Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. “Why do the nations so furiously rage together? – Let us break their bonds asunder”

~ Recording by Simon Preston, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, David Thomas, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
21.12Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. "Why do the nations so furiously rage together? - Let us break their bonds asunder"3:15George Frideric HandelMagnificat (500 Ans De Musique Sacre) = Magnificat (Grosse Chorwerke Aus 5 Jahrhunderten) = Magnificat (500 Years Of Choral Masterworks)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Decca Records, Deutsche Grammophon478 3640

Relationships

engineer:Martin Atkinson (engineer)
John Dunkerley (engineer)
bass vocals and solo bass vocals:David Thomas (British operatic bass) (in 1979)
choir vocals:Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1979)
orchestra:Academy of Ancient Music (in 1979)
conductor:Christopher Hogwood (conductor, harpsichordist) (in 1979)
chorus master:Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1979)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1980)
recorded at:St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead (in 1979)
recording of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air “Why do the nations” (Bass) (in 1979)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Chorus “Let us break their bonds asunder” (in 1979)

Related works

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air “Why do the nations” (Bass)

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
later versions:Der Messias, K. 572: Teil II, Nr. 29. Aria: “Warum entbrennen die Heiden” (bass)
part of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II (order: 19)
arrangements:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (Goossens-Beecham Edition)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. Aria: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (bass) (Wilberg Edition)

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Chorus “Let us break their bonds asunder”

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II (order: 20)
arrangements:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Let us break their bonds asunder (Goossens-Beecham Edition)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (Wilberg Edition)