Neville Marriner, Academy and Chorus of St Martin-in-the-Fields - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (1995)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: June 2, 2023

This edition of Handel’s Messiah is a landmark recording both for the Academy and in the history of the work, being both the first recording made with the Academy’s own chorus, and the first (and as far as we are aware, only) recording of the version used by Handel for the work’s 1743 London premiere. Sir Neville Marriner’s deliberate choice to break with the massed-choir treatments of the past was greeted enthusiastically by the public, selling over a quarter of a million copies in the first three years, and leading Fanfare’s Michael Carter to remark in 2010: “There have been many recordings of Messiah since this 1976 release and there will no doubt be many more to come, but few, if any, will match, let alone surpass, this of Marriner.”

Performer:
Elly Ameling, soprano
Anna Reynolds, alto
Philip Langridge, tenor
Gwynne Howell, bass
Academy and Chorus of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor

Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah, HWV 56
CD1:
01. No. 1 Symphony
02. Nos. 2/3 Recitative & Tenor: Comfort Ye My People/Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
03. No. 4 Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord
04. Nos. 5/6 Recitative & Bass: Thus Said The Lord/But Who May Abide
05. No. 7 Chorus: And He Shall Purify
06. Nos. 8/9 Recitative & Air Alto & Chorus: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive/O Thou That Tellest Good T
07. Nos. 10/11 Recitative & Air Bass: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth/The People That Walked
08. No. 12 Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
09. No. 13 Pifa
10. Nos. 14-16 Recitative Soprano: There Were Shepherds, Abiding In The Field/And Lo! The Angel Of The
11. No. 17 Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest
12. No. 18 Air Soprano: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
13. No. 19/20 Recitative And Aria Alto: Then Shall The Eyes/He Shall Feed His Flock
14. No. 21 Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy
15. No. 22 Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God
16. No.23 Air Alto: Hes Was Despised
CD2:
01. No. 24 Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
02. No. 25 Chorus: And With His Stripes
03. No. 26 Chorus: All We Like Sheep
04. Nos. 27/28 Recitative Tenor & Chorus: All They That See Him/He Trusted In God
05. Nos. 29/30 Recitative & Arioso Soprano: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart/Behold And See
06. Nos. 31/32 Recitative & Air Tenor: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living/But Thou Didst Not
07. No. 33 Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads
08. Nos. 34/35 Recitative Tenor & Chorus: Unto Which Of The Angels/Let All The Angels Of God Worship Hi
09. No. 36 Air Bass: Thou Art Gone Up On High
10. No. 37 Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word
11. No. 38 Duet Soprano & Alto, Chorus: How Beautiful Are The Feet/Break Forth Into Joy
12. No. 39 Arioso Tenor: Their Sound Is Gone Out
13. Nos. 40/41 Air Bass & Chorus: Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together/Let Us Break Their Bond
14. Nos. 42/43 Recitative & Air Tenor: He That Dwelleth In Heaven/Thou Shalt Break Them
15. No.44 Chorus: Hallelujah
16. No. 45 Air Soprano: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
17. No. 46 Chorus: Since By Man Came Death
18. Nos. 47/48 Recitative & Air Bass: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery/The Trumpet Shall Sound
19. Nos. 49-51 Recitative Alto, Duet Alto & Tenor, Chorus: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass/O Death, Where
20. No. 52 Air Alto: If God Be For Us
21. No. 53 Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb/Amen

EAC LOG1

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 15. October 2018, 15:14

Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, Gwynne Howell; Neville Marriner / Handel - Messiah (first London version 1743) (Disc 1)

Used drive : ATAPI iHAS124 F Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TRACKTOTAL=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %source% -o %dest%

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 3:03.58 | 32 | 13814
2 | 3:04.15 | 6:23.25 | 13815 | 42564
3 | 9:27.40 | 2:57.30 | 42565 | 55869
4 | 12:24.70 | 4:29.10 | 55870 | 76054
5 | 16:54.05 | 2:07.70 | 76055 | 85649
6 | 19:02.00 | 6:01.07 | 85650 | 112731
7 | 25:03.07 | 6:14.08 | 112732 | 140789
8 | 31:17.15 | 3:35.00 | 140790 | 156914
9 | 34:52.15 | 2:53.27 | 156915 | 169916
10 | 37:45.42 | 3:10.05 | 169917 | 184171
11 | 40:55.47 | 1:44.40 | 184172 | 192011
12 | 42:40.12 | 4:10.65 | 192012 | 210826
13 | 46:51.02 | 4:58.60 | 210827 | 233236
14 | 51:49.62 | 2:00.63 | 233237 | 242299
15 | 53:50.50 | 2:58.57 | 242300 | 255706
16 | 56:49.32 | 11:16.43 | 255707 | 306449

Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename C:\EACRip\HANDEL\01 - MESSIAH zgrane\1976 - Handel - Messiah (first London version 1743) (Neville Marriner) (1995)\CD1\Handel - Messiah (first London version 1743) (Disc 1) - Neville Marriner.wav

