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)

Tracklist

Messiah (Highlights • Sélection • Auszüge)
A1a	Comfort Ye My People
A1b	Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
A1c	And The Glory Of The Lord	9:24
A2	But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming	4:11
A3a	Behold A Virgin Shall Conceive
A3b	O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings	6:13
A4	For Unto Us A Child Is Born	4:14
A5	Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion	4:08
B1a	Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together?
B1b	Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder	3:15
B2	Hallelujah	3:47
B3	I Know That My Redeemer Liveth	5:33
B4a	Behold I Tell You A Mystery
B4b	The Trumpet Shall Sound	8:58
B5	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
• Printed By – Senol Printing Ltd.
• Printed By – Record Graphics Limited

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford] – David Taylor , Jonathan Cooke , Matthew Bright, Michael Cockerham, Roger Lilley
• Bass Vocals – David Thomas
• Bass Vocals [Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford] – Bruce Russell , Kenneth Roles, Peter Hall , Richard Brett, Timothy Rowe
• Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Daniel Bond*, Felix Warnock, Jeremy Ward
• Cello – Anthony Pleeth, Marc Caudle*, Richard Webb
• Choir – Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford*
• Composed By – George Fideric Handel*
• Concertmaster – Catherine Mackintosh
• Conductor, Directed By [Academy Of Ancient Music] – Christopher Hogwood
• Contralto Vocals – Carolyn Watkinson
• Directed By, Chorus Master [Choir Of Christ Church, Oxford] – Simon Preston
• Double Bass – Keith Marjoram, Peter McCarthy
• 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] – Yvette Debergues
• Liner Notes [German Translation] – 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 – Thomas Hudson, William Hogarth
• Producer – Peter Wadland
• Soprano Vocals [1st] – Judith Nelson
• Soprano Vocals [2nd] – Emma Kirkby
• Soprano Vocals [Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford] – 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 Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford] – 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 The Decca Record Company Limited, London.
Made in Holland, mastered by Decca recording studios UK.
With the album comes a separate black and white 8-page stapled leaflet the size of the album.
The leaflet contains notes in English, French and German.
It also has the sung verses in original English as well as black and white Photos and a credits-list.

The record comes in a printed company (DECCA) inner sleeve.
Made in Holland (record/labels). Printed in England (sleeve).
Leaflet printed in England by Record Graphics Limited.

Front cover: Painting by William Hogarth - "Ascension of Christ", 1756
Back cover: Thomas Hudson - "George Frederic Handel", 1750 (black & white print)
(Both reproduced by courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A - label): ZTT 1237
• Matrix / Runout (Side B - label): ZTT 1238
• Matrix / Runout (Side A - runout): ZTT 1237 2G 670 1112 06
• Matrix / Runout (Side B - runout): ZTT 1238 2H 670 04 116

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
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	UK	1982

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