James Richman & The Dallas Bach Society

Composer

Handel, George Frederick

The Dallas Bach Society joined with their director and prominent harpsichordist James Richman provide a masterful debut recording with Onyx Classics, Handel’s ‘Messiah’, a new edition provided by Malcolm Bruno based on the original 1741 score. Handel had composed the work at an astounishing pace, spending less than a month in the summer of 1741. At its premiere in Dublin, over 700 patrons overcrowded the Musick hall, with the ladies had been requested to dress ‘without hoops’ in help make room. The Messiah was an instant hit and is established as Handel’s greatest works.

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Track List

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 1, Synfony
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 2, Accompagnato. Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 3, Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 4, Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 5, Accompagnato. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 6, Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 7, Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 8, Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Alto)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 9, Aria & Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 10, Accompagnato. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 11, Aria. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 13. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 14, Recit. There Were Shepherds – And Lo, the Angel of the Lord – And the Angel Said Unto Them – And Suddenly There Was with the Angel (Treble)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 15, Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 16, Aria. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 17, Recit. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Alto)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1741 Original Version): No. 18, Aria. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Alto)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 19, Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy and His Burthen Is Light
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 20, Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 21, Aria. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 22, Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 23, Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 24, Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 25, Accompagnato. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 26, Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 27, Accompagnato. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 28, Aria. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow (Treble)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 29, Recit. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 30, Aria. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 31, Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 32, Recit. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time? (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 33, Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 34, Aria. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 35, Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 36, Aria. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 37, Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 38, Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 39, Recit. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 40, Aria. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1741 Original Version): No. 41, Hallelujah Chorus
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 42, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 43, Chorus. Since By Man Came Death
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 44, Accompagnato. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 45, Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 46, Recit. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (Alto)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 47, Aria. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 48, Chorus. But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 49, Aria. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 50, Chorus. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1741 Original Version): No. 51, Chorus. Amen

James Richman & The Dallas Bach Society

Dallas Bach Society & James Richman: Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 Original Version)

ONYX4255

Released 22/11/2024

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