Handel Messiah Part 1 Sir Thomas Beecham (1927)

Handel's "Messiah" Part 1, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, recorded in 1927 in Westminster Central Hall; Original Columbia Records 9320 to 9327 inclusive, played on an HMV Model 163 cabinet gramophone. Obviously with records over 90 years old, some surface noise is inevitable. The soloists are:-

Soprano - Dora Labbette (1898 - 1984)
Contralto - Muriel Brunskill (1899 - 1980)
Tenor - Hubert Eisdell (1882 - 1948)
Bass - Harold Williams ( 1893 - 1976)

The Chorus is the BBC Chorus

Approximate start times of the items (minutes and seconds) are as follows:-
00-00 Overture
04-06 Comfort ye my people (Hubert Eisdell)
07-45 Every valley shall be exalted (Hubert Eisdell)
11-20 And the Glory of the Lord (Chorus)
15-14 Thus saith the Lord & But who may abide (Harold Williams)
21-45 And He shall purify (Chorus)
24-29 Behold a virgin shall conceive & O Thou that tellest
(Muriel Brunskill, then chorus )
32-00 For behold & The people that walked in darkness (Harold
Williams)
37-43 For unto us a child is born (Chorus)
41-38 There were shepherds etc etc (Dora Labbette)
43-38 Glory to God (Chorus)
45-39 Rejoice greatly (Dora Labbette)
49-52 Then shall the Eyes of the blind (Muriel Brunskill)
53-35 Come unto Him (Dora Labbette)
57-39 His Yoke is easy (Chorus)