Signum Classics
Handel arr. Goossens: Messiah... Refreshed! / Shumate, McVeigh, Griffith, RPO
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Details
- Composer
- HANDEL GOOSSENS
- Artist
- Griffith
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Released
- Apr 03, 2020
- Catalog #
- SIGCD610
- UPC
- 635212061022
About
The Goossens Messiah, recorded for the first and only time by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Sir Thomas Beecham, has stood as a landmark of the classical catalogue for sixty years. Goossens’ richly orchestrated version is set to reach a new audience thanks to Maestro Griffith and DCINY, New York City’s leading promoter of classical music. They gathered at Abbey Road Studios in London in July 2019, to record the work with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a chorus comprising of sixty members of The Jonathan Griffith Singers, drawn from around the world and sixty members of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. The new recording has captured the score’s vibrant tone colors in thrilling high-definition sound.
An acclaimed conductor, educator and lecturer, Dr. Jonathan Griffith has led performances across North America, Europe, and Asia. Griffith is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY), which has brought together, under Griffith’s artistic leadership, thousands of musicians and choral singers in concert at prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Disney Hall. The founder and Music Director of the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra, Griffith also oversees DCINY’s mentoring program for conductors. Founded in 1983 as a single choir of 100 of the best singers in the nation, the National Youth Choir is now the flagship ensemble of an Arts Council England National Portfolio youth music organization and registered charity, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain (NYCGB), which runs five membership choirs, a nationwide outreach programme for schools and Music Hubs, and provides professional training for the next generation of choral singers, composers and leaders.
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REEVIEW:
Dishing up a rich, lusciously executed bowl of nostalgia, Jonathan Griffith conducts with evident relish and affection. And if Griffith’s choral forces don’t always have the penetrative heft to cut through the orchestral high jinks at their most excitable, they crown the final chorus with a resplendent ‘Amen’.
– BBC Music Magazine
An acclaimed conductor, educator and lecturer, Dr. Jonathan Griffith has led performances across North America, Europe, and Asia. Griffith is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY), which has brought together, under Griffith’s artistic leadership, thousands of musicians and choral singers in concert at prestigious venues across the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Disney Hall. The founder and Music Director of the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra, Griffith also oversees DCINY’s mentoring program for conductors. Founded in 1983 as a single choir of 100 of the best singers in the nation, the National Youth Choir is now the flagship ensemble of an Arts Council England National Portfolio youth music organization and registered charity, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain (NYCGB), which runs five membership choirs, a nationwide outreach programme for schools and Music Hubs, and provides professional training for the next generation of choral singers, composers and leaders.
-----
REEVIEW:
Dishing up a rich, lusciously executed bowl of nostalgia, Jonathan Griffith conducts with evident relish and affection. And if Griffith’s choral forces don’t always have the penetrative heft to cut through the orchestral high jinks at their most excitable, they crown the final chorus with a resplendent ‘Amen’.
– BBC Music Magazine
Tracklist 46 tracks
- Disc 1
-
1 Overture 03:58
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Overture
- Duration
- 03:58
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
2 Part I: Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor) 03:03
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor)
- Duration
- 03:03
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
3 Part I: Air: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor) 03:28
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part I: Air: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor)
- Duration
- 03:28
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
4 Part I: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus) 03:05
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part I: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:05
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
5 Part I: Recitative: Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass) 01:30
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
- Duration
- 01:30
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Christopher Job
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
6 Part I: Air: But who may abide the day of His coming (Bass) 05:15
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part I: Air: But who may abide the day of His coming (Bass)
- Duration
- 05:15
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Christopher Job
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
7 Part I: And He shall purify (Chorus) 02:58
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part I: And He shall purify (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:58
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
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8 Part I: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto) 00:28
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto)
- Duration
- 00:28
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Claudia Chapa
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
9 Part I: Air: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus) 05:51
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part I: Air: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus)
- Duration
- 05:51
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Claudia Chapa
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
10 Part I: Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass) 02:44
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)
- Duration
- 02:44
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Christopher Job
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
11 Part I: Air: The people that walked in darkness (Bass) 04:46
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Part I: Air: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)
- Duration
- 04:46
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Christopher Job
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
12 Part I: For unto us a child is born (Chorus) 04:24
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Part I: For unto us a child is born (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:24
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
13 Part I: Pastoral Symphony 03:21
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Part I: Pastoral Symphony
- Duration
- 03:21
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
14 Part I: Recitative: There were shepherds abiding - And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Soprano) 00:16
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: There were shepherds abiding - And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Soprano)
- Duration
- 00:16
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Penelope Shumate
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
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15 Part I: Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano) 00:26
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano)
- Duration
- 00:26
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Penelope Shumate
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
16 Part I: Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano) 00:47
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)
- Duration
- 00:47
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Penelope Shumate
