Handel: Messiah (highlights)
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Paul Elliott (tenor), David Thomas (bass)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Handel: Messiah (highlights)
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Paul Elliott (tenor), David Thomas (bass)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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- Paul Elliott (tenor), Simon Preston (chorusconductor), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Judith Nelson (soprano)
- Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
- Christopher Hogwood, Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1979
- Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
No. 2, Recit. Comfort Ye, My People – No. 3, Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
Track length6:35
No. 5, Recit. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass) – No. 6, Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (Soprano)
Track length5:31
No. 8, Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Alto) – No. 9, Aria & Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus)
Track length6:15
- Paul Elliott (tenor), Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Simon Preston (chorusconductor)
- Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music
- Simon Preston, Christopher Hogwood
- Recorded: 1979
- Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
No. 27, Recit. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor) – No. 28, Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
Track length2:59
No. 40, Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Bass) – No. 41, Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
Track length3:15
- Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass)
- Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
- Christopher Hogwood, Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1979
- Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
No. 47, Recit. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery – No. 48, Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)
Track length9:00