Georg Friedrich Händel - The Masterworks

Tracklist

- Music For The Royal Fireworks, Water Music Suites In G Major, D Major & F Major

- Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

- Water Music Suite In G Major, HWV 348

- Water Music Suite In D Major, HWV 349

- Water Music Suite In F Major, HWV 350

- Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Nos.1-6

- No.1 In G Major, HWV 319

- No.2 In F Major, HWV 320

- No.3 In E Minor, HWV 321

- No.4 In A Minor, HWV 322

- No.5 In D Major, HWV 323

- No.6 In G Minor, HWV 324

- Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Nos.7-11

- No.7 In B Flat Major, HWV 325

- No.8 In C Minor, HWV 329

- No.9 In F Major, HWV 327

- No.10 In D Minor, HWV 328

- No.11 In A Major, HWV 329

- Concerto Grossi Op.6 No.12 - Op.3 Nos.1-6

- No.12 In B Minor, HWV 330

- Concerti Grossi, Op.3

- No.1 In B Fast Major, HWV 312

- No.2 In B Fast Major, HWV 313

- No.3 In G Major, HWV 314

- No.4 In F Major, HWV 315

- No.5 In D Minor, HWV 316

- No.6 In D Major, HWV 317

- No.1 In B Flat Major, HWV 306

- No.2 In A Major, HWV 307

- No.3 In B Flat Major, HWV 308

- No.4 In D Minor, HWV 309

- No.5 In G Minor, HWV 310

- Organ Concertos Op.7 No.6 - Op.4 Nos.1-6

- No.6 In B Flat Major, HWV 311

- 6 Organ Concertos, Op.4

- No.1 In G Minor, HWV 289

- No.2 In B Flat Major, HWV 290

- No.3 In G Minor, HWV 291

- No.4 In F Major, HWV 292

- No.5 In F Major, HWV 293

- No.6 In B Flat Major, HWV 294

- Sonata: II Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno Organ Concertos 13-16 - Oboe Concertos, Op.3 Nos1 & 2a

7-1 - Sonata: II Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno

- Organ Concertos

- No.13 In F Major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo And The Nightingale"

- No.14 In A Major, HWV 296

- No.15 In D Minor, HWV 304

- No.16 In F Major, HWV 305

- Oboe Concertos, Op.3

- No.1 In B Flat Major, HWV 301

- No.2a In B Flat Major, HWV 302a

7-23 - Largo In F Major, HWV 302b

- Oboe Concerto, Op.3 No.3 - Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba - Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" - Concerti A Due Cori 1-3

- No.3 In G Minor, HWV 287

8-2 - Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba

- Concerto Grosso In C Major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"

- Concerti A Due Cori

- No.1 In B Flat Major, HWV 332

- No.2 In F Major, HWV 333

- No.3 In F Major, HWV 334

- Trio Sonatas, Op.2 Nos.1-4

- No.1 In B Minor, HWV 386b

- No.2 In G Minor, HWV 387

- No.3 In B Flat Major, HWV 388

- No.4 In F Major, HWV 389

- Trio Sonatas Op.2 Nos.5 & 6 - HWV 392 & 393

- No.5 In G Minor, HWV 390a

- No.6 In G Minor, HWV 391

- Trio Sonata In F Major, HWV 392

- Trio Sonata In G Minor, HWV 393

- Flute Sonatas "Halle" 1-3 - HWV 378 & 379

- Flute Sonata In A Minor, HWV 374 "Halle" No.1

- Flute Sonata In E Minor, HWV 375 "Halle" No.2

- Flute Sonata In B Minor, HWV 376 "Halle" No.3

- Flute Sonata In E Minor, HWV 379

- Flute Sonata In D Major, HWV 378

- Messiah Part I - Part II (Beginnig)

- Part I

12-1 - Symphony

12-2 - Comfort Ye, My People...Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted

12-3 - And The Glory Of The Lord

12-4 - This Said The Lord ...But Who May Abide

12-5 - And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi

12-6 - Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive...O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings

12-7 - For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth...The People That Walked In Darkness

12-8 - For Unto Us A Child Is Born

12-9 - Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

12-10 - There Were Shepherds... And Io, The Angel Of The Lord...

