【簡介＆分享】韓德爾《彌賽亞》（HWV-56）

韓德爾（George Frideric Handel，1685/2/23-1759/4/14）

神劇（Oratorio），意指形式類似歌劇的大型宗教音樂。古典音樂史上有三大神劇，分別是海頓的《創世記》（Die Schopfung／TheCreation）、孟德爾頌的《以利亞》（Elias）以及韓德爾的《彌賽亞》（Messiah）。

對於古典音樂的愛好者來說，欣賞《彌賽亞》雖然不是在於完全了解歌詞，而是欣賞其中美麗的歌頌與合唱，但是看在韓德爾融入其中的宗教虔誠份上，稍微瞭解一下它的內容也是應該的吧。

關於《彌賽亞》的曲目，一般公認它全曲共53章，但這部作品的演出版本眾多，規模大小差異很大，它首演時用了18位人聲與33件樂器，然後在1789年莫扎特將它重新編譜後，演出的人數一下子增加到275位人聲，樂器的數量也增加到248件。

1859年舉行在倫敦的韓德爾逝世100週年紀念音樂會時，共使用了2765位人聲，460件樂器。到了1869年，在美國波士頓的「和平日節慶」上，更是創下了萬人合唱《哈利路亞大合唱》，並使用500件樂器伴奏的記錄。

因為《彌賽亞》全長大約２小時３０分，為了表演上不至於太過冗長，因此在演出時常會有所刪節，或是分段演出，因此在網上不容易找到完整的版本。

各位看到的這個版本雖然不是最全，但卻是在下從漫漫網海裡找到的眾多版本當中，聽起來感覺相當不錯，而且又比較完整的。它和全53章的版本相比，少了七首曲子，多了一個Amen（它一般合併在第53章中）。

缺的這幾章，在下用網上找到最齊的Tsukuba的版本（其實這版也不差啦，只是在下比較中意Berkeley的就是了）補充在最後，希望各位能接受任性的在下，這個折衷的舉動^^（文／幽影）



參考資料：

彌賽亞-Wikipedia

《彌賽亞》全53曲的曲目＆歌詞（原文＆中文對照）

《彌賽亞》全53曲的曲目＆Midi

韓德爾與《彌賽亞》

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Messiah, HWV-56

Performed by UC, Berkeley chorus on 4/24/04 - conductor: Marika Kuzma

Part-01

01. Sinfonia (Overture)

02. Comfort ye, my people

03. Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted

04. And the Glory of the Lord (Chorus)

05. Thus saith the Lord

06. But who may abide the day of his coming?

07. And He shall purify the sons of Levi (Chorus)

08. Behold a Virgin shall conceive

09. O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth

11. The people that walked in darkness

12. For unto us a child is born (Chorus)

13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

14. There were shepards abiding in the field

15. Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)

16. Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion

17. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened

18. He shall feed His flock

19. His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light (Chorus)


Part-02

01. Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)

02. He was despised and rejected

03. Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus)

04. And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)

05. All we like sheep, have gone astray (Chorus)

06. All they that see him

07. He trusted in God (Chorus)

08. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart

09. Behold and see if there be any sorrow

10. He was cut off out of the land of the living

11. But thou didst not leave his soul in hell

12. Thou art gone up on high

13. The Lord gave the word (Chorus)

14. How beautiful are the feet

15. Why do the nations so furiously rage

16. He that dwelleth in heaven

17. Though shalt break them

18. Hallelujah (Chorus)


Part-03

01. I know that my redeemer liveth

02. Since by man came death (Chorus)

03. Behold, I tell you a mystery

04. The trumpet shall sound

05. Then shall be brought to pass the saying

06. O death, where is thy sting

07. But thanks be to God (Chorus)

08. If God be for us

09. Worthy is the lamb that was slain (Chorus)

10. Amen (Chorus)

出處：
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~artin/Music/Listen%20to.htm

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補闕：

在下參照全53章的目錄找出闕漏的這七章後，拿Tsukuba版本裡對應的那七章補充在此處～
（15和16，以及34和35是在同一個檔案裡）



Messiah by Singakademie Tsukuba
Conductor: Masaru SUZUKI（鈴木　優）

Part-01

15 And the angel said unto them Recitative for Soprano
16 And suddenly there was with the angel Recitative for Soprano


Part-02

33 Lift up your heads, O ye gates Chorus


34 Unto which of the angels said He Recitative for Tenor
35 Let all the angels of God worship Him Chorus


39 Their sound is gone out into all lands Chorus


41 Let us break their bonds asunder Chorus


出處：
http://koten.sakura.ne.jp/choir/sound/13messiah/