Messiah: Air: He was despised and rejected of men (alto)

Name: Messiah: Air: He was despised and rejected of men (alto)
Duration: 10 min 7 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label
Official
9.2	Messiah, HMV 56: Part II: No. 21. Air (alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"	10:07	George Frideric Handel	The Warner Classics Remastered Edition Vol. 2: Operas & Sacred Works	Otto Klemperer	Album + Compilation	XW2023-10-27	Warner Classics
1.22	Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria “He was despised”	10:08	George Frideric Handel	Messiah, HWV 56 (remaster)	Handel; Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra	Album	-2023-12-02	Warner Classics
2.2	Messiah: Air: He was despised and rejected of men (alto)	10:07	George Frideric Handel	Messiah Oratorio	Handel; Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines	Album		EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)

solo alto vocals:	Grace Hoffman (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:	Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:	Otto Klemperer (German-born conductor and composer)

recording of:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)

composer:	George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)

later versions:	Der Messias, K. 572: Teil II, Nr. 17. Aria: “Er ward verschmähet” (soprano II)
part of:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part II (order: 2)
arrangements:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. He was despised (Goossens-Beecham Edition) Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. Aria: He Was Despised (mezzo-soprano) (Wilberg Edition)