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Sir Malcolm Sargent|Handel: Messiah - highlights [The National Gallery Collection] (The National Gallery Collection)

Handel: Messiah - highlights [The National Gallery Collection] (The National Gallery Collection)

Sir Malcolm Sargent

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Of all the hundreds, maybe thousands of versions of Handel's Messiah on the market, ranging from full symphonic treatments with big professional choirs to sober, earnest oratorio-society readings, to the various kinds of authentic-performance recordings, this 1959 performance by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Huddersfield Choral Society under Malcolm Sargent is notable for representing one extreme of the spectrum. This is Handelian gigantism at its most determined. You live in Liverpool and want to sing in a big choir? Come on in; there's always room for one more. You want trombones, clarinets in the score? Fine, write 'em in. You're dismayed that these days the sun does indeed set on the British Empire? No need to worry; here's enough pomp and circumstance to last you another 50 years. The chief value of this disc is historical, and the sampler version may be preferable for listeners who don't want to sit through three discs' worth of choruses like "For unto us a child is born," which can only be called lumbering in this reading. But it's also worth noting that the soloists, especially tenor Richard Lewis, are actually very elegant; Sargent, in his zeal to create large contrasts, pretty much leaves the soloists alone to do their thing (except for some unfortunate swirling woodwinds from time to time). If your approach to Handel can be summed up with the phrase "Supersize me," this may be for you, and even for others it's a diverting reminder of how the early twentieth century heard Messiah when it was one of just a few Baroque works in the repertory of concert music.

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Handel: Messiah - highlights [The National Gallery Collection] (The National Gallery Collection)

Sir Malcolm Sargent

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1
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia
Malcolm Sargent
00:05:20

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

2
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye My People"
Richard Lewis
00:03:45

Richard Lewis, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Richard Lewis/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

3
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"
Richard Lewis
00:03:41

Richard Lewis, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Richard Lewis/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

4
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "And the Glory, the Glory of the Lord"
Huddersfield Choral Society
00:03:23

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Huddersfield Choral Society, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Huddersfield Choral Society/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

5
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
Huddersfield Choral Society
00:04:44

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Huddersfield Choral Society, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Huddersfield Choral Society/Herbert Bardgett/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

6
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: Pastoral Symphony "Pifa"
Malcolm Sargent
00:04:46

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

7
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened"
Marjorie Thomas
00:00:35

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Marjorie Thomas, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Marjorie Thomas/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

8
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Duet. "He Shall Feed His Flock"
Elsie Morison
00:06:32

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Elsie Morison, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Marjorie Thomas, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Elsie Morison/Marjorie Thomas/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

9
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy"
Huddersfield Choral Society
00:02:38

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Huddersfield Choral Society, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Huddersfield Choral Society/Herbert Bardgett/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

10
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God"
Huddersfield Choral Society
00:03:42

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Huddersfield Choral Society, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Huddersfield Choral Society/Herbert Bardgett/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

11
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"
Marjorie Thomas
00:06:00

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Marjorie Thomas, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Marjorie Thomas/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

12
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: Recitative. "He That Dwelleth in Heav'n"
Richard Lewis
00:00:18

Richard Lewis, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Richard Lewis/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

13
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Aria. "Thou Shalt Break Them"
Richard Lewis
00:02:05

Richard Lewis, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Richard Lewis/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

14
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"
Huddersfield Choral Society
00:04:43

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Huddersfield Choral Society, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Huddersfield Choral Society/Herbert Bardgett/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1990, 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd

15
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
Elsie Morison
00:07:48

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Elsie Morison, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Elsie Morison/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

16
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Chorus. "Since by Man Came Death"
Huddersfield Choral Society
00:02:22

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Huddersfield Choral Society, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Huddersfield Choral Society/Herbert Bardgett/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

17
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: Accompagnato. "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"
James Milligan
00:00:47

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - James Milligan, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - James Milligan/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

18
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: Aria. "The Trumpet Shall Sound"
James Milligan
00:04:17

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - James Milligan, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - James Milligan/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick/Alan Stringer, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

19
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 4: Chorus. "Worthy Is the Lamb"
Huddersfield Choral Society
00:04:09

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Huddersfield Choral Society, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Huddersfield Choral Society/Herbert Bardgett/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

20
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 4: Chorus. "Amen"
Huddersfield Choral Society
00:03:36

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Arranger - Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Producer - Peter Andry, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christopher Parker, Engineer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Huddersfield Choral Society, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Malcolm Sargent, Conductor - Huddersfield Choral Society/Herbert Bardgett/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Eric Chadwick, MainArtist

© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

Album review

Of all the hundreds, maybe thousands of versions of Handel's Messiah on the market, ranging from full symphonic treatments with big professional choirs to sober, earnest oratorio-society readings, to the various kinds of authentic-performance recordings, this 1959 performance by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Huddersfield Choral Society under Malcolm Sargent is notable for representing one extreme of the spectrum. This is Handelian gigantism at its most determined. You live in Liverpool and want to sing in a big choir? Come on in; there's always room for one more. You want trombones, clarinets in the score? Fine, write 'em in. You're dismayed that these days the sun does indeed set on the British Empire? No need to worry; here's enough pomp and circumstance to last you another 50 years. The chief value of this disc is historical, and the sampler version may be preferable for listeners who don't want to sit through three discs' worth of choruses like "For unto us a child is born," which can only be called lumbering in this reading. But it's also worth noting that the soloists, especially tenor Richard Lewis, are actually very elegant; Sargent, in his zeal to create large contrasts, pretty much leaves the soloists alone to do their thing (except for some unfortunate swirling woodwinds from time to time). If your approach to Handel can be summed up with the phrase "Supersize me," this may be for you, and even for others it's a diverting reminder of how the early twentieth century heard Messiah when it was one of just a few Baroque works in the repertory of concert music.

© TiVo

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© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1959 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. Digital remastering 1990 by EMI Records Ltd.

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