Georg Friedrich Handel, Sir Thomas Beecham, BBC Chorus And Symphony Orchestra - Messiah FLAC download

Tracklist

Messiah Oratorio In Three Parts - Word Adapted From The Holy Scriptures By Rev. Charles Jennens - Excerpts
Part one
1	Overture	3:53
2	Recitative (Tenor): Comfort Ye	3:30
3	Air (Tenor): Ev'ry Valley	3:28
4	Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord	3:46
5	Recitative (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord	1:42
6	Air (Bass): But Who May Abide	4:36
7	Air (Alto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest	6:44
8	Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born	3:48
9	Pifa [Pastoral Symphony]	3:13
10	Recitative (Soprano): There Were Shepherds	1:57
11	Chorus: Glory To God	1:55
12	Duet (Alto And Soprano): He Shall Feed His Flock	6:47
13	Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy	2:46
Part Two
14	Chorus: Surely He Hath Brone Our Griefs	2:42
15	Chorus: And With His Stripes	1:49
16	Chorus: All We Like Sheep	3:53
17	Air (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break	1:36
18	Chorus: Hallelujah!	3:35
Part Three
19	Air (Soprano): I Know That My Redeemer	6:43
20	Recitative (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mistery	0:26
21	Air (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound	3:36
22	Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb	3:20
23	Chorus: Amen	3:16

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – PhonoComp
• Distributed By – Banco Ambrosiano Veneto
• Recorded At – Central Hall, Westminster
• Recorded At – No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Credits

• Bass Vocals – Harold Williams
• Composed By – Georg Friedrich Handel*
• Conductor – Sir Thomas Beecham
• Contralto Vocals – Muriel Brunskill
• Orchestra – BBC Chorus And Symphony Orchestra* (tracks: 1-8, 10-22), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra* (tracks: 9, 23)
• Soprano Vocals – Dora Labbette
• Tenor Vocals – Hubert Eisdell

Notes

Recorded in Central Hall, WEstminister, June and July 1927.
Recorded in London, Studio 1, Abbey Road, 8 July 1947.
This disc reproduces a selection from the first ever recording of the Messiah, remastered here with the aid of the most modern technology and completed by the insertion of the Pifa and the Amen, which were not included in that early performance.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: DM 004-005 PHC 1429-B
• Rights Society: SIAE
• Other: D.P.