℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company.
Released | October 27, 2014 |
Duration | 2h 14m 00s |
Record Label | Erato/Warner Classics |
Genre | Classical |
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Emmanuelle Haïm, Andrew Staples, Choeur du Concert d'Astrée, Christopher Purves, Lucy Crowe, Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée, Tim Mead
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1
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1.1
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Grave - Allegro moderato
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:54 | |||
1.2
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"Comfort ye my people" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:52 | |||
1.3
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"Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
3:03 | |||
1.4
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"And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:30 | |||
1.5
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"Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" (Bass)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Christopher Purves; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:24 | |||
1.6
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"But who may abide the day of His coming?" (Alto)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Tim Mead; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
4:12 | |||
1.7
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"And he shall purify" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:48 | |||
1.8
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"Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (Alto)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Tim Mead; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:25 | |||
1.9
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"O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Alto, Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Tim Mead; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:52 | |||
1.10
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"For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Christopher Purves; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:17 | |||
1.11
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"The people that walked in darkness" (Bass)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Christopher Purves; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
3:36 | |||
1.12
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"For unto us a child is born" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
3:54 | |||
1.13
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Larghetto e mezzo piano
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:34 | |||
1.14
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"There were shepherds abiding in the field" (Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:10 | |||
1.15
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"And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" (Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:47 | |||
1.16
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"And the angel said unto them" (Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:30 | |||
1.17
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"And suddenly there was with the angel" (Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:18 | |||
1.18
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"Glory to God in the highest" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:53 | |||
1.19
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"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
4:04 | |||
1.20
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"Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd" (Alto)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Tim Mead; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:24 | |||
1.21
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"He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (Alto, Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Tim Mead; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
5:17 | |||
1.22
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"His yoke is easy, His burthen is light" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:17 | |||
Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2
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1.23
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"Behold the Lamb of God" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:32 | |||
1.24
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"He was despised" (Alto)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Tim Mead; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
10:07 | |||
1.25
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"Surely He hath borne our griefs" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:46 | |||
1.26
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"And with His stripes we are healed" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Le Concert d'Astrée |
2:06 | |||
1.27
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"All we, like sheep, have gone astray" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
3:24 | |||
1.28
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"All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:40 | |||
1.29
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"He trusted in God" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:21 | |||
1.30
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"Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:22 | |||
1.31
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"Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:29 | |||
1.32
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"He was cut off out of the land of the living" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:17 | |||
1.33
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"But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:09 | |||
1.34
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"Lift up your heads, O ye gates" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:57 | |||
1.35
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"Unto which of the angels said He at any time" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:14 | |||
1.36
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"Let all the angels of God worship Him" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:29 | |||
1.37
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"Thou art gone up on high" (Alto)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Tim Mead; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:52 | |||
1.38
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"The Lord gave the word" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:06 | |||
1.39
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"How beautiful are the feet" (Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:22 | |||
1.40
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"Their sound is gone out into all lands" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:25 | |||
1.41
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"Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (Bass)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Christopher Purves; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:43 | |||
1.42
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"Let us break their bonds asunder" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:41 | |||
1.43
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"He that dwelleth in heaven" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:10 | |||
1.44
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"Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:50 | |||
1.45
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"Hallelujah!" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
3:36 | |||
Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3
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1.46
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"I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
6:00 | |||
1.47
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"Since by man came death" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
2:00 | |||
1.48
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"Behold, I tell you a mystery" (Bass)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Christopher Purves; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:38 | |||
1.49
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"The trumpet shall sound" (Bass)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Christopher Purves; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
8:43 | |||
1.50
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"Then shall be brought to pass the saying" (Alto)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Tim Mead; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:15 | |||
1.51
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"O death, where is thy sting?" (Alto, Tenor)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Tim Mead; Andrew Staples; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
0:55 | |||
1.52
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"But thanks be to God" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
1:59 | |||
1.53
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"If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Soprano)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Lucy Crowe; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
4:40 | |||
1.54
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"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" - Amen (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm; Choeur du Concert d'Astrée; Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée |
7:11 | |||
Digital Booklet
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“The vocal ornamentation, as sung by the outstanding solo quartet...sounds entirely stylish and idiomatic...Haïm’s choir for this work, too, comprises mainly native English-speakers, and it shows in their trenchant diction. Their Hallelujah is magnificent...One of the most dramatic and exciting Messiahs in recent memory.”
