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| 2. Songs of My Soul |
| 3. The World's Greatest Lover |
| 4. Fire |
| 5. Do I Hold You? |
| 6. Now and Always |
| 7. Don't Turn Away |
| 8. Miserere |
| 9. Dear Husband, Dear Wife |
| 10. I'll Always Be With You |
| 11. Rage of the Heart |
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About the Artist
Enrico Garzilli has studied music in Providence, Boston, New York, London, and Rome. At the age of fifteen, he gave his first solo piano concert at the Music Mansion in Providence, Rhode Island. This was followed by many other concerts with a major piano recital at seventeen. As a teenager he performed regularly on television and radio. His piano teacher Evelyn Moretti Montanaro was his inspiration. Still in his teens, he became Dr. Alexander Peloquin's assistant organist and studied organ and choral conducting with him. In both college and graduate school he was head organist and choral director. While in college in Rome, he studied choral conducting and organ with Prof. Martorell and Dom Barrata, and harmony and counterpoint with Professor Carducci. He gave many organ recitals in the church of Santa Susanna in Rome. He also played in St. Peter's, Rome, and in all the major Basilicas of the city. As choral conductor, he conducted the North American College Choir in the same hallowed places. Enrico Garzilli has worked with musicians of international repute. One of his many memorable concerts was his performance with Dave Brubeck in the premier of Brubeck's concert Mass.
What I think it is may be that there's a sense of honesty without pretention that circulates through his record-- when he sings about trying to put a past romance out of his mind and quietly mumbles "I wish your love away", you feel like he does. Brothers' vocals feel like they come from the midwest-- a sort of road weary sound. But he adds to that a good range and roundness of tone that I think is often missing in these forms.
This EP, consisting of four songs, is his debut. Three of the songs are folky pop pieces and one ("Supposed to Be") is a driving alt-pop piece. Although its a decent number, it doesn't quite fit in on the record, and its electric guitars sit somewhat uncomfortably amongst the rest of the pieces on here.
But the rest is all this kind of bluesy, folky pop stuff-- smokey ("Blue Eyes", also featured on the "Garden State" soundtrack), bubbling and delicate ("Something") and wistful and brilliant ("Honesty"). One thing the record definitely indicates, we can expect big things from Brothers. Recommended.
Specifically: John Tomlinson sings like he thinks he IS God, instead of singing about Him. Heavy, cumbersome, and overblown. May I add boorish?
Arleen Auger has a very sweet voice. And??
Despite the program notes insisting that certain segments of this Messiah are given to "the contralto", Anne Sofie von Otter is NOT a contralto. Not even close.
The male alto can barely sustain a legato line - why he insists upon throwing in those complicated, badly-performed embellishments I can't figure. Well, I can, but I'd really rather not say.
Wake up, choristers!! It's 'For Unto Us A Child Is Born," not "Oy, I have to go to the grocery store today."
Boy do I regret having spent almost $40 on this one. Thank goodness I have the Colin Davis to console me.
This 1988 recording sits between the euqally English, euqally period-ifnluenced Hogwood and Garidner. Of the three, Hogwood sounds more 'authentic' because it uses boys in the chorus and singers schooled period practice. By comparison, Pinnock's soprano, Arleen Auger, and mozeeo, Von Otter, are essentially modern singers--gorgeous ones, of course, Gardiner is far more anemic in his conducting and uses a scrwny-sounding orchestra, so if that's more authentic, so be it. Of the three, Pinnock gives us more traditional music values in his emotional expression and instrumental timbres.
The competiiton is mushc stiffer now than in 1988, but Pinnock's reading has survived the test of time. He is not a genuinely inspired conductor--sadly, Messiah has become a cottage industry that excludes most big-name talents--but neither are Gardiner and Hogwood. (For sheer musicality, I tend to put my money on Andrew Parrott, Robert King, Marc Minkowski, Niklaus Harnoncourt, and Rene Jacobs.) But he's certainly good eough. The reason I haven't given five stars is that the male soloists aren't first-rate, and in particular the Wotan voice of John Tomlinson sounds cavernous in the bass arias. Add to that Pinnock's tendency toward tepidness, and what you end up with is a very good but not great performance.
This performance has been debated for 40 years as to whether it is musically adept, musically correct, an exemplar of the English choral tradition, or just a big old batch of fun at Handel's expense. I first owned this during a time when I also owned a recording Handel's "Royal Fireworks Music" featuring 40 woodwinds. The two made roughly an equal amount of noise.
There isn't much question this performance is completely out of step with the way Handel is performed in most venues today. Check out the wonderful Jon Vickers' highly operatic opening aria, "Comfort ye", then compare that to any leaned-out period group you've heard. You'll get another idea of the dimension of Beecham's project.
While not on the agenda of the Flat Earth Society, the only real interest in a performance like this -- especially having to endure it on three CDs when just about everyone else puts it on two -- is nostalgia or history, whichever happens to be the case for you.
