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Handel - Jephtha (Fabio Biondi)

Posted By: Ebisu
Handel - Jephtha (Fabio Biondi)

Handel - Jephtha (Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Gilchrist, Julsrud, Jansson, Stensvold, Kielland, Rapp) (2011)
Classical | Flac. Tracks, 24 bit/48 kHz | Covers | 1.62 GB
Label: BIS | Catalog N.: CD-1864 | TT: 157:4

Jephtha (1752) was George Frederick Handel's final oratorio, and it was composed during a period of incipient blindness and declining health. Yet the composer's artistic powers were undiminished in this dramatization of the Biblical story, for the arias and choruses are as memorable as any from Handel's earlier works in the genre, including Messiah and Israel in Egypt. This 2008 recording by Fabio Biondi, the Collegium Vocale Ghent, and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra is a brilliant period presentation, and the spry rhythms, lean counterpoint, clear textures, and distinctive colors of original instruments combine to make this an especially enjoyable performance of a fairly neglected masterpiece. While the account of Jephtha's rash vow to God and subsequent sacrifice of his daughter is one of the most tragic episodes in the Bible, the story was altered here to have a happy ending, so much of the score is filled with joyous and exultent music, and the ensemble is quite upbeat. The vocal soloists offer straightforward delivery with clear diction and natural vocal tone with minimal vibrato, so the singing is wholly appropriate to the Baroque sonorities of the orchestra, though to some ears the style might seem flat and decidedly unoperatic. Collegium Vocale Ghent is a small choir of approximately 20 voices, so the choruses have an immediacy, clarity, and briskness that larger choral ensembles can only envy. This recording has some serious competition, notably in previous renditions by John Eliot Gardiner and Marcus Creed, but because Jephtha is something of a rarity in the catalog, it is worth giving this package a try.
Cast:
James Gilchrist tenor (Jephtha)
Mona Julsrud soprano (Iphis)
Elisabeth Jansson mezzo-soprano (Storgè)
Håvard Stensvold baritone (Zebul)
Marianne B. Kielland mezzo-soprano (Hamor)
Elisabeth Rapp soprano (Angel)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi conductor

Tracklist:
CD1
[1]-[23] Act I
[24]-[31] Act II

CD2
[1]-[14] Act II (conclusion)
[15]-[33] Act III
[34] Applause

foobar2000 1.3.2 / Замер динамического диапазона (DR) 1.1.1
Дата отчёта: 2014-07-07 13:53:43

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Анализ: Gilchrist, James / Händel – Jephtha (1-6)
Handel (Händel), Georg Friedrich / Händel – Jephtha (7-24)
Julsrud, Mona / Händel – Jephtha (25-31)
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DR Пики RMS Продолжительность трека
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DR16 -7.29 дБ -29.79 дБ 0:57 6/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha): But Jephtha comes
DR14 -7.14 дБ -25.64 дБ 4:02 7/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Jephtha): Virtue my soul shall still embrace
DR13 -6.60 дБ -25.13 дБ 2:22 16/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Jephtha): What mean these doubtful fancies
DR11 -5.85 дБ -26.15 дБ 0:36 22/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha): Such, Jephtha
DR12 -6.39 дБ -26.19 дБ 0:41 29/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Jephtha): Heav’n smiles once more
DR15 -4.11 дБ -23.31 дБ 5:19 30/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Jephtha): His mighty arm
DR13 -8.12 дБ -23.70 дБ 5:06 1/31-(Jephtha) - Overture
DR13 -11.38 дБ -27.74 дБ 1:22 2/31-(Jephtha) - Menuet
DR15 -5.81 дБ -27.23 дБ 1:37 3/31-(Jephtha) - Accompagnato (Zebul): It must be so
DR16 -1.91 дБ -23.48 дБ 4:58 4/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Zebul): Pour forth no more unheeded pray’rs
DR12 -3.92 дБ -20.17 дБ 3:07 5/31-(Jephtha) - Chorus of Israelites: No more to Ammon’s god
DR9 -9.70 дБ -27.81 дБ 0:34 8/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Storgè): ’Twill be a painful separation
DR14 -7.44 дБ -26.83 дБ 4:32 9/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Storgè): In gentle murmurs will I mourn
DR14 -11.99 дБ -31.60 дБ 0:47 10/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Hamor): Happy this embassy
DR15 -3.72 дБ -26.58 дБ 2:38 11/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Hamor): Dull delay, in piercing anguish
DR13 -15.42 дБ -33.06 дБ 0:27 14/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Hamor): I go. My soul, inspir’d
DR13 -3.74 дБ -22.06 дБ 4:49 17/31-(Jephtha) - Chorus of Israelites: O God, behold our sore distress
DR10 -12.34 дБ -29.46 дБ 0:32 18/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Storgè): Some dire event
DR15 -4.61 дБ -24.10 дБ 3:57 19/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Storgè): Scenes of horror, scenes of woe
DR13 -1.84 дБ -19.67 дБ 4:23 23/31-(Jephtha) - Chorus of Israelites: When His loud voice in thunder spoke
DR13 -8.02 дБ -27.74 дБ 1:23 24/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Hamor): Glad tidings of great joy
DR14 -5.13 дБ -23.11 дБ 3:34 25/31-(Jephtha) - Chorus of Israelites: Cherub and seraphim
DR16 -3.92 дБ -25.96 дБ 4:55 26/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Hamor): Up the dreadful steep ascending
DR14 -3.84 дБ -22.63 дБ 2:59 31/31-(Jephtha) - Chorus: In glory high
DR13 -12.16 дБ -29.61 дБ 0:29 12/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Iphis): Ill suits the voice of love
DR15 -7.46 дБ -26.50 дБ 3:08 13/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Iphis): Take the heart you fondly gave
DR14 -3.42 дБ -24.25 дБ 4:26 15/31-(Jephtha) - Duet (Iphis and Hamor): These labours past
DR12 -9.33 дБ -29.48 дБ 0:55 20/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Iphis, Storgè): Say, my dear mother
DR16 -5.66 дБ -25.60 дБ 2:00 21/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Iphis): The smiling dawn of happy days
DR10 -6.86 дБ -26.15 дБ 0:24 27/31-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Iphis): ’Tis well
DR13 -7.58 дБ -25.18 дБ 3:37 28/31-(Jephtha) - Air (Iphis): Tune the soft melodious lute
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Количество треков: 31
Реальные значения DR: DR13

