Utwory na płycie:

• Symphony
• Accompagnato (tenor) Comfort ye, comfort ye my people
• Air (tenor) Evry valley shall be exalted
• Chorus And the glory, the glory of the Lord
• Accompagnato (bass) Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts
• Air (alto) But who may abide the day of His coming
• Chorus And He shall purif
• Recitative (alto) Behold, a virgin shall conceive
• Air (alto, choir) O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
• Accompagnato (bass) For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
• Air (bass) The people that walked in darkness
• Chorus For unto us a Child is born
• Pifa
• Recitative (soprano) There were shepherds abiding in the fiel
• Accompagnato (soprano) And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them
• Recitative (soprano) And the angel said unto them
• Accompagnato (soprano) And suddenly there was with the angel
• Chorus Glory to God in the highest
• Air (soprano) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
• Recitative (alto) Then shall the eyes of the blind be opend
• Duet (alto, soprano) He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
• Chorus His yoke is easy, His burthen is light
• Chorus Behold the Lamb of God
• Air (alto) He was despised
• Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows
• Chorus And with His stripes we are healed
• Chorus All we like sheep, have gone astray
• Accompagnato (tenor) All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
• Chorus He trusted in God
• Accompagnato (tenor) Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
• Arioso (tenor) Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
• Accompagnato (tenor) He was cut off out of the land of the living
• Air (tenor) But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell
• Chorus Lift up your heads
• Recitative (tenor) Unto which of the angels
• Chorus Let all the angels of God worship Him
• Air (alto) Thou art gone up on high
• Chorus The Lord gave the word
• Air (soprano) How beautiful are the feet of them
• Air (bass) Why do the nations so furiously rage together
• Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder
• Recitative (tenor) He that dwelleth in heaven
• Air (tenor) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
• Chorus Hallelujah
• Air (soprano) I know that my Redeemer liveth
• Chorus Since by man came death
• Accompagnato (bass) Behold, I tell you a mystery
• Air (bass) The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raisd
• Recitative (alto) Then shall be brought to pass
• Duet (alto, tenor) O death, where is thy sting? Chorus But thanks be to God
• Air (soprano) If God be for us, who can be against us
• Chorus Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
• Chorus Amen

Messiah
HWV 56

Można by powiedzieć - kolejne nagranie Mesjasza Handla … Już tyle na rynku wydawniczym jest dostępnych. A jednak ta muzyka kusi! Tylko nie zawsze w danym wykonaniu porywa. Tym razem porwała, zadziało się coś więcej. I to nie dlatego, że Václav Luks ze swoimi zespołami już nas do tego przyzwyczaił. Jego interpretacje nie są szablonowe, a co za tym idzie manieryczne. Co jest niezwykłego w tym nagraniu? Handel napisał to niezwykłe i nietypowe oratorium w 1741 roku. Początkowo nie było chętnie przyjmowane przez publiczność, aby w końcu stać się jednym z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych utworów nie tylko Handla, ale w ogóle muzyki poważnej. W swej strukturze i dramaturgii przypomina operę, nie ma jednak spersonifikowanych postaci. Opowiada o życiu, śmierci i zmartwychwstaniu Jezusa Chrystusa. Wymaga wielkiego zaangażowania wykonawczego pod każdym względem. I to na pewno dzieje się w tym nagraniu. Jednak wyjątkowe jest tu wyczucie czasu, zawieszenia, rozmieszczenia akcentów, plan dynamiczny. To rozmowa muzyków z muzyką Handla i to w tym wyjątkowym oratorium. To wykonanie Mesjasza jest zniewalające.

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Handel’s Messiah is already very well-represented on the CD market with dozens of existing recordings and new productions appearing at regular intervals. Yet this is a very special version, carefully crafted, by the Prague-based Collegium Vocale and Collegium 1704 under the baton of Vaclav Luks, founder of the ensemble and one of the most exciting conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire. The fine young singers Giulia Semenzato, Benno Schachtner, Krystian Adam, and Krešimir Stražanac join the ensembles for two moving live performances in Prague’s Rudolfinum in March 2018 which Accent is proudly presenting now on CD.

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Live Recording: March 2018 at Rudolfinum, Prague (Czech Republic)