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

He Was Despised (excerpt Messiah)
First released 1959English105 recordingson 240 releases

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Messiah: No. 23 - Air "He was despised"Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult12:23
Part Two, Air: He was despisedCatherine Robbin, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman8:25
Contralto Aria / He Was DespisedAlfreda Hodgson, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis4:55
Messiah, Part 2: No. 23. Air alto: He was despised"Anna Reynolds, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner11:17
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. “He was despised”Carolyn Watkinson, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood10:20
Messiah: Air. He was despisedYoshikazu Mera, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki11:11
Messiah: He was despised and rejected of menOregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling9:51
Messiah: 23. He Was DespisedAtlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw10:53
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"Andreas Scholl, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie11:11
Messiah: 23. He was despisedMartha Lipton, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy5:17
Messiah: Part II. Arit "He was despised"Florence Quivar, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis12:22
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, Scene I. Song "He was despised"Bernarda Fink, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh12:11
Messiah: Part II, No. 21 Air "He was despised"Helen Watts, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis9:30
Messiah: He Was DespisedRoyal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra9:18
Messiah: He Was Despised and RejectedLinda Finnie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, George Malcolm5:32
The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 23-27): Aria, He was despisedScholars Baroque Ensemble11:16
He Was DespisedMartha Lipton, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy6:05
Messiah: He was despisedAafje Heynis, Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Gillesberger11:13
Messiah: Part II: No. 21. Air (mezzo-soprano) "He was despised"Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner9:26
Messiah, Part II: XXIII. Air (contralto) "He was despised"Anne Sofie von Otter, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock13:15
Messiah: He Was DespisedLondon Handel Orchestra, Martin Neary10:08
Messiah: "He Was Despised"Janet Baker12:39
Messiah: Part II: He Was DespisedMargaret Cable, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott11:47
Messiah: Part II. Aria "He was despised" (alto)Hilary Summers, The Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury9:51
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"Yoshikazu Mera, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki11:12
Messiah: Air: He was despisedClare Wilkinson, Dunedin Consort, John Butt11:30
Messiah: He was despised and rejected of menHelen Watts, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Süsskind5:36
Messiah: He was despised and rejectedThe Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury10:37
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, 20. “He was despised” – AriaCharles Brett, Catherine Robbin, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner10:12
Messiah: Part II: 23. He Was DespisedCollegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox12:21
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. Air: “He was despised” (alto)London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Richter12:45
Messiah: Part II, no. 2: He was despised and rejected of menAcademy of Ancient Music, Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom12:21
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXIII: Air "He was despised and rejected of men" (alto)Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt11:55
Messiah: He was despisedNorma Procter, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult12:51
Messiah: He Was DespisedJames Bowman, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks11:12
Messiah: Part II. XXIII. Contralto aria "He was despised and rejected of men"Orchestra of The Sixteen, Harry Christophers10:32
Messiah: Part II. XXIII. Alto "He was despised"London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis & Sara Mingardo9:57
Part II: Air - “He Was Despised”Norma Procter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent5:37
He Was Despised and Rejected of MenGeorg Friedrich Händel4:40
Messiah: He Was DespisèdKathleen Ferrier, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult6:43
Messiah: Part II No. 23 He was despised (alto air)Yvonne Minton, English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary10:55
Messiah, HWV 56: Second Part. No. 20 “Er ward verschmähet und verachtet” (Alto)Brigitte Fassbaender, Radio‐Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner9:08
Messiah, HWV 56: Second Part. No. 20 “Er ward verschmähet und verachtet” (Alto)Brigitte Fassbaender, Radio‐Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner9:08
Messiah, HWV 56: He was despised (Air, countertenor)Paul Esswood, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Anders Öhrwall10:55
He was despisedApollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell9:00
Messiah AriaJochen Kowalski, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner9:19
He was despised and rejected of MenAmerican Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas10:12
Messiah, Part II. "He was despised"The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter9:33
He Was DespisedShirley Minty, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Don Jackson4:49
Messiah, HWV 56: 21. Aria: "He Was Despised"Charles Humphries, Academy of London, Peter Marschik5:26
Messiah, HWV 56: He was despised (Alto)Marjorie Thomas, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent6:00