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
17 Part I: Glory to God in the highest (Chorus) 02:33
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Part I: Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
18 Part I: Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano) 04:49
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Part I: Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)
- Duration
- 04:49
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Penelope Shumate
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
19 Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto) 00:32
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto)
- Duration
- 00:32
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Claudia Chapa
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
20 Part I: Air: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd - Come unto Him (Alto, Soprano) 05:25
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Part I: Air: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd - Come unto Him (Alto, Soprano)
- Duration
- 05:25
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Penelope Shumate, Claudia Chapa
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
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21 Part I: His Yoke is Easy (Chorus) 02:52
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Part I: His Yoke is Easy (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:52
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
- Disc 2
-
1 Part II: Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus) 03:52
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Part II: Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:52
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
2 Part II: Air: He was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto) 04:48
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part II: Air: He was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)
- Duration
- 04:48
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Claudia Chapa
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
3 Part II: Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus) 02:31
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part II: Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:31
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
4 Part II: And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus) 02:07
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part II: And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:07
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
5 Part II: All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus) 04:20
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part II: All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:20
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
6 Part II: Recitative: All they that see him, laugh him to scorn (Tenor) 00:52
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part II: Recitative: All they that see him, laugh him to scorn (Tenor)
- Duration
- 00:52
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
7 Part II: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus) 02:53
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part II: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:53
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
8 Part II: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor) 02:08
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part II: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)
- Duration
- 02:08
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
9 Part II: Air: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor) 01:25
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part II: Air: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor)
- Duration
- 01:25
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
10 Part II: Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor) 00:23
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Part II: Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor)
- Duration
- 00:23
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
11 Part II: Air: But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Tenor) 02:26
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Part II: Air: But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Tenor)
- Duration
- 02:26
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
12 Part II: Lift up your heads (Chorus) 03:49
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Part II: Lift up your heads (Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:49
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
13 Part II: The Lord gave the word (Chorus) 01:13
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Part II: The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:13
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
14 Part II: Air: How beautiful are the feet (Soprano) 02:27
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Part II: Air: How beautiful are the feet (Soprano)
- Duration
- 02:27
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Penelope Shumate
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
15 Part II: Their sound is gone out into all lands (Chorus) 01:41
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Part II: Their sound is gone out into all lands (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:41
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
16 Part II: Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass) 03:01
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Part II: Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)
- Duration
- 03:01
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Christopher Job
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
17 Part II: Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus) 02:13
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Part II: Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:13
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
18 Part II: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor) 00:17
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Part II: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor)
- Duration
- 00:17
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
19 Part II: Air: Thou shalt break them (Tenor) 02:00
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Part II: Air: Thou shalt break them (Tenor)
- Duration
- 02:00
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- John McVeigh
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
20 Part II: Hallelujah (Chorus) 04:29
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Part II: Hallelujah (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:29
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
21 Part III: Air: I know that my redeemer liveth (Soprano) 06:19
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Part III: Air: I know that my redeemer liveth (Soprano)
- Duration
- 06:19
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Penelope Shumate
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
22 Part III: Since by man came death (Chorus) 02:02
- Track
- 22
- Title
- Part III: Since by man came death (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:02
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
23 Part III: Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass) 00:39
- Track
- 23
- Title
- Part III: Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
- Duration
- 00:39
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Christopher Job
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
24 Part III: Air: The trumpet shall sound (Bass) 04:26
- Track
- 24
- Title
- Part III: Air: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)
- Duration
- 04:26
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Christopher Job
- Ensemble
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith
-
25 Part III: Worthy is the Lamb (Chorus) 04:04
- Track
- 25
- Title
- Part III: Worthy is the Lamb (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:04
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- The Jonathan Griffith Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Griffith