Air (Contralto): "He Was Despised..."

~ Recording by Handel

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.2Air (Contralto): "He Was Despised..."9:46HandelMessiah (1954 London recording, Remastered 1986)Handel, Hermann Scherchen, London Philharmonic Choir & London Symphony OrchestraAlbum
PRT (UK label), PRT Records (PRT (Precision Records & Tapes) was formerly Pye Records)PVCDBS 9101, PVCDBS9101

Relationships

engineer:Michael J. Dutton (British recording and re-mastering engineer, producer, and label owner)
solo contralto vocals:Constance Shacklock (contralto)
orchestra:London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:Hermann Scherchen (conductor)
recording of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
later versions:Der Messias, K. 572: Teil II, Nr. 17. Aria: “Er ward verschmähet” (soprano II)
part of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II (order: 2)
arrangements:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. He was despised (Goossens-Beecham Edition)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. Aria: He Was Despised (mezzo-soprano) (Wilberg Edition)