The Complete Warner Classics Edition

~ Release by Sir Charles Mackerras (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (1959) / Water Music Suite (1956) /Jacob: Fanfare for “God Save the King”
2▼CD: Handel: Messiah (1)
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1Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: Sinfony: Grave – Allegro Moderato
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 1. Symphony
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel4:02
2Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 1. Accompanied Recitative: “Comfort Ye, My People” (Tenor)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Recitative “Comfort ye” (Tenor)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel3:30
3Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 2. Aria: “Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted” (Tenor)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted” (Tenor)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel3:42
4Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 3. Chorus: “And The Glory Of The Lord”
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel3:03
5Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 4. Accompanied Recitative: “Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts” (Bass)
bass vocals:
Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 5. Recitative “Thus saith the Lord” (Bass)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel1:39
6Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 5. Aria: “But Who May Abide“ (Countertenor)
alto vocals:
Paul Esswood (countertenor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 6. Air “But who may abide”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
version of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Alternative Arias: Air. “But who may abide the day of His coming?” (1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel4:22
7Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 6. Chorus: “And He Shall Purify”
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 7. Chorus “And He shall purify”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel2:46
8Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 7. Recitative: “Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive” (Contralto)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 8. Recitative “Behold, a virgin shall conceive” (Alto)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel0:31
9Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 8.-9. Aria & Chorus: “O Thou That Tellest” (Contralto, Chorus)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 9. Air “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Alto, Chorus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel5:41
10Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 10. Accompanied Recitative: “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth” (Bass)
bass vocals:
Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. Recitative “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth” (Bass)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel2:28
11Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 11. Aria: “The People That Walked In Darkness” (Bass)
bass vocals:
Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 11. Air “The people that walked in darkness” (Bass)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel4:05
12Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 12. Chorus: “For Unto Us A Child Is Born”
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
arranger:
Basil Lam (English producer, harpsichordist)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born” (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel4:17
13Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 13. Pifa (Sinfonia Pastorale): Larghetto E Mezzo Piano
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel2:39
14Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 14. Recitative: “There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field” (Soprano)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
partial recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14. Recitative “There were shepherds, abiding in the field… And lo! the angel of the Lord come upon them” (Soprano)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel0:26
15Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: Accompanied Recitative: “And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them” (Soprano)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
partial recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14. Recitative “There were shepherds, abiding in the field… And lo! the angel of the Lord come upon them” (Soprano)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel0:23
16Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: Recitative: “And The Angel Said Unto Them” (Soprano)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 15. Recitative “And the angel said unto them” (Soprano)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel0:49
17Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: Accompanied Recitative: “And Suddenly There Was With The Angel A Multitude” (Soprano)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 16. Recitative “And suddenly there was with the angel” (Soprano)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel0:19
18Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 15. Chorus: “Glory To God In The Highest”
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus “Glory to God in the highest”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel1:49
19Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 16. Aria: “Rejoice Greatly, O Daugher Of Zion” (Soprano)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 18. Air “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” (Soprano)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
version of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Alternative Arias: Air. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” (1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel4:33
20Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 17. Recitative: “Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Open’d” (Soprano)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Recitative “Then shall the eyes of the blind” (Contralto)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel0:33
21Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 18. Aria: “He Shall Feed His Flock” (Soprano)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 20. Air “He Shall Feed His Flock” (Soprano, Contralto)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel5:12
22Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 19. Chorus: “His Yoke Is Easy”
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 21. Chorus “His yoke is easy”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel2:45
23Messiah, HWV 56: Part The Second: 20. Chorus: “Behold, The Lamb Of God”
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 22. Chorus “Behold the Lamb of God”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel2:23
24Messiah, HWV 56: Part The Second: 21. Aria: “He Was Despised” (Contralto)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel12:34
25Messiah, HWV 56: Part The Second: 22. Chorus: “Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs”
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 24. Chorus “Surely He hath borne our griefs”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel2:59
3▶CD: Handel: Messiah (2)
4▶CD: Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (1976)
5▶CD: Handel: Water Music Suites (1978)
6▶CD: Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
7▶CD: Handel, Albinoni, Telemann, Hertel: Trumpet Concertos
8▶CD: A Mozart Concert
9▶CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 20 & 23
10▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies nos. 36 “Linz” & 36 “Prague”
11▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies nos. 40 & 41 “Jupiter”
12▶CD: Mozart: Flute Concerto / Sinfonia Concertante
13▶CD: Mozart Arias: Barbara Frittoli
14▶CD: Mozart: Idomeneo (1)
15▶CD: Mozart: Idomeneo (2)
16▶CD: Mozart: Idomeneo (3)
17▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1 & 3
18▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 2 & 8
19▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 4 & 6
20▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5 & 7
21▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
22▶CD: Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
23▶CD: Schubert: Symphonies nos. 5 & 8
24▶CD: Schubert: Symphony no. 9
25▶CD: Ballet Music
26▶CD: Berlioz: Overtures & Orchestral Excerpts / Russian Overtures & Orchestral Excerpts
27▶CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 / A Midsummer Night’s Dream
28▶CD: Chopin: Les Sylphides / Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours / Meyerbeer: Les Patineurs / Tchaikovsky: Walzes
29▶CD: Verdi‐Mackerras: The Lady And The Fool ( Complete Ballet )
30▶CD: Verdi: Opera Overtures & Ballet Music / Delibes: Lakmé Ballet Music
31▶CD: Great Opera Duets: Montserrat Caballé / Bernabé Marti
32▶CD: Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Highlights)
33▶CD: Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne / J. Strauss II: Graduation Ball / Perpetuum mobile / Unter Donner und Blitz / Tritsch‐Tratsch‐Polka
34▶CD: Delibes: La Source / Messager: Les deux pigeons / Gounod: Faust, ballet / Chabrier: Espana / Polonaise
35▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures From an Exhibition / A Night on the Bare Mountain
36▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Litolff / Weber / Saint‐Saëns / Turina / Piano Concertante Works
37▶CD: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture / Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3 / Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain / Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel / Don Juan
38▶CD: Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 / Symphonic Variations
39▶CD: Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World” / Symphony no. 7
40▶CD: Dvořák: Legends nos. 1–10, op. 59 / Romance / Nocturne op. 40
41▶CD: Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E major, op. 22 / Janáček: Capriccio / Concertino
42▶CD: Sullivan: Pineapple Poll / Savoy Opera Overtures
43▶CD: Sullivan: Pineapple Poll [1960]
44▶CD: Sullivan: Pineapple Poll / Verdi: The Lady and the Fool
45▶CD: Janáček: Sinfonietta / Four Preludes
46▶CD: Elgar: Enigma Variations / Falstaff Symphonic Study
47▶CD: Dvorák: Slavonic Dances / Smetana: The Bartered Bride Polka & Furiant / Brahms: Hungarian Dances 5 & 6 / Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances / Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no. 1
48▶CD: Sullivan: Cello Concerto in D / Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Elgar: Romance
49▶CD: Puccini Arias: Monsterrat Caballé
50▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 1 “Titan”
51▶CD: Mahler: Symphony no. 5
52▶CD: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Reger: An die Hoffnung / Berg: 7 Frühe Lieder
53▶CD: Delius: Paris / Double Concerto / Cello Concerto
54▶CD: Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Dances
55▶CD: Holst: The Planets
56▶CD: Wolf‐Ferrari / Donizetti / Falla / Smetana / Weinberger: Overtures & Orchestral Excerpts
57▶CD: Brian: Symphony no. 7 / Symphony no. 31 / The Tinker’s Wedding (Comedy Overture)
58▶CD: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Fireworks, op. 4 / Circus Polka / Greeting Prelude “Happy Birthday”
59▶CD: Favourite Music of Eric Coates / Burkhard, Reznicek: Overtures / Copland / Wirén: Serenade
60▶CD: Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Siesta
61▶CD: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: More Songs You Love (The Christmas Album)
62▶CD: Folk Songs of the British Isles ( Richard Lewis) / Peter Dawson Sings
63▶CD: A Little Nonsense (Owen Brannigan) / Sing the Songs of Britain (Elizabeth Harwood & Owen Brannigan)