Messiah (1954 London recording, Remastered 1986)

Release by Handel, Hermann Scherchen, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Margaret Ritchie, Constance Shacklock, William Herbert & Richard Standen

Track list

CD 1

=> 1 Sinfonia: Grave (5:17)
=> 2 Accompagnato (Tenor): "Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People..." (3:58)
=> 3 Air (Tenor): "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted..." (3:30)
=> 4 Chorus: "And The Glory Of The Lord..." (2:47)
=> 5 Accompagnato (Bass): "Thus Saith The Lord..." (2:00)
=> 6 Air (Contralto): "But Who May Abide..." (4:35)
=> 7 Chorus: "And He Shall Purify..." (2:04)
=> 8 Recitative (Contralto): "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive..." (0:46)
=> 9 Air (Contralto And Chorus): "O Thou That Tellest..." (5:22)
=> 10 Accompagnato (Bass): "For, Behold, ... Darkness Shall Cover The Earth..." (4:09)
=> 11 Air (Bass): "The People That Walked In Darkness..." (4:49)
=> 12 Chorus: "For Unto Us A Child Is Born..." (3:25)
=> 13 Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) (1:57)
=> 14 Recitative (Soprano): "There Were ... Shepherds Abiding In The Field..." (0:26)
=> 15 Accompagnato (Soprano): "And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord..." (0:54)
=> 16 Recitative (Soprano): "And The Angel Said Upon Them..." (1:03)
=> 17 Accompagnato (Soprano): "And Suddenly There Was With The Angel..." (0:15)
=> 18 Chorus: "Glory To God In The Highest..." (2:15)
=> 19 Air (Soprano): "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion..." (4:23)
=> 20 Recitative (Soprano): "Then Shall The Eyes...." (0:41)
=> 21 Air (Soprano): "He Shall Feed His Flock..." (5:45)
=> 22 Chorus: "His Yoke Is Easy..." (2:16)

CD 2

=> 1 Chorus: "Behold, The Lamb Of God..." (4:32)
=> 2 Air (Contralto): "He Was Despised..." (9:46)
=> 3 Chorus: "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs..." (4:05)
=> 4 Chorus: "And With His Stripes We Are Healed" (4:04)
=> 5 Chorus: "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray" (5:03)
=> 6 Accompagnato (Tenor): "All They That See Him..." (1:25)
=> 7 Chorus: "He Trusted In God..." (2:14)
=> 8 Accompagnato (Tenor): "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart..." (2:05)
=> 9 Arioso (Tenor): "Behold, And See..." (1:40)
=> 10 Accompagnato (Tenor): "He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land..." (0:26)
=> 11 Air (Tenor): "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul..." (2:53)
=> 12 Chorus: "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates..." (3:26)
=> 13 Recitative (Tenor): "Unto Which Of The Angels..." (0:27)
=> 14 Chorus: "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him" (1:23)
=> 15 Air (Bass): "Thou Art Gone Up On High..." (5:59)
=> 16 Chorus: "The Lord Gave The Word..." (1:00)
=> 17 Air (Soprano): "How Beautiful Are The Feet..." (2:29)
=> 18 Chorus: Their Sound Is GOne Out (3:07)
=> 19 Air (Bass): "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage..." (2:33)
=> 20 Chorus: "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder..." (1:39)
=> 21 Recitative (Tenor): "He That Dwelleth In Heaven (0:21)
=> 22 Air (Tenor): "Thou Shalt Break Them" (2:07)
=> 23 Chorus: "Hallelujah..." (3:21)

CD 3

=> 1 Air (Soprano): "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth..." (10:03)
=> 2 Chorus: "Since By Man Came Death..." (2:21)
=> 3 Accompagnato (Bass): "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery..." (0:47)
=> 4 Air (Bass): "The Trumpet Shall Sound..." (8:55)
=> 5 Recitative (Contralto): "Then Shall Be Brought To Pass..." (0:17)
=> 6 Duet (Contralto & Tenor): "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" (0:53)
=> 7 Chorus: "But Thanks Be To God..." (2:02)
=> 8 Air (Soprano): "If God Be For Us..." (4:48)
=> 9 Chorus: "Worthy Is The Lamb..." (10:05)

Labels

=> PRT (UK label)

PVCDBS 9101

=> PRT Records (PRT (Precision Records & Tapes) was formerly Pye Records)

PVCDBS9101

Release events

1986 United Kingdom

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