Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus - Handel: Israel in Egypt (1990)
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus - Handel: Israel in Egypt (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 518 Mb | Total time: 42:45+54:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 429 530-2 | Recorded: 1970
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 518 Mb | Total time: 42:45+54:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 429 530-2 | Recorded: 1970
Mackerras's recording probably introduced a whole new generation to the once familiar magnificence of Israel in Egypt, and in the normal run of gramophone history it would enjoyed a kinder fate than to be superseded within five years by the Christ Church, Oxford recording under Simon Preston (Argo ZRG817/8, 4/76). That in turn has had to face competition from a similarly intense virtuoso performance under John Eliot Gardiner (Erato STU71245, 1/80). Compared with these, Mackerras's version is milder, less sharply etched in detail, less dramatic in impact. Even so, it is firmly directed, with fine orchestral playing and spirited choral work. It may well appeal afresh to listeners who feel they have had just a bit too much of conductors who burn so bright that their individuality tends to focus attention upon the performance rather than the work. The work itself, of course, has its own fire. Despite borrowings from Stradella and others, the inspiration is white-hot, and in the Plague choruses of Part 1 and ''The people shall hear'', in Part 2, Mackerras's forces rise worthily to the occasion.– Gramophone
Performer:
Heather Harper, soprano I
Patricia Clark, soprano II
Paul Esswood, countertenor
Alexander Young, tenor
Michael Rippon, bass I
Christopher Keyte, bass II
Leeds Festival Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor - Sir Charles Mackerras
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
CD1:
01. Overture 'Solomon'"
02. PART ONE (Exodus). Recitative (Tenor): Now there arose a new king over Egypt
03. Solo (Countertenor) and Chorus: And the children of Israel sigh'd
04. Recitative (Tenor): Then sent He Moses
05. Chorus: They loathed to drink of the river
06. Air (Countertenor): Their land brought forth frogs
07. Chorus: He spake the word
08. Chorus: He gave them hailstones for rain
09. Chorus: He sent a thick darkness
10. Chorus: He smote all the first-born of Egypt
11. Chorus: But as for His people
12. Chorus: Egypt was glad when they departed
13. Chorus: He rebuked the Red Sea
14. Chorus: And Israel saw the great work
CD2:
01. PART TWO (Moses' Song). Introitus (Chorus): Moses and the children of Israel
02. Duet (Soprano I & II): The Lord is my strength and my song
03. Chorus: He is my God
04. Duet (Bass I & II): The Lord is a man of war
05. Chorus: The depths have covered them
06. Chorus: Thy right hand, O Lord
07. Chorus: And with the blast of Thy nostrils
08. Air (Tenor): Thy enemy said 'I will pursue'
09. Air (Soprano): Thou didst blow with the wind
10. Chorus: Who is like unto Thee
11. Duet (Countertenor & Tenor): Thou in Thy mercy
12. Chorus: The people shall hear
13. Air (Countertenor): Thou shalt bring them in
14. Chorus: The Lord shall reign
15. Recitative (Tenor): For the horse of Pharaoh
16. Chorus: The Lord shall reign
17. Recitative (Tenor): And Miriam, the prophetess
18. Solo (Soprano) and Chorus: Sing ye to the Lord
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Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus - Handel: Israel in Egypt (1990)
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