My personal favorite version is in the 4-CD box of "Messiah" and "Israel In Egypt" where Andrew Parrott leads his Taverner Choir & Players and some of the best early music singers including Emma Kirkby, Emily van Evera, Margaret Cable, David Thomas, and Joseph Cornwall. HIs Messiah isn't perfect -- it uses a countertenor for a bass in one aria -- but it is more moderate than most PPP recordings and has a wonderful romantic edge to most of the score. It comes with a top notch recording of "Israel in Egypt" and still costs less than the Beehcham.
Beecham goes all out with an orchestration, while attributed to Sir Eugene Goosens is also probably some of Beecham's own inimitable tinkering, that adds instruments not only in numbers but also in color and depth of sound. Winds double strings, percussion includes the full battery instead of just tympani, the big cello and viola sound stand equally with the big violin sound, etc. The chorus is huge, and while this allows the big dramatic moments to be intense, the fine diction Beecham demanded remains solidly intact.
The soloists are in an operatic class of their own. Jennifer Vyvyan and Monica Sinclair were major singers when this recording was made and their singing is big and well ornamented. Jon Vickers and Giorgio Tozzi bring Verdi into the room and he is a welcome visitor to Beecham's vision of this work.
For this listener, who prefers the 'correct, authentic' performance, this recording and others even older that celebrate the BIG Messiah are a delight. And that just proves that performance standards, no matter the interpretation of the conductor, are paramount: Beecham gives a solid, convincing interpretation to the operatic Messiah. It is lush, and huge, and absolutely wonderful to hear again! Grady Harp, December 06
In the forty some recordings I own (and the many performances I've attended) there's no best and no definitive. This is one I respect but don't care to hear very often.
I'm just ending up with "Thanks to Jon!"
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It tells a true story of love, a love that is dripping blood. Peter Abelard (Michael Ball) was a scholar, philosopher, and poet in the 12th century in Paris. Young and handsome, he was exceptionally brilliant and popular with lots of young followers. At his late thirties he met Heloise (Janet Mooney), who was seventeen at the time. Beautiful and talented, she admired him so much and became his student later on. Their love began as purely Platonic, then developed into passionate love, but was ended with tragic consequences.
This is a concept album recorded in 1987 with lyrics and music written by Dr. Enrico Garzilli, who is a poet and writer, as well as a pianist and composer. It has never been staged on big stage but once at a local theatre in Providence RI in April 1997. Overall the musical might need some more work, but the songs could not be more wonderful and the story could not be more touching.
Michael's talent and depth in this album proves that he has every reason for his glories nowadays. The voice, the expression, and most of all, the passion, are showing off in every song he sings in the album. His solo "Freedom" and "Fire" quite naturally remind me of his power in the songs like "Sunset Boulevard" and "Gethsemane". And of course there is the five duets sung by Michael and Janet. Those haunting melodies will struck your chord instantly.
Some music will need time to grow on you, but for this one, NO, this one will conquer you immediately.
The reason I gave 4 star to this CD is its lack of information about the show and the story. In order to better understand the show, you'll need to do some research.
Enrico Garzilli has studied music in Providence, Boston, New York, London, and Rome. At the age of fifteen, he gave his first solo piano concert at the Music Mansion in Providence, Rhode Island. This was followed by many other concerts with a major piano recital at seventeen. As a teenager he performed regularly on television and radio. His piano teacher Evelyn Moretti Montanaro was his inspiration. Still in his teens, he became Dr. Alexander Peloquin's assistant organist and studied organ and choral conducting with him. In both college and graduate school he was head organist and choral director. While in college in Rome, he studied choral conducting and organ with Prof. Martorell and Dom Barrata, and harmony and counterpoint with Professor Carducci. He gave many organ recitals in the church of Santa Susanna in Rome. He also played in St. Peter's, Rome, and in all the major Basilicas of the city. As choral conductor, he conducted the North American College Choir in the same hallowed places. Enrico Garzilli has worked with musicians of international repute. One of his many memorable concerts was his performance with Dave Brubeck in the premier of Brubeck's concert Mass.
Dr. Garzilli is a composer of four large musical-dramatic works. His recordings have been produced by Virgin, First Night and EMI Records. He is also the composer of many liturgical settings, some of which have been translated and performed throughout the world. In Europe, his music has often been featured on Radio and Television. In addition to his music, Dr. Garzilli holds advanced degrees in Philosophy, Theology and Literature. He was the first person to receive a doctorate from Brown University in Comparative Literature. His dissertation was published by Harvard University and was nominated for many national awards. His graduate work in Theology was on the Revelation of the Infinite in Art, Music and Literature. He has taught literature at Providence College and Shakespeare and Classical Drama at the Univeristy of Rhode Island. In 2002, as Artist in Residence at Johnson and Wales University, he performed three of his compositions with the RI Philharmonic, famed Broadway star, Mark McVey, and Metropolitan Opera Soprano Elizabeth Banke Biggs.
