[CD] Handel: Messiah

Karl Richter (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Release Date: 2007/12/12

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Edition Details

Catalog No.	UCCG-4268
JAN	4988005493668
Format	CD
Number of discs	2
Item weight	200g
Label/Distributor	Universal Music

Description

Priced-down reissue.

Description in Japanese

ヘンデル: オラトリオ「メサイア」(英語版)/ カール・リヒター(指揮)/ロンドン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団

バッハの化身とまで謳われた、20世紀バッハの第一人者リヒターのアルヒーフ、D.G.の録音を集大成。もちろん、バッハ以外にも定評のある演奏を残した彼の、指揮者として、そしてオルガニスト、チェンバロ奏者としての名録音を集大成。全15タイトルをリリース。ヘレン・ドナート(ソプラノ)、アンナ・レイノルズ(アルト)、スチュアート・バロウズ(テノール)、ドナルド・マッキンタイアー(バス)、ジョン・オールディス合唱団、ロンドン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団、指揮: カール・リヒター録音: 1972, 73年

Credits

RICHTER,KARL (Conductor)LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Performer)HANDEL,GEORG FRIEDRICH (Composer)JOHN ALDIS CHOIR (Artist)DONATH,HELEN (Artist)REYNOLDS,ANNA (Artist)BURROWS,STUART (Artist)MCCINTYRE,DONALD (Artist)John Alldis Helen Donath Anna Reynolds Stuart Burrows Donald Mclntyre