- The Financial Times
Following several acclaimed albums of Handel’s operatic and choral masterpieces (including a triumphant Giulio Cesare with Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra and the oratorio "La Resurrezione" with British soprano Kate Royal), French harpsichordist and conductor Emmanuelle Haïm at last brings her fresh, expressive approach to Messiah. Joining her on a musically and spiritually uplifting journey for this long-awaited recording is Haïm’s own choir and period-instrument orchestra, Le Concert d’Astrée, with four of the UK’s finest Handelian singers. Having begun her career as a brilliant harpsichordist and protegee of Baroque pioneers William Christie and Christophe Rousset, Haïm has a long history with Messiah. She is invited regularly to conduct the work in France (this album was recorded during performances at the Opéra de Lille in December 2013) and the United States – as in 2012 with the New York Philharmonic. For this complete recording, Haïm opted for an intimate Baroque sound, without reducing the power and impact of this perennial seasonal favourite. “I made the choice of four British singers, with a single countertenor rather than two altos – the configuration used in 1752 at Covent Garden,” she explains.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Erato/Warner Classics Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.37 -18.09 to -0.24 | -26.81 -35.64 to -19.44 | -23.22 -31.70 to -15.70 | 13 8 to 17 | |
1 | Grave - Allegro moderato | -8.46 | -27.94 | -24.8 | 12 |
2 | "Comfort ye my people" (Tenor) | -6.65 | -28.98 | -25.1 | 14 |
3 | "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor) | -9.16 | -29.21 | -25.6 | 13 |
4 | "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed" (Chorus) | -1.61 | -21.82 | -18.4 | 13 |
5 | "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" (Bass) | -5.73 | -27.07 | -23.5 | 14 |
6 | "But who may abide the day of His coming?" (Alto) | -2.73 | -29.22 | -26.1 | 15 |
7 | "And he shall purify" (Chorus) | -1.71 | -22.41 | -18.9 | 13 |
8 | "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (Alto) | -18.09 | -34.74 | -31.7 | 11 |
9 | "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Alto, Chorus) | -3.24 | -27.27 | -23.9 | 14 |
10 | "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass) | -8.80 | -29.64 | -26.0 | 13 |
11 | "The people that walked in darkness" (Bass) | -6.78 | -28.52 | -25.1 | 13 |
12 | "For unto us a child is born" (Chorus) | -0.86 | -24.80 | -21.5 | 15 |
13 | Larghetto e mezzo piano | -11.31 | -30.28 | -27.5 | 12 |
14 | "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (Soprano) | -15.13 | -33.41 | -29.4 | 8 |
15 | "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" (Soprano) | -2.32 | -26.87 | -23.2 | 11 |
16 | "And the angel said unto them" (Soprano) | -3.36 | -26.02 | -21.7 | 11 |
17 | "And suddenly there was with the angel" (Soprano) | -3.25 | -24.31 | -20.4 | 12 |
18 | "Glory to God in the highest" (Chorus) | -0.68 | -22.20 | -17.1 | 13 |
19 | "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Soprano) | -0.25 | -25.68 | -22.4 | 17 |
20 | "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd" (Alto) | -13.43 | -35.64 | -31.6 | 11 |
21 | "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (Alto, Soprano) | -1.04 | -26.62 | -23.8 | 15 |
22 | "His yoke is easy, His burthen is light" (Chorus) | -0.34 | -23.62 | -20.1 | 15 |
23 | "Behold the Lamb of God" (Chorus) | -2.76 | -23.71 | -20.3 | 13 |
24 | "He was despised" (Alto) | -10.54 | -32.11 | -28.9 | 13 |
25 | "Surely He hath borne our griefs" (Chorus) | -2.21 | -21.25 | -17.8 | 12 |
26 | "And with His stripes we are healed" (Chorus) | -1.26 | -24.25 | -21.1 | 15 |
27 | "All we, like sheep, have gone astray" (Chorus) | -2.41 | -23.05 | -19.6 | 14 |
28 | "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (Tenor) | -7.03 | -27.27 | -24.0 | 12 |
29 | "He trusted in God" (Chorus) | -0.24 | -22.40 | -19.0 | 14 |
30 | "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (Tenor) | -9.09 | -33.24 | -29.2 | 14 |
31 | "Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow" (Tenor) | -13.34 | -33.27 | -29.9 | 13 |
32 | "He was cut off out of the land of the living" (Tenor) | -11.19 | -28.84 | -25.1 | 12 |
33 | "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" (Tenor) | -11.67 | -32.41 | -29.2 | 14 |
34 | "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" (Chorus) | -0.54 | -22.17 | -18.6 | 13 |
35 | "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" (Tenor) | -10.04 | -29.26 | -24.1 | 11 |
36 | "Let all the angels of God worship Him" (Chorus) | -0.63 | -21.58 | -18.1 | 13 |
37 | "Thou art gone up on high" (Alto) | -8.31 | -29.58 | -26.5 | 13 |
38 | "The Lord gave the word" (Chorus) | -2.91 | -22.21 | -18.6 | 13 |
39 | "How beautiful are the feet" (Soprano) | -2.09 | -27.26 | -23.7 | 16 |
40 | "Their sound is gone out into all lands" (Chorus) | -0.32 | -20.27 | -16.8 | 14 |
41 | "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (Bass) | -5.17 | -26.24 | -22.9 | 14 |
42 | "Let us break their bonds asunder" (Chorus) | -1.19 | -22.68 | -19.3 | 14 |
43 | "He that dwelleth in heaven" (Tenor) | -11.12 | -28.51 | -24.4 | 11 |
44 | "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (Tenor) | -8.18 | -27.92 | -24.5 | 15 |
45 | "Hallelujah!" (Chorus) | -0.30 | -19.44 | -15.7 | 12 |
46 | "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Soprano) | -3.72 | -28.61 | -25.5 | 16 |
47 | "Since by man came death" (Chorus) | -2.88 | -23.45 | -19.1 | 13 |
48 | "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (Bass) | -3.60 | -28.95 | -23.8 | 11 |
49 | "The trumpet shall sound" (Bass) | -5.37 | -25.48 | -21.7 | 13 |
50 | "Then shall be brought to pass the saying" (Alto) | -13.16 | -32.52 | -29.5 | 12 |
51 | "O death, where is thy sting?" (Alto, Tenor) | -10.15 | -30.27 | -26.9 | 13 |
52 | "But thanks be to God" (Chorus) | -0.88 | -24.44 | -21.0 | 13 |
53 | "If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Soprano) | -2.47 | -27.48 | -24.3 | 16 |
54 | "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" - Amen (Chorus) | -0.24 | -21.11 | -17.1 | 13 |