12-11 - Glory To God In The Highest

12-12 - Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion

12-13 - Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind ... He Shall Feed His Flock

12-14 - His Yoke Is Easy

- Part II

12-15 - Behold The Lamb Of God

12-16 - He Was Despised

- Messiah Part II (Conclusion) - Part II

13-1 - Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs

13-2 - And With His Stripes We Are Healed

13-3 - All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

13-4 - All They That See Him...He Trusted In God

13-5 - Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart...Behold And See

13-6 - He Was Cut Off... But Thou Didst Not Leave

13-7 - Lift Up Your Heads

13-8 - Unto Which Of The Angels...Let All The Angels

13-9 - Thou Art Gone Up On High

13-10 - The Lord Gave The Word

13-11 - How Beautiful Are The Feet

13-12 - Their Sound Is Gone Out

13-13 - Why Do The Nations...Let Us Break Asunder

13-14 - He That Dwelleth In Heaven...Thou Shalt Break Them

13-15 - Hallelujah

- Part III

13-16 - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

13-17 - Since By Man Came Death

13-18 - Behold, I Tell You...The Trumpet Shall Sound

13-19 - Then Shall Be Brought To Pass...O Death...But Thanks Be To God

13-20 - If God Be For Us

13-21 - Worthy Is The Lamb... Amen

- Israel In Egypt Part I - Part II

- Part I: The Ways Of Zion Do Mourn

14-1 - 1 Prelude

14-2 - 2 The Sons Of Israel Do Mourn

14-3 - 3 He Put On Righteousness

14-4 - 4 When The Ear Heard Him

14-5 - 5 How Is The Mighty Fall'n

14-6 - 6 He Deliver'd The Poor

14-7 - 7 How Is The Mighty Fall'n

14-8 - 8 The Righteous Shall Be Had

14-9 - 9 Their Bodies Are Buried In Peace

14-10 - 10 The People Will Tell

14-11 - 11 They Shall Receive A Glorious Kingdom

14-12 - 12 The Merciful Goodness Of The Lord

- Part II: Exodus

14-13 - 1 Now There Arose A New King

14-14 - 2 And The Children Of Israel

14-15 - 3 Then Sent He Moses

14-16 - 4 They Loathed To Drink Of The River

14-17 - 5 Their Land Brought Forth Frogs

14-18 - 6 He Spake The Word

14-19 - 7 He Gave Them Hailstones

14-20 - 8 He Sent A Thick Darkness

14-21 - 9 He Smote All The First-Born Of Egypt

14-22 - 10 But As For His People

14-23 - 11 Egypt Was Glad

14-24 - 12 He Rebuked The Red Sea

14-25 - 13 He Led Them Through The Deep

14-26 - 14 But The Waters Overwhelmed Their Enemies

14-27 - 15 And Israel Saw That Great Work

14-28 - 16 And Believed The Lord

- Israel In Egypt Part III

- Part III: Moses' Song

15-1 - 17 Introitus: Moses And The Children Of Israel

15-2 - 18 I Will Sing Unto The Lord

15-3 - 19 The Lord Is My Strength

15-4a - Chorus: 20 He Is My God

15-4b - Chorus: 21 And I Will Exalt Him

15-5 - 22 The Lord Is A Man Of War

15-6 - 23 The Depths Have Cover'd Them

15-7a - Chorus: 24 Thy Right Hand, O Lord

15-7b - Chorus: 25 And In The Greatness

15-8 - 26 Thou Sendest Forth Thy Wrath

15-9 - 27 And With The Blast Of Thy Nostrils

15-10 - 28 The Enemy Said

15-11 - 29 Thou Didst Blow

15-12a - Chorus: 30 Who Is Like Unto Thee

15-12b - Chorus: 31 The Earth Swallowed Them

15-13 - 32 Thou In Thy Mercy

15-14 - 33 The People Shall Hear

15-15 - 34 Thou Shalt Bring Them In

15-16 - 35 The Lord Shall Reign For Ever And Ever

15-17 - 36 For The Horse Of Pharaoh

15-18 - 37 The Lord Shall Reign For Ever And Ever

15-19 - 38 And Miriam The Prophetess

15-20 - 39 Sing Ye To The Lord

- 4 Coronation Anthems: The Anthems For The Coronation Of King George II And Queen Caroline

16-1 - I Zadok The Priest, HWV 258

16-2 - III The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260

16-3 - IV My Heart is Inditing, HWV 261

16-4 - II Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, HWV 259

- Dixit Domnius - Nisi Dominus - Salve Regina

- Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

- Nisi Domunis, HWV 238

- Salve Regina, HWV 241

- Dettingen Te Deum - Dettingen Anthem

- Te Deum, HWV 283

- The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 265

- Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76

- Hercules Act I - Act II (Begininng)

- Act I

20-1 - 1 Overture

20-2 - 2 See With What Sad Dejection

20-3 - 3 No Longer, Fate, Relentless Frown

20-4a - Recitativo: 4 O Hercules! Why Art Thou Absent From Me?