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Tracklisting

[Disc 1]
1.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部シンフォニア	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 SYMPHONY (GRAVE-ALLEGRO MODERATO)
2.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第1曲:伴奏付レシタティーフ(テノール)「慰めよ、慰めよ、わたしの民を」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.1:ACCOMPAGNATO (TENOR) `COMFORT YE. COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE`
3.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第2曲:アリア(テノール)「すべての谷は埋め立てられ」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.2:ARIA (TENOR) `EV`RY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED`
4.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第3曲:コーラス「このようにして、主の栄光が現わされると」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.3:CHORUS `AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE REVEALED`
5.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第4曲:伴奏付レシタティーフ(バス)「まことに、万軍の主はこう仰せられる」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.4:ACCOMPAGNATO `THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS` (BASS)
6.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第5曲:アリア(バス)「だれがこの方の来られる日には耐えられよう」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.5:ARIA (BASS) `BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING`
7.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第6曲:コーラス「この方は、レビの子らをきよめ」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.6:CHORUS `AND HE SHALL PURIFY`
8.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第7曲:レシタティーフ(アルト)「見よ、処女がみごもり、男の子を産み」オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第8曲:アリア(アルト)「シオ	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.7:RECITATIVE (ALTO) `BEHOLD. A VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE` MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1
9.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第9曲:コーラス「シオンに良い知らせを伝える者よ」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.9:CHORUS `O THOU THAT TELLEST GOOD TIDINGS`
10.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第10曲:伴奏付レシタティーフ(バス)「見よ闇が地をおおい」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.10:ACCOMPAGNATO (BASS) `FOR BEHOLD. DARKNESS SHALL OVER THE EARTH`
11.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第11曲:アリア(バス)「闇の中を歩んでいた民は」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.11:ARIA (BASS) `THE PEOPLE THAT WALKED IN DARKNESS`
12.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第12曲:コーラス「ひとりのみどり子が、私達のために生まれる」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.12:CHORUS `FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN`
13.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第13曲:パイファ(田園シンフォニー)	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.13:PIFA (PASTORAL SYMPHONY)
14.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第14曲:レシタティーフ(ソプラノ)「さてこの土地に、羊飼い達が」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.14:RECITATIVE (SOPRANO) `THERE WERE SHEPHERDS ABIDING IN THE FIELDS`
15.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第15曲:コーラス「いと高きところに、栄光が神にあるように」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.15:CHORUS `GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST`
16.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第16曲:アリア(ソプラノ)「シオンの娘よ、大いに喜べ」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.16:ARIA (SOPRANO) `REJOICE GREATLY. O DAUGHTER OF ZION`
17.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第17曲a:レシタティーフ(アルト)「その時盲人の目は開かれ」オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第18曲a:二重唱(アルト、ソプラノ	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.17A:RECITATIVE (ALTO) `THEN SHALL THE EYES OF THE BLIND BE OPEN`D` MESSIAH.
18.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第1部第19曲:コーラス「私のくびきは負いやすく、私の荷は軽いからです」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 1 NO.19:CHORUS `HIS YOKE IS EASY`
19.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第20曲:コーラス「見よ、世の罪を取り除く神の小羊」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.20:CHORUS `BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD`
20.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第21曲:アリア(アルト)「彼はさげすまれ」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.21:ARIA (ALTO) `HE WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED OF MEN`
21.	[Disc 1] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第22曲:コーラス「まことに彼は私達の悩みを負い」	[Disc 1] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.22:CHORUS `SURELY. HE HATH BORNE OUR GRIEFS`
[Disc 2]
1.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第23曲:コーラス「彼の打ち傷によって、私達はいやされた」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.22:CHORUS `AND WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED`
2.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第24曲:コーラス「私達は皆、羊のようにさまよい」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.24:CHORUS `ALL WE. LIKE SHEEP. HAVE GONE ASTRAY`
3.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第25曲:伴奏付レシタティーフ(テノール)「私を見る者は皆」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.24:ACCOMPAGNATO (TENOR) `ALL THEY THAT SEE HIM. LAUGH HIM TO SCORN`
4.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第26曲:コーラス「主に身を任せよ」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.26:CHORUS `HE TRUSTED IN GOD. THAT HE WOULD DELIVER HIM`
5.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第27曲:伴奏付レシタティーフ(テノール)「そしりが私の心を打ち砕き」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.27:ACCOMPAGNATO (TENOR) `THY REBUKE HATH BROKEN HIS HEART`
6.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第28曲:アリオーソ(テノール)「見よ、このような痛みがほかにあるかどうかを」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.28:ARIOSO (TENOR) `BEHOLD. AND SEE IF THERE BE ANY SORROW`
7.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第29曲:伴奏付レシタティーフ(テノール)「彼が私の民のそむきの罪のために打たれオラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第30曲:アリア(	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.29:ACCOMPAGNATO (TENOR) `HE WAS CUT OFF OUT OF THE LAND OF THE LIVING` MESS
8.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第31曲:コーラス「門よ、お前達のかしらを上げよ」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.31:CHORUS `LIFT UP YOUR HEADS. O YE GATES`
9.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第32曲:レシタティーフ(テノール)「神は、かつてどの御使に向かって」オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第33曲:コーラス「神の御使	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.32:RECITATIVE (TENOR) `UNTO WHICH OF THE ANGELS SAID` MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2
10.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第34曲a:アリア(アルト)「あなたは、いと高き所に上がり」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.34A:ARIA (ALTO) `THOU ART GONE UP ON HIGH`
11.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第35曲:コーラス「主は御言葉を賜わる」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.35:CHORUS `THE LORD GAVE THE WORD`
12.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第36曲:アリア(ソプラノ)「良いことの知らせを伝える人々の足は」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.36:ARIA (SOPRANO) `HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEFET OF THEM`
13.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第37a曲:アリオーソ(テノール)「その声は全地に響き渡り」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.37A:ARIOSO (TENOR) `THEIR SOUND IS GONE OUT INTO ALL LANDS`
14.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第38曲:アリア(バス)「なぜ国々は騒ぎ立ち」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.38:ARIA (BASS) `WHY DO THE NATIONS SO FURIOUSLY RAGE TOGETHER`
15.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第39曲:コーラス「さあ、彼らの枷を打ち砕き」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.39:CHORUS `LET US BREAK THEIR BONDS ASUNDER`
16.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第40曲:レシタティーフ(テノール)「天の御座に着いておられる方は笑い」オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第41曲:アリア(テノール	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.40:RECITATIVE (TENOR) `HE THAT DWELLETH IN HEAVEN SHALL LAUGH` MESSIAH. HWV
17.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第2部第42曲:コーラス「ハレルヤ」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 2 NO.42:CHORUS `HALLELUJAH`
18.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第43曲:アリア(ソプラノ)「私は知っている」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 3 NO.43:ARIA (SOPRANO) `I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH`
19.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第44曲:コーラス「というのは、死がひとりの人を通して来た」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 3 NO.44:CHORUS `SINCE BY MAN CAME DEATH`
20.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第45曲:伴奏付レシタティーフ(バス)「聞きなさい、私はあなたがたに奥義を告げましょう」オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第46曲:	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 3 NO.45:ACCOMPAGNATO (BASS) `BEHOLD. I TELL YOU A MYSTERY` MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 3
21.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第47曲:レシタティーフ(アルト)「死は勝利に呑まれた」オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第48曲:二重唱(アルト、テノール)「死よ	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 3 NO.47:RECITATIVE (ALTO) `THEN SHALL BE BROUGHT TO PASS THE SAYING` MESSIAH. HW
22.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第50曲:アリア(ソプラノ)「神が私達の味方であるなら」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 3 NO.50 ARIA (SOPRANO) `IF GOD BE FOR US`
23.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第51曲:コーラス「ほふられた子羊は」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 3 NO.51:CHORUS `WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN`
24.	[Disc 2] オラトリオ≪メサイア≫ HWV56 全曲第3部第52曲:コーラス「アーメン」	[Disc 2] MESSIAH. HWV56 PART 3 NO.52 CHORUS `AMEN`

