Messiah

Messiah

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Corporate Authors: Monteverdi Choir (Performer), English Baroque Soloists (Performer)
Other Authors: Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773 (Librettist), Marshall, Margaret, 1949- (Vocalist), Robbin, Catherine (Vocalist), Brett, Charles (Vocalist), Rolfe Johnson, Anthony (Vocalist), Hale, Robert, 1933- (Vocalist), Quirke, Saul (Vocalist), Gardiner, John Eliot (Conductor)
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: W. Germany : Philips, [1983]
Series:Digital classics.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Songs and music.
Oratorios.
Instrumentation:Voices - Soprano
Voices - Mezzo Soprano
Voices - Counter tenor
Voices - Tenor
Voices - Bass
Choruses - Mixed
Larger ensemble - Full orchestra
Item Description:
  • Oratorio ; sung in English.
  • Libretto by Charles Jennens, taken from the Bible and Prayer book Psalter.
  • Performed on period instruments.
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes in English, French, and German and libretto with French and German translations (75 pages : ports.) inserted in container.
Playing Time:02:26:12
Description
Physical Description:2 sound discs (147 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Participant or Performer:Margaret Marshall, soprano ; Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano ; Charles Brett, countertenor ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Robert Hale, bass ; Saul Quirke, boy soprano ; Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded Nov. 1982, London.
FOLIO link:View instance in FOLIO

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