20-4b - Recitativo: 5 The World, When Day's Career Is Run

20-5 - 6 Princess! Be Comforted, And Hope The Best

20-6 - 7 I Feel, I Feel The God

20-7a - Recitativo: 8 Then I Am Lost!

20-7b - Recitativo: 9 There In Myrtle

20-8a - Recitativo: 10 Despair Not!

20-8b - Recitativo: 11 Where Congealed The Northern Streams

20-9 - 12 O Filial Piety! O Generous Love!

20-10a - Recitativo: 13 Banish Your Fears!

20-10b - Recitativo: 14 Begone, My Fears

20-11 - 15 A Train Of Captives, Red With Honest Wounds

20-12 - 16 March

20-13 - 17 Thanks To The Powers Above

20-14 - 18 My Father! Ah! Methinks I See

20-15a - Recitativo: 19 Now Farewell, Arms!

20-15b - Recitativo: 20 The God Of Battle Quits The Boody Field

20-16 - 21 Crown With Festal Pomp The Day

- Act II

20-17 - 22 How Blest The Maid Ordained To Dwell

20-18a - Recitativo: 23 It Must Be So!

20-18b - Recitativo: 24 When Beauty Sorrow's

20-19 - 25 Whence This Unjust Suspicion?

20-20 - 26 Ah! Think What Ills The Jealous Prove

20-21 - 27 It Is Too Sure That Hercules Is False

20-22 - 28 Jealousy! Infernal Pest

- Hercules Act II (Conclusion) - Act III

21-1 - 29 She Knows My Passion

21-2 - 30 From Celestial Seats Descending

21-3 - 31 Wanton God Of Amorous Fires

21-4a - Recitativo: 32 Yes, I Congratulate

21-4b - Recitativo: 33 Alcides' Name

21-5a - Recitativo: 34 O Glorious Pattern

21-5b - Recitativo: 35 Resign Thy Club

21-6 - 36 You Are Deceived! Some Villain Has Belied

21-7 - 37 Cease, Ruler Of The Day, To Rise

21-8 - 38 Some Kinder Power Inspire Me To Regain

21-9 - 39 Joys Of Freedom, Joys Of Power

21-10a - Recitativo - Chorus: 40 Father Of Hercules

21-10b - Recitativo - Chorus: 41 Love And Hymen

- Act III

21-11 - 42 Sinfonia

21-12 - 43 Ye Sons Of Trachin, Mourn You Valiant Chief

21-13 - 44 O Scene Of Unexampled Woe

21-14 - 45 Tyrants Now No More Shall Dread

21-15 - 46 O Jove! What Land Is This

21-16 - 47 Great Jove! Relieve His Pains!

21-17 - 48 Let Not Fame The Tidings Spread

21-18 - 49 Where Shall I Fly?

21-19 - 50 Lo! The Fair Fatal Cause Of All This Ruin!

21-20 - 51 My Breast With Tender Pity Swells

21-21 - 52 Princess, Rejoice! Whose Heaven-directed Hand

21-22 - 53 Words Are Too Faint

21-23a - Recitativo - Chorus: 54 O Prince, Whose Virtues All Admire

21-23b - Recitativo - Chorus: 55 Ye Sons Of Freedom

21-23c - Recitativo - Chorus: 56 To Him Your Grateful Notes Of Praise Belong

- Judas Maccabaeus Act I

22-1 - Overture

- Act I

22-2 - Mourn, Ye Afflicted Children

22-3 - Well, May Our Sorrows, Brethren, Flow

22-4 - From This Dread Scene

22-5 - For Sion Lamentation Make

22-6 - Not Vain Is All The Storm Of Grief

22-7 - Pious Orgies, Pious Airs

22-8 - Oh Father, Whose Almighty Pow'r

22-9 - I Feel, I Fee The Deity Within

22-10 - Arm, Arm, Ye Brave!

