Messiah
Album by George Frideric Handel; Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson, The English Concert Choir, Trevor Pinnock
Released 1988
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Messiah, HWV 56: I. Sinfony (Grave: Allegro Moderato)George Frideric Handel3:23
- 2Messiah, HWV 56: II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort Ye My People"George Frideric Handel3:25
- 3Messiah, HWV 56: III. Air (Tenor) "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"George Frideric Handel3:31
- 4Messiah, HWV 56: IV. Chorus "And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed"George Frideric Handel2:51
- 5Messiah, HWV 56: V. Accompagnato (Bass) "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"George Frideric Handel1:35
- 6Messiah, HWV 56: VI. Air (Alto) "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming"George Frideric Handel4:45
- 7Messiah, HWV 56: VII. Chorus "And He Shall Purify"George Frideric Handel2:25
- 8Messiah, HWV 56: VIII. Recitative (Contralto) "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"George Frideric Handel0:29
- 9Messiah, HWV 56: IX. Air (Contralto) and Chorus: "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"George Frideric Handel5:30
- 10Messiah, HWV 56: X. Accompagnato (Bass) "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover"George Frideric Handel3:03
- 11Messiah, HWV 56: XI. Air (Bass) "The People That Walked in Darkness"George Frideric Handel3:55
- 12Messiah, HWV 56: XII. Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"George Frideric Handel4:04
- 13Messiah, HWV 56: XIII. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)George Frideric Handel1:10
- 14Messiah, HWV 56: XIV. Recitative (Soprano) "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field" - XV. Accompagnato (Soprano) "And Lo, the Angel of the Lord" - XVI. Accompagnato (Soprano) "And Suddenly There Was With the Angel"George Frideric Handel1:34
- 15Messiah, HWV 56: XVII. Chorus "Glory to God in the Highest"George Frideric Handel1:59
- 16Messiah, HWV 56: XVIII. Air (Soprano) "Rejoice Greatly, o Daughter of Zion"George Frideric Handel4:48
- 17Messiah, HWV 56: XIX. Recitative (Contralto) "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind"George Frideric Handel0:21
- 18Messiah, HWV 56: XX. Air (Contralto & Soprano) "He Shall Feed His Flock"George Frideric Handel6:09
- 19Messiah, HWV 56: XXI. Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light"George Frideric Handel2:21
- 20Messiah, HWV 56: XXII. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"George Frideric Handel3:17
- 21Messiah, HWV 56: XXIII. Air (Contralto) "He Was Despised"George Frideric Handel13:15
- CD 2
- 1Messiah, HWV 56: XXIV. Chorus "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"George Frideric Handel2:27
- 2Messiah, HWV 56: XXV. Chorus "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"George Frideric Handel1:52
- 3Messiah, HWV 56: XXVI. Chorus "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"George Frideric Handel3:54
- 4Messiah, HWV 56: XXVII. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All They That See Him"George Frideric Handel0:46
- 5Messiah, HWV 56: XXVIII. Chorus "He Trusted in God"George Frideric Handel2:33
- 6Messiah, HWV 56: XXIX. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"George Frideric Handel1:49
- 7Messiah, HWV 56: XXX. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow"George Frideric Handel1:59
- 8Messiah, HWV 56: XXXI. Accompagnato (Soprano) "He Was Cut Off Out of the Land"George Frideric Handel0:14
- 9Messiah, HWV 56: XXXII. Air (Soprano) "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul"George Frideric Handel2:08
- 10Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIII. Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, o Ye Gates"George Frideric Handel3:04
- 11Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIV. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto Which of the Angels"George Frideric Handel0:12
- 12Messiah, HWV 56: XXXV. Chorus "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"George Frideric Handel1:29
- 13Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVI. Air (Alto) "Thou Art Gone Up on High"George Frideric Handel3:10
- 14Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVII. Chorus "The Lord Gave the Word"George Frideric Handel1:05
- 15Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVIII. Air (Soprano) "How Beautiful Are the Feet"George Frideric Handel2:37
- 16Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIX. Chorus "The Sound Is Gone Out"George Frideric Handel1:22
- 17Messiah, HWV 56: XL. Air (Bass) "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage"George Frideric Handel2:56
- 18Messiah, HWV 56: XLI. Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"George Frideric Handel1:48
- 19Messiah, HWV 56: XLII. Recitative (Tenor) "He That Dwelleth in Heaven"George Frideric Handel0:10
- 20Messiah, HWV 56: XLIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou Shalt Break Them"George Frideric Handel2:05
- 21Messiah, HWV 56: XLIV. Chorus "Hallelujah"George Frideric Handel3:58
- 22Messiah, HWV 56: XLV. Air (Soprano) "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"George Frideric Handel6:42
- 23Messiah, HWV 56: XLVI. Chorus "Since by Man Came Death"George Frideric Handel2:20
- 24Messiah, HWV 56: XLVII. Recitative (Bass) "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"George Frideric Handel0:31
- 25Messiah, HWV 56: XLVIII. Air (Bass) "The Trumpet Shall Sound"George Frideric Handel8:59
- 26Messiah, HWV 56: XLIX. Recitative (Alto) "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass"George Frideric Handel0:16
- 27Messiah, HWV 56: L. Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"George Frideric Handel1:03
- 28Messiah, HWV 56: LI. Chorus "But Thanks Be to God"George Frideric Handel2:12
- 29Messiah, HWV 56: LII. Air (Contralto) "If God Be for Us"George Frideric Handel4:41
- 30Messiah, HWV 56: LIII. Chorus "Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain" - "Amen"George Frideric Handel7:30
More by George Frideric Handel, Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson, The English Concert Choir, Trevor Pinnock
Release credits
- contralto vocals [1.8-9, 1.17-18, 1.21, 2.29]
- soprano vocals [1.14, 1.16, 1.18, 2.8-9, 2.15, 2.22]
- executive [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.9, 1.13, 1.16, 2.1-3, 2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20-22, 2.29-30]
- executive [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.9, 1.13, 1.16, 2.1-3, 2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20-22, 2.29-30]
- producer
- sound [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.9, 1.13, 1.16, 2.1-3, 2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20-22, 2.29-30]
- tenor vocals [1.2-3, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.11, 2.19-20, 2.27]
- bass vocals [2.17, 2.24-25, 1.5, 1.10-11]
- alto vocals [2.13, 2.26-27, 1.6]
- performing orchestra
- choir vocals [1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.15, 1.19-20, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.21, 2.23, 2.28-30]
- conductor
- editor [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.9, 1.13, 1.16, 2.1-3, 2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20-22, 2.29-30]
