Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. “Behold, a virgin shall conceive – O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion”

Recording by Simon Preston, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Carolyn Watkinson, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Duration: 6:15

First release year: 1981

Appears on releases

=> All the Great Music from Handel's Messiah by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

US 1981

=> Messiah: A Sacred Oratorio (highlights) by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

DE 1982

=> Messiah by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

GB 1984

=> Messiah: A Sacred Oratorio by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

1984

=> Messiah: A Sacred Oratorio (highlights) by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

US 1989

=> Messiah by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

US 1991-10-10

=> Classic FM: Messiah Highlights by George Frideric Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

GB 2008

=> Magnificat (500 Ans De Musique Sacre) = Magnificat (Grosse Chorwerke Aus 5 Jahrhunderten) = Magnificat (500 Years Of Choral Masterworks) by Various Artists

XE 2012

=> Messiah by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

2015

=> Messiah by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

=> Messiah (highlights) by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

Related works

=> Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 8. Recitative “Behold, a virgin shall conceive” (Alto) | Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 9. Air “O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Alto, Chorus)

Relations

chorus master

=> 🧑 Simon Preston

conductor

=> 🧑 Christopher Hogwood

engineer

=> 🧑 Martin Atkinson

engineer

=> 🧑 John Dunkerley

performing orchestra

=> 🧑 Academy of Ancient Music

vocal

=> 🧑 Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford

vocal

=> 🧑 Carolyn Watkinson

performance

=> 🎼 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 8. Recitative “Behold, a virgin shall conceive” (Alto)

performance

=> 🎼 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 9. Air “O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Alto, Chorus)

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