Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63: No. 58. "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes! See, the Godlike Youth Advance! See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!"

~ Recording by Russell Burgess, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.4Judas Maccabaeus: See the Conquering Hero Comes2:52Georg Friedrich HändelDies Irae: The Essential Choral CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1997-08-01
Deutsche Grammophon457 196-2
2.4Judas Maccabaeus: See the Conquering Hero Comes2:52Georg Friedrich HändelDies Irae: The Essential Choral CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon457 196-2
2.4Judas Maccabaeus2:53Georg Friedrich HändelDies Irae: The Essential Choral CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
457 072-1, 457 073-2
2.4Judas Maccabaeus: See the Conquering Hero Comes2:52Georg Friedrich HändelDies Irae: The No. 1 Choral AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon457 196-2
2.4Judas Maccabaeus: See the Conquering Hero Comes2:52Georg Friedrich HändelDies Irae: The Essential Choral CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Grammophon457 071-2
24.6Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act III, no. 58: Chorus "See, the conqu'ring hero comes!"2:50George Frideric HandelThe MasterworksHandelAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2009-03-02
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)478 1190
4.2Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63: No. 58. "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes! See, the Godlike Youth Advance! See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!"2:53George Frideric HandelBaroque Gold: 100 Great TracksVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • BE2017-06-16
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)483 2158
1.12Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 58. "See, the Conqu'Ring Hero Comes!... See, the Godlike Youth Advance!... See, the Conqu'Ring Hero Comes!"2:49George Frideric HandelHandel: The EssentialsGeorge Frideric HandelAlbum + Compilation
  • MX2017-09-01
Deutsche Grammophon4798393

Relationships

choir vocals:Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
orchestra:English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
chorus master:Russell Burgess
recording of:Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act III, no. 58: “See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes” (Chorus of Youths, Chorus of Virgins)

Related works

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act III, no. 58: “See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes” (Chorus of Youths, Chorus of Virgins)

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1746)
librettist:Thomas Morell
later translated versions:Dotter Sion
Riemuitse tytär Siionin
Tochter Zion, freue dich
later versions:Thine be the glory
part of:Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act III (order: 6)
is the basis for:12 Variations in G on "See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes" From Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45
March in G and C for Piano, with "See the Conquering Hero Comes", S. 114
Paraphrase "See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!", op. 90/6 no. 2
Sports Prepare
arrangements:Canticorum jubilo
Fantasia on British Sea Songs: VIII. See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act III, no. 58: “See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes” (Chorus of Youths, Chorus of Virgins) (catch-all for arrangements)