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Messiah...Refreshed!

Messiah...Refreshed!

Jonathan Griffith

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212061022

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Catalog number: SIGCD 610
Releasedate: 03-04-20

- Only the second recording of this enlarged verison of Handel's 'Messiah.'

The Goossens Messiah, recorded for the first and only time by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Sir Thomas Beecham, has stood as a landmark of the classical catalogue for sixty years. Goossens’ richly orchestrated version is set to reach a new audience thanks to Maestro Griffith and DCINY, New York City’s leading promoter of classical music. They gathered at Abbey Road Studios in London in July 2019, to record the work with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a chorus comprising of sixty members of The JonathanGriffith Singers, drawn from around the world and sixty members of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. The new recording has captured the score’s vibrant tone colours in thrilling high-definition sound.

Sinfonia (Overture)

Behold the Lamb of God

Comfort ye my people

He was despised

Ev’ry valley shall be exalted

Surely he hath borne our greifs

And the glory of the Lord

And with his stripes we are healed

Thus saith the Lord

All we like sheep have gone astray

But who may abide the day of his coming?

All they that see him laugh him to scorn

And he shall purify

He trusted in God

Behold, a virgin shall conceive

Thy rebuke hath broken his heart

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

Behold, and see if there be any sorrow

For behold, drakness shall cover the earth

He was cut off out of the land of the living

The people that walked in darkness

But thou didst not leave his soul in hell

For unto us a child is born

Lift up your heads, O ye gates

Pifa (“Pastoral Symphony”)

The Lord gave the word

There were shepherds abiding in the field. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them

How beautiful are the feet

And the angel said unto them

Their sound is gone out

And suddenly there was with the angel

Why do the nations so furiously rage together?

Let us break their bonds asunder

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion

He that dwelleth in heaven

Then shall the eyes of the blind

Thou shalt break them

He shall feed his flock

His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light

I know that my redeemer liveth

Since by man came death

Behold, I tell you a mystery

The trumpet shall sound

Worthy is the lamb that was slain