Messiah

"Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales/Nicholas Kraemer. Handel: Messiah."

A new chamber version edited by RAYMOND LEPPARD

Heather Harper (soprano) Helen Watts (contralto) Robert Tear (tenor)

John Shirley-Quirk (bass)

Ambrosian Singers

Chorus-Master, John McCarthy PHILIP JONES (trumpet) Continuo:

RAYMOND LEPPARD (harpsichord) LESLIE PEARSON (organ)

BERNARD RICHARDS (cello)

ADRIAN BEERS (double-bass)

English Chamber Orchestra Leader. Emanuel Hurwitz

Directed by Raymond Leppard

From the Queen Elizabeth Hall. London

Part 1

See pages 12 and 52

Soprano: Heather Harper

Contralto: Helen Watts

Bass: John Shirley-Quirk

Chorus-Master: John McCarthy

Chorus-Master: Philip Jones

Harpsichord: Leslie Pearson

Cello: Bernard Richards

Leader: Emanuel Hurwitz

Directed By: Raymond Leppard

Unknown: Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Margaret Price soprano

Anna Reynolds contralto

William McAlpine tenor

Stafford Dean bass

ALAN STRINGER (trumpet) CALEB JARVIS (organ)

BRIDGET FRY (harpsichord) OLIVER VELLA (cello) RAYMOND HUTCHINSON (double-bass)

Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

Chorus-Master, Edmund Walters

Royal Liverpool

Philharmonic Orchestra

Leader, Clifford Knowles

Conductor,

Charles Groves

A public concert from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Part 1

Tenor: William McAlpine

Bass: Stafford Dean

Bass: Alan Stringer

Unknown: Caleb Jarvis

Cello: Oliver Vella

Double-Bass: Raymond Hutchinson

Leader: Clifford Knowles

Conductor: Charles Groves