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Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Messiah
Album UK 1965 on His Master's Voice label
Classical (Baroque, Oratorio)
First cat# on front cover. 2nd on spine. 3rd on booklet. Box set includes a 12" 20-page booklet. Box set inside left with a glued sticker. Sticker info: Stereo records play conditions info text. "Made and Printed in Great Britain" "Box by M. Fish & Son (1942) Ltd." Booklet info: Credited liner notes in English; © Charles Enderby, 1965. "SAN 146-148 (stereo)". "Stereo Library Series No. SLS 915/3"~ ℗ 1965 One triple box with the logos of: "His Master's Voice" (nipper), "EMI" (world) and "Angel". "EMI Records Limited (Controlled by Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.)" Made and printed in Great Britain by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London. Spine string: " Handel Messiah Klemperer SAN 146-8 SLS 915/3" Center-labels info: HMV Angel 2nd series gold label with color Nipper "postage stamp" logo (centre top). Angel logo above Nipper logo (centre top). EMI Logo centre bottom. "℗ 1965" at 9 o'clock. Rim text message in English with "The Gramophone Co Ltd" at 8 o'clock. "Made in Gt. Britain" on bottom, with "Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price lists" on sides A & B (Record 1) only.
Musicians
 | Georg Friedrich Händel , 1685-1759 GB album by |
 | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf voc, 1915-2006 DE soprano vocals, album by |
 | Grace Hoffman voc, 1921-2008 DE contralto vocals, album by |
 | Nicolai Gedda voc, 1925-2017 SE tenor vocals, album by |
 | Jerome Hines voc, 1921-2003 US bass vocals, album by |
 | Philharmonia Chorus , chorus, album by |
 | Wilhelm Pitz , 1897-1973 DE album by |
 | Philharmonia Orchestra , orchestra, album by |
 | Otto Klemperer , 1885-1973 DE conductor, album by |
 | Raymond Clark vc, cello, continuo |
 | James Merrett cb, double bass, continuo |
 | Otto Freudenthal p, 1934-2015 SE harpsichord, continuo |
 | Ralph Downes org, 1904-1993 GB organ |
 | David Mason tr, GB trumpet, solo |
Producers
| Wilhelm Pitz chorus master |
| Charles Enderby liner notes |
| Leonardo Da Vinci painting, cover |
| Godfrey MacDomnic photography by |
Composers
| Georg Friedrich Händel |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 2 | Part One: God's Prophecy | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 3 | Sinfony (Grave-Allegro Moderato) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 4 | Recitative (Larghetto E Piano): Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 5 | Aria (Andante): Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 6 | Chorus (Allegro): And The Glory Of The Lord | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 7 | Recitative: Thus Saith The Lord (Bass) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 8 | Aria (Larghetto—Prestisimo): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming (Bass) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 9 | Chorus: And He Shall Purify | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 10 | Recitativ: Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive (Contralto) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 11 | Aria (Andante): O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion (Contralto) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 12 | Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 13 | Recitative (Andante Larghetto): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth (Bass) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 14 | Aria (Larghetto): The People That Walked In Darkness (Bass) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 15 | Chorus (Andante Allegro): For Unto Us A Child Is Born | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 16 | The Christmas Message | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 17 | Pastoral Synphony (Larghetto E Mezzo Piano) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 18 | Recitatives: There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Fields (Soprano); And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them (Soprano); And The Angel Said Unto Them (Soprano); And Sunddenly There Was With The Angel (Soprano | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 19 | Chorus (Allegro, Da Lontano E Un Poco Piano): Glory To God In The Highest | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 20 | Aria (Allegro): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Os Zion (Soprano) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 21 | Recitative: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opene'd (Soprano) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 22 | Aria (Larghetto E Piano): He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd (Soprano) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 23 | Chorus (Allegro): His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 24 | Part Two (Christ's Sacrifice And Rejection) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 25 | Chorus (Largo): Behold The Lamb Of God | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 26 | Aria (Largo): He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men (Contralto) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 27 | Chorus (Largo E Staccato): Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 28 | Chorus (Alla Breve, Moderato): And With His Stripes We Are Healed | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 29 | Chorus (Allegro Moderato—Adagio): All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 30 | Recitative (Larghetto): All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 31 | Chorus (Allegro): He Trusted In God | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 32 | Recitative (Largo): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 33 | Aria (Largo E Piano): Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 34 | Recitative: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 35 | Aria (Andante Larghetto): But Thou Did'st Not Leave His Soul In Hell (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 36 | Chorus (A Tempo Ordinario): Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 37 | Chorus (Andante Allegro): The Lord Gave The Word | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 38 | Aria (Larghetto): How Beautiful Are The Feet (Soprano) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 39 | Chorus (A Tempo Ordinario): Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 40 | Aria (Allegro): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together (Bass) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 41 | Chorus (Allegro E Staccato): Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 42 | Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 43 | Aria (Andante): Thou Shall Break Them With A Rod Of Iron (Tenor) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 44 | Chorus (Allegro): Hallelujah! | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 45 | Part Three (Christ Triumphant) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 46 | Aria (Larghetto): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 47 | Chorus (Grave—Allegro): Since By Man Came Death | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 48 | Recitative: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 49 | Aria (Pomposo, Ma Non Allegro): The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 50 | Chorus (Largo—Andante—Larghetto): Worthy Is The Lamb | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | ||
| 51 | Chorus (Allegro Moderato): Amen | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, Jerome Hines - Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz - Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer |
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