Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 20 Duet And Chorus: "Sion now her head shall rise" (Israelitish woman and man)

~ Recording by Dame Janet Baker, Felicity Palmer, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
31.5Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 20 Duet And Chorus: "Sion now her head shall rise" (Israelitish woman and man)6:46George Frideric HandelHandel: The Great OratoriosGeorge Frideric HandelAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2016-07-01
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)4830142

Relationships

recording engineer:Joachim Niss
producer:Dr Gerd Ploebsch
editor:Reinhild Schmidt (Sound engineer and producer for Deutsche Grammophon)
choir vocals:Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (in 1976-04)
contralto vocals [Israelitish man]:Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (in 1976-04)
soprano vocals [Israelitish woman]:Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano) (in 1976-04)
orchestra:English Chamber Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:Heinz Wildhagen (engineer, producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Deutsche Grammophon (in 1977)
recorded at:Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1976-04)
recording of:1. Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II, no. 31: Duet " Sion now" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman) (in 1976-04)
2. Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II, no. 32: Chorus "Sion now her head shall raise" (Chorus) (in 1976-04)

Related works

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II, no. 31: Duet " Sion now" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1746)
librettist:Thomas Morell
part of:Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II (order: 5)

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II, no. 32: Chorus "Sion now her head shall raise" (Chorus)

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1746)
librettist:Thomas Morell
part of:Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II (order: 6)