2x CD
Messiah
Live Album by George Frideric Handel; Lynne Dawson, Catherine Denley, David James, Maldwyn Davies, Michael George, The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, Harry Christophers
Released June 1987
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Messiah: Part I. I. SymphonyGeorg Friedrich Händel3:22
- 2Messiah: Part I. II. Tenor recitative "Comfort ye, My people"Georg Friedrich Händel3:19
- 3Messiah: Part I. III. Tenor aria "Every valley shall be exhalted"Georg Friedrich Händel3:22
- 4Messiah: Part I. IV. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord"Georg Friedrich Händel2:52
- 5Messiah: Part I. V. Bass recitative "Thus saith the Lord of hosts"Georg Friedrich Händel1:23
- 6Messiah: Part I. VI. Countertenor aria "But who may abide the days of his coming?"Georg Friedrich Händel4:57
- 7Messiah: Part I. VII. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"Georg Friedrich Händel2:39
- 8Messiah: Part I. VIII. Contralto recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"Georg Friedrich Händel0:25
- 9Messiah: Part I. IX. Contralto aria and Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings"Georg Friedrich Händel5:20
- 10Messiah: Part I. X. Bass recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"Georg Friedrich Händel2:28
- 11Messiah: Part I. XI. Bass aria "The people that walked in darkness"Georg Friedrich Händel3:08
- 12Messiah: Part I. XII. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"Georg Friedrich Händel4:10
- 13Messiah: Part I. XIII. PifaGeorg Friedrich Händel0:59
- 14Messiah: Part I. XIVa. Soprano recitative "There were shepherds abiding in a field"Georg Friedrich Händel0:17
- 15Messiah: Part I. XIVb. Soprano recitative "And lo, the angel of the Lord"Georg Friedrich Händel0:20
- 16Messiah: Part I. XV. Soprano recitative "And the angel said unto them, fear not"Georg Friedrich Händel0:34
- 17Messiah: Part I. XVI. Soprano recitative "And suddently there was with the angel"Georg Friedrich Händel0:18
- 18Messiah: Part I. XVII. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"Georg Friedrich Händel2:03
- 19Messiah: Part I. XVIII. Soprano aria "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"Georg Friedrich Händel4:01
- 20Messiah: Part I. XIX. Contralto recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"Georg Friedrich Händel0:26
- 21Messiah: Part I. XX. Contralto aria "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" / Soprano aria "Come unto Him all ye that labour"Georg Friedrich Händel5:23
- 22Messiah: Part I. XXI. Chorus "His yoke is easy and his burthen is light"Georg Friedrich Händel2:19
- 23Messiah: Part II. XXII. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"Georg Friedrich Händel3:04
- 24Messiah: Part II. XXIII. Contralto aria "He was despised and rejected of men"Georg Friedrich Händel10:32
- CD 2
- 1Messiah: Part II. XXIV. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"Georg Friedrich Händel1:52
- 2Messiah: Part II. XXV. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"Georg Friedrich Händel1:38
- 3Messiah: Part II. XXVI. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"Georg Friedrich Händel3:52
- 4Messiah: Part II. XXVII. Tenor recitative "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"Georg Friedrich Händel0:47
- 5Messiah: Part II. XXVIII. Chorus "He trusted in God"Georg Friedrich Händel2:16
- 6Messiah: Part II. XXIX. Tenor recitative "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"Georg Friedrich Händel1:55
- 7Messiah: Part II. XXX. Tenor aria "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"Georg Friedrich Händel1:27
- 8Messiah: Part II. XXXI. Tenor recitative "He was cut off out of the land"Georg Friedrich Händel0:18
- 9Messiah: Part II. XXXII. Tenor aria "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"Georg Friedrich Händel2:31
- 10Messiah: Part II. XXXIII. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"Georg Friedrich Händel2:56
- 11Messiah: Part II. XXXIV. Tenor recitative "Unto which of the angels said He"Georg Friedrich Händel0:14
- 12Messiah: Part II. XXXV. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"Georg Friedrich Händel1:23
- 13Messiah: Part II. XXXVI. Countertenor aria "Thou art gone up on high"Georg Friedrich Händel3:24
- 14Messiah: Part II. XXXVII. Chorus "The Lord gave the word"Georg Friedrich Händel1:02
- 15Messiah: Part II. XXXVIII. Soprano aria "How beautiful are the feet"Georg Friedrich Händel2:25
- 16Messiah: Part II. XXXIX. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"Georg Friedrich Händel1:21
- 17Messiah: Part II. XL. Bass aria "Why do the nations so furiously rage"Georg Friedrich Händel2:50
- 18Messiah: Part II. XLI. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"Georg Friedrich Händel1:46
- 19Messiah: Part II. XLII. Tenor recitative "He that dwelleth in Heaven"Georg Friedrich Händel0:14
- 20Messiah: Part II. XLIII. Tenor aria "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"Georg Friedrich Händel2:13
- 21Messiah: Part II. XLIV. Chorus "Hallelujah"Georg Friedrich Händel3:48
- 22Messiah: Part III. XLV. Soprano aria "I know that my Redeener liveth"Georg Friedrich Händel6:05
- 23Messiah: Part III. XLVI. Chorus "Since by man came death"Georg Friedrich Händel2:12
- 24Messiah: Part III. XLVII. Bass recitative "Behold, I tell you a mystery"Georg Friedrich Händel0:34
- 25Messiah: Part III. XLVIII. Bass aria "The trumpet shall sound"Georg Friedrich Händel8:44
- 26Messiah: Part III. XLIX. Countertenor recitative "Then shall be brought to pass"Georg Friedrich Händel0:15
- 27Messiah: Part III. L. Countertenor/tenor aria "O Death, where is thy sting?"Georg Friedrich Händel1:16
- 28Messiah: Part III. LI. Chorus "But thanks be to God"Georg Friedrich Händel2:18
- 29Messiah: Part III. LII. Soprano aria "If God be for us, who can be against us"Georg Friedrich Händel4:43
- 30Messiah: Part III. LIIIa. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"Georg Friedrich Händel3:25
- 31Messiah: Part III. LIIIb. Chorus "Amen"Georg Friedrich Händel3:13
More by George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, Catherine Denley, David James, Maldwyn Davies, Michael George, The Sixteen Choir, Orchestra, Harry Christophers
Release credits
- recording
- executive
- conductor
- executive
- illustration
- producer
- executive
- performing orchestra
- design
- choir vocals [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.21, 2.23-24, 2.28, 2.30-31, 1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.18, 1.22-23]
Issues
M- M2x CDJune 1987
M2x CDSeptember 1997