Messiah: Part II. Air "He was despised and rejected of men"William Christie, Les Arts Florissants11:06
Messiah: He was despisedMarian Anderson4:45
Messiah: Part 2: Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (alto)Iestyn Davies, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton10:36
Messiah: II, No. 2: Air "He was despised"Alice Coote, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury11:42
The Messiah: Air: He Was DespisedRobert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw12:21
Messiah: He Was Despised (Air - Altus)New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein6:17
Messiah: He was DespisedNorma Procter, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult5:49
Messiah: He was despisedMusica Sacra, Richard Westenburg5:07
Le Messie : "He Was Despised"Alfred Deller, Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon6:45
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air "He was despised and rejected of men"Patricia Bardon, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs10:42
Messiah: Part Two: Aria (Mezzo-Soprano): He Was DespisedThe Choir & Orchestra of Pro Christe, Timothy Dean12:12
Messiah: Air: He was despised and rejected of men (alto)Grace Hoffman, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer10:07
Messiah: Part II. No. 20 Air: “He was despised” (alto)Arnold Schönberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt10:44
He Was Despised[unknown]9:37
Messiah, HWV 56 Pt. 2: He Was DespisedEnglish Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge12:27
He was despised - AriaHanna Schwarz, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis10:26
Messiah, HWV 56: XXIII. Air (Contralto) "He Was Despised"La Chapelle Rhénane, Benoît Haller9:55
Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "He was despised" (Alto)Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée10:11
Messiah: Part II, He was despisedLorraine Hunt, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan11:14
He Was DespisedWayne Watson4:09
Messiah: No. 23 Air: He Was Despised (De Capo)Alexandra Sherman, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker4:49
Le Messie Part 2: No. 21. Aria: He was despisedJanet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras12:34
Aria: He Was Despised (Contralto)Catherine Wyn‐Rogers, BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers11:09
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Alto)Scholars Baroque Ensemble11:16
Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 23: Air “He was despised”Anthea Pichanick, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet7:22
Messiah, HWV 56: “He was despised and rejected of men”Lorraine Hunt, John Butt, Elisabeth Le Guin, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan11:09
Messiah: Part 2. Air (alto): He was despisedUlla Kudsk Jensen, Akademisk Orkester, Morten Topp10:28
Messiah: He was despisedAafje Heynis11:13
Messiah, HWV56 - highlights: No. 23 (Alto) He was despisedAlexandra Sherman, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker4:48
Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: He Was DespisedSmithsonian Concerto Grosso, Antal Doráti9:34
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: He was despised and rejected of men - AirOrchestra of The Sixteen, Harry Christophers11:34
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: “He Was Despised”Kathleen Ferrier, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult6:43
Messiah: Part Two: Scene One: No. 23. Air for AltoSarah Bleasdale, Trinity Church Orchestra, Owen Burdick9:09
The Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Air "He Was Despised"Damien Guillon, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall9:55
Second Part: Air (He was despised)Collegium 1704, Václav Luks9:26
Messiah Part 2, no. 23: Song - He Was DespisedAcademy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood10:20
Le Messie: n° 21 - Aria d'altoHelen Watts, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 23, He Was Despised and Rejected of MenAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle10:08
Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'He was despised and rejected of men'. LargoToronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis5:12
The Messiah, Part 2 (No. 23): Air (Alto), He was despisedAlexandra Sherman, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker10:31
He Was Despised and Rejected of MenGeorge Frideric Handel, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Oregon Bach Festival Choir9:51
Messiah: Część Druga: He was despisedLa Tempesta, Jakub Burzyński10:09
Air (Alto): He Was DespisedDaniel Taylor, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius10:18
Ārija He Was Despised no oratorijas MesijaSergejs Jēgers9:37
21. Aria (Alto/Alt) : He Was Despised And Rejected Of MenAmsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman9:38
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 23, He Was Despised and Rejected of MenBenno Schachtner, Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann10:49
He was despisedThe Lagos City Chorale & Orchestra conducted by Emeka Nwokedi12:01
Air (Contralto): "He Was Despised..."Handel9:46
He Was DespisedApollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell8:57
Messiah, HWV 56: Part the Second: Air. “He was despised”Alex Potter, The English Concert, John Nelson10:36
Messiah: Aria: He Was Despised and Rejected of MenAngus Davidson, Scholars Baroque Ensemble11:11
Messiah: He Was DespisedJanet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras12:35
Messiah: Nos. 19–23Chorus of St. Martin‐in‐the‐Fields, Elly Ameling, Gwynne Howell, Philip Langridge, Anna Reynolds, The Academy of St. Martin‐in‐the‐Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 2. He Was DespisedGeorge Frideric Handel10:12

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Source: MusicBrainz work 257c848d-028c-3156-a7f8-45b79b73c3c9 (CC0).