Friday, 13 July 2018

G.F. Handel - Messiah (Foundling Hospital version 1754) (Christopher Hogwood)


1984 edition | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 3CDs + booklet | 778MB, TT: 135'42''


 1991 edition | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 2CDs + booklet | 772MB, TT: 136'52''




Oratorio MESSIAH, HWV 56  

Foundling Hospital 1754 version


performed by

Judith Nelson, soprano I

Emma Kirkby, soprano II

Carolyn Watkinson, contralto

Paul Elliott, tenor

David Thomas, bass 

 

Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

The Academy of Ancient Music


(on period instruments) 


Christopher Hogwood, dir. 


Recording: St. Jude-on-the-Hill, London, 1980