About the Soprano:
Keara Donohoe is a young Australian Soprano who is caring and passionate about her singing performance whether it be Classical recital , Musical Theatre stage or in a Recording Studio! Keara, a graduate of The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has an exquisite voice and golden quality that touches the emotions and hearts of her listeners. On the Rage Of The Heart CD. Keara "was privileged to sing as "Heloise" and to feel and tell the story of her eternal love and longing for Peter Abelard, her mentor, adoring husband and lover".
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The musical Rage of the Heart is based on a true story which takes place during the twelfth century. The hero, Peter Abelard, was the most famous man of his age. He was a philosopher, composer and singer. Wherever he went, he was followed by hordes of devoted students and fans.
During this period in history, monasteries and the emerging Catholic church were the only employers of educated men. Bound by the church's great pressure upon him not to marry, Abelard had never loved a woman until he met the story's heroine, Heloise.
Heloise is often described as one of the most beautiful and intelligent women who ever lived. Although she possessed a brilliant mind in her own right (and ultimately became a highly respected abbess), when they met she was a seventeen-year-old young woman from Brittany, and Abelard was already a world famous man in his late thirties.
Surrounded by the jealousy of many, their love seemed impossible from the very beginning. The discovery of their relationship actually rocked the very foundations of the medieval world. Driven by his inner demons, Heloise's uncle Fulbert commits a horrible crime in order to punish them and end their love forever. Instead, their relationship transcends this great tragedy, and grows into a great testament to the power of faith and love. All of this is recorded in their famous letters to one another. The love story of Abelard and Heloise is one of great triumph. Their relationship evokes the highest aspirations of all humanity - the pursuit of truth, meaning and love.
Rage of the Heart,Enrico Garzilli,Cuore Productions,From Pop Rock to Contemporary Classical, the musical drama, Rage of the Heart, based on the true story of the lives of Abelard and Heloise, expresses the depth of passion of these 12th century lovers.,Pop,Soundtracks
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- Blue Eyes
- Something
- Supposed To Be
- Honestly
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"All The Rage" is the debut release from LA-based singer/songwriter Cary Brothers. These four tracks, produced by Chad Fischer (Alexi Murdoch), run the gamut from power pop ("Supposed To Be") to acoustic folk ("Honestly"), but they all share one thing in common - as Cary says, "They're all pretty much straight from the heart, whether it's being broken or put back together."Cary's song "Blue Eyes" is also featured alongside tracks from Coldplay, The Shins, and Simon & Garfunkel on the soundtrack of the Fox Searchlight film GARDEN STATE, starring Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, and Peter Sarsgaard.
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Too Few Songs, Too Much Money .......2006-03-20
Buy it!.......2005-09-08
Heartbreaking and beautiful.......2005-08-11
Nice debut record.......2005-07-28
What I think it is may be that there's a sense of honesty without pretention that circulates through his record-- when he sings about trying to put a past romance out of his mind and quietly mumbles "I wish your love away", you feel like he does. Brothers' vocals feel like they come from the midwest-- a sort of road weary sound. But he adds to that a good range and roundness of tone that I think is often missing in these forms.
This EP, consisting of four songs, is his debut. Three of the songs are folky pop pieces and one ("Supposed to Be") is a driving alt-pop piece. Although its a decent number, it doesn't quite fit in on the record, and its electric guitars sit somewhat uncomfortably amongst the rest of the pieces on here.
But the rest is all this kind of bluesy, folky pop stuff-- smokey ("Blue Eyes", also featured on the "Garden State" soundtrack), bubbling and delicate ("Something") and wistful and brilliant ("Honesty"). One thing the record definitely indicates, we can expect big things from Brothers. Recommended.
