For Unto us a child is born (Messiah)

Name: For Unto us a child is born (Messiah)
Duration: 4 min 21 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.4	Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born	4:21	George Frideric Handel	100 Best Sacred Works	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2007-04-03	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	0946 3 89227 2 8
5.15	Messiah: Part I. For unto us child is born	4:23	George Frideric Handel	Master of Orchestral Texture	Charles Mackerras	Album + Compilation	XE2011	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	50999 0 98189 2 7
2.12	Messiah, HWV 56: Part The First: 12. Chorus: “For Unto Us A Child Is Born”	4:17	George Frideric Handel	The Complete Warner Classics Edition	Sir Charles Mackerras	Album	XW2025-11-07	Warner Classics

producer:	Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
choir vocals:	Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
orchestra:	English Chamber Orchestra (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
conductor:	Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
chorus master:	John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
arranger:	Basil Lam (English producer, harpsichordist)
balance engineer:	Neville Boyling (engineer) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967)

recorded at:	Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)

recording of:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born” (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)

composer:	George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)

later versions:	Der Messias, K. 572: Teil I, Nr. 8. Coro: “Uns ist zum Heil ein Kind geboren”
part of:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part I (order: 12)
arrangements:	For Unto Us a Child Is Born (for harp and pianoforte, Bochsa) For Unto Us a Child Is Born (arr. Tom Parker, Young Messiah) Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, For unto us a child is born (W. Shaw edition) Messiah, HWV 56: “For unto us a Child is born” (catch-all for arrangements) Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For Unto us a Child is Born” (for 3 performers in one piano, Czerny) Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. For unto us a child is born (Goossens-Beecham Edition) Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. Chorus: For unto Us a Child Is Born (Wilberg Edition)