Messiah: Arias and Choruses

~ Release by Georg Friedrich Händel; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Adrian Boult (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

these recordings are from 1961, years before the London Symphony Chorus were formed in 1966; it's likely to be instead the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the name used by the Ambrosian Singers when their musical director John McCarthy was also appointed musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1961-1966.

Annotation last modified on 2012-06-20 14:31 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Messiah: Comfort ye
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor) (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel3:38
2Messiah: Every valley shall be exalted
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor) (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel3:33
3Messiah: And the glory of the Lord
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel3:16
4Messiah: Behold a virgin shall conceive...O thou that tellest
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Grace Bumbry (mezzo‐soprano) (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel7:24
5Messiah: For unto us a child is born
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel4:28
6Messiah: And suddenly...
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:34
7Messiah: Rejoice greatly
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
solo soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
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
Georg Friedrich Händel4:43
8Messiah: Why do the nations
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
bass vocals:
David Ward (Singer) (in 1961-08)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:53
9Messiah: Let us break their bonds
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel1:53
10Messiah: Hallelujah
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
organ:
Ralph Downes
trumpet:
Alan Stringer (trumpet player)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah” (in 1961-08)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel34:38
11Messiah: I know that my redeemer liveth
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel7:12
12Messiah: Behold I tell you a mystery...The trumpet shall sound
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
trumpet:
Alan Stringer (trumpet player) (in 1961-08)
bass vocals:
David Ward (Singer) (in 1961-08)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel9:11
13Messiah: Worthy is the lamb...Amen
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus (in 1961-08)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1961-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (in 1961-08)
Georg Friedrich Händel9:22

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