tracks

Opening
1. Symphony
2. Accompagnato: Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)
3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord
5. Accompagnato: Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts (Bass)
6. Air: But Who May Abide (Bass)
7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify
Recitativo: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive (Contralto)
8. Air & Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (Contralto)
9. Accompagnato: For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover (Bass)
10. Air: The People That Walked In Darkness (Bass)
11. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
12. Pifa (Sinfonia Pastorale)
Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding (Soprano)
13. Accompagnato: And The Angel Said Unto Them (Soprano)
14. Accompagnato: And Suddenly There Was (Soprano)
15. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest
16. Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter (Soprano)
Recitativo: Then Shall The Eyes (Contralto)
17. Duet: He Shall Feed His Flock; Come Unto Him (Contralto & Soprano)
18. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy
19. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God
20. Air: He Was Despised (Contralto)
21. Chorus: Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs
22. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
23. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
24. Accompagnato: All They That See Him (Tenor)
25. Chorus: He Trusted In God
26. Accompagnato: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor)
27. Arioso: Behold, And See If There Be (Tenor)
28. Accompagnato: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land (Tenor)
29. Air: But Thou Didst Not Leave (Tenor)
30 Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads
32d. Air: Thou Art Gone Up On High
33. Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word
341. Air: How Beautiful Are The Feet
35a. Chorus: Their Sound Us Gone Out
36. Air: Why Do The Nations (Bass)
37. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven (Tenor)
38. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them (Tenor)
39. Chorus: Hallelujah
40. Air: I Know That My Redeemer Livith (Soprano)
41. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death
42. Accompagnato: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass)
43. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)
Recitative: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
44b. Duet: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Alto, Tenor)
45. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God
46. Air: If God Be For Us (Soprano, Bass)
47. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb
Amen
Applause
Credits

notes

© 2009 Unitel. Art & editorial © 2010 C Major Entertainment GmbH,
© 2010 Armin Bardel / Theater an der Wien.
Recorded live on 3 & 4 April 2009.
A coproduction of ORF/Arte and Unitel with Theater an der Wien and CLASSICA.
A co-production with Opéra National De Lorraine, Nancy.

Filmed in High Definition
Mastered from an HD source
Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound formats: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.0
Subtitles: English (original language), German, French, Spanish
Region code: 0
Total running time: 154 mins.

20-page booklet with liner notes in English, German and French.

credits

Adapted By (Text) – Christian Schmidt (8), Claus Guth, Konrad Kuhn
Advisor [Dramatic] – Konrad Kuhn
Alto Vocals – Bejun Mehta
Bass Vocals – Florian Boesch
Booklet Editor, Text By [Subtitles] – Texthouse
Choreography – Rames Sigl
Chorus – Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Chorus Master – Erwin Ortner
Composed By – George Frideric Handel,
Conductor – Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Directed By [Staged] – Claus Guth
Film Director [Video Director] – Hannes Rossacher
Film Producer [Home Video Producer] – Hartmut Bender
Libretto By – Charles Jennens
Lighting [Design] – Jürgen Hoffmann (2)
Liner Notes [English Translation] – Stewart Spencer
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Odile Demange
Liner Notes, Product Manager – Harald Reiter
Orchestra – Ensemble Matheus
Performer [Dancer] – Paul Lorenger
Performer [Sign Language] – Nadia Kichler
Photography By – Armin Bardel
Set Designer, Design [Costumes] – Christian Schmidt (8)
Soprano Vocals – Cornelia Horak, Susan Gritton
Soprano Vocals [Boy] – Martin Pöllmann
Tenor Vocals – Richard Croft

companies

Copyright (c) – Unitel
Copyright (c) – C Major Entertainment GmbH
Copyright (c) – Theater an der Wien
Filmed At – Theater an der Wien
Engineered At – digim (2)

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