22-11 - We Come, We Come, In Bright Array

22-12 - Tis Well, My Friends

22-13 - Call Forth Thy Pow'rs, My Soul

22-14 - To Heav'n's Almighty King We Kneel

22-15 - Oh Liberty, Thou Choicest Treasure

22-16 - Come, Ever-smiling Liberty

22-17 - Oh Judas, May These Noble Views Inspire

22-18 - Tis Liberty, Dear Liberty Alone

22-19 - Come, Ever-smiling Liberty

22-20 - Lead On, Lead On! Judah Disdains

22-21 - So Will'd My Father, Now A Rest

22-22 - Disdainfull Of Danger

22-23 - Ambition! If E'er Honour Was Thine Aim

22-24 - No Unhallow'd Desire

22-25 - Haste We, My Brethren

22-26 - Hear Us Lord, On Thee We Call

- Judas Maccabaeus Act II

- Act II

23-1 - Fall'n Is The Foe, So Fall Thy Foes, Oh Lord!

23-2 - Victorious Hero! Fame Shall Tell

23-3 - So Rapid Thy Course Is

23-4 - Well, May We Hope Our Freedom To Receive

23-5 - Sion Now Her Head Shall Raise

23-6 - Oh Let Eternal Honours Crown His Name

23-7 - From Mighty Kings He Took The Spoil

23-8 - Hail, Hail, Judea, Happy Land!

23-9 - Thanks To My Brethren, But Look Up To Heav'n

23-10 - How Vain Is Man, Who Boasts In Fight

23-11 - Oh Judas, Oh My Brethren!

23-12 - Ah! Wretched, Wretched Israel!

23-13 - Be Comforted

23-14 - The Lord Worketh Wonders

23-15 - My Arms! - Against This Gorgias Will I Go

23-16 - Sound An Alarm! - We Hear, We Hear The Pleasing Dreadful Sound"

23-17 - Enough! - To Heav'n We Leave The Rest

23-18 - With Pious Hearts, And Brave As Pious

23-19 - Ye Worshippers Of God

23-20 - Wise Men, Flatt'ring, May Deceive Us

23-21 - Oh! Never, Never Bow We Down - We Never, Never Will Bow Down

- Judas Maccabaeus Act III

- Act III

24-1 - Father Of Heav'n! From Thy Eternal Throne

24-2 - See, See Yon Flames

24-3 - Oh Grant It, Heav'n

24-4 - So Shall The Lute And Harp Awake

24-5 - From Capharsalama, On Eagle Wings I Fly

24-6 - See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes!

24-7 - March

24-8 - Sing Unto God, And High Affections Rise

24-9 - Sweet Flow The Strains

24-10 - With Honour Let Desert Be Crown'd

24-11 - Peace To My Countrymen

24-12 - To Our Great God Be All The Honours Giv'n

24-13 - Again To Earth Let Gratitude Descend

24-14 - Oh Lovely Peace, With Plenty Crown'd

24-15 - Rejoice, Oh Judah! And In Songs Devine

24-16 - Hallelujah! Amen!

- Solomon Act I

25-1 - Overture

- Act I - Scene I

25-2 - Your Harps And Cymbals

25-3 - Praise Ye The Lord

25-4 - With pious heart

25-5 - Almighty Power

25-6 - Imperial Salomon

25-7 - Sacred Raptures

25-8 - Throughout The Land

25-9 - Bless'd Be The Lord

25-10 - What Though I Trace

- Scene 2

25-11 - And See My Queen

25-12 - Bless'd The Day

25-13 - Thou Fair Inhabitant Of Nile

25-14 - Welcome As The Dawn Of Day

25-15 - Vain Are The Transient Beauties

25-16 - Indulge Thy Faith

25-17 - My Blooming Fair

25-18 - Haste To The Cedar Grove

25-19 - When Thou Art Absent

25-20 - With Thee Th'unshelter'd Moor

25-21 - Search Round The World

25-22 - May No Rash Intruder

- Solomon Act II

- Act II - Scene 1

26-1 - From The Censer

26-2 - Prais'd Be The Lord

26-3 - When The Sun O'er Yonder Hills

26-4 - Great Prince

26-5 - Thrice Bless'd That Wise Discerning King

- Scene 2

26-6 - My Sovereign Liege

- Scene 3

26-7 - Words Are Weak

26-8 - What Says The Other

26-9 - Thy Sentence, Great King

26-10 - Withhold, Withhold The Executing Hand!

