Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Messiah: Part I. I. Symphony
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:22
  • 2
    Messiah: Part I. II. Tenor recitative "Comfort ye, My people"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:19
  • 3
    Messiah: Part I. III. Tenor aria "Every valley shall be exhalted"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:22
  • 4
    Messiah: Part I. IV. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:52
  • 5
    Messiah: Part I. V. Bass recitative "Thus saith the Lord of hosts"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:23
  • 6
    Messiah: Part I. VI. Countertenor aria "But who may abide the days of his coming?"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:57
  • 7
    Messiah: Part I. VII. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:39
  • 8
    Messiah: Part I. VIII. Contralto recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:25
  • 9
    Messiah: Part I. IX. Contralto aria and Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    5:20
  • 10
    Messiah: Part I. X. Bass recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:28
  • 11
    Messiah: Part I. XI. Bass aria "The people that walked in darkness"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:08
  • 12
    Messiah: Part I. XII. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:10
  • 13
    Messiah: Part I. XIII. Pifa
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:59
  • 14
    Messiah: Part I. XIVa. Soprano recitative "There were shepherds abiding in a field"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:17
  • 15
    Messiah: Part I. XIVb. Soprano recitative "And lo, the angel of the Lord"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:20
  • 16
    Messiah: Part I. XV. Soprano recitative "And the angel said unto them, fear not"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:34
  • 17
    Messiah: Part I. XVI. Soprano recitative "And suddently there was with the angel"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:18
  • 18
    Messiah: Part I. XVII. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:03
  • 19
    Messiah: Part I. XVIII. Soprano aria "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:01
  • 20
    Messiah: Part I. XIX. Contralto recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:26
  • 21
    Messiah: Part I. XX. Contralto aria "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" / Soprano aria "Come unto Him all ye that labour"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    5:23
  • 22
    Messiah: Part I. XXI. Chorus "His yoke is easy and his burthen is light"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:19
  • 23
    Messiah: Part II. XXII. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:04
  • 24
    Messiah: Part II. XXIII. Contralto aria "He was despised and rejected of men"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    10:32
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Messiah: Part II. XXIV. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:52
  • 2
    Messiah: Part II. XXV. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:38
  • 3
    Messiah: Part II. XXVI. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:52
  • 4
    Messiah: Part II. XXVII. Tenor recitative "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:47
  • 5
    Messiah: Part II. XXVIII. Chorus "He trusted in God"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:16
  • 6
    Messiah: Part II. XXIX. Tenor recitative "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:55
  • 7
    Messiah: Part II. XXX. Tenor aria "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:27
  • 8
    Messiah: Part II. XXXI. Tenor recitative "He was cut off out of the land"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:18
  • 9
    Messiah: Part II. XXXII. Tenor aria "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:31
  • 10
    Messiah: Part II. XXXIII. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:56
  • 11
    Messiah: Part II. XXXIV. Tenor recitative "Unto which of the angels said He"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:14
  • 12
    Messiah: Part II. XXXV. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:23
  • 13
    Messiah: Part II. XXXVI. Countertenor aria "Thou art gone up on high"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:24
  • 14
    Messiah: Part II. XXXVII. Chorus "The Lord gave the word"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:02
  • 15
    Messiah: Part II. XXXVIII. Soprano aria "How beautiful are the feet"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:25
  • 16
    Messiah: Part II. XXXIX. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:21
  • 17
    Messiah: Part II. XL. Bass aria "Why do the nations so furiously rage"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:50
  • 18
    Messiah: Part II. XLI. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:46
  • 19
    Messiah: Part II. XLII. Tenor recitative "He that dwelleth in Heaven"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:14
  • 20
    Messiah: Part II. XLIII. Tenor aria "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:13
  • 21
    Messiah: Part II. XLIV. Chorus "Hallelujah"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:48
  • 22
    Messiah: Part III. XLV. Soprano aria "I know that my Redeener liveth"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    6:05
  • 23
    Messiah: Part III. XLVI. Chorus "Since by man came death"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:12
  • 24
    Messiah: Part III. XLVII. Bass recitative "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:34
  • 25
    Messiah: Part III. XLVIII. Bass aria "The trumpet shall sound"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    8:44
  • 26
    Messiah: Part III. XLIX. Countertenor recitative "Then shall be brought to pass"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    0:15
  • 27
    Messiah: Part III. L. Countertenor/tenor aria "O Death, where is thy sting?"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    1:16
  • 28
    Messiah: Part III. LI. Chorus "But thanks be to God"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    2:18
  • 29
    Messiah: Part III. LII. Soprano aria "If God be for us, who can be against us"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    4:43
  • 30
    Messiah: Part III. LIIIa. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:25
  • 31
    Messiah: Part III. LIIIb. Chorus "Amen"
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    3:13

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