Singer: Handel
Title: Messiah • A Sacred Oratorio (Highlights • Sélection • Auszüge)
Label: L'oiseau-Lyre ‎– 400 086-2
Series: Florilegium Series –
Type: CD, Album
Country: UK
Date of released: 1982
Category: Classical
Style: Baroque
Size MP3 zip: 1582 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1787 mb
Rating: 3.8✭
Format: MP3 DMF ADX AHX AA DTS AUD AAC FLAC

Tracklist

Messiah (Highlights • Sélection • Auszüge)
1	Comfort Ye My People - Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted - And The Glory Of The Lord	9:24
2	But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming	4:11
3	Behold A Virgin Shall Conceive - O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings	6:13
4	For Unto Us A Child Is Born	4:14
5	Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion	4:08
6	Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together? - Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder	3:15
7	Hallelujah	3:47
8	I Know That My Redeemer Liveth	5:33
9	Behold I Tell You A Mystery - The Trumpet Shall Sound	8:58
10	Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain	7:05

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Pressed By – Polygram, Hanover, West Germany
• Printed By – Neef

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Choir] – David Taylor , Jonathan Cooke , Matthew Bright, Michael Cockerham, Roger Lilley
• Bass Vocals – David Thomas
• Bass Vocals [Choir] – Bruce Russell , Kenneth Roles, Peter Hall , Richard Brett, Timothy Rowe
• Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Daniel Bond*, Felix Warnock, Jeremy Ward
• Cello – Anthony Pleeth, Mark Caudle, Richard Webb
• Choir – Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral*
• Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
• Concertmistress [AAM Orchestra] – Catherine Mackintosh
• Contralto Vocals – Carolyn Watkinson
• Directed By, Chorus Master – Simon Preston
• Directed By, Conductor – Christopher Hogwood
• Double Bass – Keith Marjoram, Peter McCarthy
• Engineer [Sound Engineer] – John Dunkerley, Martin Atkinson
• Harpsichord – Francis Grier, William Christie
• Horn [Natural Horn] – Keith Maries, William Prince
• Liner Notes [English] – Anthony Hicks
• Liner Notes [French Translation - DECCA 1981] – Yvette Debergues
• Liner Notes [German Translation - DECCA 1981] – Helga Ratcliff
• Oboe – Clare Shanks, Sophia McKenna, Stanley King , Tess Miller
• Orchestra – The Academy Of Ancient Music
• Organ [Chamber Organ] – Francis Grier, Simon Preston
• Painting [Front Cover] – William Hogarth
• Producer [Recording] – Peter Wadland
• Soprano Vocals [1st] – Judith Nelson
• Soprano Vocals [2nd] – Emma Kirkby
• Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Adrian Harris , Andrew Olleson, Andrew Spring, Edmund Wearing, Henry Wickham, James Murray-Brown, Jeremy Kitchen, Laurie Milner, Mark Slater , Matthew Bell , Matthew King , Nicholas Pond, Richard Cranmer , Rupert Mellor, Simon Evans , Simon Williamson
• Tenor Vocals – Paul Elliott
• Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Andrew Murgatroyd, John Crowley , Neil MacKenzie, Philip Cave, Rory Jeffes
• Timpani – Charles Fullbrook
• Trumpet [Natural Trumpet] – Malcolm Smith, Michael Laird
• Viola – Annette Isserlis, Colin Kitching, Joan Brickley, Katherine Hart, Simon Rowland-Jones, Trevor Jones
• Violin – Catherine Mackintosh, Christopher Hirons, Elizabeth Wilcock, John Holloway, Judith Falkus, Julie Miller , Kay Usher, Michaela Comberti*, Miles Golding, Monica Huggett, Polly Waterfield, Rachael Isserlis*, Robin Stowell, Roy Goodman, Susan Carpenter-Jacobs*

Notes

Ⓟ 1981 Ⓒ 1982 The Decca Record Company Limited, Lodon. -stereo-
Digitally mastered from an original Analogue recording. CD is manufactured by Polygram in Hanover, West Germany.

The Academy of Ancient Music on authentic instruments.
Front cover: Painting by William Hogarth - "Ascension of Christ", 1756;
(St. Mary Redcliffe. Courtesy of the City of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery).

The 24-page glossy booklet contains notes in English, French and German plus a track and credits-list.
It has also the sung-texts in original English and their translations to French and German.
Booklet and CD are stored in a standard jewel case with black tray.

This release is identical to the one in the DB with the same catalog#, except they have a different bar-code.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 2894000862 7
• Rights Society: MCPS
• Matrix / Runout: 400 086-2 03 +
• Matrix / Runout: MADE IN GERMANY YG
• Other (Suffix catalog# - boxed in): OH
• Other (Distribution Code - boxed in separately): BA 925

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
400 086-2	Handel* - Nelson* • Kirkby* • Watkinson* • Elliott* • Thomas* • Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford* • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood	Handel* - Nelson* • Kirkby* • Watkinson* • Elliott* • Thomas* • Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford* • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood - Messiah • A Sacred Oratorio (Highlights • Sélection • Auszüge) ‎(CD, Album)	L'oiseau-Lyre	400 086-2	Europe	1982
DSLO 592	Handel* - Nelson* • Kirkby* • Watkinson* • Elliott* • Thomas* • Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford* • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood	Handel* - Nelson* • Kirkby* • Watkinson* • Elliott* • Thomas* • Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford* • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood - Messiah • A Sacred Oratorio (Highlights • Sélection • Auszüge) ‎(LP, Album)	L'oiseau-Lyre	DSLO 592	UK & Europe	1981
DSLO 592	Handel* - Nelson* • Kirkby* • Watkinson* • Elliott* • Thomas* • Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford* • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood	Handel* - Nelson* • Kirkby* • Watkinson* • Elliott* • Thomas* • Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford* • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood - Messiah • A Sacred Oratorio (Highlights • Sélection • Auszüge) ‎(LP, Album)	L'oiseau-Lyre	DSLO 592	UK & Europe	1981