Cary is amazing!.......2005-06-08
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- Messiah: Part One - 1. Sinfony (Grave - Allegro moderato)
- Messiah: Part One - 2. Accompagnato : Comfort Ye My People
- Messiah: Part One - 3. Air : Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
- Messiah: Part One - 4. Chorus : And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed
- Messiah: Part One - 5. Accompagnato : Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts
- Messiah: Part One - 6. Air : But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming
- Messiah: Part One - 7. Chorus : And He Shall Purify
- Messiah: Part One - 8. Recitative : Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive
- Messiah: Part One - 9. Air and Chorus : O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
- Messiah: Part One - 10. Accompagnato : For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover
- Messiah: Part One - 11. Air : The People That Walked In Darkness
- Messiah: Part One - 12. Chorus : For Unto Us A Child Is Born
- Messiah: Part One - 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
- Messiah: Part One - 14. Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field - Accompagnato: And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord - 15. Recitative: And The Angel Said Unto Them - 16. Accompagnato: And Suddenly There Was With The Angel
- Messiah: Part One - 17. Chorus : Glory To God In The Highest
- Messiah: Part One - 18. Air : Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
- Messiah: Part One - 19. Recitative : Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind
- Messiah: Part One - 20. Air : He Shall Feed His Flock
- Messiah: Part One - 21. Chorus : His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light
- Messiah: Part Two - 22. Chorus : Behold The Lamb Of God
- Messiah: Part Two - Air : 23. He Was Despised
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- Messiah: Part Two - 24. Chorus : Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
- Messiah: Part Two - 25. Chorus : And With His Stripes We Are Healed
- Messiah: Part Two - 26. Chorus : All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
- Messiah: Part Two - 27. Accompagnato : All They That See Him
- Messiah: Part Two - 28. Chorus : He Trusted In God
- Messiah: Part Two - 29. Accompagnato : Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
- Messiah: Part Two - 30. Arioso : Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow
- Messiah: Part Two - 31. Accompagnato : He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land
- Messiah: Part Two - 32. Air : But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul
- Messiah: Part Two - 33. Chorus : Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
- Messiah: Part Two - 34. Recitative : Unto Which Of The Angels
- Messiah: Part Two - 35. Chorus : Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
- Messiah: Part Two - 36. Air : Thou Art Gone Up On High
- Messiah: Part Two - 37. Chorus : The Lord Gave The Word
- Messiah: Part Two - 38. Air : How Beautiful Are The Feet
- Messiah: Part Two - 39. Chorus : Their Sound Is Gone Out
- Messiah: Part Two - 40. Air : Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage
- Messiah: Part Two - 41. Chorus : Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
- Messiah: Part Two - 42. Recitative : He That Dwelleth In Heaven
- Messiah: Part Two - 43. Air : Thou Shalt Break Them
- Messiah: Part Two - 44. Chorus : Hallelujah
- Messiah: Part Three - 45. Air : I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
- Messiah: Part Three - 46. Chorus : Since By Man Came Death
- Messiah: Part Three - 47. Recitative : Behold, I Tell You A Mystery
- Messiah: Part Three - 48. Air : The Trumpet Shall Sound
- Messiah: Part Three - 49. Recitative : Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
- Messiah: Part Three - 50. Duet : O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
- Messiah: Part Three - 51. Chorus : But Thanks Be To God
- Messiah: Part Three - 52. Air : If God Be For Us
- Messiah: Part Three - 53. Chorus : Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain --- Amen
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This is a terrific performance of Messiah. Not only are the soloists all superb, but Trevor Pinnock completely contradicts the image of many period instrument performances as small-scale, scrappy affairs. Indeed, he invests the choruses with as much genuine Handelian pomp as Beecham at his most extravagant. The trumpets really blaze, and the timpani thunder, and everyone simply has a great time. A joyous performance, just right for the holiday season. --David HurwitzAmazon.com
Trevor Pinnock meets with mixed success in this account of the Messiah with the English Concert & Choir and soloists Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, and John Tomlinson, recorded and released in 1988. Its strengths are the strengths of the early-music movement in general. The size and distribution of the instrumental and vocal forces are optimal, which means that textures are clear and balances apt. Rhythms are nicely pointed, though often, in Pinnock's case, not quite well enough sprung. Tempos are well chosen; for example, "All we like sheep"--which turns out to be one of the set's best numbers--is a real bourré, and Pinnock animates it in just the right way. But the performance often seems workmanlike and unemotional, weighed down in too many instances by the humdrum work of the chorus. The alto section in particular, which is half male and half female, sings timidly and is constantly swallowing its entrances. Bass soloist John Tomlinson is a further drag on the effort. He has the right idea--that there's an Italian opera hiding behind all this biblical imagery--but his cottony sound is out of place, a misguided attempt to mimic Nicolai Ghiaurov. His usable range is less than a tenth (he croaks the low G's and F-sharps), and his diction is horrible. "Thus spake the Lord" is strangled, and when, in "The trumpet shall sound" Tomlinson gets to the words "we shall be changed," one can't help wishing that he had been changed too, right before the sessions started. --Ted LibbeyCustomer Reviews:
Ladies & gentleman: The Lord'n Savior, God Almighty.......2007-06-13
So Fashionable, and So Disappointing.......2007-02-01
Specifically: John Tomlinson sings like he thinks he IS God, instead of singing about Him. Heavy, cumbersome, and overblown. May I add boorish?
Arleen Auger has a very sweet voice. And??
Despite the program notes insisting that certain segments of this Messiah are given to "the contralto", Anne Sofie von Otter is NOT a contralto. Not even close.
The male alto can barely sustain a legato line - why he insists upon throwing in those complicated, badly-performed embellishments I can't figure. Well, I can, but I'd really rather not say.
Wake up, choristers!! It's 'For Unto Us A Child Is Born," not "Oy, I have to go to the grocery store today."
Boy do I regret having spent almost $40 on this one. Thank goodness I have the Colin Davis to console me.
