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    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - GF Handel: Messiah (2x SACD, 2005) MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

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    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - GF Handel: Messiah (2x SACD, 2005) MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - G.F. Handel: Messiah (2x SACD, 2005)
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    One of the most welcome releases of the year is Nikolaus Harnoncourt's new "Messiah" with the Concentus Musicus Wien… what makes this recording so satisfying is the warmth, serenity and pliant lyricism of the performance. We have come to expect fleet tempos from the early-music movement. If anything, Mr. Harnoncourt's tempos, over all, are spacious. The sweet-voiced tenor Michael Schade is given such freedom to shape the phrases of the accompanied recitative "Comfort ye my people," that you listen to these words as if you had never heard them before…The soprano Christine Schäfer and the alto Anna Larsson also do radiant and affecting work. The chorus sings with impressive clarity and full-bodied yet unforced sound…Mr. Harnoncourt adheres to the manuscripts and editions of the work he deems the most reliable, especially with regard to the size of the string ensembles in the various movements. But you will not be thinking about scholarly matters while listening to this revelatory recording.

    In some ways, this is the least English Messiah I've heard outside of Mozart's arrangement. Only one of the four soloists (Finley) is a native English-speaker, and the Vienna-based choir must be comprised mostly if not exclusively of German-speaking singers. It would be ridiculous to suggest that Germans and Austrians should not perform Messiah in English. (Imagine suggesting that Americans shouldn't perform Fidelio or Ein Deutsches Requiem!) My point is simply that many listeners will be caught off-guard by the occasional non-idiomatic pronunciations (for example, the alto's "Then shall the ice of the blind be opened"!).

    Harnoncourt has produced a rather paradoxical reading of the score. The choruses are intimate, even hushed, and in contrast, the solos are given a nearly operatic intensity. It feels as if the conductor is trying to tie Messiah to Handel's earlier Italian operas in London, rather than presenting it as a fresh departure from the same. (The truth probably lies between the two.) Schade and Larsson are particularly dramatic. Schade snarls with contempt for the crowd as he describes the mocking of Christ and again in "Thou shalt break them," and Larsson waxes lachrymose in "He was despised." In "Why do the nations," Finley sounds duly exercised about the nations raging together and the people imagining a vain thing. None of this is wrong; it's just stronger stuff than we usually get. On the other hand, the "Hallelujah!" chorus almost sneaks up on us. Rather than presenting it as the work's climax, Harnoncourt makes it a super-smooth and seamless part of the whole. There are no shrieking sopranos and screaming trumpets here!

    In an introductory note, Harnoncourt explains some of the decisions he made in preparing this Messiah. These include string ensembles of different sizes at different points in the work, and a relatively free approach to rhythm, as suggested by the conductor's perusal of the autograph score. (Listen to the bass's "Thus saith the Lord" for an example of Harnoncourt's flexibility.) The conductors eschews boys, gives "But who may abide" and "Thou art gone up high" to the alto, and makes "He shall feed his flock" a duet for the soprano and alto. The "Pifa" is played in its first version, but Harnoncourt chooses later versions of both "How beautiful are the feet" and "Their sound is gone out." The well-drilled, soulful chorus and the orchestra are small but not stingy-sounding.

    Schäfer sounds a bit more reticent here than she has on other recordings. At any rate, her singing has a touching, appealing fragility here. Larsson, on the hand, is an imposing alto – it's almost as if The Mikado's Katisha had wandered in from a Gilbert and Sullivan society! Among the four soloists, she is the most memorable. Michael Schade is melting in his opening accompagnato and aria, and convincingly militant in "Thou shalt break them." Finley lacks the dark sound I look for in "Thus saith the Lord" and "The trumpet shall sound," but to be fair, he's probably pretty close to what Handel had available to him in the 1740s.

    This is a live performance – really, a composite of several - from December 2004. You won't notice the audience though, except at the beginning and between some of the numbers. This is helpful, because what's Messiah without a feeling of occasion? Live recording can create that feeling, and at least to some degree, that is what happens here. The engineering is first-class. (N.B., although this is a Super Audio CD, I heard it on a conventional CD player.)

