Messiah
Album by Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Released 20 April 2009
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Messiah: I, No. 1: Sinfony - Grave - Allegro moderatoGeorge Frideric Handel3:29
- 2Messiah: I, No. 2: Accompagnato "Comfort ye my people"George Frideric Handel2:50
- 3Messiah: I, No. 3: Air "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"George Frideric Handel3:21
- 4Messiah: I, No. 4: Chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"George Frideric Handel2:58
- 5Messiah: I, No. 5: Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"George Frideric Handel1:22
- 6Messiah: I, No. 6: Air "But who may abide the day of His coming"George Frideric Handel4:30
- 7Messiah: I, No. 7: Chorus "And He shall purify"George Frideric Handel2:38
- 8Messiah: I, No. 8: Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"George Frideric Handel0:24
- 9Messiah: I, No. 9: Air "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"George Frideric Handel3:43
- 10Messiah: I, No. 10: Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"George Frideric Handel1:36
- 11Messiah: I, No. 11: Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"George Frideric Handel1:57
- 12Messiah: I, No. 12: Air "The people that walked in darkness"George Frideric Handel3:27
- 13Messiah: I, No. 13: Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"George Frideric Handel3:59
- 14Messiah: I, No. 14: Pifa - Larghetto e mezzo pianoGeorge Frideric Handel2:40
- 15Messiah: I, No. 15: Recitative "There were shepherds" - No. 16: Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord" - No. 17: Recitative "And the angel said unto them"George Frideric Handel1:21
- 16Messiah: I, No. 18: Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel" - No. 19: Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"George Frideric Handel2:09
- 17Messiah: I, No. 20: Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"George Frideric Handel4:29
- 18Messiah: I, No. 21: Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd"George Frideric Handel0:32
- 19Messiah: I, No. 22: Air "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"George Frideric Handel5:10
- 20Messiah: I, No. 23: Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burthen is light"George Frideric Handel2:25
- 21Messiah: II, No. 1: Chorus "Behold, the Lamb of God"George Frideric Handel2:38
- 22Messiah: II, No. 2: Air "He was despised"George Frideric Handel11:41
- CD 2
- 1Messiah: II, No. 3: (a) Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"George Frideric Handel1:43
- 2Messiah: II, No. 3: (b) Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"George Frideric Handel1:49
- 3Messiah: II, No. 4: Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"George Frideric Handel3:44
- 4Messiah: II, No. 5: Accompagnato "All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn"George Frideric Handel0:40
- 5Messiah: II, No. 6: Chorus "He trusted in God"George Frideric Handel2:23
- 6Messiah: II, No. 7: Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"George Frideric Handel1:55
- 7Messiah: II, No. 8: Arioso "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow"George Frideric Handel1:17
- 8Messiah: II, No. 9: Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living"George Frideric Handel0:14
- 9Messiah: II, No. 10: Air "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"George Frideric Handel2:14
- 10Messiah: II, No. 11: Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"George Frideric Handel3:06
- 11Messiah: II, No. 12: Recitative "Unto which of the angels"George Frideric Handel0:16
- 12Messiah: II, No. 13: Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"George Frideric Handel1:29
- 13Messiah: II, No. 14: Air "Thou art gone up on high"George Frideric Handel3:10
- 14Messiah: II, No. 15: Chorus "The Lord gave the word"George Frideric Handel1:02
- 15Messiah: II, No. 16: (a) Air "How beautiful are the feet"George Frideric Handel2:20
- 16Messiah: II, No. 16: (b) Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"George Frideric Handel1:29
- 17Messiah: II, No. 17: Air "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"George Frideric Handel2:55
- 18Messiah: II, No. 18: Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"George Frideric Handel1:44
- 19Messiah: II, No. 19: Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven"George Frideric Handel0:11
- 20Messiah: II, No. 20: Air "Thou shalt break them"George Frideric Handel2:03
- 21Messiah: II, No. 21: Chorus "Hallelujah!"George Frideric Handel3:52
- 22Messiah: III, No. 1: Air "I know that my Redeemer liveth"George Frideric Handel6:08
- 23Messiah: III, No. 2: Chorus "Since by man came death"George Frideric Handel2:04
- 24Messiah: III, No. 3: Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery"George Frideric Handel0:31
- 25Messiah: III, No. 4: Air "The trumpet shall sound" (feat. trumpet: David Blackadder)George Frideric Handel8:45
- 26Messiah: III, No. 5: Recitative "Then shall be brought to pass the saying"George Frideric Handel0:17
- 27Messiah: III, No. 6: Duet "O death, where is thy sting"George Frideric Handel1:58
- 28Messiah: III, No. 7: Chorus "But thanks be to God"George Frideric Handel2:20
- 29Messiah: III, No. 8: Air "If God be for us"George Frideric Handel5:14
- 30Messiah: III, No. 9: Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"George Frideric Handel3:25
- 31Messiah: III, No. 10: Chorus "Amen"George Frideric Handel3:57
More by Handel, Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Release credits
- performing orchestra
- solo [1.15-17, 1.19, 2.15, 2.22, 2.29], soprano vocals [2.15, 2.22, 2.29, 1.15-17, 1.19]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [1.8-9, 1.18-19, 1.22, 2.13, 2.26-27], solo [1.8-9, 1.18-19, 1.22, 2.13, 2.26-27]
- solo [1.2-3, 2.4, 2.6-9, 2.11, 2.19-20, 2.27], tenor vocals [2.4, 2.6-9, 2.11, 2.19-20, 2.27, 1.2-3]
- choir vocals [1.4, 1.7, 1.10, 1.13, 1.16, 1.20-21, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.21, 2.23, 2.28, 2.30-31]
- bass vocals [1.5-6, 1.11-12, 2.17, 2.24-25], solo [1.5-6, 1.11-12, 2.17, 2.24-25]
- conductor
Issues
M2x CD20 April 2009