Handel: Messiah, HWV 56

Album by Handel and Haydn Society

Released 2014

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1
Sinfony
2
Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye, My People"
3
Air. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted."
4
Chorus. "And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed"
5
Accompagnato. "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"
6
Air. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?"
7
Chorus. "And He Shall Purify"
8
Recitative. "Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son"
9
Air and Chorus. "O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"
10
Accompagnato. "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"
11
Air. "The People that Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light"
12
Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child is Born"
13
Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
14
Recitative. "There Were Shepherds" - Accompagnato. "And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them" - Recitative. "And The Angel Said Unto Them: Fear Not"
15
Accompagnato. "And Suddenly There Was With the Angel" - Chorus. "Glory to God in the Highest"
16
Air. "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"
17
Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened"
18
Air. "He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd"
19
Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy and His Burden is Light"
20
Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God"
21
Air. "He was Despised and Rejected of Men"
22
Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"
23
Chorus. "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
24
Chorus. "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"
25
Accompagnato. "All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn"
26
Chorus. "He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him"
27
Accompagnato. "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"
28
Arioso. "Behold and See if There Be Any Sorrow"
29
Accompagnato. "He Was Cut off Out of the Land of the Living"
30
Air. "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell"
31
Chorus. "Lift Up Your Heads"
32
Recitative. "Unto Which of the Angels" - Chorus. "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"
33
Air. "Thou Art Gone Up on High"
34
Chorus. "The Lord Gave the Word"
35
Air. "How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach"
36
Chorus. "Their Sound is Gone Out Into All Lands"
37
Air. "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?"
38
Chorus. "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder" - Recitative. "He That Dwelleth in Heaven"
39
Air. "Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron"
40
Chorus. "Hallelujah!"
41
Air. "I Know that My Redeemer Liveth"
42
Chorus. "Since by Man Came Death"
43
Accompagnato. "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"
44
Air. "The Trumpet Shall Sound"
45
Recitative. "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass"
46
Duet. "O Death, Where is Thy Sting?"
47
Chorus. "But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory"
48
Air. "If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against US?"
49
Chorus. "Worthy is the Lamb That Was Slain"
50
Chorus. "Amen"