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Robin Johannsen|Sandström: Messiah

Sandström: Messiah

Robin Johannsen, Roxana Constantinescu, Timothy Fallon, Michael Nagy, Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling

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It might seem the height of hubris to take the text of one of the most iconic classical pieces ever written and use it to create an entirely new work, but who could refuse such a commission from the prestigious International Bach Academy, Stuttgart, and the Oregon Bach Festival? Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström (born 1942), a professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, is not known to general audiences, but he was one of the few (non-Eastern European) composers schooled in rigorous modernism who was devoting serious attention to religious music in the late 20th century. The piece certainly has to be considered on its own merits, apart from the masterpiece with which it happens to share a text. It's a curious, uneven work, which, despite the accessibility of its tonal language, seems more likely to inspire bemusement than affection. Perhaps in his zeal to avoid any reference to Handel, Sandström ignores or contradicts rather than illuminates the meaning of the texts. The piece gets off to a portentous, harmonically hazy start with a Comfort Ye that sounds more creepy than comforting, but otherwise Sandström sticks close to fairly traditional contemporary tonality in most movements. Minimalism is a powerful influence in some movements, such as "Every Valley" and "His Yoke Is Easy," with short phrases jerkily repeated in a style similar to what John Adams used, to comic effect, in Nixon in China. It couldn't have been the composer's intention, but the results sound flippant and sometimes just silly. He is also generous in the profusion of old-fashioned conventions like parallel thirds that as often as not sound trite and out of place. Under the leadership of Helmut Rilling, the chorus and orchestra of Festivalensemble Stuttgart perform wholeheartedly and expertly, and the soloists all do very well with the frequently florid and rhythmically complex vocal writing. The sound of Carus' live recording is clean, spacious, and balanced.

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Messiah / Pt. 1 (Sven David Sandstrom)

1
No. 1, Comfort Ye, My People
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:06:09

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

2
No. 2, Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
Timothy Fallon
00:02:40

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

3
No. 3, And the Glory of the Lord
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:06

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

4
No. 4, Thus Saith the Lord
Robin Johannsen
00:02:23

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

5
No. 5, But Who May Abide
Roxana Constantinescu
00:01:26

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

6
No. 6, And He Shall Purify
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:18

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

7
No. 7, Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive
Robin Johannsen
00:01:24

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

8
No. 8, O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Sion
Timothy Fallon
00:02:04

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

9
No. 9, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:20

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

10
No. 10, The People that Walked in Darkness
Michael Nagy
00:01:50

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

11
No. 11, For Unto Us a Child Is Born
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:09

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

12
No. 12, There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field
Roxana Constantinescu
00:01:51

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

13
No. 13, Glory to God in the Highest
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:21

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

14
No. 14, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Sion
Michael Nagy
00:01:50

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

15
No. 15, Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Shall Be Open'd
Timothy Fallon
00:01:54

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

16
No. 16, He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
Robin Johannsen
00:02:50

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

17
No. 17, His Yoke is Easy
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:03:22

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

DISC 2

Messiah / Pt. 2 (Sven David Sandstrom)

1
No. 18, Behold the Lamb of God
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:40

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

2
No. 19, He Was Despised and Rejected
Michael Nagy
00:02:15

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

3
No. 20, Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:02:08

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

4
No. 21, And With His Stripes We Are Healed
Michael Nagy
00:01:31

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

5
No. 22, All We, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:02:10

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

6
No. 23, All They that See Him
Timothy Fallon
00:00:40

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

7
No. 24, He Trusted in God
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:00:31

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

8
No. 25, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
Robin Johannsen
00:01:15

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

9
No. 26, Behold, and See
Robin Johannsen
00:01:25

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

10
No. 27, He Was Cut Off the Land
Roxana Constantinescu
00:00:31

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

11
No. 28, But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul
Michael Nagy
00:00:28

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

12
No. 29, Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:55

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

13
No. 30, Unto Which of the Angels
Timothy Fallon
00:00:47

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

14
No. 31, Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:15

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

15
No. 32, Thou Art Gone Up on High
Roxana Constantinescu
00:01:46

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

16
No. 33, The Lord Gave the Word
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:01:04

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

17
No. 34, How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them
Robin Johannsen
00:01:13

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

18
No. 35, Their Sound is Gone Out
Robin Johannsen
00:01:28

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

19
No. 36, Why Do the Nations
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:02:01

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

20
No. 37, Let Us Break Their Bonds
Robin Johannsen
00:00:45

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

21
No. 38, He That Dwelleth in Heaven
Robin Johannsen
00:01:10

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

22
No. 39, Thou Shalt Break Them
Roxana Constantinescu
00:01:01

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

23
No. 40, Halleluja
Robin Johannsen
00:04:02

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

Messiah / Pt. 3 (Sven David Sandstrom)

24
No. 41, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Michael Nagy
00:02:22

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

25
No. 42, Since By Man Came Death
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:02:35

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

26
No. 43, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
Roxana Constantinescu
00:01:33

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

27
No. 44, The Trumpet Shall Sound
Robin Johannsen
00:01:39

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

28
No. 45, Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
Timothy Fallon
00:01:39

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

29
No. 46, O Death, Where Is Thy Sing?
Roxana Constantinescu
00:02:04

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

30
No. 47, But Thanks Be to God
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:02:00

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

31
No. 48, If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
Robin Johannsen
00:02:07

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

32
No. 49, Worthy is the Lamb
Festivalensemble Stuttgart
00:02:43

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

33
No. 50, Amen
Robin Johannsen
00:02:14

Anonymous, Author - Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, MainArtist - Sven-David Sandström, Composer - Michael Nagy, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roxana Constantinescu, Alto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Fallon, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Johannsen, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 2010 Carus

Albumbeschreibung

It might seem the height of hubris to take the text of one of the most iconic classical pieces ever written and use it to create an entirely new work, but who could refuse such a commission from the prestigious International Bach Academy, Stuttgart, and the Oregon Bach Festival? Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström (born 1942), a professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, is not known to general audiences, but he was one of the few (non-Eastern European) composers schooled in rigorous modernism who was devoting serious attention to religious music in the late 20th century. The piece certainly has to be considered on its own merits, apart from the masterpiece with which it happens to share a text. It's a curious, uneven work, which, despite the accessibility of its tonal language, seems more likely to inspire bemusement than affection. Perhaps in his zeal to avoid any reference to Handel, Sandström ignores or contradicts rather than illuminates the meaning of the texts. The piece gets off to a portentous, harmonically hazy start with a Comfort Ye that sounds more creepy than comforting, but otherwise Sandström sticks close to fairly traditional contemporary tonality in most movements. Minimalism is a powerful influence in some movements, such as "Every Valley" and "His Yoke Is Easy," with short phrases jerkily repeated in a style similar to what John Adams used, to comic effect, in Nixon in China. It couldn't have been the composer's intention, but the results sound flippant and sometimes just silly. He is also generous in the profusion of old-fashioned conventions like parallel thirds that as often as not sound trite and out of place. Under the leadership of Helmut Rilling, the chorus and orchestra of Festivalensemble Stuttgart perform wholeheartedly and expertly, and the soloists all do very well with the frequently florid and rhythmically complex vocal writing. The sound of Carus' live recording is clean, spacious, and balanced.

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