A nice combination of period nad tradiitonal.......2006-12-17
This 1988 recording sits between the euqally English, euqally period-ifnluenced Hogwood and Garidner. Of the three, Hogwood sounds more 'authentic' because it uses boys in the chorus and singers schooled period practice. By comparison, Pinnock's soprano, Arleen Auger, and mozeeo, Von Otter, are essentially modern singers--gorgeous ones, of course, Gardiner is far more anemic in his conducting and uses a scrwny-sounding orchestra, so if that's more authentic, so be it. Of the three, Pinnock gives us more traditional music values in his emotional expression and instrumental timbres.
The competiiton is mushc stiffer now than in 1988, but Pinnock's reading has survived the test of time. He is not a genuinely inspired conductor--sadly, Messiah has become a cottage industry that excludes most big-name talents--but neither are Gardiner and Hogwood. (For sheer musicality, I tend to put my money on Andrew Parrott, Robert King, Marc Minkowski, Niklaus Harnoncourt, and Rene Jacobs.) But he's certainly good eough. The reason I haven't given five stars is that the male soloists aren't first-rate, and in particular the Wotan voice of John Tomlinson sounds cavernous in the bass arias. Add to that Pinnock's tendency toward tepidness, and what you end up with is a very good but not great performance.
Wait! Before you buy..........2006-05-28
La mas bella y fidedigna interpretacion que se pueda obtener.......2004-12-29
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ASIN: B000003FB8 Release Date: 1992-07-14 |
Tracks:
- Messiah: Overture - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Messiah: Recit: Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Recit: Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
- Messiah: Air: But Who May Abide (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
- Messiah: Chorus: And He Shall Purify - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Recit: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
- Messiah: Air & Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (Contralto) - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Recit: For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
- Messiah: Air: The People That Walked In Darkness (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
- Messiah: Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Pastoral Symphony - Royal Philharmonic Chorus
- Messiah: Recit: There Were Shepherds Abiding (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
- Messiah: Recit: And The Angel Said Unto Them (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
- Messiah: Recit: And Suddenly There Was (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
- Messiah: Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
- Messiah: Recit: Then Shall The Eyes (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
- Messiah: Air: He Shall Feed His Flock; Come Unto Him (Contralto & Soprano) - Monica Sinclair
- Messiah: Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy - John McCarthy
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- Messiah: Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Air: He Was Despised (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
- Messiah: Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Recit: All They That See Him (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Chorus: He Trusted In God - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Recit: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Air: Behold, And See If There Be (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Recit: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Air: But Thou Didst Not Leave (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Air: How Beautiful Are The Feet (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
- Messiah: Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Air: Why Do The Nations So Furious Rage (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
- Messiah: Chorus: Lets Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Recit: He That Dwelleth In Heaven (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Air: Thou Shalt Break Them (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Chorus: Hallelujah! - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Part III - Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
- Messiah: Chorus: Since By Man Came Death - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Recit: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
- Messiah: Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
- Messiah: Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb - John McCarthy
Tracks:
- Messiah: Recit: Unto Which Of The Angels (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
- Messiah: Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Air: Thou Art Gone Up On High (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
- Messiah: Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Recit: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
- Messiah: Duet: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Contralto & Tenor) - Monica Sinclair
- Messiah: Chorus: But Thanks Be To God - John McCarthy
- Messiah: Air: If God Be For Us (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
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Sir Thomas Beecham's Messiah has become notorious among baroque purists (like this writer) for embodying the worst excesses of pre-1960 Handel performance: ponderous tempos, stentorian opera singers, huge lumbering choruses and orchestras, crashing cymbals, clanging triangles.... Well, we'll need a new straw man: this performance is WONDERFUL. Jon Vickers and Giorgio Tozzi negotiate Handel's writing surprisingly well; Jennifer Vyvyan takes to it naturally. The chorus and orchestra (yes, including trombones, tuba, triangle, and cymbals) may obscure the part-writing, but they fill the music with power, grandeur, and faith. If Mozart could re-orchestrate Messiah, why not Beecham? This may not be Handel's Messiah as such, it may even be a period piece itself--but it's magnificent. --Matthew WestphalCustomer Reviews:
Beecham's noisy Messiah.......2006-12-23
This performance has been debated for 40 years as to whether it is musically adept, musically correct, an exemplar of the English choral tradition, or just a big old batch of fun at Handel's expense. I first owned this during a time when I also owned a recording Handel's "Royal Fireworks Music" featuring 40 woodwinds. The two made roughly an equal amount of noise.
There isn't much question this performance is completely out of step with the way Handel is performed in most venues today. Check out the wonderful Jon Vickers' highly operatic opening aria, "Comfort ye", then compare that to any leaned-out period group you've heard. You'll get another idea of the dimension of Beecham's project.
While not on the agenda of the Flat Earth Society, the only real interest in a performance like this -- especially having to endure it on three CDs when just about everyone else puts it on two -- is nostalgia or history, whichever happens to be the case for you.
