Tracklist

1	No. 2 Recitative (Tenor): Comfort Ye, My People	3:38
2	No. 3 Air (Tenor): Every Valley Shall Be Exalted	3:33
3	No. 4 Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord	3:13
4	No. 8 Recitative (Contralto): Behold A Virgin Shall Conceive; No. 9 Air (Contralto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion	7:21
5	No. 12 Chorus: For Unto Us A CHild Is Born	4:24
6	No. 16 Recitative (Soprano): And Suddently There Was The Angel; No. 17 Chorus Glory To God In The Highest	2:34
7	No. 18 Air (Soprano): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion	4:41
8	No. 40 Air (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together?	2:53
9	No. 41 Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder	1:53
10	No. 44 Chorus: Hallelujah	4:34
11	No. 45 Air (Soprano): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth	7:08
12	No. 47 Recitative (Bass): Behold Tell You A Mystery; No. 48. Air (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound	9:08
13	No. 53 Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb ... Amen	9:28

Credits

• Art Direction – David Wedgbury
• Bass Vocals – David Ward
• Chorus – London Symphony Chorus
• Composed By [Uncredited] – Handel*
• Conductor – Sir Adrian Boult
• Contralto Vocals – Grace Bumbry
• Design – Roger Hammond
• Harpsichord – George Malcolm
• Illustration – Andrea Norton
• Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*
• Organ – Ralph Downes
• Soprano Vocals – Joan Sutherland
• Tenor Vocals – Kenneth MacKellar*
• Trumpet – Alan Stringer

Notes

ⓟ 1961 The Decca Records Company Limited
ⓒ 1988 The Decca Records Company Limited

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 028941787927
• Matrix / Runout: 417 879-2 01 #

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SXL 2316	Handel*, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , London Symphony Orchestra* & Chorus*, Sir Adrian Boult	Handel*, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , London Symphony Orchestra* & Chorus*, Sir Adrian Boult - Messiah Excerpts ‎(LP)	Decca	SXL 2316	UK	1962
7.029 A , SXL 2316	Haendel*, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , Chœurs* Et Orchestre Symphonique De Londres*, Sir Adrian Boult	Haendel*, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , Chœurs* Et Orchestre Symphonique De Londres*, Sir Adrian Boult - Haendel / Le Messie ‎(LP, Gat)	Decca, Decca	7.029 A , SXL 2316	France	1962
LXT 5685	Handel*, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , London Symphony Orchestra* & Chorus*, Sir Adrian Boult	Handel*, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , London Symphony Orchestra* & Chorus*, Sir Adrian Boult - Messiah Excerpts ‎(LP, Mono)	Decca	LXT 5685	UK	1962
LXT 6010	Joan Sutherland With Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Chorus And The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult	Joan Sutherland With Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Chorus And The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult - Messiah ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Decca	LXT 6010	UK	Unknown
BLK 21038	Georg Friedrich Händel, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , London Symphony Orchestra* & Chorus*, Sir Adrian Boult	Georg Friedrich Händel, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth McKellar, Grace Bumbry, David Ward , London Symphony Orchestra* & Chorus*, Sir Adrian Boult - Messias - Arien und Chöre ‎(LP, Mono)	Decca	BLK 21038	Germany	Unknown