26-11 - Can I See My Infant Gor'd

26-12 - Israel' Attend

26-13 - Thrice Bless'd Be The King

26-14 - From The East Unto The West

26-15 - From Morn To Eve

26-16 - See The Tall Palm

26-17 - No More Shall Armed Bands

26-18 - Beneath The Vine

26-19 - Swell, Swell The Full Chorus

- Solomon Act III

- Act III

27-1 - Sinfony

27-2 - From Arabia's Spicy Shores

27-3 - Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold

27-4 - Sweep, Sweep The String

27-5 - Music, Spread Thy Voice Around

27-6 - Now A Diff'rent Measure" - " Shake The Dome

27-7 - Then At Once From Rage Remove

27-8 - Draw The Tear From Hopeless Love

27-9 - Next The Tortur'd Soul Release

27-10 - Thus Rolling Surge Rise

27-11 - Thy Harmony's Divine

27-12 - Pious King

27-13 - Thrice Happy King

27-14 - Golden Columns

27-15 - Praise The Lord

27-16 - Gold Now Is Common

27-17 - How Green Our Fertile Pastures Look!

27-18 - May Peace In Salem

27-19 - Will The Sun Forget To Streak

27-20 - Adieu, Fair Queen

27-21 - Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows

27-22 - The Name Of The Wicked

- Giulio Cesare Atto I (The Beginning)

28-1 - Overture

- Atto I

28-2 - Coro "Viva, Viva Il Nostro Alcide!"

28-3 - Aria "Presti Omai L'Egizia Terra"

28-4 - Recitativo "Curio, Cesare Venne, E Vide"

28-5 - Recitativo "Questa è Cornelia"

28-6 - Recitativo "La Reggia Tolomeo T'offre"

28-7 - Aria "Empio, Dirò, Tu Sei"

28-8 - Recitativo "Già Torna In Se"

28-9 - Aria "Priva Son D'ogni Conforto"

28-10 - Recitativo "Vani Sono I Lamenti"

28-11 - Aria "Svegliatevi Nel Core"

28-12 - Recitativo "Regni Cleopatra"

28-13 - Aria "Non Disperar, Chi Sà?"

28-14 - Recitativo "Sire, Signor!"

28-15 - Aria "L'empio, Sleale, Indegno"

28-16 - Accompagnato "Alma Del Gran Pompeo"

28-17 - Recitativo "Quì Nobile Donzella Chiede Chinarsi"

28-18 - Aria "Non è Si Vago E Bello Il Fior Nel Prato"

28-19 - Recitativo "Cleopatra, Vincesti ..."

28-20 - Aria "Tutto Può Donna Vezzosa"

28-21 - Arioso "Nel Tuo Seno, Amico Sasso"

28-22 - Recitativo "Ma Chè! Vile E Negletta"

28-23 - Aria "Cara Speme, Questo Core Tu Cominci"

28-24 - Recitativo "Cesare, Alla Tua Destra"

28-25 - Aria "Va Tacito E Nascosto"

28-26 - Recitativo "Sire, Con Sesto, Il Figlio"

28-27 - Recitativo "Cornelia, In Quei Tuoi Lumi"

28-28 - Aria "Tu Sei Il Cor di Questo Core"

- Giulio Cesare Atto I (Conclusion) - Atto II

29-1 - Recitativo "Madre!"

29-2 - Duetto "Son Nata A Lagrimar / Son Nato A Sospirar"

29-3 - Recitativo "Eseguisti, Oh Niren"

29-4 - Recitativo "Da Cleopatra Apprenda"

29-5 - Sinfonia E Recitativo "Taci" / "Cieli"

29-6 - Sinfonia E Recitativo "Giulio, Che Miri"

29-7 - Aria E Recitativo "V'adoro, Pupille" / "Non Ha In Cielo Il Tonante"

29-8 - Recitativo "Vola, Mio Cor"

29-9 - Aria "Se In Fiorito A Meno Prato"

29-10 - Arioso "Deh, Piangete, Oh Mesti Lumi"

29-11 - Recitativo "Bella, Non Lagrimare"

29-12 - Recitativo "Bella, Placa Lo Sdegno!"