My personal favorite version is in the 4-CD box of "Messiah" and "Israel In Egypt" where Andrew Parrott leads his Taverner Choir & Players and some of the best early music singers including Emma Kirkby, Emily van Evera, Margaret Cable, David Thomas, and Joseph Cornwall. HIs Messiah isn't perfect -- it uses a countertenor for a bass in one aria -- but it is more moderate than most PPP recordings and has a wonderful romantic edge to most of the score. It comes with a top notch recording of "Israel in Egypt" and still costs less than the Beehcham.
The Big Victorian Handel 'Messiah': Indulge Yourself!.......2006-12-16
Beecham goes all out with an orchestration, while attributed to Sir Eugene Goosens is also probably some of Beecham's own inimitable tinkering, that adds instruments not only in numbers but also in color and depth of sound. Winds double strings, percussion includes the full battery instead of just tympani, the big cello and viola sound stand equally with the big violin sound, etc. The chorus is huge, and while this allows the big dramatic moments to be intense, the fine diction Beecham demanded remains solidly intact.
The soloists are in an operatic class of their own. Jennifer Vyvyan and Monica Sinclair were major singers when this recording was made and their singing is big and well ornamented. Jon Vickers and Giorgio Tozzi bring Verdi into the room and he is a welcome visitor to Beecham's vision of this work.
For this listener, who prefers the 'correct, authentic' performance, this recording and others even older that celebrate the BIG Messiah are a delight. And that just proves that performance standards, no matter the interpretation of the conductor, are paramount: Beecham gives a solid, convincing interpretation to the operatic Messiah. It is lush, and huge, and absolutely wonderful to hear again! Grady Harp, December 06
Comfort Ye!.......2006-10-30
Familiarity hasn't bred much affection.......2005-11-02
In the forty some recordings I own (and the many performances I've attended) there's no best and no definitive. This is one I respect but don't care to hear very often.
Thanks to Jon!.......2005-03-08
I'm just ending up with "Thanks to Jon!"
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Handel: Messiah (Highlights)
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ASIN: B0000D1FLJ Release Date: 2003-10-14 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Comfort Ye, My People
- Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
- And He Shall Purify
- Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive
- O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
- O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion (Chorus)
- For Unto Us A Child Is Born
- Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
- There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Fields
- Glory To God In The Highest
- He Shall Feed His Flock
- All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
- Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
- Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow
- The Lord Gave Me The Word
- Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage?
- Hallelujah
- I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
- Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
- Amen
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Handel's Messiah
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ASIN: B00013ND8M Release Date: 2004-02-10 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Comfort Ye My People
- Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
- And the Glory of the Lord
- Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts
- But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?
- And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
- Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive
- O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
- For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
- People That Walked in Darkness
- For Unto Us a Child Is Born
- Pastorale Symphony
- There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field
- Glory to God in the Highest
- Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
- Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd
- He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
- His Yoke Is Easy, His Burden Is Light
- Behold the Lamb of God
Tracks:
- He Was Despised and Rejected of Men
- Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs
- And With His Stripes We Are Healed
- All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
- All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn
- He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
- Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
- Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow
- He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
- But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
- Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
- How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them
- Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage
- Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
- He That Dwelleth in Heaven
- Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron
- Hallelujah - London Philharmonic Chorus
- I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
- Since by Man Came Death - For as in Adam, Even So in Christ
- Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
- Trumpet Shall Sound
- Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
- Amen
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Old Fashioned Sincerity.......2006-12-30
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ASIN: B00002R16A Release Date: 1999-11-30 |
Tracks:
- Messiah: No. 1 Overture
- Messiah: No. 2 Arioso For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 3 Air For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 4 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 5 Recitative For Bass
- Messiah: No. 6 Air For Bass
- Messiah: No. 7 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 8 Recitative For Alto
- Messiah: No. 9 Air For Alto And Chorus
- Messiah: No. 10 Arioso For Bass
- Messiah: No. 11 Air For Bass
- Messiah: No. 12 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 13 Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
- Messiah: No. 14a Recitative And No. 14b Arioso For Soprano
- Messiah: No. 15 Recitative For Soprano
- Messiah: No. 16 Arioso For Soprano
- Messiah: No. 17 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 18 Air For Soprano
- Messiah: No. 19 Recitative For Alto
- Messiah: No. 20 Air For Alto And Soprano
- Messiah: No. 21 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 22 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 23 Air For Alto
- Messiah: No. 24 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 25 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 26 Chorus
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- Messiah: No. 27 Arioso For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 28 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 29 Recitative For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 30 Air For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 31 Recitative For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 32 Air For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 33 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 34 Recitative For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 35 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 36 Air For Alto
- Messiah: No. 37 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 38 Aria For Soprano
- Messiah: No. 39 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 40 Air For Bass
- Messiah: No. 41 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 42 Recitative For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 43 Air For Tenor
- Messiah: No. 44 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 45 Air For Soprano
- Messiah: No. 46 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 47 Recitative For Bass
- Messiah: No. 48 Air For Bass
- Messiah: No. 49 Recitative For Alto
- Messiah: No. 50 Duet For Alto And Tenor
- Messiah: No. 51 Chorus
- Messiah: No. 52 Air For Soprano
- Messiah: No. 53 Chorus
- Messiah: Amen
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Finally a Messiah with fervor!.......2005-10-20
Great recording!.......2003-09-22
Good and Bad.......2000-04-09
This is a great recording!.......2000-02-11
Anyhow, this is nothing more than a historic detail and would not count if this recording had not an outstanding first-rate ensemble of singers. Without doubt there is no definitive version of Messiah. Each one has its own distinctive touch and feeling and exploring it is always a pleasant journey through imagination.
