Baroque

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. Recitative “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth” (Bass)

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. Recitative “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth” (Bass) by George Frideric Handel. 66 recordings in this catalogue, from 1975 to 2023. Scored for Bass.

Top Performers

Neville Marriner

Conductor · 4 rec

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Orchestra · 4 rec

English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra · 4 rec

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 4 rec

Colin Davis

Conductor · 3 rec

Harry Christophers

Conductor · 3 rec

Stephen Cleobury

Conductor · 3 rec

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 3 rec

Recordings (66)

Performers	Year	Label
Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 · view	1991	Chaconne	2:00
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society · view	1991	Intersound	2:10
Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra, Justino Díaz · view	1991	Vanguard Classics	1:38
Malcolm Sargent, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, James Milligan · view	1990	EMI	3:07
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Gwynne Howell · view	1989	Decca Records	6:14
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Raimund Herincx · view	1989	EMI Classics	2:28
Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, John Tomlinson · view	1988	Archiv Produktion	3:03
Harry Christophers · view	1987	Hyperion	2:28
Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Samuel Ramey · view	1987	EMI Classics	2:42
Walter Susskind · view	1987	Stardust Records	2:43
Hermann Scherchen, London Symphony Orchestra · view	1986	PRT Records	4:09
Karl Richter, Donald McIntyre, Edgar Krapp · view	1985	Deutsche Grammophon	1:45
Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Simon Estes · view	1985	Philips	6:57
Christopher Hogwood, David Thomas · view	1984	Decca Records	5:36
Neville Marriner, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Holl · view	1984	His Master’s Voice	2:22
Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Richard Stilwell · view	1984	Telarc Digital	5:49
Anders Öhrwall, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra · view	1982	Proprius	1:40
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Robert Hale · view	1982	Philips	1:46
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anna Reynolds · view	1976	Argo	-
Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk · view	1975	Erato	-