Peak level 96.0 %
Extraction speed 3.6 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 039F2D78
Copy CRC 039F2D78
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [AB1A0391] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [46AC51B3] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [013339F0] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [A16C0D47] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [A8AFE3B7] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [2B578E51] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [9E6968C9] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [A53A780E] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [755A3569] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [F002D804] (AR v2)
Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [1004D23F] (AR v2)
Track 12 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [7B5B4D3C] (AR v2)
Track 13 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [7213E192] (AR v2)
Track 14 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [4D210B18] (AR v2)
Track 15 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [2DD28144] (AR v2)
Track 16 accurately ripped (confidence 5) [60EC587E] (AR v2)

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6

[CTDB TOCID: ckBkM3qQLN76x9kh6z.ZP.oaHhY-] found
Submit result: ckBkM3qQLN76x9kh6z.ZP.oaHhY- has been confirmed
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
2 | (73/95) Accurately ripped
3 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
4 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
5 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
6 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
7 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
8 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
9 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
10 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
11 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
12 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
13 | (73/95) Accurately ripped
14 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
15 | (74/95) Accurately ripped
16 | (73/95) Accurately ripped

==== Log checksum D757F505ACC7B9829055794594829B5FF032DC2866EBB450AF8660D4A212DDF7 ====

EAC LOG2

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 15. October 2018, 18:15

Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, Gwynne Howell; Neville Marriner / Handel - Messiah (first London version 1743) (Disc 2)

Used drive : ATAPI iHAS124 F Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TRACKTOTAL=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %source% -o %dest%

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 2:07.13 | 32 | 9569
2 | 2:07.45 | 1:26.15 | 9570 | 16034
3 | 3:33.60 | 3:27.37 | 16035 | 31596
4 | 7:01.22 | 2:51.20 | 31597 | 44441
5 | 9:52.42 | 3:48.48 | 44442 | 61589
6 | 13:41.15 | 2:22.72 | 61590 | 72311
7 | 16:04.12 | 2:57.53 | 72312 | 85639
8 | 19:01.65 | 1:41.70 | 85640 | 93284
9 | 20:43.60 | 3:10.57 | 93285 | 107591
10 | 23:54.42 | 1:02.60 | 107592 | 112301
11 | 24:57.27 | 3:17.10 | 112302 | 127086
12 | 28:14.37 | 1:09.15 | 127087 | 132276
13 | 29:23.52 | 3:07.38 | 132277 | 146339
14 | 32:31.15 | 2:33.45 | 146340 | 157859
15 | 35:04.60 | 3:45.30 | 157860 | 174764
16 | 38:50.15 | 5:13.67 | 174765 | 198306
17 | 44:04.07 | 1:50.45 | 198307 | 206601
18 | 45:54.52 | 10:09.63 | 206602 | 252339
19 | 56:04.40 | 4:56.70 | 252340 | 274609
20 | 61:01.35 | 4:39.70 | 274610 | 295604
21 | 65:41.30 | 6:36.37 | 295605 | 325341

Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename C:\EACRip\HANDEL\01 - MESSIAH zgrane\1976 - Handel - Messiah (first London version 1743) (Neville Marriner) (1995)\CD2\Handel - Messiah (first London version 1743) (Disc 2) - Neville Marriner.wav

Peak level 96.8 %
Extraction speed 3.6 X
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 412A3E5F
Copy CRC 412A3E5F
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [41F32FD5] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [3C30EDB4] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [37D7662E] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [9E2DBD71] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [73A4052D] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [7CC5C298] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [C02A850A] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [352C801B] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [4CDB14AF] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [F868C56C] (AR v2)
Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [A7EF2240] (AR v2)
Track 12 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [B3EA0B1A] (AR v2)
Track 13 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [4E9DD317] (AR v2)
Track 14 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [A129F517] (AR v2)
Track 15 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [33334C95] (AR v2)
Track 16 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [04F1E60E] (AR v2)
Track 17 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [24CC458C] (AR v2)
Track 18 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [C4936A1A] (AR v2)
Track 19 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [A65F1769] (AR v2)
Track 20 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [8C9018D2] (AR v2)
Track 21 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [1F40AF0D] (AR v2)

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6

[CTDB TOCID: IogFmof_uLEqpLB03CcnxMrpKss-] found
Submit result: IogFmof_uLEqpLB03CcnxMrpKss- has been confirmed
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (117/155) Accurately ripped
2 | (119/155) Accurately ripped
3 | (119/155) Accurately ripped
4 | (119/155) Accurately ripped
5 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
6 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
7 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
8 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
9 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
10 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
11 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
12 | (119/155) Accurately ripped
13 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
14 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
15 | (117/155) Accurately ripped
16 | (117/155) Accurately ripped
17 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
18 | (116/155) Accurately ripped
19 | (118/155) Accurately ripped
20 | (117/155) Accurately ripped
21 | (116/155) Accurately ripped

==== Log checksum 4F9635EEAAFC21B9867CCAA138B154CDF5DDE162F1B1DF9C63B6CA8678C2121A ====

Thanks to the original releaser

CD 01
CD 02