As stated by the conductor: "we must concede that performing Messiah with twenty singers and an appropriately balanced instrumental ensemble represents, at best, an imperfect comprimise", it will be easy to understand that this recording does not stand among the greatest and will probably carry some imperfections. I will mention two that kind of disppointed me a little bit. The Overture and the Chorus Worthy is the Lamb, for some reason misses the habitual vigor and strenght. Everything else is great and this is definitely a worth buying.
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ASIN: B000A169OK Release Date: 2006-01-10 |
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- Symphony: Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro - Andante Larghetto
- 1. Chorus: How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord
- 2. Air (Soprano): An Infant Raised By Thy Command - 3. Trio (Alto, Tenore, Basso): Along The Monster Atheist Strode
- 4. Soprano, Alto, Tenore, Basso: The Youth Inspired By Thee, O Lord - 5. Chorus: How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord
- 6. Recit & 7. Air (Michal): He Comes, He Comes! - O God-Like Youth! - 8. Recitative (Abner, Saul, David): Behold, O King, The Brave, Victorious Youth
- 9. Air (David): O King, Your Favours With Delight - 10. Recitative (Jonathan): Oh Early Piety!
- 11. Air (Merab): What Abject Thoughts A Prince Can Have! - 12. Recitative (Merab): Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow
- 13. Air (Jonathan): Birth And Fortune I Despise!
- 14. Recitative (High Priest): Go On, Illustrious Pair! - 15. Air (High Priest): While Yet Thy Tide Of Bood Runs High
- 16. Recitative (Saul, Merab): Thou, Merab, First In Birth, Be First In Honour - 17. Air (Merab): My Soul Rejects The Thought With Scorn - 18. Air (Michal): See, With What A Scornful Air - 19. Air (Michal): Ah, Lovely Youth, Wast Thou Designed
- 20. Symphony: Andante Allegro - 21. Recitative (Michal): Already See The Daughters Of The Land - 22. Chorus: Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!
- 23. Accompagnato (Saul): What Do I Hear? - 24. Chorus: David His Ten Thousands Slew - 25. Accompagnato (Saul): To Him Ten Thousands - 26. Air (Saul): With Rage I Shall Start Burst His Praises To Hear
- 27. Recitative (Jonathan, Michal): Imprudent Women! - 28. Air (Michal): Fell Rage And Black Despair Possessed
- 29. Recitative (High Priest): This But The Smallest Part Of Harmony - 30. Accompagnato (High Priest): By Thee This Universal Frame
- 31. Recitative (Abner): Racked With Infernal Pains - 32. Air (David): O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless
- 33. Symphony: Largo - 34. Recitative (Jonathan): 'Tis All In Vain, His Fury Still Continues
- 35. Air (Saul): A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed - 36. Recitative (Saul): Has He Escaped My Rage?
- 37. Air (Merab): Capricious Man
- 38. Accompagnato (Jonathan): O Filial Piety! - 39. Air (Jonathan): No, Cruel Father, No!
- 40. Air (High Priest): O Lord, Whose Providence - 41. Chorus: Preserve Him For The Glory Of Thy Name
- 42. Chorus: Envy! Eldest Born Of Hell!
- 43. Recitative (Jonathan): Ah! Dearest Friend - 44. Air (Jonathan): But Sooner Jordan' Stream, I Swear
- 45. Recitative (David, Jonathan): Oh Strange Vicissitude! - 46. Air (David): Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move
Tracks:
- 47. Recitative (Jonathan): My Father Comes - 48. Recitative (Saul, Jonathan): Hast Thou Obeyed My Orders
- 49. Air (Jonathan): Sin Not, O King, Against The Youth - 50. Air (Saul): As Great Jehovah Lives - 51. Air (Jonathan): From Cities Stormed, And Battles Won
- 52. Recitative (Jonathan, Saul): Appear, My Friend - 53. Air (David): Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart - 54. Recitative (Saul): Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!
