Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: Hallelujah (chorus: Allegro)

~ Recording by The Ambrosian Singers, Dame Janet Baker, Paul Esswood, Elizabeth Harwood, Raimund Herincx, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: Hallelujah (chorus: Allegro)3:59George Frideric HandelBest of British: The Nation's Favourite Classical MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)50999 6 31600 2

Relationships

choir vocals:Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
solo vocals:Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto)
Paul Esswood (countertenor)
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone)
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

Related works

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
referred to in medleys:Hooked on Classics, Parts 1 & 2
The Saints’ Hallelujah
later parody versions:Hail to the Shoe
The Hallelujah Patrol
later versions:Der Messias: 32. Chor: Halleluja
part of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II (order: 23)
is the basis for:Handel’s Torch
Technical Difficulties Part II
The Three Kings and I (What Really Happened)
arrangements:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (for organ, Dubois)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (catch-all for arrangements)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Hallelujah (Goossens-Beecham Edition)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. Chorus: Hallelujah (Wilberg Edition)
The Grand Halleluiah in the Messiah (for two organists, Marsh)
The Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus (for band, Longfield)