Messiah: Part II. Air "Why do the Nations so furiously rage together?"

Name: Messiah: Part II. Air "Why do the Nations so furiously rage together?"
Duration: 2 min 44 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.17	Messiah: Part II. Air "Why do the Nations so furiously rage together?"	2:44	George Frideric Handel	Messiah	Handel; Kathleen Battle, Florence Quivar, John Aler, Samuel Ramey, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis	Album	US1987
1.13	No.36 Why do the nations? (bass)	2:44	Georg Friedrich Händel	Messiah (Highlights)	Handel; Kathleen Battle, Florence Quivar, John Aler, Samuel Ramey, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis	Album	US2000	Seraphim	7243 5 74011 2 8
1.10	Why Do the Nations	2:44	George Frederic Haendel	Le messie (extraits)	George Frideric Handel	Album + Compilation	XE2001	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	7243 5 74618 2 5
2.17	Messiah: Part II. Air "Why do the Nations so furiously rage together?"	2:44	George Frideric Handel	Messiah	Handel; Kathleen Battle, Florence Quivar, John Aler, Samuel Ramey, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis	Album	GB2008	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	50999 2 17645 2 3
2.17	Messiah, Part Two, no. 36: Air-Bass: Why do the nations?	2:44	George Frideric Handel	Messiah	Handel; Kathleen Battle, Florence Quivar, John Aler, Samuel Ramey, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis	Album	CA-	EMI Digital (“EMI” name above an angel sitting on a disc, with the word “DIGITAL” below)	CDS-7 49027 2

recording engineer:	Anton Kwiatkowski (from 1986-12-22 until 1986-12-23)
assistant engineer:	Malcolm Harris
producer:	Anton Kwiatkowski
bass vocals:	Samuel Ramey (bass-baritone) (from 1986-12-22 until 1986-12-23)
orchestra:	Toronto Symphony Orchestra (from 1986-12-22 until 1986-12-23)
conductor:	Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger) (from 1986-12-22 until 1986-12-23)

recorded at:	Centre in the Square in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (from 1986-12-22 until 1986-12-23)

recording of:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air “Why do the nations” (Bass) (from 1986-12-22 until 1986-12-23)

composer:	George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)

later versions:	Der Messias, K. 572: Teil II, Nr. 29. Aria: “Warum entbrennen die Heiden” (bass)
part of:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part II (order: 19)
arrangements:	Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (Goossens-Beecham Edition) Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. Aria: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (bass) (Wilberg Edition)