29-13 - Aria "Se A Me Non Sei Crudele"

29-14 - Recitativo "Bella, Cotanto Aborri Chi Ti Prega D'amar"

29-15 - Aria "Sì Spietata, Il Tuo Rigore"

29-16 - Recitativo "Sù, Che Si Tarda"

29-17 - Recitativo "Cornelia, Infauste Nove"

29-18 - Aria "Cessa Omai di Sospirare"

29-19 - Recitativo "Figlio Non è"

29-20 - Aria "L'angue Offeso Mai Riposa"

29-21 - Aria "Venere Bella"

29-22 - Recitativo "Che Veggio, Oh Numi?"

29-23 - Recitativo "Cesare, Sei Tradito"

29-24 - Aria E Coro "Al Lampo Dell'armi"

29-25 - Accompagnato "Che Sento? Oh Dio"

29-26 - Aria "Se Pietà di Me Non Senti"

29-27 - Arioso "Belle Dee di Questo Core"

29-28 - Recitativo "... di Quel Ch'avete"

29-29 - Recitativo "Sire, Prendi"

29-30 - Recitativo "Ecco In Tutto Perduta"

29-31 - "L'aure Che Spira Tiranno E Fiero"

- Giulio Cesare Atto III

30-1 - Recitativo "In Tal Modi Si Premia"

30-2 - Aria "Dal Fulgor di Questa Spada"

30-3 - Sinfonia

30-4 - Recitativo "Vinta Cadesti"

30-5 - Aria "Domerò la Tua Fierezza"

30-6 - Recitativo "E Pur Così In Un Giorno Perdo Fasti"

30-7 - Aria "Piangerò la Sorte Mia"

30-8 - Accompagnato Ed Aria "Dall'ondoso Periglio"

30-9 - Recitativo "Cerco In van Tolomeo"

30-10 - Recitativo "Lascia Questo Sigillo"

30-11 - Aria "Quel Torrente, Che Cade"

30-12 - Recitativo "Tutto Lice Sperar"

30-13 - Aria "La Giustizia Ha Già Sull'arco"

30-14 - Accompagnato "Voi, Che Mie Fide Ancelle"

30-15 - Recitativo "Forzai L'ingresso"

30-16 - Aria "Da Tempeste Il Legno Infranto"

30-17 - Recitativo "Cornelia, è Tempo Omai"

30-18 - Recitativo "T'arresta, Oh Genitrice"

30-19 - Aria "Non Ha Più Che Temere"

30-20 - Sinfonia

30-21 - Recitativo "Qui Curio Vincitor"

30-22 - Duetto "Caro, Più Amabile Beltà"

30-23 - Recitativo "Goda Pur Or L'Egitto"

30-24 - Coro E Duetto "Ritorni Omai Nel Nostro Core"

Companies

Record Company - Universal Music

Phonographic Copyright (p) - Decca Music Group Limited

Recorded At - Decca Studios

Recorded At - Henry Wood Hall, London

Recorded At - Chapel Of King's College, Cambridge

Recorded At - Kingsway Hall

Recorded At - Merton College Chapel, Oxford

Recorded At - Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield

Recorded At - Church Of St. John The Evangelist, Islington

Recorded At - St. John's, Smith Square

Recorded At - St. Mary's, Rotherhithe

Recorded At - Großer Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus

Recorded At - Leeds Town Hall

Published By - Novello & Co. Ltd.

Published By - Dr. Watkins Shaw

Copyright (c) - Decca Music Group Limited

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

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Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Glass Mastered At - EDC, Germany

Credits

Alto Vocals - Christopher Tipping

Alto Vocals - Michael Chance

Alto Vocals - Robert Ogden

Art Direction - Michael Walters (2)

Baritone Vocals - Jean-Michel Ankaoua

Bass Vocals - Alan Ewing

Bass Vocals - Christopher Keyte

Bass Vocals - Gwynne Howell

Bass Vocals - Henry Herford

Bass Vocals - John Shirley-Quirk

Bass Vocals - Michael Pierce

Bass Vocals - Simon Birchall

Bass Vocals - Stephen Varcoe

Booklet Editor - Fabian Watkinson

Cello - Angela East

Cello - Denis Vigay

Cello - Guido Larisch

Cello - Olga Hegedus

Choir - The Choir Of Westminster Abbey

Choir - The English Concert Choir

Choir - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge

Choir - The Monteverdi Choir

Choir - Wandsworth School Boys' Choir

Chorus - Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields

Chorus Master - Russell Burgess

Composed By - Georg Friedrich Händel

Conductor - John Eliot Gardiner

Conductor - Marc Minkowski

Conductor - Sir Charles Mackerras

Conductor - Sir Neville Marriner

Contralto Vocals - Diana Montague

Contralto Vocals - Janet Baker

Contralto Vocals - Susan Bickley

Countertenor Vocals - Andreas Scholl

Countertenor Vocals - Bejun Mehta

Countertenor Vocals - Pascal Bertin

Countertenor Vocals - Paul Esswood

Directed By, Harpsichord, Organ - Trevor Pinnock

Double Bass - Adrian Beers

Double Bass - Michel Maldonado

Flute - Richard Adeney

Flute - Richard Taylor (2)

