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Handel: Messiah / Hickox, Terfel, Langridge, Rodgers, Et Al


Release Date: 07/29/1992 
Label:  Chandos   Catalog #: 522   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Christopher Robson,  Della Jones,  Joan Rodgers,  Bryn Terfel,   ... 
Conductor:  Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Collegium Musicum 90
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 21 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London 11-17 January 1991 Producer(s) Tim Oldham Sound Engineer(s) Richard Lee Peter Sheldon (Assistant) Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London 11-17 January 1991 Producer(s) Tim Oldham Sound Engineer(s) Richard Lee Peter Sheldon (Assistant) Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Messiah, HWV 56 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Christopher Robson (Countertenor), Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano), Joan Rodgers (Soprano),
Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone), Philip Langridge (Tenor)
Conductor:  Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Collegium Musicum 90
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1742; Dublin, Ireland 
 Length: 140 Minutes 51 Secs. 
Language: English 

Sound Samples

Messiah, HWV 56: Symphony
Messiah, HWV 56: Accompagnato: Comfort ye (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Ev'ry valley (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: And the glory (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Accompagnato: Thus said the Lord (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: But who may abide? (Counter-tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: And He shall purify (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: O thou that tellest (Alto)
Messiah, HWV 56: Accompagnato: For behold, darkness (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: The people that walked (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56: For unto us (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Pastoral Symphony
Messiah, HWV 56: Glory to God (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Rejoice greatly (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: And He shall feed his flock (Alto)
Messiah, HWV 56: His yoke is easy (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Behold the Land of God (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: He was despised (Alto)
Messiah, HWV 56: Surely, He hath borne (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: And with His stripes (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: All we like sheep (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Accompagnato: All they that see Him (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: He trusted in God (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Behold, and see (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: But Thou didst not leave (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: Lift up your heads (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Let all the angels (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Thou art gone up on high (Counter-tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: How beautiful are the feet (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56: Their sound is gone out (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Why do the nations (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56: Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Thou shalt break them (Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: I know that my redeemer liveth (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56: Since by man came death (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)
Messiah, HWV 56: Duet: O death, where is thy sting (Counter-tenor, Tenor)
Messiah, HWV 56: But thanks be to God (Chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Air: If God be for us (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56: Worthy is the Lamb (Chorus)

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