Handel: Israel in Egypt – Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 04:36 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added Erato 2292-45399-2, the two-CD set of Handel: Israel in Egypt / The Ways of Zion Do Mourn by John Eliot Gardiner with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra (wanted barcode 0022924539923). Sources: . This is the current version.
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# Handel: Israel in Egypt – Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra <!--family-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Handel: Israel in Egypt – Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra
summary: John Eliot Gardiner's 1978 Erato recording of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, issued on LP from 1979 and on CD with The Ways of Zion Do Mourn.
brand: brand/erato
category: category/10001459
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## Variants <!--variants-->
| name | gtin | net_content | pack_format | market | source | note |
| ------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------ | ------ | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Erato 2292-45399-2, 2 CD (repressed 1999) | 00022924539923 | | 2 × CD, fat double jewel case | EU | ^discogs | "Made in Germany"; the repress runouts are dated 10/99, an earlier pressing has RSA runouts |
| Erato 4509-99758-2, 2 CD (1995) | 00745099975821 | | 2 × CD, fat double jewel case | EU | ^discogs-1995 | Reissue, © 1995 Erato |
| Erato 0927-41394-2, 2 CD remastered (2001) | 00809274139429 | | 2 × CD, double-tray jewel case | EU | ^discogs-2001 | © 2001 Warner Classics UK; pressed by WMME Alsdorf |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
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| discogs-1995 | https://api.discogs.com/releases/30931188 | Discogs release 30931188: Israel In Egypt / The Ways Of Zion (Erato 4509-99758-2, Europe, 1995) | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 30931188 | identifiers, notes | CC0 | | |
| discogs-2001 | https://api.discogs.com/releases/15994246 | Discogs release 15994246: Israel In Egypt / The Ways Of Zion Do Mourn (Erato 0927-41394-2, Europe, 2001) | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 15994246 | identifiers, notes, companies | CC0 | | |
| discogs | https://api.discogs.com/releases/7820747 | Discogs release 7820747: Handel, Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, Gardiner – Israel In Egypt / The Ways Of Zion Do Mourn (Erato 2292-45399-2, Europe) | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 7820747 | identifiers, companies, formats, credits, tracklist, notes | CC0 | | |
| discogs-master | https://api.discogs.com/masters/678957/versions | Discogs master 678957: Israel In Egypt, versions | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 678957 | | CC0 | | |
| iucat | https://iucat.iu.edu/iuk/510433 | IUCAT: Israël in Egypt ; The ways of Zion [sound recording] / Georg Friedrich Haendel | 2026-09-25 | Indiana University Libraries | catalogue | | 510433 | Publisher number, notes, recording info | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
John Eliot Gardiner recorded Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, with soloists, the Monteverdi Choir and the Monteverdi Orchestra at All Saints, Tooting Graveney, in October 1978, and the anthem The Ways of Zion Do Mourn at Henry Wood Hall, London, in January 1978, for the French label Erato.[^discogs][^iucat] Discogs groups LP issues from 1979 and 1980 in Japan, Australia, the United States, France and Germany with the CD issues under one master.[^discogs-master] On CD Erato issued it as ECD 88182 in France in 1987, as 2292-45399-2 and as 4509-99758-2 in 1995, and Warner Classics UK remastered it in 2001 as 0927-41394-2.[^discogs-master][^discogs-1995][^discogs-2001]
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