by Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Robert Hale, Charles Brett, Saul Quirke · Polygram Records · CD · EAN 0028941104120
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«Messiah» is the oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel, released in 1983 as a 3-CD set.
The oratorio alternates choruses, arias and recitatives on biblical texts to narrate the promise, passion and redemption of Christ. It includes famous passages such as «Hallelujah», «For Unto Us a Child Is Born» and «I Know That My Redeemer Liveth». This version is performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists on period instruments.
Recorded in London in November 1982; total duration 146:12 and sung in English. Edition reference: Philips 411 041-2.
For fans of Baroque classical music and historically informed performances of the great oratorios.
