2x CD
Messiah (Complete)
Album by George Frideric Handel
Released 1991
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Messiah: Sinfonia3:08
- 2Messiah: RECITATIVE-TENOR: Comfort ye my people3:48
- 3Messiah: AIR-TENOR: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted3:56
- 4Messiah: CHORUS: And the glory, the glory of the Lord2:37
- 5Messiah: RECITATIVE-BASS: Thus saith the Lord1:29
- 6Messiah: AIR-BASS: But who may abide4:37
- 7Messiah: CHORUS: And He shall purify2:52
- 8Messiah: RECITATIVE-ALTO: Behold, a virgin shall conceive0:31
- 9Messiah: AIR-ALTO & CHORUS: O thou that tellest6:14
- 10Messiah: RECITATIVE/BASS: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth1:38
- 11Messiah: AIR-BASS: The people that walked in darkness4:25
- 12Messiah: CHORUS: For unto us a child is born4:13
- 13Messiah: PIFA: Pastoral Symphony3:42
- 14Messiah: RECITATIVES-SOPRANO: There were shepherds; And lo, the Angel of the Lord0:47
- 15Messiah: RECITATIVE-SOPRANO: And the angel said unto them0:37
- 16Messiah: RECITATIVE-SOPRANO: And suddenly there was with the angel0:20
- 17Messiah: CHORUS: Glory to God in the highest1:40
- 18Messiah: AIR-SOPRANO: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion5:03
- 19Messiah: RECITATIVE-ALTO: Then shall the eyes of the blind0:34
- 20Messiah: DUET-ALTO & SOPRANO: And he shall feed his flock5:46
- 21Messiah: CHORUS: His yoke is easy2:49
- 22Messiah: CHORUS: Behold the Lamb of God3:01
- 23Messiah: AIR-ALTO: He was despised10:54
- CD 2
- 1Messiah: CHORUS: Surely, he hath borne our griefs3:15
- 2Messiah: CHORUS: And with His stripes we are healed1:39
- 3Messiah: CHORUS: All we like sheep3:30
- 4Messiah: RECITATIVE-TENOR: All they that see Him0:45
- 5Messiah: CHORUS: He trusted in God2:02
- 6Messiah: RECITATIVE-TENOR: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart1:54
- 7Messiah: AIR-TENOR: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow1:45
- 8Messiah: RECITATIVE-TENOR: He was cut off out of the land0:23
- 9Messiah: AIR-TENOR: But thou didst not leave2:38
- 10Messiah: CHORUS: Lift up your heads3:13
- 11Messiah: RECITATIVE-TENOR: Unto which of the angels0:19
- 12Messiah: CHORUS: Let all the angels of God worship him1:17
- 13Messiah: AIR-ALTO: Thou art gone up on high3:20
- 14Messiah: CHORUS: The Lord gave the word1:08
- 15Messiah: AIR-SOPRANO: How beautiful are the feet3:01
- 16Messiah: CHORUS: Their sound is gone out1:14
- 17Messiah: AIR-BASS: Why do the nations?2:58
- 18Messiah: CHORUS: Let us break their bonds asunder1:52
- 19Messiah: RECITATIVE-TENOR: He that dwelleth in heaven0:16
- 20Messiah: AIR-TENOR: Thou shalt break them2:16
- 21Messiah: CHORUS: Hallelujah3:37
- 22Messiah: AIR-SOPRANO: I know that my redeemer liveth7:18
- 23Messiah: CHORUS: Since by man came death1:59
- 24Messiah: RECITATIVE-BASS: Behold, I tell you a mystery0:42
- 25Messiah: AIR-BASS: The trumpet shall sound8:44
- 26Messiah: RECITATIVE-ALTO: Then shall be brought to pass0:19
- 27Messiah: DUET-ALTO & TENOR: O death, where is thy sting?1:10
- 28Messiah: CHORUS: But thanks be to God2:25
- 29Messiah: AIR-SOPRANO: If God be for us5:29
- 30Messiah: CHORUS: Worthy is the Lamb…Amen6:42
More by George Frideric Handel
Release credits
- solo [1.2-3, 2.4, 2.6-9, 2.11, 2.19-20, 2.27], tenor vocals [1.2, 1.2-3, 1.3, 2.4, 2.6-9, 2.11, 2.19-21, 2.27, 2.30]
- choir vocals [1.1-4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.16-18, 1.21-23, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-18, 2.21-23, 2.28, 2.30]
- engineer [2.2, 2.4-13, 2.15-16, 2.18-20, 2.23-29, 1.4-11, 1.14-15, 1.19-22], recording [1.1-3, 1.12-13, 1.16-18, 1.23, 2.1, 2.3, 2.14, 2.17, 2.21-22, 2.30]
- harpsichord [1.1-3, 1.12-13, 1.16-18, 1.23, 2.1, 2.3, 2.14, 2.17, 2.21, 2.21-22, 2.30], organ [1.1-3, 1.12-13, 1.16-18, 1.23, 2.1, 2.3, 2.14, 2.17, 2.21, 2.21-22, 2.30]
- performing orchestra
- conductor
- bass vocals [1.5-6, 1.10-11, 2.17, 2.21, 2.24-25, 2.30], solo [2.17, 2.24-25, 1.5-6, 1.10-11]
- solo [1.14-16, 1.18, 1.20, 2.15, 2.22, 2.29], soprano vocals [2.15, 2.21-22, 2.22, 2.29-30, 1.14-16, 1.16, 1.18, 1.20]
- producer
- alto vocals [2.13, 2.26-27, 1.8-9, 1.19-20, 1.23], contralto vocals [21, 30], solo [1.8-9, 1.19-20, 1.23, 2.13, 2.26-27]
Issues
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M2x CD1991
22 October 1997- M2x CD2006
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