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Messiah George Frideric Handel, Hermann Scherchen, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Margaret Ritchie, Constance Shacklock, William Herbert & Richard Standen

Release: 1956 , Language: , Status: Official
Format: 12" Vinyl, Tracks: 47, Length: 2:35:49, Barcode: [none]
Release type: Album
1956 LSO

Contents

12" Vinyl #1
1 MESSIAH, HWV 56 - [Record 1. Side A] - PART I. Sinfonia 5:18
2 [Record 1. Side A] - Accompagnato: 'Comfort ye my people' 3:58
3 [Record 1. Side A] - Air: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted' 3:30
4 [Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed' 2:46
5 [Record 1. Side A] - Accompagnato: 'Thus saith the Lord of Hosts' 1:59
6 [Record 1. Side A] - Air: 'But who may abide the day of His coming' 4:34
7 [Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'And He shall purify' 2:04
8 [Record 1. Side A] - Recitative: 'Behold, a Virgin shall conceive' 0:45
9 [Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' 5:22
10 [Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth' 4:08
11 [Record 1. Side B] - Air: 'The people that walked in darkness' 4:49
12 [Record 1. Side B] - Chorus: 'For unto us a child is born' 3:27
13 [Record 1. Side B] - Pastoral Symphony 'Pifa' 1:56
14 [Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'There were shepherds' 0:25
15 [Record 1. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord' 0:54
16 [Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'And the angel said unto them' 1:02
17 [Record 1. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'And suddenly there was with the angel' 0:14
18 [Record 1. Side B] - Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest' 2:15
19 [Record 1. Side B] - Air: 'Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion' 4:23
1 [Record 2. Side A] - PART II. Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God' 4:32
2 [Record 2. Side A] - Air: 'He was despised and rejected' 9:45
3 [Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs' 4:05
4 [Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'With His stripes we are healed' 4:03
5 [Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray' 5:03
6 [Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn' 1:25
7 [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'He trusted in God' 2:13
8 [Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His heart' 2:04
9 [Record 2. Side B] - Arioso: 'Behold and see, if there is any sorrow' 1:40
10 [Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'He was cut off out of the land' 0:25
11 [Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell' 2:53
12 [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Lift up your heads' 3:26
13 [Record 2. Side B] - Recitative: 'Unto which of the angels' 0:26
14 [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Let all the angels of God worship Him' 1:23
15 [Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'Thou art gone up on high' 5:59
16 [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word' 1:00
17 [Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'How beautiful are the feet' 2:29
18 [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Their sound is gone out' 3:06
19 [Record 3. Side A] - Aria: 'Why do the nations so furiously rage together' 2:33
1 [Record 3. Side A] - PART III. Air: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' 10:03
2 [Record 3. Side A] - Chorus: 'Since by man came death' 2:20
3 [Record 3. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery' 0:46
4 [Record 3. Side B] - Air: 'The trumpet shall sound' 8:55
5 [Record 3. Side B] - Recitative: 'Then shall be brought to pass' 0:16
6 [Record 3. Side B] - Duet: 'O death, where is thy sting?' 0:53
7 [Record 3. Side B] - Chorus: 'But thanks be to God' 2:01
8 [Record 3. Side B] - Air: 'If God be for us, who can be against us?' 7:48
9 [Record 3. Side B] - Chorus: 'Worthy is Lamb that was slain' 10:04

Other Releases in Group (1)

Official

  1. Messiah, United Kingdom (1986), CD + CD + CD (English) 1954 London recording, Remastered 1986

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Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/release/4320119