Handel: Israel in Egypt / The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, Gardiner (2 CD): version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 04:36 by @benjaminsen (bot): 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: Discogs releases 7820747 (10/99 WMME repress, barcode 022924539923) and 14280898 (earlier RSA pressing, barcode text 0 2292-45399-2 3), Discogs master 678957, the Indiana University IUCAT record 510433 (catalogue number, durations, recording dates, WE 815-ZA price code), Wikipedia Israel in Egypt, Amazon.com B000005E6L (no barcode; kept as a markets gap). New family stub for the recording with its three CD variants (Discogs 30931188, 15994246). Existing brand/erato, company/erato-disques and company/warner-music-manufacturing-europe referenced. Gaps: first CD release year, GS1 prefix owner, RSA plant mapping, Amazon listings, licensed image.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Handel: Israel in Egypt / The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, Gardiner (2 CD) <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00022924539923
name: Handel: Israel in Egypt / The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, Gardiner (2 CD)
family: family/handel-israel-in-egypt-gardiner-monteverdi-choir-and-orchestra
default_observation: cd-eu-1999
summary: Two-CD Erato set (2292-45399-2) of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt and the funeral anthem The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra under John Eliot Gardiner, recorded in London in 1978.
brand: brand/erato
category: category/10001459
country_of_sale: EU
country_of_origin: DE
piece_count: 2
pack_format: fat double jewel case
model_number: 2292-45399-2
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| marketed_by | company/erato-disques | EU | | | | verified | ^discogs | Label Erato, catalogue number 2292-45399-2, ℗ Erato Disques S.A. 1980 per Discogs; the Indiana University library record gives the same label and number |
| manufactured_by | company/warner-music-manufacturing-europe | | 1999 | | | sourced | ^discogs | "Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe" and pressed by WMME Alsdorf, per the Discogs entry for the repress with runouts dated 10/99 |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| EU | sourced | ^discogs | Discogs entry for the European repress lists barcode 022924539923, catalogue number 2292-45399-2, release country Europe; a second Discogs entry for the earlier pressing prints the barcode as "0 2292-45399-2 3" | 2026-09-25 | | DE | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Israel in Egypt / The Ways of Zion Do Mourn | name | | | |
| Israël in Egypt ; The ways of Zion | name | | | |
| Haendel: Israel in Egypt, Gardiner | search | | | |
| 2292-45399-2 | search | | | |
| 229245399-2 | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Release <!--release-->
artists: Georg Friedrich Händel, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
label: brand/erato
record_company: company/erato-disques
copyright: © Editions Costallat 1980-1979
phonographic_copyright: ℗ Erato Disques S.A. 1980
catalogue_number: 2292-45399-2
label_code: LC 0200
media: cd
discs: 2
release_country: EU
genre: Classical, Baroque, Oratorio
runtime_min: 138
languages: en
edition: 1999 European repress of the Erato 2292-45399-2 two-CD set, pressed in Germany
<!--/release-->
## Tracks <!--tracks-->
| position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| 1-1 | Lamentations Of The Israelites For The Death Of Joseph | | 2:14 | ^discogs | Israel in Egypt, Ouverture | |
| 1-2 | 1. "Now Here Arose" | | 0:25 | ^discogs | Israel in Egypt, Exodus | |
| 1-3 | 2. "And The Children Of Israel Sighed By Reason Of The Bondage: And Their Cry..." | | 3:56 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-4 | 3. "Then Sent He Moses" | | 0:34 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-5 | 4. "They Loathed To Drink" | | 2:18 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-6 | 5. "Their Land Brought" | | 2:22 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-7 | 6. "He Spake The Word" | | 2:04 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-8 | 7. "He Gave Them Hailstones" | | 2:13 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-9 | 8. "He Sent A Thick Darkness" | | 2:13 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-10 | 9. "He Smote All The First-Born" | | 2:28 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-11 | 10. "But As For His People" | | 4:10 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-12 | 11. "Egypt Was Glad" | | 3:06 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-13 | 12. "He Rebuked The Red Sea" | | 0:46 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-14 | 13. "He Led Them" | | 1:25 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-15 | 14. "But The Waters" | | 1:05 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-16 | 15. "And Israel Saw" | | 0:58 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-17 | 16. "And Believed The Lord" | | 3:42 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-18 | 17. "Moses, And The Children" | | 0:57 | ^discogs | Israel in Egypt, Moses' Song | |
