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Messiah: (Chorus) His Yoke is Easy
 
 
Genre / Style: Classical

Composer: HANDEL

Title: MESSIAH- Special Edition Bonus CD Set- 3CDs
Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark PadmorE, Christopher Purves, The Sixteen; Harry Christophers
Tracks/ Timings: Messiah plus Special Edition Bonus CD including Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba; The Lord our enemy has slain (Chorus) from Esther; Nell dolce dell’obblio from Fedel e Costante; Harp concerto Op.4, No,6 in B flat; Sinfonia to Act 2 from Ariodante; Recit & Aria: Scherza infida from Ariodante; Let the Bright Seraphim (Air & Chorus) from Samson
Label: CORO
To purchase this CD go to: www.the-sixteen.org.uk

Information:
Winner of the MIDEM Classical Award 2009 for Choral Works
Coro is the lively and successful record label of The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention and Harry Christophers. Formed in 2001, Coro is re-mastering, re-packaging and re-issuing recordings of The Sixteen that were for a short time available on Collins Classics.
Arguably the most famous oratorio ever written and certainly Handel’s best known work, Messiah needs little introduction. Composed in a staggering twenty-four days Messiah was first performed in Dublin in 1742 where it received a rapturous welcome. Not so the following year when it premiered in London to a distinctly hostile reception. It wasn’t until Messiah began to be presented in charity performances at the Foundling Hospital in London that the public started to embrace the work we now regard as Handel’s greatest composition. On this disc The Sixteen and Harry Christophers are joined by four soloists all revered Handelians who have had a long association with The Sixteen. “What a winning combination: Handel’s Messiah, the most popular oratorio ever written, sung by The Sixteen, the most richly sonorous of the early music choirs” The Daily Telegraph

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