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Region 6	China
Region Code	ALL: Playable in all territories on all DVD players.

Most DVD titles available at CDJapan are encoded for Region 2. Please make sure your DVD player is compatible with region-2 discs before finalizing your order. Also make sure that your TV is NTSC-compatible

There are a few DVD titles that are playable in all regions. Such titles are indicated as "Region Code: ALL" under "Edition Details" in item pages. If the indication is missing, then it must be assumed that the title is encoded for Region 2. *Please note that opened items are not eligible for returns, unless there is a manufacturer defect. So please make sure that your DVD player can play region 2 DVDs before completing your order (see Returns Policy).

HD DVD

HD DVDs titles are playable only on HD DVD players. They are not playalbe on conventional DVD players or Blu-ray players. On the other hand, Twin Format disc has a layer that is playable also on conventional DVD players. Such titles are indicated as "Format: HD DVD Twin Format" in item details page. *We'll add accurate information on regional encoding as they become available, but for the time-being, please assume that HD DVD titles available at CDJapan are encoded for Region-2.

Blu-ray

Blu-ray titles are playable only on Blu-ray players. They are not playable on conventional DVD players or HD DVD players. There are 3 region codes for Blu-rays as listed below, which are different from DVD region codes.

Region Free	Playable in all territories on all Blu-ray players.
Region A	Japan, North America, South America, and East Asia (excluding China)
Region B	Europe and Africa
Region C	India, China, Russia, and all other countries.

*So far, most of the Blu-ray discs released in Japan are region-free.

DVD-Audio

DVD-Audios are playable only on DVD-Audio players and DVD players that are compatible with DVD-Audios (to find out for sure, consult the manual of your DVD player, or look for DVD-Audio logo). DVD-Audios are not playable on regular DVD players or CD players.

SACD (Super Audio CD)

SACDs are playable only on SACD players, and will not play on regular CD players. On the other hand, SACD Hybrid disc has a layer that is playable also on regular CD payers. Such titles are indicated as "Format: SACD-Hybrid" in item details page.