| Description |
2 audio discs (141 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
022100 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Oratorio for solo voices (SSATBB), double mixed chorus (SATB, SATB), and orchestra. |
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"The three-part form of the oratorio as performed in 1739 is restored for this recording ..."--Notes, p. 11. |
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Handel's Organ concerto in F, HWV 295 : "The cuckoo and the nightingale" is performed between parts 1 and 2. |
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Libretto compiled and adapted from various books of the Old Testament, chiefly Exodus XV, by Edward Willes and Charles Jennens. |
| Performer |
Nicola Jenkin, Sally Dunkley, sopranos; Caroline Trevor, alto; Neil MacKenzie, tenor; Robert Evans, Simon Birchall, bass; the Sixteen; Paul Nicholson, organ; Orchestra of the Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Mar. 1993, St. Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead, London. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Anthony Hicks, and libretto (20 p. : ports.) in container. |
| Genre/Form |
Oratorios.
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Oratorios.
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| Subject |
Concertos (Organ)
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Concertos (Organ) |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Willes, Edward, librettist.
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Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773, librettist.
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Jenkin, Nicola, performer.
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Dunkley, Sally, performer.
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Trevor, Caroline, performer.
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Mackenzie, Neil, performer.
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Evans, Robert (Bass), performer.
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Birchall, Simon, performer.
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Nicholson, Paul (Organist), performer.
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Christophers, Harry, conductor.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Concertos, organ, orchestra, HWV 295, F major.
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Sixteen (Musical group), performer.
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Sixteen (Musical group). Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Cuckoo and the nightingale.
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| Music No. |
524435X Musical Heritage Society |
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