William Parker, baritone ; Baroque Choral Guild (Bach) ; Arcadian Academy (Bach) ; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Handel) ; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
The Bach works are solo cantatas, the Handel, oratorio excerpts.
Sung in German (Bach) and English (Handel).
Title from container spine.
Compact disc.
The Handel excerpts taken from complete recordings of Susanna (HMU 907030/32, 1990) and Messiah (HMU 907050/52, 1991).
Notes by the singer, John Butt, and Will Crutchfield, and vocal texts with English translations (23 p. : port.) inserted in container.
The Bach cantatas recorded Oct. 28-30, 1991, Skywalker Sound, CA. The Handel arias recorded in Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Sept. 16-17, 1989, and Oct. 4-7, 1991.
Ich habe genug, BWV 82 (22:26) ; Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 (17:51) / J.S. Bach -- Susanna: Lives there in Babylon ... Who fears the Lord (4:29) ; Down my old cheeks ... Peace, crown'd with roses (2:18) / G.F. Handel -- Messiah: Behold, I tell you a mystery ... The trumpet shall sound / Handel (8:51)