Highlights from "Messiah" - Part Two

~ Recording by Georg Friedrich Händel

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1.2Highlights from "Messiah" - Part Two29:17Georg Friedrich HändelThe 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 81/82 : Music of FaithAmbrosian Singers, Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Otto Klemperer & Philharmonia OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Franklin Mint Record SocietyFM10 81/82

Relationships

sound engineer:Neville Boyling (engineer)
producer:Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
vocals:Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
performer:Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone)
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
Robert Tear (tenor)
recorded at:Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966-08)
recording of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II

Related works

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:Charles Jennens
part of:Messiah, HWV 56 (order: 2)
parts:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 38. Air “How beautiful are the feet…” (Soprano) (soprano aria version without chorus)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 39. Chorus “Their sound is gone out” (version for chorus, not tenor solo)
1. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 22. Chorus “Behold the Lamb of God”
2. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)
3. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 24. Chorus “Surely He hath borne our griefs”
4. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 25. Chorus “And with His stripes”
5. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 26. Chorus “All we like sheep”
6. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 27. Recitative “All they that see Him” (Tenor)
7. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 28. Chorus “He trusted in God”
8. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 29. Recitative “Thy rebuke hath broken His heart” (Tenor)
9. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 30. Arioso “Behold and see” (Tenor)
10. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 31. Recitative “He was cut off out of the land of the living…” (Soprano)
11. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 32. Air “But thou didst not leave His soul in hell…” (Soprano)
12. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 33. Chorus “Lift up your heads”
13. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 34. Recitative “Unto Which of the Angels…” (Tenor)
14. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 35. Chorus “Let all the angels of God worship Him”
15. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 36. Air “Thou art gone up on high” (Bass)
16. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 37. Chorus “The Lord gave the Word”
17. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 38. Duet “How beautiful are the feet…” (Soprano, Alto & Chorus)
18. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 39. Arioso “Their sound is gone out” (Tenor)
19. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air “Why do the nations” (Bass)
20. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Chorus “Let us break their bonds asunder”
21. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 42. Recitative “He that dwelleth in heaven…” (Tenor)
22. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 43. Air “Thou shalt break them” (Tenor)
23. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
arrangements:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II (Wilberg Edition)