Friday 5 October 2018

Handel - Messiah (dir. Thomas Beecham, 1927) [& Mendelssohn - Elijah, dir. Malcolm Sargent] [4CDs]


Membran 2004 | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 4CDs + booklet | 601+565MB

CD1 & CD2:

G.F. Handel - Oratorio MESSIAH, HWV 56


performed by

Dora Labbette, soprano

Muriel Brunskill, contralto

Nellie Walker, contralto

Hubert Eisdell, tenor

Harold Williams, bass-baritone


Orchestra & BBC Choir

(on modern instruments)

Sir Thomas Beecham, dir.


Recorded in 1927
TT: 119'47''


1990 edition, issued by Pearl (scans included)


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CD 3 & CD4:

F. Mendelssohn - Oratorio ELIJAH, Op. 70


performed by

Isobel Baillie, soprano

Gladys Ripley, contralto

James Johnston, tenor

Harold Williams, bass-baritone


Huddersfield Choral Society

Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

(on modern instruments)

Malcolm Sargent, dir.


Recorded in 1947
TT: 119'47''