jenkinson)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Since By Man Came Death\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied Recitative: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass) (Trumpet: David Blackadder)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecitative: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written (Countertenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuet: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting (Countertenor And Tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: But Thanks Be To God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAria: If God Is For Us, Who Can Be Against Us (Countertenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus: Amen\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55581661135233,"sku":"698044","price":20.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51U_zuG_MPL._SL1500.jpg?v=1777403775","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/698044","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}