| 1-19 | 18. "I Will Sing" | | 2:38 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-20 | 19. "The Lord Is My Strength" | | 4:35 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-21 | 20. "He Is My God" | | 0:52 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-22 | 21. "And I Will Exalt Him" | | 2:55 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-23 | 22. "The Lord Is A Man Of War" | | 5:47 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-24 | 23. "The Depths Have Covered Them" | | 2:49 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-25 | 24. "Thy Right Hand" | | 1:28 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-26 | 25. "And In The Greatness" | | 0:37 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-27 | 26. "Thou Sentest Forth" | | 2:03 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-28 | 27. "And With The Blast" | | 3:02 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-29 | 28. "The Enemy Said" | | 2:27 | ^discogs | | |
| 1-30 | 29. "Thou Didst Blow" | | 2:21 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-1 | 30. "Who Is Like Unto Thee" | | 1:35 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-2 | 31. "The Earth Swallowed Them" | | 1:12 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-3 | 32. "Thou Is Thy Mercy" | | 4:26 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-4 | 33. "The People Shall Hear" | | 7:33 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-5 | 34. "Thou Shalt Bring" | | 3:52 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-6 | 35. "The Lord Shall Reign" | | 0:42 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-7 | 36. "For The Horse Of Pharoah" | | 0:27 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-8 | 37. "The Lord Shall Reign" | | 0:41 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-9 | 38. "And Miriam The Prophetess" | | 0:23 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-10 | 39. "Sing Ye To The Lord, For He Hath Triumphed Gloriusly! The Lord Shall Reign..." | | 3:26 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-11 | Sinfonia | | 2:05 | ^discogs | The Ways of Zion Do Mourn (Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline) | |
| 2-12 | 1. "The Ways Of Zion" | | 6:32 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-13 | 2. "How Are The Mighty Fall'n!" | | 2:35 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-14 | 3. "She Put On Righteousness" | | 2:48 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-15 | 4. "When The Ear Heard Her" | | 3:22 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-16 | 5. "How Are The Mighty Fall'n!" | | 0:55 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-17 | 6. "She Deliver'd The Poor" | | 5:50 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-18 | 7. How Are The Mighty Fall'n!" | | 0:56 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-19 | 8. "The Righteous Shall Be Had" | | 4:04 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-20 | 9. "Their Bodies Are Buried In Peace" | | 5:06 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-21 | 10. "The People Will Tell" | | 2:06 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-22 | 11. "They Shall Receive A Glorious Kingdom" | | 3:53 | ^discogs | | |
| 2-23 | 12. "The Merciful Goodness Of The Lord" | | 3:44 | ^discogs | | |
<!--/tracks-->
## Contents <!--contents-->
| item | quantity | gtin | source | note |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ---- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| CD 1: Israel in Egypt, Ouverture, Exodus and Moses' Song to no. 29 (tracks 1-1 to 1-30) | 1 | | ^discogs | |
| CD 2: Israel in Egypt nos. 30 to 39 (tracks 2-1 to 2-10) and The Ways of Zion Do Mourn (tracks 2-11 to 2-23) | 1 | | ^discogs | |
| Booklet, 32 pages: lyrics and liner notes in French, English and German | 1 | | ^discogs | Liner notes by John Eliot Gardiner; the library record describes 31 pages with libretto in French and German translation |
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## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| format | 2 × CD, fat double jewel case | | ^discogs | The earlier pressing is described the same way | cd-eu-1999 | | | | known | printed | |
