tracks

1. Sinfonia
2. Comfort Ye, My People - Tenor Recitative / 3. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted - Tenor Air
4. And The Glory Of The Lord - Chorus
5. Thus Saith The Lord - Bass Recitative / 6. But Who May Abide - Alto Air / 7. And He Shall Purify - Chorus
8. Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Alto Recitative / 9. O Thou That Tellest Good Tiding To Zion - Alto Air & Chorus
10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth - Bass Recitative / 11. The People That Walked In Darkness - Bass Air
12. For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Chorus
[Parts 13 To 17]
13. Pifa - "Pastoral Symphony"
14a. There Were Shepherds - Soprano Recitative
14b. And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them - Soprano Recitative
15. And The Angel Said Unto Them - Soprano Recitative
16. And Suddenly There Was With The Angel - Soprano Recitative
17. Glory To God - Chorus
18. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion - Soprano Air
19. Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind - Alto Recitative
20. He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd - Alto & Soprano Air
21. His Yoke Is Easy - Chorus
Behold The Lamb Of God - Chorus
He Was Despised - Alto Air
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs - Chorus
25. And With His Stripes We Are Healed - Chorus / 26. All We Like Sheep - Chorus
27. All They That See Him - Tenor Recitative / 28. He Trusted In God - Chorus
[Parts 29 To 32]
29. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart - Tenor Recitative
30. Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow - Tenor Air
31. He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living - Soprano Recitative
32. But Thou Didst Not Leave - Soprano Air
33. Lift Up Your Heads - Chorus
34. Unto Which Of The Angels - Tenor Recitative / 35. Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him - Chorus
36. Thou Art Gone Up On High - Alto Air
37. The Lord Gave The Word - Chorus
38. How Beautiful Are The Feet - Soprano Air
39. Their Sound Is Gone Out - Chorus
40. Why Do The Nations? - Bass Air / 41. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - Chorus
42. He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Tenor Recitative / 43. Thou Shalt Break Them - Tenor Air
44. Hallelujah - Chorus
45. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Soprano Air
46. Since By Man Came Death - Chorus
47. Behold, I Tell You A Mystery - Bass Recitative / 48 . The Trumpet Shall Sound - Bass Air
[Parts 49 To 51]
49. Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Alto Recitative
50. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Alto & Tenor Duet
51. But Thanks Be To God - Chorus
52. If God Be For Us - Soprano Air
53. Worthy Is The Lamb ... Amen. - Chorus

notes

Cover Painting: "The Adoration of the Magi (detail)";
Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi;
National Gallery of Art, Washington;
Samuel H. Kress Collection 1952.

**** Technical Information ****

Recorded in Symphony Hall, Atlanta on December 18, 19 & 20, 1983
Microphones: Schoeps Colette Series
Recorder: Soundstream Digital Tape Recorder
Console: Neotek
Monitor Speakers: ADS Model 1530 bi-amplified, ADS Model C2000 Crossover
Power Amplifiers: Threshold Model S/500 Stasis
Interconnecting Cables: Audio-Technica
Control Room Acoustic Treatment: Sones from illbruck/usa
Digital Editing: Sony DAE 1100

During the recording of the digital masters and the subsequent transfer to disc, the entire audio chain was transformerless. The signal was not passed through any processing device (i.e., compression, limiting, or equalization) at any step during production.

Sampling frequency conversion of Telarc's Soundstream digital master to the Compact Disc format was accomplished with the Studer SFC-16 sampling frequency converter. The digital information was not subject to any analog intersteps, thus preserving the integrity of the original digital master.

credits

Art Direction – Ray Kirschensteiner
Baritone Vocals – Richard Stilwell
Chorus – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Cover [Painting] – Fra Angelico (2), Fra Filippo Lippi
Edited By – Ronald Whitaker
Engineer – Jack Renner
Harpsichord – Layton James
Liner Notes – Nick Jones (12)
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Alfreda Hodgson
Orchestra – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Producer – Robert Woods (2)
Producer [Assistance] – Elaine Martone
Soprano Vocals – Kaaren Erickson, Sylvia McNair
Tenor Vocals – Jon Humphrey

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Telarc Records
Copyright (c) – Telarc Records
Manufactured By – Digital Audio Disc Corp.
Recorded At – Atlanta Symphony Hall

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