    Although this probably would not be a safe first choice for the reasons given above, this is a very worthy Messiah, and it sounds better and better the more one hears it.

    – Review by Raymond Tuttle, Classical.net

    Tracklist:

    CD1 #01. Sinfony: Grave - Allegro moderato
    CD1 #02. Accompagnato: Comfort ye my people
    CD1 #03. Air: Ev`ry valley shall be exalted
    CD1 #04. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
    CD1 #05. Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord
    CD1 #06. Air: But who may abide the day of His coming
    CD1 #07. Chorus: And He shall purify / Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    CD1 #08. Air: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    CD1 #09. Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    CD1 #10. Air: The people that walked in darkness
    CD1 #11. Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
    CD1 #12. Pifa / Recitative: There were shepherds
    CD1 #13. Accompagnato: And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them / Recitative: And the angel said unto them
    CD1 #14. Accompagnato: And suddenly there was with the angel
    CD1 #15. Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
    CD1 #16. Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion + Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind
    CD1 #17. Duet: He shall feed His flock
    CD1 #18. Chorus: His yoke is easy
    CD1 #19. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
    CD1 #20. Air: He was despised
    CD2 #01. Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs
    CD2 #02. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
    CD2 #03. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
    CD2 #04. Accompagnato: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
    CD2 #05. Chorus: He trusted in God
    CD2 #06. Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
    CD2 #07. Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
    CD2 #08. Accompagnato: He was cut off out of the land of the living
    CD2 #09. Air: But Thou didst not leave
    CD2 #10. Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates / Recitative: Unto which of the angels
    CD2 #11. Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
    CD2 #12. Air: Thou art gone up on high
    CD2 #13. Chorus: The Lord gave the word
    CD2 #14. Air: How beautiful are the feet
    CD2 #15. Chorus: Their sound is gone out
    CD2 #16. Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
    CD2 #17. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder / Recitative: He that dwelleth in Heaven
    CD2 #18. Air: Thou shalt break them
    CD2 #19. Chorus: Hallelujah!
    CD2 #20. Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
    CD2 #21. Chorus: Since by man came death
    CD2 #22. Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery
    CD2 #23. Air: The trumpet shall sound / Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass
    CD2 #24. Duet: O death, where is thy sting?
    CD2 #25. Chorus: But thanks be to God
    CD2 #26. Air: If God be for us
    CD2 #27. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb

    Performers
    Christine Schäfer - soprano
    Anna Larsson - alto
    Michael Schade - tenor
    Gerald Finley - bass
    Arnold Schoenberg Chor - artistic direction by Erwin Ortner
    Concentus Musicus Wien - conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1

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    Analyzed: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien / G.F. Handel - Messiah (Disc 1)
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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    DR12 -12.32 dB -29.88 dB 3:20 01-Sinfony: Grave - Allegro moderato
    DR14 -11.69 dB -34.46 dB 3:04 02-Accompagnato: Comfort ye my people
    DR13 -12.18 dB -31.99 dB 3:48 03-Air: Ev`ry valley shall be exalted
    DR12 -7.78 dB -25.89 dB 2:33 04-Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
    DR14 -11.31 dB -31.28 dB 1:33 05-Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord
    DR13 -11.76 dB -32.96 dB 4:09 06-Air: But who may abide the day of His coming
    DR13 -7.44 dB -27.60 dB 3:18 07-Chorus: And He shall purify / Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    DR14 -8.12 dB -30.61 dB 5:49 08-Air: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    DR12 -11.33 dB -32.71 dB 1:53 09-Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    DR13 -12.08 dB -32.91 dB 3:24 10-Air: The people that walked in darkness
    DR14 -6.83 dB -28.46 dB 4:53 11-Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
    DR11 -16.56 dB -33.53 dB 1:04 12-Pifa / Recitative: There were shepherds
    DR12 -11.14 dB -31.56 dB 1:04 13-Accompagnato: And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them / Recitative: And the angel said unto them
    DR9 -11.07 dB -30.62 dB 0:16 14-Accompagnato: And suddenly there was with the angel
    DR12 -6.89 dB -27.87 dB 2:12 15-Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
    DR13 -9.69 dB -31.05 dB 5:17 16-Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion + Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind
    DR13 -11.62 dB -31.98 dB 5:34 17-Duet: He shall feed His flock
    DR14 -7.18 dB -28.75 dB 3:00 18-Chorus: His yoke is easy
    DR13 -6.77 dB -27.83 dB 2:47 19-Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
    DR13 -15.96 dB -36.21 dB 10:44 20-Air: He was despised
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    Number of tracks: 20
    Official DR value: DR13

    Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
    Channels: 5
    Bits per sample: 24
    Bitrate: 14112 kbps
    Codec: DST64
    =====================================================================

    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
    Analyzed: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien / G.F. Handel - Messiah (Disc 1)
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
    DR12 -12.39 dB -28.72 dB 3:20 01-Sinfony: Grave - Allegro moderato
    DR14 -11.84 dB -32.17 dB 3:04 02-Accompagnato: Comfort ye my people
    DR12 -13.05 dB -29.72 dB 3:48 03-Air: Ev`ry valley shall be exalted
    DR12 -8.06 dB -24.59 dB 2:33 04-Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
    DR13 -10.69 dB -28.20 dB 1:33 05-Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord
    DR14 -13.19 dB -31.10 dB 4:09 06-Air: But who may abide the day of His coming
    DR13 -8.37 dB -26.17 dB 3:18 07-Chorus: And He shall purify / Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    DR14 -9.19 dB -29.13 dB 5:49 08-Air: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    DR13 -10.93 dB -30.16 dB 1:53 09-Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    DR13 -12.12 dB -30.54 dB 3:24 10-Air: The people that walked in darkness
    DR14 -7.92 dB -27.15 dB 4:53 11-Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
    DR11 -16.61 dB -32.53 dB 1:04 12-Pifa / Recitative: There were shepherds
    DR11 -12.72 dB -28.81 dB 1:04 13-Accompagnato: And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them / Recitative: And the angel said unto them
    DR9 -11.70 dB -27.85 dB 0:16 14-Accompagnato: And suddenly there was with the angel
    DR13 -7.49 dB -26.80 dB 2:12 15-Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
    DR12 -10.21 dB -28.33 dB 5:17 16-Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion + Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind
    DR12 -11.84 dB -29.44 dB 5:34 17-Duet: He shall feed His flock
    DR14 -7.91 dB -27.28 dB 3:00 18-Chorus: His yoke is easy
    DR13 -8.31 dB -26.72 dB 2:47 19-Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
    DR14 -16.80 dB -34.86 dB 10:44 20-Air: He was despised
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    Number of tracks: 20
    Official DR value: DR13

    Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
    Channels: 2
    Bits per sample: 24
    Bitrate: 5645 kbps
    Codec: DST64
    ====================================================================================

    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
    Analyzed: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien / G.F. Handel - Messiah (Disc 2)
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
    DR13 -8.23 dB -26.45 dB 2:02 01-Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs
    DR12 -10.06 dB -28.14 dB 1:50 02-Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
    DR14 -9.05 dB -28.50 dB 3:40 03-Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
    DR12 -12.68 dB -31.18 dB 0:43 04-Accompagnato: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
    DR12 -8.22 dB -26.70 dB 2:21 05-Chorus: He trusted in God
    DR13 -12.18 dB -35.00 dB 1:39 06-Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
    DR12 -10.85 dB -32.68 dB 1:18 07-Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
    DR11 -13.76 dB -34.12 dB 0:22 08-Accompagnato: He was cut off out of the land of the living
    DR13 -15.18 dB -34.19 dB 2:17 09-Air: But Thou didst not leave
    DR13 -8.18 dB -27.70 dB 3:22 10-Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates / Recitative: Unto which of the angels
    DR12 -7.14 dB -25.84 dB 1:37 11-Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
    DR14 -13.65 dB -34.93 dB 3:09 12-Air: Thou art gone up on high
    DR12 -9.76 dB -27.57 dB 1:16 13-Chorus: The Lord gave the word
    DR12 -11.89 dB -32.46 dB 2:01 14-Air: How beautiful are the feet
    DR13 -8.99 dB -26.54 dB 1:19 15-Chorus: Their sound is gone out
    DR13 -8.29 dB -29.65 dB 2:57 16-Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
    DR13 -6.76 dB -27.25 dB 1:59 17-Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder / Recitative: He that dwelleth in Heaven
    DR13 -11.82 dB -31.93 dB 2:05 18-Air: Thou shalt break them
    DR12 -7.26 dB -25.01 dB 4:06 19-Chorus: Hallelujah!
    DR12 -12.42 dB -32.74 dB 5:57 20-Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
    DR12 -9.51 dB -28.38 dB 1:46 21-Chorus: Since by man came death
    DR12 -14.54 dB -37.38 dB 0:41 22-Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery
    DR12 -9.68 dB -29.57 dB 8:36 23-Air: The trumpet shall sound / Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass
    DR12 -16.36 dB -34.83 dB 0:58 24-Duet: O death, where is thy sting?
    DR12 -9.25 dB -28.02 dB 2:08 25-Chorus: But thanks be to God
    DR13 -12.18 dB -32.53 dB 4:46 26-Air: If God be for us
    DR13 -6.68 dB -25.69 dB 6:40 27-Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    Number of tracks: 27
    Official DR value: DR12

    Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
    Channels: 5
    Bits per sample: 24
    Bitrate: 14112 kbps
    Codec: DST64
    ====================================================================

    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
    Analyzed: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien / G.F. Handel - Messiah (Disc 2)
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
    DR12 -6.78 dB -23.21 dB 2:02 01-Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs
    DR12 -9.29 dB -24.83 dB 1:50 02-Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
    DR13 -7.39 dB -25.18 dB 3:40 03-Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
    DR12 -12.36 dB -27.95 dB 0:43 04-Accompagnato: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
    DR12 -7.08 dB -23.44 dB 2:21 05-Chorus: He trusted in God
    DR12 -11.22 dB -31.38 dB 1:39 06-Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
    DR11 -10.07 dB -29.05 dB 1:18 07-Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
    DR11 -13.54 dB -30.81 dB 0:22 08-Accompagnato: He was cut off out of the land of the living
    DR13 -14.08 dB -30.76 dB 2:17 09-Air: But Thou didst not leave
    DR12 -6.87 dB -24.46 dB 3:22 10-Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates / Recitative: Unto which of the angels
    DR11 -6.76 dB -22.52 dB 1:37 11-Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
    DR15 -12.75 dB -31.39 dB 3:09 12-Air: Thou art gone up on high
    DR12 -8.10 dB -24.36 dB 1:16 13-Chorus: The Lord gave the word
    DR12 -10.87 dB -28.89 dB 2:01 14-Air: How beautiful are the feet
    DR12 -7.07 dB -23.26 dB 1:19 15-Chorus: Their sound is gone out
    DR13 -8.98 dB -26.34 dB 2:57 16-Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
    DR13 -6.75 dB -24.03 dB 1:59 17-Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder / Recitative: He that dwelleth in Heaven
    DR13 -11.70 dB -28.79 dB 2:05 18-Air: Thou shalt break them
    DR12 -6.75 dB -22.05 dB 4:06 19-Chorus: Hallelujah!
    DR12 -11.43 dB -29.08 dB 5:57 20-Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
    DR12 -7.75 dB -25.06 dB 1:46 21-Chorus: Since by man came death
    DR12 -14.03 dB -34.06 dB 0:41 22-Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery
    DR12 -8.67 dB -26.55 dB 8:36 23-Air: The trumpet shall sound / Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass
    DR13 -15.49 dB -31.46 dB 0:58 24-Duet: O death, where is thy sting?
    DR12 -8.38 dB -24.61 dB 2:08 25-Chorus: But thanks be to God
    DR12 -11.24 dB -28.83 dB 4:46 26-Air: If God be for us
    DR12 -6.73 dB -22.71 dB 6:40 27-Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

    Number of tracks: 27
    Official DR value: DR12

    Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
    Channels: 2
    Bits per sample: 24
    Bitrate: 5645 kbps
    Codec: DST64


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