℗ 2019 Alia Vox
| Released | November 22, 2019 |
| Duration | 2h 23m 39s |
| Record Label | Alia Vox |
| Catalogue No. | AVSA9936 |
| Genre | Classical (Baroque) |
Handel: The Messiah, HWV 56
Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations, Nicholas Mulroy, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Matthias Winckhler, Damien Guillon, Rachel Redmond
Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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The Messiah, HWV 56, Part I
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1.1
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Sinfony Overture Grave. Allegro moderato
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations |
3:03 | |||
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1.2
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Recitative Accompagnato "Comfort ye My People"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
2:57 | |||
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1.3
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Air "Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
3:24 | |||
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1.4
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Chorus "And the Glory of The Lord"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
2:48 | |||
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1.5
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Recitative Accompagnato: Thus Saith The Lord
George Frideric Handel; Matthias Winckhler; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
1:27 | |||
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1.6
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Air "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?
George Frideric Handel; Damien Guillon; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
4:23 | |||
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1.7
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Chorus "And He Shall Purify"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
2:32 | |||
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1.8
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Recitative "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive"
George Frideric Handel; Damien Guillon; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:24 | |||
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1.9
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Air & Chorus "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"
George Frideric Handel; Damien Guillon; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
5:20 | |||
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1.10
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Recitative Accompagnato "For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"
George Frideric Handel; Matthias Winckhler; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
2:18 | |||
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1.11
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Air "The People That Walked in Darkness"
George Frideric Handel; Matthias Winckhler; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
3:07 | |||
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1.12
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Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
4:15 | |||
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1.13
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Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations |
2:37 | |||
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1.14
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Recitative "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field"
George Frideric Handel; Rachel Redmond; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:41 | |||
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1.15
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Recitative Accompagnato "And, lo, The Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them"
George Frideric Handel; Rachel Redmond; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:32 | |||
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1.16
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Recitative "And the Angel Said Unto Them"
George Frideric Handel; Rachel Redmond; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:19 | |||
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1.17
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Chorus "Glory to God"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
2:15 | |||
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1.18
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Air "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"
George Frideric Handel; Rachel Redmond; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
4:07 | |||
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1.19
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Recitative "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind"
George Frideric Handel; Damien Guillon; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:26 | |||
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1.20
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Air "He Shall Feed His Flock"
George Frideric Handel; Rachel Redmond; Damien Guillon; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
4:47 | |||
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1.21
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Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
2:31 | |||
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The Messiah, HWV 56, Part II
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1.22
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Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
3:30 | |||
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1.23
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Air "He Was Despised"
George Frideric Handel; Damien Guillon; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
9:54 | |||
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1.24
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Chorus "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
1:47 | |||
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1.25
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Chorus "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
1:38 | |||
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1.26
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Chorus "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
4:23 | |||
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2.1
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Recitative Accompagnato "All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:47 | |||
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2.2
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Chorus "He Trusted in God"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
2:28 | |||
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2.3
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Recitative Accompagnato "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
2:08 | |||
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2.4
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Air "Behold, And See if There Be Any Sorrow"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
1:24 | |||
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2.5
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Recitative Accompagnato "He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:18 | |||
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2.6
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Air "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
2:20 | |||
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2.7
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Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, O ye Gates"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
3:14 | |||
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2.8
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Recitative: Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:25 | |||
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2.9
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Chorus "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
1:30 | |||
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2.10
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Air "Thou Art Gone Up on High"
George Frideric Handel; Damien Guillon; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
3:06 | |||
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2.11
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Chorus "The Lord Gave the Word"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
1:10 | |||
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2.12
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Air "How Beautiful Are the Feet"
George Frideric Handel; Rachel Redmond; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
2:17 | |||
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2.13
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Chorus "Their Sound Is Gone Out"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
1:25 | |||
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2.14
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Air "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?"
George Frideric Handel; Matthias Winckhler; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
2:54 | |||
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2.15
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Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
1:41 | |||
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2.16
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Recitative "He That Dwelleth in Heaven"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:15 | |||
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2.17
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Air "Thou Shalt Break Them"
George Frideric Handel; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
1:59 | |||
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2.18
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Chorus "Hallelujah"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
3:50 | |||
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The Messiah, HWV 56, Part III
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2.19
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Air "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
George Frideric Handel; Rachel Redmond; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
6:30 | |||
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2.20
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Chorus "Since By Man Came Death"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
2:29 | |||
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2.21
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Recitative Accompagnato "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"
George Frideric Handel; Matthias Winckhler; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:32 | |||
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2.22
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Air "The Trumpet Shall Sound"
George Frideric Handel; Matthias Winckhler; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
9:04 | |||
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2.23
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Recitative "Then Shall Be Bought to Pass"
George Frideric Handel; Damien Guillon; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:17 | |||
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2.24
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Duet "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"
George Frideric Handel; Damien Guillon; Nicholas Mulroy; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
0:58 | |||
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2.25
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Chorus "But Thanks Be to God"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
2:16 | |||
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2.26
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Air "If God Be for Us"
George Frideric Handel; Rachel Redmond; Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall |
5:11 | |||
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2.27
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Chorus "Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain – Amen"
George Frideric Handel; Jordi Savall; Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya |
7:46 | |||
It was only natural that Jordi Savall record Händel’s Messiah. His "Watermusic" is already considered a benchmark and he has also signed countless landmark recordings of religious music.
Featuring La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall, Rachel Redmond (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter tenor) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Matthias Winckhler (bass).