- 55. Recitative (Michal): A Father's Will Has Authorised My Love - 56. Duet (Michal, David): O Fairest Of Ten Thousand Fair - 57. Chorus: Is There A Man
- 58. Symphony: Largo - Allegro
- 59. Recitative (David): Thy Father Is As Cruel - 60. Duet (David, Michal): At Persecution I Can Laugh
- 61. Recitative (Michal, Doeg): Whom Dost Thou Seek - 62. Air (Michal): No, No Let The Guilty Tremble
- 63. Recitative (Merab): Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now - 64. Air (Merab): Author Of Peace, Who Canst Controul
- 65. Symphony: Allegro
- 66. Accompagnato (Saul): The Time At Length Is Come - 67. Recitative (Saul, Jonathan): Where Is The Son Of Jesse?
- 68. Chorus: Oh Fatal Consequence Of Rage
- 69. Accompagnato (Saul): Wretch That I Am - 70. Recit - Accompagnato (Saul): 'Tis Said, Here Lives A Woman
- 71. Recitative (With, Saul): With Me What Would'st Thou - 72. Air (Witch Of Endor): Infernal Spirits
- 73. Accompagnato (Samuel, Saul): Why Hast Thou Forced Me From The Realms Of Peace
- 74. Symphony: Allegro
- 75. Recitative (David, Amalekite): Whence Comest Thou? - 76. Air (David): Impious Wretch, Of Race Accurst!
- 77. March: Grave
- 78. Chorus: Mourn, Israel
- 79. Air (High Priest): Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard
- 80. Air (Merab): From This Unhappy Day
- 81. Air (David): Brave Jonathan His Bow Never Drew - 82. Chorus: Eagles Were Not So Swift As They
- 83. Air (Michal): In Sweetest Harmony They Lived! - 84. Solo (David And Chorus): O Fatal Day! - 85. Recitative (Abner): Ye Men Of Judah, Weep No More!
- 86. Chorus: Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man Of Might
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Rage of the Heart (1987 London Concept Cast)
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ASIN: B000024TXE Release Date: 1995-10-16 |
Tracks:
- Overture - Orch/Ian MacPherson
- Celebrate - Julian Littman/English Chor
- Song of My Soul - Michael Ball/Janet Mooney
- Look to Yourself/Teach Me to Sing - Michael Ball/Paul Baden/Derek Damon/Sreve Davis/Janet Mooney
- Freedom - Michael Ball
- The Spring of 1117 - Janet Mooney
- The World's Greatest Lover - Myra Sands/Julian Littman
- Freedom (Reprise) - Michael Ball/English Chor
- How Does a Girl Become - Janet Mooney/Myra Sands
- Fire - Michael Ball
- Do I Hold You - Michael Ball/Janet Mooney
- A Servant's Duty - Myra Sands/Julian Littman
- Don't Turn Away - Michael Ball/Janet Mooney
- Zero Hour - English Chor
- Now and Always - Michael Ball/Janet Mooney
- Virgin of Light - Michael Ball/Benjamin Luxon/Stephen Tate
- He Must Be Stopped - Michael Ball/Stephen Tate/Bejamin Luxon/Janet Mooney/English Chor
- Cantate - Cantabile/English Chor
- There Will Always Be Love - Myra Sands
- Dear Husband, Dear Wife - Michael Ball/Janet Mooney
- Ashes to Ashes - Cantabile
- Procession - Stephen Tate/Michael Ball/Janet Mooney
- Zero Hour - Julian Littman
- Don't Turn Away - Michael Ball/Janet Mooney
- When You're Gone - Michael Ball/Janet Mooney
- Rage of the Heart - Julian Littman/English Chor
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Enchanting music and lyrics.......2005-01-06
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Rage of the Heart is beautivul.......2002-02-18
Absolutely Beautiful.......2002-01-28
Song of the soul!.......2001-12-23
It tells a true story of love, a love that is dripping blood. Peter Abelard (Michael Ball) was a scholar, philosopher, and poet in the 12th century in Paris. Young and handsome, he was exceptionally brilliant and popular with lots of young followers. At his late thirties he met Heloise (Janet Mooney), who was seventeen at the time. Beautiful and talented, she admired him so much and became his student later on. Their love began as purely Platonic, then developed into passionate love, but was ended with tragic consequences.
This is a concept album recorded in 1987 with lyrics and music written by Dr. Enrico Garzilli, who is a poet and writer, as well as a pianist and composer. It has never been staged on big stage but once at a local theatre in Providence RI in April 1997. Overall the musical might need some more work, but the songs could not be more wonderful and the story could not be more touching.
Michael's talent and depth in this album proves that he has every reason for his glories nowadays. The voice, the expression, and most of all, the passion, are showing off in every song he sings in the album. His solo "Freedom" and "Fire" quite naturally remind me of his power in the songs like "Sunset Boulevard" and "Gethsemane". And of course there is the five duets sung by Michael and Janet. Those haunting melodies will struck your chord instantly.
Some music will need time to grow on you, but for this one, NO, this one will conquer you immediately.
The reason I gave 4 star to this CD is its lack of information about the show and the story. In order to better understand the show, you'll need to do some research.
Enchanting.......2001-11-30
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