Messiah, HWV 56

Tracklist

• 1
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia

  George Frideric Handel
  4:01
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye My People"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:30
• 3
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:42
• 4
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "And the Glory, the Glory of the Lord"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:03
• 5
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "Thus Saith the Lord"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:39
• 6
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "But Who May Abide"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:22
• 7
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "And He Shall Purify"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:45
• 8
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:31
• 9
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria and Chorus. "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"

  George Frideric Handel
  5:41
• 10
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:28
• 11
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "The People That Walked in Darkness"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:05
• 12
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:17
• 13
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Pastoral Symphony "Pifa"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:38
• 14
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:26
• 15
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "And lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:23
• 16
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "And the Angel Said Unto Them"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:48
• 17
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "And Suddenly There was with the Angel a Multitude"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:19
• 18
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "Glory to God"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:48
• 19
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:32
• 20
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:32
• 21
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "He Shall Feed His Flock"

  George Frideric Handel
  5:11
• 22
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:47
• 23
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:20
• 24
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"

  George Frideric Handel
  12:33
• 25
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:59
• 26
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "And with His Stripes We Are Healed"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:06
• 27
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:22
• 28
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "All They That See Him"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:51
• 29
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "He Trusted in God"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:21
• 30
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:00
• 31
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Arioso. "Behold, and See"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:45
• 32
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "He Was Cut Off"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:17
• 33
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:30
• 34
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Lift Up Your Heads"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:02
• 35
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative. "Unto Which of the Angels"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:15
• 36
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:39
• 37
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:19
• 38
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "The Lord Gave the Word"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:23
• 39
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Duet. "How Beautiful Are the Feet"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:32
• 40
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Arioso. "Their Sound Is Gone Out"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:12
• 41
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Why Do the Nations"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:53
• 42
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:52
• 43
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative. "He That Dwelleth in Heav'n"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:14
• 44
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Thou Shalt Break Them"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:12
• 45
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Hallelujah"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:08
• 46
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

  George Frideric Handel
  6:36
• 47
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Since by Man Came Death"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:41
• 48
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Since by Man Came Also"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:24
• 49
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "For as in Adam"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:46
• 50
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Even so in Christ"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:33
• 51
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Accompagnato. "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:32
• 52
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Aria. "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

  George Frideric Handel
  9:30
• 53
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Recitative. "Then Shall Be Brought"

  George Frideric Handel
  0:17
• 54
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Duet. "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"

  George Frideric Handel
  1:18
• 55
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "But Thanks Be to God"

  George Frideric Handel
  2:43
• 56
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "If God Be for Us"

  George Frideric Handel
  4:54
• 57
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Worthy Is the Lamb"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:53
• 58
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Amen"

  George Frideric Handel
  3:21
• 59
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: I. Overture

  George Frideric Handel
  4:19
• 60
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: II. Adagio e staccato

  George Frideric Handel
  2:16
• 61
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: III. Allegro

  George Frideric Handel
  2:32
• 62
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IV. Andante

  George Frideric Handel
  2:23
• 63
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: V. Allegro da capo

  George Frideric Handel
  2:34
• 64
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VI. Minuet

  George Frideric Handel
  3:22
• 65
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VII. Air

  George Frideric Handel
  3:54
• 66
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: VIII. Minuet

  George Frideric Handel
  3:06
• 67
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: IX. Bourrée

  George Frideric Handel
  1:56
• 68
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: X. Hornpipe

  George Frideric Handel
  2:14
• 69
  Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348: XI. Allegro

  George Frideric Handel
  2:49
• 70
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: I. Menuet I

  George Frideric Handel
  3:22
• 71
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: II. Rigaudon I

  George Frideric Handel
  2:49
• 72
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: III. Rigaudon II

  George Frideric Handel
  1:04
• 73
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: IV. Rigaudon I da capo

  George Frideric Handel
  0:44
• 74
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: V. Menuet II

  George Frideric Handel
  1:00
• 75
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: VI. Menuet III

  George Frideric Handel
  2:12
• 76
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: VII. Gigue I

  George Frideric Handel
  0:32
• 77
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: VIII. Gigue II

  George Frideric Handel
  0:32
• 78
  Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350: IX. Gigue I da capo

  George Frideric Handel
  0:30
• 79
  Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: I. Allegro

  George Frideric Handel
  2:20
• 80
  Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe

  George Frideric Handel
  3:19
• 81
  Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: III. Menuet

  George Frideric Handel
  1:15
• 82
  Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: IV. Lentement

  George Frideric Handel
  1:55
• 83
  Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: V. Bourrée

  George Frideric Handel
  1:10
• 84
  Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: VI. Menuet da capo

  George Frideric Handel
  1:16

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Release credits

• Ambrosian Singers
  choir vocals [4, 7, 9, 12, 18, 22-23, 25-27, 29, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 45-50, 55, 57-58]
• Basil Lam
  arranger [12, 45]
• Charles Mackerras
  conductor [1-68, 70, 73-84]
• Christopher Bishop
  producer [12, 24, 45-46]
• Dame Janet Baker
  mezzo-soprano vocals [8-9, 24], solo [45]
• Elizabeth Harwood
  solo [45], soprano vocals [14-17, 19-21, 45-46, 53, 56]
• English Chamber Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-58]
• Jiří Kaniak
  oboe [59-68, 70, 73-84]
• John McCarthy
  chorus master [12]
• Karel Klement
  recorder [59-68, 70, 73-84]
• Maurice André
  trumpet [65]
• Miloslav Klement
  recorder [59-68, 70, 73-84]
• Neville Boyling
  balance [12, 24, 45-46]
• Paul Esswood
  alto vocals [6, 37, 39, 54], solo [45]
• Pražský komorní orchestr
  performing orchestra [59-68, 70, 73-84]
• Raimund Herincx
  bass vocals [5, 10-11, 41, 51-52], solo [45]
• Robert Tear
  solo [45], tenor vocals [2-3, 28, 30-33, 35, 39, 43-44, 54]
• Rudolf Beránek
  horn [59-68, 70, 73-84]
• Stanislav Bogunia
  continuum [59-68, 70, 73-84]
• Stanislav Sejpal, Jr.
  trumpet [59-68, 70, 73-84]
• Vladislav Kozderka
  trumpet [59-68, 70, 73-84]
• Zdeněk Tylšar
  horn [59-68, 70, 73-84]
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  Messiah, HWV 56

  Digital Media
  22 May 2026