Messiah

~ Release by Handel; Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Keith Lewis, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Messiah: Part 2: No. 22 Chorus: And with his stripes / No. 23 Chorus: All we like sheep
George Frideric Handel5:57
2Messiah: Part 2: No. 24 Recitative: All they that see him / No. 25 Chorus: He trusted in God
choir vocals:
Chicago Symphony Chorus
solo tenor vocals:
Keith Lewis (tenor)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 27. Recitative “All they that see Him” (Tenor)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 28. Chorus “He trusted in God”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel2:57
3Messiah: Part 2: No. 26 Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart / No. 27 Arioso: Behold and see if there be any sorrow / No. 28 Recitative: He was cut off out of the land / No. 29 Air: But thou didst not leave his soul in hell
George Frideric Handel6:00
4Messiah: Part 2: No. 30 Chorus: Lift up your heads / Recitative: Unto which of the angels / No. 31 Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship him
George Frideric Handel4:51
5Messiah: Part 2: No. 32 Air: Thou art gone up on high
George Frideric Handel3:21
6Messiah: Part 2: No. 33 Chorus: The Lord gave the word
choir vocals:
Chicago Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 37. Chorus “The Lord gave the Word”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel1:08
7Messiah: Part 2: No. 34a Air: How beautiful are the feet / No. 35a Chorus: Their sound is gone out
George Frideric Handel3:39
8Messiah: Part 2: No. 36 Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together? / No. 37 Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder / Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven / No. 38 Air: Thou shalt break them
George Frideric Handel6:49
9Messiah: Part 2: No. 39 Chorus: Hallelujah
choir vocals:
Chicago Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
chorus master:
Margaret Hillis (chorus master)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1984-10)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel3:47
10Messiah: Part 3: No. 40 Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (in 1984-10)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (in 1984-10)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in 1984-10)
balance engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer) (in 1984-10) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1984-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1984-10)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano) (in 1984-10)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
George Frideric Handel5:48
11Messiah: Part 3: No. 41 Chorus: Since by man came death
choir vocals:
Chicago Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 46. Chorus “Since by man came death”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
George Frideric Handel2:07
12Messiah: Part 3: No. 42 Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery / No. 43 Air: The trumpet shall sound
bass vocals:
Gwynne Howell (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
chorus master:
Margaret Hillis (chorus master)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 47. Recitative “Behold, I tell you a mystery” (Bass)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 48. Air “The trumpet shall sound” (Bass)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
George Frideric Handel9:02
13Messiah: Part 3: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass / No. 44 Duet: O Death, where is thy sting? / No. 45 Chorus: But thanks be to God
George Frideric Handel3:27
14Messiah: Part 3: No. 46 Air: If God be for us
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1984-10)
George Frideric Handel4:48
15Messiah: Part 3: No. 47 Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
choir vocals:
Chicago Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1984-10)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 53. Chorus “Worthy is the Lamb… Amen”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
George Frideric Handel6:36

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Hanover, West Germany (Hanover), Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
printed in:West Germany
rights society:MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
manufactured by:PolyGram
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Decca Record Company Limited, London (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1985)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/26943044 [info]