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Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Contributors:

Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773

Marshall, Margaret, 1949-

Robbin, Catherine

Brett, Charles, 1941-

Rolfe Johnson, Anthony

Hale, Robert, 1933-

Quirke, Saul

Gardiner, John Eliot

Monteverdi Choir

English Baroque Soloists

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Sung in English.

Main Work:

Messiah [by Handel, G.F.]

Subjects:

Jesus Christ — Songs and music

Oratorios

Jesus Christ

Genres:

Songs and music

Performers:

Margaret Marshall, soprano ; Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano ; Charles Brett, counter-tenor ; Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor ; Robert Hale, bass ; Saul Quirke, boy soprano ; Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
Recorded in Nov. 1982, London.

General Notes:

Oratorio in 3 parts.
Libretto by Charles Jennens, taken from the Bible and Prayer book Psalter.
Originally issued on analog discs in 1982.
Program notes in English, French and German, and text with French and German translations in container.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 95217- 95218

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 028943429726
Publisher Number, Philips: 434 297-2
Publisher Number, Philips: 434 298-2--434 299-2

OCLC Numbers:

31734897