Messiah

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 1. Sinfony

  George Frideric Handel
  3:00
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Accompagnato "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:59
• 3
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air "Every valley shall be exalted"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:01
• 4
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:34
• 5
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 5. Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:19
• 6
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 6. Air "But who may abide the day of His coming?"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:51
• 7
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 7. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:24
• 8
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 8. Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" / no. 9. Air & Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion arise"

  George Frideric Handel
  5:28
• 9
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:18
• 10
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 11. Air "The people that walked in darkness"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:42
• 11
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:58
• 12
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Sinfonia Pastorale: (Pifa) / no. 14a. Recitative "There where shepherds abiding in the field" / no. 14b. Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" / no. 15. Recitative "And the angel said unto them: Fear not, for behold" / no. 16. Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:41
• 13
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:04
• 14
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:34
• 15
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" / 20. Air "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:59
• 16
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 21. Chorus "His yoke is easy, and His burden is light"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:21
• 17
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 22. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:25
• 18
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air "He was despised and rejected of men"

  George Frideric Handel
  10:42
• 19
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 24. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:46
• 20
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 25. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:42
• 21
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 26. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:51
• CD 2
• 1
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 27. Accompagnato "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:36
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 28. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:11
• 3
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 29. Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:30
• 4
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 30. Arioso "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:21
• 5
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 31. Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living" / no. 32. Air "But Thou didst no.t leave His soul in hell"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:14
• 6
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 33. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:03
• 7
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 34. Recitative "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:14
• 8
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 35. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:23
• 9
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 36. Air "Thou art gone up on high"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:47
• 10
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 37. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:09
• 11
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 38. Air "How beautiful are the feet of them"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:40
• 12
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 39. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:24
• 13
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:49
• 14
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:36
• 15
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 42. Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" / no. 43. Air "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:59
• 16
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus "Hallelujah!"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:56
• 17
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air "I know that my redeemer liveth"

  George Frideric Handel
  6:02
• 18
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 46. Chorus "Since by man came death"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:57
• 19
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 47. Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery" / no. 48. Air "The trumpet shall sound"

  George Frideric Handel
  8:36
• 20
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 49. Recitative "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" / no. 50. Duet: O Death, where is thy sting?"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:16
• 21
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 51. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:02
• 22
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 52. Air "If God be for us, who can be against us?"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:19
• 23
  Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 53. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" / no. 54. Chorus "Amen"

  George Frideric Handel
  6:51

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Release credits

• Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
  choir vocals [2.2, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14-16, 2.18, 2.21, 2.23, 1.4, 1.7-8, 1.11, 1.13, 1.16-17, 1.19-21]
• Freiburger Barockorchester
  performing orchestra
• Kerstin Avemo
  soprano vocals [1.12, 1.14, 2.5, 2.17]
• Kobie van Rensburg
  tenor vocals [1.2-3, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.7, 2.15, 2.20]
• Lawrence Zazzo
  countertenor vocals [2.9, 2.11, 2.22, 1.6, 1.15]
• Neal Davies
  bass vocals [1.5, 1.9-10, 2.13, 2.19]
• Patricia Bardon
  alto vocals [1.8, 1.15, 1.18, 2.20]
• René Jacobs
  conductor

Issues

• 

  M
  Messiah

  2x CD
  20 October 2006
• M
  Messiah

  2x Hybrid SACD
  2006
• M
  Messiah

  2x CD (christmas edition 2011)
  18 November 2011