| recorded | Israel in Egypt: October 1978, All Saints, Tooting Graveney, London; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn: January 1978, Henry Wood Hall, London | | ^discogs | Same dates in the Indiana University library record | cd-eu-1999 | | | | known | printed | |
| running time | Israel in Egypt 1:33:51; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn 43:54 | | ^iucat | Durations as given in the library record; the Discogs notes give the total as 2h18' | cd-eu-1999 | | | | known | printed | |
| SPARS code | ADD | | ^discogs | | cd-eu-1999 | | | | known | printed | |
| SPARS code | AAD | | ^discogs-rsa | Discogs reads AAD on the earlier pressing; the library copy's notes say "Digitally mastered from an original analogical recording" | cd-eu-rsa | | | | known | printed | |
| price code | WE 848, ZA | | ^discogs | | cd-eu-1999 | | | | known | printed | |
| price code | WE 815-ZA | | ^iucat | As printed on the container of the library copy; which pressing that copy is is not stated | cd-eu-rsa | | | | known | printed | |
| rights society | GEMA/BIEM | | ^discogs | Same on the earlier pressing | cd-eu-1999 | | | | known | printed | |
| cover art | Samuel Colman, The Delivery of Israel out of Egypt, Birmingham Art Gallery | | ^discogs | | cd-eu-1999 | | | | known | printed | |
| matrix / runout CD 1 | [Warner logo] 229245399-2/1.2 10/99 | | ^discogs | The 10/99 date is what dates this repress | cd-eu-1999 | matrix_runout | | | known | printed | |
| matrix / runout CD 2 | [Warner logo] 229245399-2/2.2 10/99 | | ^discogs | | cd-eu-1999 | matrix_runout | | | known | printed | |
| SID codes CD 1 | IFPI L011 (mastering), IFPI 05M1 (mould) | | ^discogs | | cd-eu-1999 | sid_code | | | known | printed | |
| SID codes CD 2 | IFPI L012 (mastering), IFPI 0568 (mould) | | ^discogs | | cd-eu-1999 | sid_code | | | known | printed | |
| matrix / runout CD 1 | 229245399-2/1 RSA | | ^discogs-rsa | No SID codes on either disc; Warner 'W' logo in the mould on the inner ring | cd-eu-rsa | matrix_runout | | | known | printed | |
| matrix / runout CD 2 | 229245399-2/2 RSA | | ^discogs-rsa | | cd-eu-rsa | matrix_runout | | | known | printed | |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | --------------------- | ------------ |
| cd-eu-1999 | 1999 European repress, Erato 2292-45399-2 | edition | EU | | 1999 | | 2026-09-25 | supported | | | | ^discogs | Barcode 022924539923, catalogue number, codes, credits and tracklist from the Discogs entry; "Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe", pressed by WMME Alsdorf | | | 2 | fat double jewel case | 2292-45399-2 |
| cd-eu-rsa | Earlier European pressing (white cover), Erato 2292-45399-2 | edition | EU | | | | 2026-09-25 | supported | | | | ^discogs-rsa | Same catalogue number, label code and packaging; Discogs transcribes the barcode as "0 2292-45399-2 3", the same digits; runouts end RSA, pressed by Record Service Alsdorf per Discogs; "Made in Germany" | | | 2 | fat double jewel case | 2292-45399-2 |
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## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | status | note |
| ----------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------- | ------ | -------------------------- |
| cd-eu-1999 | Georg Friedrich Händel | Composer | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | John Eliot Gardiner | Conductor | ^discogs | | Also wrote the liner notes |
| cd-eu-1999 | Monteverdi Choir | Choir | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Monteverdi Orchestra | Orchestra | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Daryl Greene | Soprano (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Elisabeth Priday | Soprano (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Jean Knibbs | Soprano (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Marilyn Troth | Soprano (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Ashley Stafford | Countertenor (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Brian Gordon | Countertenor (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Christopher Royall | Countertenor (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Julian Clarkson | Countertenor (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Paul Elliott | Tenor (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | William Kendall | Tenor (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Charles Stewart | Bass (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Stephen Varcoe | Bass (both works) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Norma Burrowes | Soprano (The Ways of Zion Do Mourn) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Charles Brett | Countertenor (The Ways of Zion Do Mourn) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Martyn Hill | Tenor (The Ways of Zion Do Mourn) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Marilyn Sansom | Cello (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Alastair Ross | Harpsichord (Israel in Egypt) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Malcolm Hicks | Organ | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Michael Lewin | Theorbo (The Ways of Zion Do Mourn) | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Michel Garcin | Recording supervisor | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Pierre Lavoix | Engineer | ^discogs | | |