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Alia Vox Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.74 -11.30 to -0.43 | -22.00 -29.84 to -16.60 | -18.92 -26.80 to -13.30 | 12 6 to 15 | |
| 1.1 | Sinfony Overture Grave. Allegro moderato | -3.55 | -21.13 | -18.2 | 12 |
| 1.2 | Recitative Accompagnato "Comfort ye My People" | -4.01 | -24.29 | -21.1 | 13 |
| 1.3 | Air "Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" | -3.41 | -22.66 | -19.5 | 13 |
| 1.4 | Chorus "And the Glory of The Lord" | -0.43 | -17.84 | -14.9 | 11 |
| 1.5 | Recitative Accompagnato: Thus Saith The Lord | -0.64 | -22.60 | -19.4 | 14 |
| 1.6 | Air "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? | -0.43 | -21.36 | -18.6 | 13 |
| 1.7 | Chorus "And He Shall Purify" | -0.43 | -19.08 | -16.1 | 12 |
| 1.8 | Recitative "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive" | -11.30 | -29.84 | -26.8 | 11 |
| 1.9 | Air & Chorus "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion" | -0.46 | -21.37 | -18.6 | 13 |
| 1.10 | Recitative Accompagnato "For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth" | -5.77 | -26.22 | -23.4 | 12 |
| 1.11 | Air "The People That Walked in Darkness" | -3.10 | -22.13 | -19.2 | 12 |
| 1.12 | Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Is Born" | -0.43 | -20.32 | -17.4 | 13 |
| 1.13 | Pifa "Pastoral Symphony" | -6.60 | -25.10 | -22.6 | 11 |
| 1.14 | Recitative "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field" | -1.65 | -23.17 | -19.2 | 11 |
| 1.15 | Recitative Accompagnato "And, lo, The Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them" | -0.43 | -22.36 | -19.1 | 11 |
| 1.16 | Recitative "And the Angel Said Unto Them" | -0.43 | -19.75 | -16.3 | 6 |
| 1.17 | Chorus "Glory to God" | -0.43 | -18.01 | -13.4 | 10 |
| 1.18 | Air "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion" | -0.43 | -20.76 | -18.0 | 13 |
| 1.19 | Recitative "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind" | -7.84 | -26.52 | -23.0 | 11 |
| 1.20 | Air "He Shall Feed His Flock" | -0.43 | -23.39 | -20.7 | 15 |
| 1.21 | Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy" | -0.43 | -19.62 | -16.6 | 13 |
| 1.22 | Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God" | -0.82 | -20.99 | -17.8 | 12 |
| 1.23 | Air "He Was Despised" | -1.98 | -26.52 | -23.5 | 14 |
| 1.24 | Chorus "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs" | -0.43 | -17.72 | -14.9 | 11 |
| 1.25 | Chorus "And With His Stripes We Are Healed" | -0.43 | -18.76 | -16.0 | 12 |
| 1.26 | Chorus "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray" | -0.43 | -21.00 | -18.0 | 13 |
| 2.1 | Recitative Accompagnato "All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn" | -4.15 | -22.96 | -20.1 | 12 |
| 2.2 | Chorus "He Trusted in God" | -0.43 | -18.93 | -16.1 | 12 |
| 2.3 | Recitative Accompagnato "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart" | -6.17 | -25.84 | -22.9 | 12 |
| 2.4 | Air "Behold, And See if There Be Any Sorrow" | -6.23 | -25.92 | -22.9 | 12 |
| 2.5 | Recitative Accompagnato "He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living" | -7.12 | -23.73 | -20.6 | 11 |
| 2.6 | Air "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell" | -7.43 | -25.20 | -22.3 | 12 |
| 2.7 | Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, O ye Gates" | -0.43 | -19.19 | -16.1 | 13 |
| 2.8 | Recitative: Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time" | -8.01 | -27.42 | -24.4 | 10 |
| 2.9 | Chorus "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him" | -0.43 | -17.67 | -14.7 | 11 |
| 2.10 | Air "Thou Art Gone Up on High" | -1.95 | -22.91 | -20.2 | 13 |
| 2.11 | Chorus "The Lord Gave the Word" | -0.43 | -19.18 | -16.0 | 13 |
| 2.12 | Air "How Beautiful Are the Feet" | -2.78 | -23.74 | -20.8 | 13 |
| 2.13 | Chorus "Their Sound Is Gone Out" | -0.43 | -17.51 | -14.5 | 11 |
| 2.14 | Air "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?" | -3.69 | -21.21 | -18.2 | 12 |
| 2.15 | Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder" | -0.43 | -19.35 | -16.5 | 13 |
| 2.16 | Recitative "He That Dwelleth in Heaven" | -6.66 | -24.03 | -21.0 | 9 |
| 2.17 | Air "Thou Shalt Break Them" | -6.10 | -22.76 | -19.9 | 12 |
| 2.18 | Chorus "Hallelujah" | -0.43 | -16.60 | -13.5 | 10 |
| 2.19 | Air "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" | -0.43 | -23.03 | -20.1 | 15 |
| 2.20 | Chorus "Since By Man Came Death" | -0.43 | -21.66 | -17.1 | 13 |
| 2.21 | Recitative Accompagnato "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery" | -6.70 | -23.79 | -20.7 | 11 |
| 2.22 | Air "The Trumpet Shall Sound" | -0.88 | -19.66 | -16.4 | 13 |
| 2.23 | Recitative "Then Shall Be Bought to Pass" | -7.43 | -27.00 | -23.7 | 12 |
| 2.24 | Duet "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" | -6.12 | -23.66 | -20.9 | 12 |
| 2.25 | Chorus "But Thanks Be to God" | -0.43 | -19.91 | -16.9 | 13 |
| 2.26 | Air "If God Be for Us" | -2.41 | -23.82 | -20.6 | 13 |
| 2.27 | Chorus "Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain – Amen" | -0.43 | -16.92 | -13.3 | 10 |