Частота: 48000 Гц
Каналов: 2
Разрядность: 24
Битрейт: 1402 кбит/с
Кодек: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.3.2 / Замер динамического диапазона (DR) 1.1.1
Дата отчёта: 2014-07-07 13:54:13

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Анализ: Gilchrist, James / Händel – Jephtha (1-7)
Handel (Händel), Georg Friedrich / Händel – Jephtha (8-27)
Julsrud, Mona / Händel – Jephtha (28-34)
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DR Пики RMS Продолжительность трека
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DR13 -7.72 дБ -25.63 дБ 0:27 4/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Jephtha): Horror, confusion!
DR16 -5.81 дБ -25.29 дБ 3:09 5/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Jephtha): Open thy marble jaws
DR15 -8.31 дБ -29.34 дБ 1:13 6/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha): Why is my brother thus afflicted?
DR15 -4.06 дБ -24.99 дБ 3:02 13/34-(Jephtha) - Accompagnato (Jephtha): Deeper, and deeper still
DR15 -7.93 дБ -28.60 дБ 2:23 15/34-(Jephtha) - Accompagnato (Jephtha): Hide thou thy hated beams
DR14 -6.56 дБ -27.40 дБ 4:33 16/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Jephtha): Waft her, angels
DR12 -8.57 дБ -24.67 дБ 1:01 23/34-(Jephtha) - Arioso (Jephtha): For ever blessed be Thy holy name
DR11 -8.64 дБ -25.33 дБ 0:48 1/34-(Jephtha) - Symphony
DR13 -6.43 дБ -23.37 дБ 2:07 7/34-(Jephtha) - Accompagnato (Storgè): First perish thou
DR13 -11.88 дБ -32.05 дБ 0:24 8/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Hamor): If such thy cruel purpose
DR14 -6.01 дБ -24.70 дБ 1:55 9/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Hamor): On me let blind mistaken zeal
DR13 -6.90 дБ -23.27 дБ 1:58 10/34-(Jephtha) - Quartet: Oh, spare your daughter
DR15 -4.84 дБ -24.72 дБ 8:49 14/34-(Jephtha) - Chorus: How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees
DR13 -4.11 дБ -21.42 дБ 3:19 19/34-(Jephtha) - Chorus of Priests: Doubtful fear and rev’rent awe
DR13 -9.67 дБ -27.26 дБ 1:16 20/34-(Jephtha) - Symphony
DR12 -11.64 дБ -28.89 дБ 1:15 21/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Angel): Rise, Jephtha
DR14 -4.22 дБ -23.45 дБ 4:01 22/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Angel): Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live
DR13 -3.38 дБ -21.47 дБ 4:01 24/34-(Jephtha) - Chorus of Priests: Theme sublime of endless praise
DR14 -8.94 дБ -29.75 дБ 0:32 25/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Zebul): Let me congratulate
DR15 -4.70 дБ -24.61 дБ 2:05 26/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Zebul): Laud her, all ye virgin train
DR12 -11.48 дБ -29.32 дБ 0:19 27/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Storgè): Oh, let me fold thee
DR14 -8.74 дБ -27.25 дБ 2:09 28/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Storgè): Sweet as sight to the blind
DR13 -11.73 дБ -33.19 дБ 0:33 29/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Hamor): With transport, Iphis
DR15 -3.03 дБ -27.33 дБ 4:51 30/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Hamor): ’Tis Heav’n’s all-ruling pow’r
DR14 -5.76 дБ -24.23 дБ 3:46 32/34-(Jephtha) - Quintet: All that is in Hamor mine
DR13 -0.01 дБ -17.49 дБ 3:59 33/34-(Jephtha) - Chorus of Israelites: Ye house of Gilead
DR12 -7.14 дБ -21.50 дБ 0:47 34/34-(Jephtha) - Applause
DR13 -13.64 дБ -30.67 дБ 0:24 2/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Iphis): Hail, glorious conqueror
DR13 -4.56 дБ -24.14 дБ 2:04 3/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Iphis) and Chorus of Virgins: Welcome as the cheerful light
DR13 -7.44 дБ -27.78 дБ 1:29 11/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative and Accompagnato (Iphis): Such news flies swift
DR13 -9.69 дБ -29.65 дБ 3:09 12/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Iphis): Happy they
DR11 -9.67 дБ -28.82 дБ 0:39 17/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Iphis): Ye sacred priests
DR14 -4.22 дБ -25.22 дБ 5:25 18/34-(Jephtha) - Air (Iphis): Farewell, ye limpid springs
DR12 -12.85 дБ -30.14 дБ 0:23 31/34-(Jephtha) - Recitative (Iphis): My faithful Hamor
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Количество треков: 34
Реальные значения DR: DR13

Частота: 48000 Гц
Каналов: 2
Разрядность: 24
Битрейт: 1382 кбит/с
Кодек: FLAC
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