| cd-eu-1999 | Françoise Garcin | Editing | ^discogs | | |
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## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| | identity | unknown | The first release date of the 2292-45399-2 CD issue: Discogs gives no year for either pressing and the library record gives only ℗ 1980; the 10/99 runouts date the repress only. | ^discogs-rsa |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the licensee of GS1 company prefix 0022924; the barcode embeds the Erato catalogue number 2292-45399-2, but no gs1_prefix_owner edge is recorded. | |
| cd-eu-rsa | relationships | unknown | Discogs names Record Service Alsdorf as the pressing plant of the earlier pressing; which company stub that name maps to is not settled, so no manufactured_by row is recorded for it. | ^discogs-rsa |
| | markets | unknown | Amazon.com ASIN B000005E6L ("Handel Israel in Egypt", Erato, 2 discs) has the same tracklist and performers but prints no barcode or catalogue number and only marketplace offers, so it is not counted as a US market row. | ^amazon-us |
| | markets | unknown | No Amazon.de listing of this set was found; the Amazon.de ASIN B000025Y6P for Israel in Egypt is Gardiner's 1990 Philips recording. | |
| | images | unknown | No licensed front photo of the set was found; the Discogs and Amazon images carry no reuse licence. | ^discogs |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-25
note: New discover entry built from the Discogs entries for the 10/99 repress and the earlier RSA pressing, the Discogs master versions, the Indiana University library catalogue record, Wikipedia on the oratorio and an Amazon.com listing.
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | ----------- | --------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| 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-rsa | https://api.discogs.com/releases/14280898 | Discogs release 14280898: Haendel, Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, Gardiner – Israel In Egypt / The Ways Of Zion Do Mourn (Erato 2292-45399-2, Europe, white cover) | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 14280898 | identifiers, companies, 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 | | | |
| wp-israel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_in_Egypt | Wikipedia: Israel in Egypt | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead, Background, Performance history | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| amazon-us | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000005E6L | Amazon.com: Handel Israel in Egypt (Erato, 2 discs) | 2026-09-25 | Amazon.com | retailer | | B000005E6L | product details, tracklist | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Handel: Israel in Egypt / The Ways of Zion Do Mourn is a two-CD set on the French classical label Erato, catalogue number 2292-45399-2, of John Eliot Gardiner's recording with the Monteverdi Choir and Monteverdi Orchestra.[^discogs][^iucat] It pairs Handel's biblical oratorio Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, recorded in October 1978 at All Saints, Tooting Graveney, with the funeral anthem for Queen Caroline, The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, recorded in January 1978 at Henry Wood Hall, London.[^discogs][^iucat] The recording carries ℗ 1980 Erato Disques S.A.; the discs were made in Germany, the repress with runouts dated October 1999 by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe at Alsdorf.[^discogs][^discogs-rsa]
Handel wrote Israel in Egypt in one month in 1738 and first performed it at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket on 4 April 1739; he reworked the 1737 funeral anthem as the opening part of the first version.[^wp-israel] According to Wikipedia, many modern performances of the oratorio have used Handel's original three-part version since Gardiner's 1978 recording.[^wp-israel] Erato also issued the recording on CD as ECD 88182 in 1987 and as 4509-99758-2 in 1995, and Warner Classics remastered it in 2001 as 0927-41394-2.[^discogs-master]
<!--/about-->