George Frederick Handel, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Full Orchestra, Sir Ernest MacMillan – Messiah

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Label:	Beaver Records Limited – LPS 001
Format:	3 x Vinyl, LP, Album Box Set
Country:	Canada
Released:
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Baroque, Oratorio

Tracklist

A1		Overture
A2		Recit., "Comfort Ye, My People"
A3		Air, "Every Valley Shall Be Exhalted"
A4		Chorus, "And The Glory Of The Lord"
A5		"Thus Saith The Lord"
A6		Air, "But Who May Abide"
B8		Recit., "Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive"
B9		Air And Chorus, "O Thou That Tellest"
B10		Recit., "For Behold, Darkness"
B11		Air, "The People That Walked"
B12		Chorus, "For Unto Us A Child Is Born"
B13		Pastoral Symphony
C14a		Recit., "There Were Shepherds"
C14b		Recit., "And Lo! The Angel"
C15		Recit., "And The Angel Said Unto Them"
C16		Recit., "And Suddenly"
C17		Chorus, "Glory To God In The Highest"
C18		Air, "Rejoice Greatly"
C19		Recit., "Then Shall The Eyes
C20a		Air, "He Shall Feed His Flock"
C20b		Air, "Come Unto Him"
C21		Chorus, "His Yoke Is Easy"
C22		Chorus, "Behold The Lamb Of God"
D23		Air, "He Was Despised And Rejected"
D24		Chorus, "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"
D25		Chorus, "And With His Stripes"
D26		Chorus, "All We, Like Sheep"
D27		Recit., "All They That See Him"
D28		Chorus, "He Trusted In God"
D29		Recit., "Thy Rebuke"
D30		Air, "Behold And See"
E31		Recit., "He Was Cut Off"
E32		Air, "But Thou Didst Not Leave"
E33		Chorus, "Lift Up Your Heads"
E37		Chorus, "The Lord Gave The Word"
E38		Air, "How Beautiful Are The Feet"
E39		Chorus, "Their Sound Is Gone Out"
E40		Air, "Why Do The Nations?"
E41		Chorus, "Let Us Break Their Bonds"
E42		Recit., "He That Dwelleth In Heaven"
E43		Air, "Thou Shalt Break Them"
E44		Chorus, "Hallelujah."
F45		Air, "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
F46		Chorus, "Since By Man Came Death"
F47		Chorus, ""By Man Came Also"
F48		Chorus, "For As In Adam"
F49		Chorus, "Even So In Christ"
F50		Recit., "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery"
F51		Air, "The Trumpet Shall Sound" Trumpet [Trumpet Obbligato] – George Anderson (14)
F56		Chorus, "Worthy Is The Lamb"
F57		Chorus, "Amen."

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Distributed By – Canadian Music Sales Corp. Ltd.

Credits

Bass Vocals – James Milligan (tracks: A5, A6, B10, B11, E40, F50, F51)
Choir, Chorus – Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (tracks: A4, B9, B12, C17, C21, C22, D24-D26, D28, E33, E37, E39, E41, E44, F46-F49, F56-57)
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Sir Ernest MacMillan
Contralto Vocals – Mary Palmateer (tracks: B8, B9, C19, C20a, D23,)
Harpsichord – Greta Kraus
Orchestra – Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Organ – F.C. Silvester*
Soprano Vocals – Lois Marshall (tracks: C14-C16, C18, C20b, E38, F45)
Tenor Vocals – Jon Vickers (tracks: A2, A3, D27, D29, D30, E31, E32, E42, E43,)