Messiah : highlights / by Handel.

Author/creator Handel, George Frideric
Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication Info[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2006]
Description1 online resource.
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Subjects

Other author/creatorLewis, Richard, 1914-1990, vocalist.
Other author/creatorMilligan, James, 1928-1961, vocalist.
Other author/creatorMorison, Elsie, vocalist.
Other author/creatorSargent, Malcolm, 1895-1967, conductor.
Other author/creatorThomas, Marjorie, 1923-2008, vocalist.
Other author/creatorHuddersfield Choral Society, performer.
Other author/creatorRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
Uniform titleMessiah. Selections
Contents Overture (Grave -- Allegro moderato) -- Comfort ye, my people (tenor recit.) -- Every valley shall be exalted (tenor) -- And the glory of the Lord (chorus) -- For unto us a child is born (chorus) -- Pastoral Symphony (Larghetto e mezzo piano) -- Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto recit.) -- He shall feed his flock (alto) ... Come unto him (soprano) -- His yoke is easy (chorus) -- Behold the lamb of God (chorus) -- He was despised (alto) -- He that dwelleth in heaven (tenor recit.) -- Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor) -- Hallelujah (chorus) -- I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano) -- Since by man came death (chorus) -- Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass recit.) -- The trumpet shall sound (bass) (Alan Stringer, trumpet) -- Worthy is the lamb (chorus) -- Amen (chorus).
General notePreviously released as a compact disc; Originally released in 1959.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).
Performer Elsie Morison, soprano ; Marjorie Thomas, contralto ; Richard Lewis, tenor ; James Milligan, bass ; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Malcom Sargent, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in Huddersfield Town Hall, June 15-19, 1959 and No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, Aug. 24, 1959.
LanguageSung in English.
Genre/formSound recordings.

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