The Complete Recordings on argo and Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre

~ Release by Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Simon Preston (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Limited edition 19-CD release of the complete recordings on argo and Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre. Includes a 30-page booklet with complete tracklists and essay. CD jackets have original artwork.

Annotation last modified on 2026-10-16 09:17 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD
2▶CD
3▶CD: Lassus: Missa "Bell' Amfitrit' Altera" / Psalmus Poenitentialis VII
4▼CD: Händel: Israel in Egypt (1)
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1Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: Overture
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel6:08
2Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 1. Now there arose a new king (tenor recitative) / 2. And the children of Israel (alto & chorus)
alto vocals:
James Bowman (UK countertenor) (in 1975)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor) (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel4:37
3Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 3. Then sent He Moses (tenor recitative) / 4. They loathed to drink of the river (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor) (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:43
4Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 5. Their land brought forth frogs (alto)
alto vocals:
James Bowman (UK countertenor) (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:24
5Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 6. He spake the word (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:24
6Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 7. He gave them hallstones (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:10
7Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 8. He sent a thick darkness (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel3:37
8Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 9. He smote all the first-born of Egypt (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:45
9Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 10. But as for His people (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel4:50
10Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 11. Egypt was glad when they departed (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel3:29
11Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 12. He rebuked the Red Sea (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel0:51
12Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 13. He led them through the deep (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel1:31
13Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 14. But the waters overwhelmed their enemies (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
Georg Friedrich Händel1:05
14Israel in Egypt: Part I, Exodus: 15. And Israel saw that great work (chorus) / 16. And believed the Lord (chorus)
choir vocals:
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (in 1975)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1975)
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Chapel of Merton College in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975)
recording of:
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II, no. 15: Chorus "And Israel saw that great work"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1738)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II "Exodus"
recording of:
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II, no. 16: Chorus "And believed the Lord"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1738)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Part II "Exodus"
Georg Friedrich Händel4:27
5▶CD: Händel: Israel in Egypt (2)
6▶CD: Dvořák: Mass in D
7▶CD: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Canticum Sacrum
8▶CD
9▶CD
10▶CD
11▶CD: Bach: Magnificat in E flat major / Kuhnau: Der Gerechte kommt um
12▶CD: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne / Anthem for the Foundling Hospital
13▶CD: Handel: Utrecht Te Deum / Jubilate
14▶CD: Handel: Messiah (1)
15▶CD: Handel: Messiah (2)
16▶CD: Vivaldi: Gloria / Nulla in mundo pax sincera
17▶CD: Haydn: Missa Sanctae Caeciliae
18▶CD: Handel: Missa in Honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae "Grosse Orgel"
19▶CD: Handel: Mass in G, "Missa Sancti Nicolai" / Missa Brevis