Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

~ Recording by New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir, Leonard Bernstein

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Chorus: Hallelujah!4:49Georg Friedrich HändelHandel: The Messiah - ExcerptsGeorg Friedrich Händel; Adele Addison, David Lloyd, Russell Oberlin, William Warfield, Westminster Choir, Leonard Bernstein, New York PhilharmonicAlbum
CBS Records MasterworksMYK 44875
1.8Chorus: Hallelujah!4:49Georg Friedrich HändelCBS Great Performances, Volume 89: Handel: Messiah HighlightsGeorg Friedrich Händel; Addison, Lloyd, Oberlin, Warfield, Westminster Choir, Bernstein, New York PhilharmonicAlbum
  • US1991-01-10
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)MYK 38481
1.25Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus4:45George Frideric HandelThe Joy of ChristmasNew York Philharmonic, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-09-16
Sony ClassicalSFK 63303
1.25XLIV. Hallelujah! (Chorus)4:48George Frideric HandelMessiahGeorge Frideric Handel; Adele Addison, Russell Oberlin, David Lloyd, William Warfield, Westminster Choir, Leonard BernsteinAlbum
Sony ClassicalSM2K 60205
1.25Messiah: Hallelujah! (Chorus)4:49Georg Friedrich HändelMessiahGeorg Friedrich Händel; New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir, Leonard Bernstein, Adele Addison, Russell Oberlin, David Lloyd, William WarfieldAlbum
  • DE2010-05-28
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)232751-305
Promotion
1.8Hallelujah Chorus (from “Messiah”)4:46Leonard BernsteinPlay Classical: ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2014-11-28
Masterworks

Relationships

choir vocals:Westminster Choir (Princeton, USA) (on 1956-12-31)
orchestra:New York Philharmonic (on 1956-12-31)
conductor:Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor) (on 1956-12-31)
chorus master:John Finley Williamson (choir master)
recorded at:CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-31)
recording of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (on 1956-12-31)

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
referred to in medleys:Hooked on Classics, Parts 1 & 2
The Saints’ Hallelujah
later parody versions:Hail to the Shoe
The Hallelujah Patrol
later versions:Der Messias: 32. Chor: Halleluja
part of:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II (order: 23)
is the basis for:Handel’s Torch
Technical Difficulties Part II
The Three Kings and I (What Really Happened)
arrangements:Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (for organ, Dubois)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (catch-all for arrangements)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Hallelujah (Goossens-Beecham Edition)
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. Chorus: Hallelujah (Wilberg Edition)
The Grand Halleluiah in the Messiah (for two organists, Marsh)
The Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus (for band, Longfield)