Messiah
(1993, original release: 1966)
Music CD
Call Numbers:
CD/CLASSICAL/HANDEL,G/1900
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[Germany?] : Philips Classics, [1993]
℗1966
℗1966
DESCRIPTION
2 audio discs (2 hr., 24 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
438357-2, 438358-2, 438356-2 (set)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Oratorio in 3 parts sung in English
Libretto by Charles Jennens, taken from the Bible and Prayer book Psalter
Originally released 1966
Program notes by Bernard Jacobson, in English with Italian translation, and Thomas Kahlcke and Renée Pétinot, in German or French, laid in container
Heather Harper, soprano; Helen Watts, contralto; John Wakefield, tenor; John Shirley-Quirk, bass; London Symphony Orchestra and Choir; Colin Davis, conductor
Recorded: London, 6/1966