Messiah

Band / artist:

London Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen, London Philharmonic Choir, William Herbert, Richard Standen, Margaret Ritchie, Constance Shacklock

Release date:

01.01.1956

Plays count:

Album tracks

List

MESSIAH, HWV 56 - [Record 1. Side A] - PART I. Sinfonia

Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 1. Side A] - Accompagnato: 'Comfort ye my people'

Richard Standen Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side A] - Air: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'

London Symphony Orchestra Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert Margaret Ritchie

[Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed'

Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side A] - Accompagnato: 'Thus saith the Lord of Hosts'

London Symphony Orchestra Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert Margaret Ritchie Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side A] - Air: 'But who may abide the day of His coming'

Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'And He shall purify'

Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side A] - Recitative: 'Behold, a Virgin shall conceive'

Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'

Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'

Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 1. Side B] - Air: 'The people that walked in darkness'

Constance Shacklock Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side B] - Chorus: 'For unto us a child is born'

London Philharmonic Choir William Herbert Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie Constance Shacklock London Symphony Orchestra

[Record 1. Side B] - Pastoral Symphony 'Pifa'

Margaret Ritchie William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen London Symphony Orchestra

[Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'There were shepherds'

William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 1. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord'

Richard Standen Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'And the angel said unto them'

Richard Standen William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra

[Record 1. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'And suddenly there was with the angel'

William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock Margaret Ritchie

[Record 1. Side B] - Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'

Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 1. Side B] - Air: 'Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion'

Hermann Scherchen London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Margaret Ritchie

[Record 2. Side A] - PART II. Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'

Constance Shacklock Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 2. Side A] - Air: 'He was despised and rejected'

Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs'

Margaret Ritchie Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra

[Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'With His stripes we are healed'

Constance Shacklock Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'

Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen

[Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'

Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'He trusted in God'

Hermann Scherchen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Richard Standen Margaret Ritchie

[Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His heart'

London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie

[Record 2. Side B] - Arioso: 'Behold and see, if there is any sorrow'

Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'He was cut off out of the land'

Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell'

London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie

[Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Lift up your heads'

Margaret Ritchie Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra

[Record 2. Side B] - Recitative: 'Unto which of the angels'

Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Let all the angels of God worship Him'

Richard Standen London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie

[Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'Thou art gone up on high'

Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen

[Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'

Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen

[Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'How beautiful are the feet'

Constance Shacklock London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie

[Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Their sound is gone out'

Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 3. Side A] - Aria: 'Why do the nations so furiously rage together'

William Herbert Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 3. Side A] - PART III. Air: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'

Richard Standen London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie

[Record 3. Side A] - Chorus: 'Since by man came death'

London Symphony Orchestra Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert Margaret Ritchie

[Record 3. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery'

London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie Hermann Scherchen

[Record 3. Side B] - Air: 'The trumpet shall sound'

Hermann Scherchen London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen

[Record 3. Side B] - Recitative: 'Then shall be brought to pass'

William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie

[Record 3. Side B] - Duet: 'O death, where is thy sting?'

Hermann Scherchen Richard Standen London Philharmonic Choir Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 3. Side B] - Chorus: 'But thanks be to God'

William Herbert Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen

[Record 3. Side B] - Air: 'If God be for us, who can be against us?'

London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen Hermann Scherchen Constance Shacklock William Herbert London Symphony Orchestra Margaret Ritchie

[Record 3. Side B] - Chorus: 'Worthy is Lamb that was slain'

Hermann Scherchen Margaret Ritchie London Symphony Orchestra William Herbert Constance Shacklock London Philharmonic Choir Richard Standen