"Superba gossröster snitslar sig genom sopranariorna såväl som genom körstämmorna - matchade av Toby Spence genomlysta countertenor i altariorna, vår tids svar på stjärnkastraten Guadagnini. Spritsigt elastiska tempi, studsande jubelkörer kontras av recitativ mättade med spänningsrik eftertanke. Exotiskt också att höra en tenor i Rejoice greatly."
"...Higginbottoms lättfotade Messias gör helt enkelt lyssnaren helfrälst..."
(Svenska Dagbladet)

"En strålande inspelning med fina solister"
(Opus)

Choir of New College Oxford och Edward Higginbottom inspelning av Bachs "Johannespassion" utsågs till GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE. På denna CD tolkar de ännu ett sakralt mästerverk från barocken - Händels "Messias". I denna rekonstruktion av en version från 1751 sjunger en gossopran sopranariorna precis som på Händels tid.

LÅTAR:
1. Sinfonia
2. Recitativ: Comfort Ye, My People
3. Aria: Every Valley Shall Be Exalte
4. Kör: And The Glory Of The Lord
5. Recitative: Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts
6. Aria: But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming
7. Kör: And He Shall Purify
8. Recitativ: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive, And Bear A Son
9. Aria & Kör: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
10. Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth
11. Aria: The People That Walked In Darkness
12. Kör: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
13. Pifa
14. Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field
15. Kör: Glory To God In The Highest
16. Aria: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
17. Recitativ: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened
18. Aria: He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd
19. Kör: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light
20. Kör: Behold, The Lamb Of God
21. Aria: He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men
22. Kör: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs And Carried Our Sorrows
23. Kör: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
24. Kör: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
25. Recitativ: All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn
26. Kör: He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him
27. Recitativ: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
28. Aria: Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow
29. Recitativ: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living
30. Aria: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell
31. Kör: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gate
32. Recitativ: Unto Which Of The Angel Said He At Any Time
33. Kör: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
34. Aria: Thou Art Gone Up On High
35. Kör: The Lord Gave The Word
36. Aria: How Beautiful Are The Feet O Them That Preach The Gospel Of
37. Kör: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands
38. Aria: Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together
39. Kör: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
40. Recitativ: He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn
41. Aria: Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron
42. Kör: Hallelujah
43. Aria: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
44. Kör: Since By Man Came Death
45. Recitativ: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery
46. Aria: The Trumpet Shall Sound
47. Recitativ: Then Shall Be Brought T Pass The Saying That Is Written
48. Duett: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
49. Kör: But Thanks Be To God
50. Aria: If God Is For Us, Who Can Be Against Us
51. Kör: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
52. Kör: Amen

ÖVRIGT:
Mediatyp: 2 CD
Produktionsår: 2006
Distributör: NAX
Label: Naxos

Streckkod: 0747313013173
SKU: 127041