Otto Klemperer – Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 by Otto Klemperer (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Otto Klemperer – Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 by Otto Klemperer (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (2024)
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Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.

Handel’s reputation in England, where he had lived since 1712, had been established through his compositions of Italian opera. He turned to English oratorio in the 1730s in response to changes in public taste; Messiah was his sixth work in this genre. Although its structure resembles that of opera, it is not in dramatic form; there are no impersonations of characters and no direct speech. Instead, Jennens’s text is an extended reflection on Jesus as the Messiah called Christ. The text begins in Part I with prophecies by Isaiah and others, and moves to the annunciation to the shepherds, the only “scene” taken from the Gospels. In Part II, Handel concentrates on the Passion of Jesus and ends with the Hallelujah chorus. In Part III he covers Paul’s teachings on the resurrection of the dead and Christ’s glorification in heaven.

Handel wrote Messiah for modest vocal and instrumental forces, with optional alternate settings for many of the individual numbers. In the years after his death, the work was adapted for performance on a much larger scale, with giant orchestras and choirs. In other efforts to update it, its orchestration was revised and amplified, such as Mozart’s Der Messias. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the trend has been towards reproducing a greater fidelity to Handel’s original intentions, although “big Messiah” productions continue to be mounted. A near-complete version was issued on 78 rpm discs in 1928; since then the work has been recorded many times.

Tracklist:
1-1. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Sinfonia. Grave, Allegro moderato (Orchestra) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (04:32)
1-2. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. “Comfort Ye my People” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (03:30)
1-3. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Aria. “Ev’ry Valley shall be Exalted” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (04:02)
1-4. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. “And the Glory, the Glory of the Lord” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (03:22)
1-5. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. “Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts” (Bass) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:50)
1-6. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Aria. “But who may Abide the Day of his Coming” (Bass) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (05:35)
1-7. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. “And he shall Purify” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:51)
1-8. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Recitative. “Behold! A Virgin shall Conceive” (Alto) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (00:28)
1-9. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Aria. “O Thou that Tellest good tidings to Zion” (Alto) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (05:36)
1-10. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. “O Thou That Tellest” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:29)
1-11. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. “For Behold, Darkness shall Cover the Earth” (Bass) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:48)
1-12. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Aria. “The People that Walked in Darkness” (Bass) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (04:27)
1-13. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. “For Unto us a Child is Born” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (04:37)
2-1. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Pifa. Larghetto e mezzo piano (Orchestra) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (03:58)
2-2. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Recitative. “There were Shepherds Abiding in the Fields” (Soprano) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:35)
2-3. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. “Glory to God in the Highest” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:17)
2-4. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Aria. “Rejoice Greatly,  O Daughter of Zion” (Soprano) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (05:01)
2-5. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Recitative. “Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened” (Soprano) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (00:28)
2-6. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Aria. “He Shall Feed his Flock like a Shepherd” (Soprano) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (05:28)
2-7. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. “His Yoke is Easy, His Burthen is Light” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:47)
2-8. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “Behold, the Lamb of God” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (03:31)
2-9. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Aria. “He was Despised and Rejected of Men” (Alto) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (10:08)
2-10. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “Surely he Hath Borne our Griefs” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:49)
2-11. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “And with his Stripes, We are Healed” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:51)
2-12. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “All we like Sheep have gone Astray” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (04:14)
3-1. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. “All They that See him, Laugh him to Scorn” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:03)
3-2. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “He Trusted in God” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:44)
3-3. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:44)
3-4. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Arioso. “Behold, and See if there be any Sorrow” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:43)
3-5. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. “He was Cut off the Land of the Living” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (00:28)
3-6. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Aria. “But thou did’st not Leave his Soul in Hell” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:55)
3-7. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (03:19)
3-8. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “The Lord gave the Word” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:11)
3-9. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Aria. “How Beautiful are the Feet” (Soprano) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:23)
3-10. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “Their Sound is Gone out into all Lands” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:35)
3-11. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Aria. “Why do the Nations so Furiously Rage Together” (Bass) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (03:19)
3-12. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “Let us Break their Bonds Asunder” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:58)
3-13. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Recitative. “He that Dwelleth in Heaven” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (00:16)
3-14. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Aria. “Thou Shalt Break them with a Rod of Iron” (Tenor) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (02:16)
3-15. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. “Hallelujah” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (04:15)
3-16. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Aria. “I Know that my Redeemer Liveth” (Soprano) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (06:08)
3-17. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. “Since by Man Came Death” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (01:57)
3-18. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Accompagnato. “Behold, I Tell you a Mystery” (Bass) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (00:32)
3-19. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Aria. “The Trumpet shall Sound” (Bass) (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (04:19)
3-20. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. “Worthy is the Lamb” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (03:47)
3-21. Otto Klemperer – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. “Amen” (2024 Remastered, London 1964) (03:27)

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