Handel: Messiah

Handel: Messiah

Alfred Deller, Philarmonia Orchestra - George Weldon, cond.
His Master's Voice B.10682 [78rpm, 25 cm]
His Master's Voice EA 4231 [78rpm, 25 cm, Australia]

Matrix number (engraved on disc):
side 1: 0EA 17268
side 2: 0EA 17269 ?

Contents:

George Frederick Handel: Messiah

1. He was despised

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2. He was despised

Performers:
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Philarmonia Orchestra
George Weldon, cond.

Recording site and date:
Abbey Road Studio, London, UK [01/1953];
Rel.: 1954 (B), 1955 (EA)

Compilation:
EMI / His Master's Voice "The HMV Treasury" HLM 7234 [LP] Alfred Deller - The Early Recordings: 1949-1953.
HMV Classics 5 73 451-2 [CD] Art of the Countertenors
EMI 55 054-2 (or in France: EMI 191 384) [CD] Le temps des Castrats

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 31/372-483 (May 1954)

Comments:
Information from HLM 7234.

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