Continuing along with Handel's Messiah, give a listen to this contemporary a capella arrangement of O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion! I have confess that I really enjoy a capella groups (I heard Chanticleer in concert on Thanksgiving weekend!) but I hope you'll give this a listen and let me know what you think.
For a more traditional arrangement, listen to Anne Sofie von Otter with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner conducting. (O thou that tellest... is preceded by the brief recitative, Behold, a virgin shall conceive..."
P.S. Sorry about the wrong link to the second arrangement: it's corrected!
Oops..... both links led to the a capella version...
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