Flute - Trevor Wye

Flute - William Bennett (3)

Harpsichord - Alan Cuckston

Harpsichord - Alastair Ross

Harpsichord - Colin Tilney

Harpsichord - Thurston Dart

Horn - Hector McDonald

Leader - Michael Davis (5)

Lute - Pascal Monteilhet

Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Anna Reynolds

Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Anne Sofie Von Otter

Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Charlotte Hellekant

Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Magdalena Kožená

Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Marijana Mijanovic

Oboe - Michael Dobson

Oboe - Roger Lord

Orchestra - Choir And Orchestra Of Westminster Abbey

Orchestra - English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra - Les Musiciens Du Louvre

Orchestra - Philomusica Of London

Orchestra - The Academy Of Ancient Music

Orchestra - The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Orchestra - The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Orchestra - The English Baroque Soloists

Organ - Alan Halverson

Organ - Andrew Davis

Organ - James Vivian

Organ - Stanislav Heller

Organ - Trevor Pinnock

Organ, Harpsichord - George Malcolm

Soprano Vocals - Alison Hagley

Soprano Vocals - Arleen Auger

Soprano Vocals - Elly Ameling

Soprano Vocals - Felicity Lott

Soprano Vocals - Felicity Palmer

Soprano Vocals - Inger Dam Jensen

Soprano Vocals - John Mark Ainsley

Soprano Vocals - Libby Crabtree

Soprano Vocals - Lynne Dawson

Soprano Vocals - Susan Gritton

Soprano Vocals - Susan Gritton

Tenor Vocals - Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Tenor Vocals - Harry Christophers

Tenor Vocals - Ian Bostridge

Tenor Vocals - Leigh Nixon

Tenor Vocals - Paul Agnew (2)

Tenor Vocals - Philip Langridge

Tenor Vocals - Ryland Davies

Trumpet - John Wilbraham

Violin - Alan Loveday

Violin - Andrew McGee

Violin - Florian Deuter

Violin - Hugh Maguire

Violin - Iona Brown

Violin - Kenneth Sillito

Violin - Malcolm Latchem

Violin - Raymond Keenlyside

Violin - Trevor Connah

Notes

Recording locations:

Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, April 1965 (CD 7:21–23, CD 8:1)

Henry Wood Hall, London, October 1981 (CD 16), December 1982 (CD 18), December 1985 (CD 19)

King's College Chapel, Cambridge, July 1965 (Israel in Egypt)

Kingsway Hall, London, March 1964 (CD 4:2–7, CD 8:2), March 1968 (CD 2, CD 3, CD 4:1), May 1971 (CD 1), October 1983 (CD 8:7–25)

Merton College, Oxford, September 1972 (CD 6:3–21)

St Bartholomew the Great, London, July 1987 (CD 17)

St John the Evangelist, Islington, London, July 1973 (CD 5, CD 6:1,2)

St John's, Smith Square, London, July 1976 (Messiah), August 1982 (Hercules)

St. Mary's, Rotherhithe, London, December 1973 (CD 7:1–11), August 1975 (CD 7: 12–20)

Großer Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus (Guilio Cesare)

Leeds Town Hall, April 1976 (Judas Maccabeus)

London, July 1980 (CD 9:1–8, CD 10:8–15), May 1983 (CD 9:9–12), January 1981 (CD 11), April 1982 (CD 9:13–17), November 1982 (CD 10:1–4), September 1983 (CD 10:5–7), August 1988 (Solomon)

Recorded in 1959 (CD 8:3–6)

Publisher: Novello & Co. Ltd (Israel in Egypt: The Wys of Zion Do Mourn)

Edition: Watkins Shaw (Israel in Egypt: The Wys of Zion Do Mourn)

Introductory notes and translations © 2009 Decca Music Group Limited

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