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Handel, Van Evra, Wilson
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Largo Assai (Israel In Egypt, Act
2. Sons Of Israel Do Mourn (Israel In Egypt, Act 1)
3. How Is The Mighty Fallen (Israel In Egypt, Act1)
4. He Put On Righteousness (Israel In Egypt, Act 1)
5. When The Ear Heard Him (Israel In Egypt, Act 1)
6. How Is The Mighty Fallen (Israel In Egypt, Act1)
7. He Delivered The Poor That Cried (Israel In Egypt,
8. How Is The Mighty Fallen (Israel In Egypt, Act1)
9. Righteousness Shall Be Had In Everlasting Remember
10. Their Bodies Are Buried In Peace (Israel In Egypt,
11. People Will Tell Of Their Wisdom, The (Israel In E
12. They Shall Receive A Glorious Kingdom (Israel In E
13. Merciful Goodness Of The Lord Endureth Forever (Is
14. Now There Arose A New King Over Egypt (Israel In E
15. And The Children Of Israel Sighed (Israel In Egypt
16. Then Sent He Moses (Israel In Egypt, Act 2)
17. They Loathed To Drink Of The River (Israel In Egyp
18. A Their Land Brought Forth Frogs (Israel In Egypt
19. He Spake The Word (Israel In Egypt, Act 2)
20. He Gave Them Hailstones For Rain (Israel In Egypt,
21. He Sent A Thick Darkness Over All The Land (Israel
22. He Smote All The First Born Of Egypt (Israel In Eg
Track Listings (30) - Disc #2
1. But As For His People He Led Them Forth Like Sheep
2. Egypt Was Glad When They Departed (Israel In Egypt
3. He Rebuked The Red Sea (Israel In Egypt, Act 2)
4. He Led Them Through The Deep (Israel In Egypt, Act
5. But The Waters Overwhelmed Their Enemies (Israel I
6. A And Israel Saw That Great Work (Israel In Egypt
7. And Believed The Lord (Israel In Egypt, Act 2)
8. Moses And The Children Of Israel Sung This Song (I
9. I Will Sing Unto The Lord (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
10. Lord Is My Strength, The (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
11. He Is My God (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
12. And I Will Exault Him (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
13. Lord Is A Man Of War, The (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
14. Depths Have Covered Him, The (Israel In Egypt, Act
15. Thy Right Hand O Lord Has Become Glorious In Power
16. And In The Greatness Of Thine Excellency (Israel I
17. Thou Sentest Forth Thy Wrath (Israel In Egypt, Act
18. And With The Blast Of Thy Nostrils (Israel In Egyp
19. Enemy Said, The (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
20. Thou Didst Blow With The Wind (Israel In Egypt, Ac
21. Who Is Like Unto Thee (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
22. Earth Swallowed Them (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
23. Thou In Thy Mercy Hast Led Forth Thy People (Israe
24. People Shall Hear, The (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
25. Thou Shalt Bring Them In (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
26. Lord Shall Reign, The (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
27. For The Horse Of Pharaoe Went In With His Chariots
28. Lord Shall Reign, The (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
29. And Miriam The Prophetess (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)
30. Sing Ye To The Lord (Israel In Egypt, Act 3)

CD Details

All Artists: Handel, Van Evra, Wilson, Johnson
Title: Handel: Israel in Egypt
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Import
Original Release Date: 1/1/2002
Re-Release Date: 12/23/2002
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 724356135024

Synopsis

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Andrew Parrott specializes in those perky, small scale Baroque performances on authentic instruments that music lovers either swear by or detest. Granted, you do have to get used to trumpets and drums sounding rather like toy instruments, but in this case the approach pays off. Handel wrote many of the choruses in Israel in Egypt in eight parts, and the clarity of texture Parrott gets with his small group only heightens the impact of the music, making it more rather than less exciting. First-rate. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

Silky smooth

Chris Oxenford | Al Ain, UAE | 11/30/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"When one of the greatest opera composers in history sets the words "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever" for an 8 part chorus you know you are in for something special but when the tenors on this recording launch into the magnificent final sequence of choruses there is no attack, the line is so smooth it could be a love song and the swoop up to the final high note is mannered in the extreme. All of this typifies the faults of this recording. It is as if the performers were singing in a foreign language and didn't understand the meaning of the words. It misses the drama of some of the most intense passages of the old testament; "He smote all the first born of Egypt", "He rebuked the Red Sea" etc. The one notable exception is the "flies" chorus where the conductor seems to understand what Handel was trying to do with the music. Just because the work is performed on period instruments doesn't mean that it has to be boring, listen for example to the recording of John Eliot Gardiner (either the old one from the 1970's on Erato or his more recent one) to hear the performers respond to the words. This performance has the advantage of being of the full 3 part version containing the music Handel adapted from his music for the funeral of Queen Caroline ( Gardiner's first version has been released with this music in its original version also included). This performance is not without merits it is well recorded and beautifully played but that is the problem, it is too beautiful."