Handel* – Ameling* • Reynolds* • Langridge* • Howell* / Academy* & Chorus Of St Martin-In-The-Fields*, Neville Marriner* – Messiah (2xCD, Album, RE, RM, PMD) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

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Notes:

London version of 1743

Total timing – 2’20:23 – CD1- 68:06 // CD2- 72:17
Recording location: St. John’s, Smith Square, London, January & July 1976
℗ 1976 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
© 1995 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
LONDON RECORDS, a division of Polygram Records, Inc., New York, N.Y.
CD is made in USA
Printed in USA
Made in USA

Analogue to Digital Remaster

Tracklist given on back cover as:
CD 1:
1–14 Part I (Nos. 1–21)
15–16 Part II (Nos. 22–23)
CD 2:
1–15 Part II (Nos. 24–44)
16–21 Part III (Nos. 45–53)

. Part I
1-1. No. 1 Symphony 3:04
1-2. Nos. 2/3 Recitative & Air Tenor: “Comfort Ye My People… Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” 6:23
1-3. No. 4 Chorus: “And The Glory Of The Lord” 2:57
1-4. Nos. 5/6 Recitative & Air Bass: “Thus Saith The Lord… But Who May Abide” 4:29
1-5. No. 7 Chorus: “And He Shall Purify” 2:08
1-6. Nos. 8/9 Recitative & Air Alto & Chorus: “Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive… O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion” 6:01
1-7. Nos. 10/11 Recitative & Air Bass: “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth… The People That Walked In Darkness” 6:14
1-8. No. 12 Chorus: “For Unto Us A Child Is Born” 3:35
1-9. No. 13 Pifa 2:53
1-10. Nos. 14-16: Recitative Soprano. “There Were Shepherds, Abiding In The Field… And Lo! The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them… And The Angel Said Unto Them… And Suddenly There Was With The Angel” 3:10
1-11. No. 17 Chorus: “Glory To God In The Highest” 1:45
1-12. No. 18 Air Soprano: “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion” 4:11
1-13. Nos. 19/20 Recitative & Aria Alto: “Then Shall The Eyes… He Shall Feed Is Flock” 4:59
1-14. No. 21 Chorus: “His Yoke Is Easy” 1:59
. Part II
1-15. No. 22 Chorus: “Behold The Lamb Of God” 2:59
1-16. No. 23 Air Alto: He Was Despised” 11:17
2-1. No. 24 Chorus: “Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs” 2:07
2-2. No. 25 Chorus: “And With His Stripes” 1:26
2-3. No. 26 Chorus: “All We Like Sheep” 3:27
2-4. Nos. 27/28 Recitative Tenor & Chorus: “All They That See Him… He Trusted In God” 2:51
2-5. Nos. 29/30 Recitative & Arioso Soprano: “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart… Behold And See” 3:49
2-6. Nos. 31/32 Recitative & Air Tenor: “He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living… But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell” 2:23
2-7. No. 33 Chorus: “Lift Up You Heads” 2:58
2-8. Nos. 34/35 Recitative Tenor & Chorus: “Unto Which Of The Angels… Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him” 1:42
2-9. No. 36 Air Bass: “Thou Art Gone Up On High” 3:11
2-10. No. 37 Chorus: “The Lord Gave The World” 1:03
2-11. No. 38 Duet Soprano & Alto, Chorus: “How Beautiful Are The Feet… Break Forth Into Joy” 3:17
2-12. No. 39 Arioso Tenor: “Their Sound Is Gone Out” 1:09
2-13. Nos. 40/41 Air Bass & Chorus: “Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together… Let Us Break Their Bonds” 3:07
2-14. Nos. 42/43 Recitative & Air Tenor: “He That Dwelleth In Heaven… That Shalt Break Them” 2:34
2-15. No. 44 Chorus: “Hallelujah” 3:39
. Part III
2-16. No. 45 Air Soprano: “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” 5:14
2-17. No. 46 Chorus: “Since By Man Came Death” 1:51
2-18. Nos. 47/48 Recitative & Air Bass: “Behold, I Tell You A Mystery… The Trumpet Shall Sound” 10:10
2-19. Nos. 49-51 Recitative Alto, Duet Alto & Tenor, Chorus: “Then Shall Be Brought To Pass… Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting… But Thanks Be To God” 4:57
2-20. No. 52 Air Alto: “If God Be For Us” 4:40
2-21. No. 53 Chorus: “Worthy Is The Lamb… Amen” 6:36

Barcode 0 28944 48242 3
Barcode 028944482423
SPARS Code ADD
Price Code L F 2

Recorded At St. John’s, Smith Square
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Record Company PolyGram Records, Inc.
Glass Mastered At PMDC, USA

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