Robert Shaw Chorale - "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah" (1952 - Hugh Porter, Organ)
/ vinyltovideo The Robert Shaw Chorale sings the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah." This is from the 1952 RCA Victor Red Seal album "Great Sacred Choruses" featuring the Robert Shaw Chorale. The organist is Hugh Porter and this was recorded at New York's Academy of Fine Arts and Letters. According to a 1953 Billboard article, "Great Sacred Choruses" was the 19th best selling Christmas album of 1952 and the only one classical in nature appearing on the list. The old record was pretty worn out as can be heard in this final edit.