Messiah: There Were Shepherds

~ Recording by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.15Messiah: There Were Shepherds1:46George Frideric HandelMessiahHandel; James Bowman, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David WillcocksAlbum
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)0777 7 63785 2 7, 0777 7 63786 2 6

Relationships

orchestra:Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:Sir David Willcocks
recording of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14. Recitative “There were shepherds, abiding in the field… And lo! the angel of the Lord come upon them” (Soprano)

Related works

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14. Recitative “There were shepherds, abiding in the field… And lo! the angel of the Lord come upon them” (Soprano)

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
later parody versions:We Love Sheep
later versions:Der Messias: 9b. Rezitativ (Sopran): Es waren Hirten beisammen auf dem Felde
part of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part I (order: 14)
parts:Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14a. Recitative “There were shepherds, abiding in the field” (Soprano)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14b. Recitative “And lo! the angel of the Lord come upon them” (Soprano)
arrangements:Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14. There were shepherds abiding in the field. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Goossens-Beecham Edition)