Recording: By the Choir of King’s College in Cambridge

Score: From IMSLP

Excerpts (part 1, scene 1, 4-5, part 2, scene 7):

• Sinfonia (Overture) – 1’57”
• Recitative “There were shepherds” – 41’44”
• Chorus “Glory to God” – 43’23”
• Air “Rejoice greatly” – 45’22”
• Chorus “Hallelujah” – 111’20”

A true English tradition, Handel’s best known oratorio was composed in just under a month. More… →