Saturday, December 06, 2025

Super Saturday Salvation 17

Wow, this is a really long series. I can't believe how many records I've posted here today, and I'm not done yet! Have I ever done a series with this many entries? I can't think of anything. Up next is 1982 and, believe it or not, the voice of God himself, Charlton Heston! Who better to read these bible versus interspersed with pieces from Handel's Messiah. Heston recorded pretty much the whole bible at one point or another during his career, so there's not really anything new here, but it's great to hear his voice talking about something other than apes or Soylent Green. This is Christmas Music From Handel's Messiah (Army Of Stars, The Salvation Army, Western Territory, Community Relations & Development Department KM 10534, Stereo, 1982).

1. Charlton Heston-Introduction
2. Sinfonia Orchestra-Overture
3. Charlton Heston-Isaiah 40:1
4. Byron Wright With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-Comfort Ye My People
5. Byron Wright With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
6. The Roger Wagner Chorale-And The Glory Of The Lord
7. Douglas Lawrence With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts
8. Douglas Lawrence With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming
9. The Roger Wagner Chorale-And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi
10. Charlton Heston-Matthew 1:18-22
11. Alice Baker With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive, And Bear A Son
12. Alice Baker And The Roger Wagner Chorale-O Thou That Tellest Good Tiding Of Zion
13. Charlton Heston-Isaiah 9:2&6
14. Douglas Lawrence With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth
15. Douglas Lawrence With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-The People That Walked In Darkness Have Seen A Great Light
16. The Roger Wagner Chorale-For Unto Us A Child Is Born
17. Sinfonia Orchestra-Pastoral Symphony
18. Charlton Heston-Luke 2:1-7
19. Maurita Phillips Thornberg With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Fields
20. Maurita Phillips Thornberg With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-And The Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not
21. Maurita Phillips Thornberg With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-And Suddenly There Was With The Angel A Multitude
22. The Roger Wagner Chorale-Glory To God In The Highest
23. Charlton Heston-Zechariah 9:8&10
24. Maurita Phillips Thornberg With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-Rejoice Greatly, Daughter Of Zion
25. Alice Baker With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened
26. Alice Baker With The Roger Wagner Chorale And Sinfonia Orchestra-He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd
27. The Roger Wagner Chorale-His Yoke Is Easy And His Burden Is Light
28. Charlton Heston-John 3:16&17
29. The Roger Wagner Chorale-The Hallelujah Chorus

Posted by Ernie at 12/06/2025 05:00:00 PM

10 comments:

  1. BusterSaturday, December 06, 2025 6:26:00 PM

    This is certainly impressive!

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  2. Laurie G.Thursday, December 11, 2025 9:46:00 AM

    Perhaps unsurprisingly, I would actually enjoy a soylent green themed Christmas album.

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    1. ErnieThursday, December 11, 2025 12:06:00 PM

      Who else was in Soylent Green? We can put together a comp!

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  3. BryanWednesday, February 04, 2026 6:15:00 PM

    Well, well, well, no, no, no.
    Okay it is just not for me.
    I have never liked Opera.
    I have never been a fan of this work either, even though I have it by the great Walter Susskind. I cannot even listen to it.
    While I have seen several of Charlton's films, once were enough and I do not remember them. Of course the films, "The Greatest Show on Earth" and "The Ten Commandments", I liked, but they were all star films with many actors I knew about and or liked from TV or DVD viewings.
    I gave up listing right after the first 7 tracks.
    Just not my thing. I give it a dim 5.

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    1. BusterWednesday, February 04, 2026 6:44:00 PM

      Bryan - This isn't even the whole oratorio, which lasts about two and a half hours.

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    2. BryanWednesday, February 04, 2026 7:04:00 PM

      You are kidding?
      I could not even get past 7 tracks?

      While I trained in school as a boy soprano and then as a Tenor, I was never trained for Opera. But then again, it was only Grade and Junior and Senior High Schools. I refused to try out for my College and University Choirs, I just moved on.
      That being said, having ADHD or ADHS, classical music, for the most part, really stresses me. So instead of calming me, it does the opposite.

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    3. BusterWednesday, February 04, 2026 8:44:00 PM

      Bryan - Well, different people like different kinds of music, and that's great! Many classical works are acquired tastes, for sure. You might try the more modern version of Messiah on my blog. Well recorded, beautifully sung. It includes a boy's choir (from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford):

      https://big10inchrecord.blogspot.com/2025/08/music-from-hogwoods-transformative.html

      Again, this is not the whole work, just the most famous pieces.

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    4. BryanWednesday, February 04, 2026 9:00:00 PM

      Thanks Buster, I will check it. I have been to the Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. It was a few years ago though.

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    5. ErnieFriday, February 06, 2026 8:12:00 AM

      I don't think I've ever listened to the whole thing in any form, just abridged versions and tracks here and there. It's not really my style to be honest.

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