Messiah
Album by Handel; Erin Wall, Elizabeth DeShong, Andrew Staples, John Relyea, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Released November 2016
Tracklist
- Hybrid SACD 1
- 1Messiah: Overture (Sinfony). Grave - Allegro moderatoGeorge Frideric Handel3:28
- 2Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people'. LarghettoGeorge Frideric Handel2:33
- 3Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'. AndanteGeorge Frideric Handel3:21
- 4Messiah: Chorus: 'And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed'. Allegro giocoso - AdagioGeorge Frideric Handel2:35
- 5Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Thus saith the Lord'. SolenneGeorge Frideric Handel1:31
- 6Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'But who may abide the day of his coming!'. Larghetto - Prestissimo - Larghetto - Prestissimo - AdagioGeorge Frideric Handel4:01
- 7Messiah: Chorus: 'And He shall purify the sons of Levi'George Frideric Handel2:31
- 8Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Behold! A virgin shall conceive'George Frideric Handel0:29
- 9Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano and Chorus: 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'. AndanteGeorge Frideric Handel5:07
- 10Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'. Andante larghettoGeorge Frideric Handel2:20
- 11Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'. LarghettoGeorge Frideric Handel3:09
- 12Messiah: Chorus: 'For unto us a Child is born'. Andante allegroGeorge Frideric Handel4:04
- 13Messiah: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa). LarghettoGeorge Frideric Handel0:53
- 14Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: ;There were shepherds abiding in the field'.George Frideric Handel0:14
- 15Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them'. AndanteGeorge Frideric Handel0:21
- 16Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: 'And the angel said unto them'George Frideric Handel0:38
- 17Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude...'. AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel0:18
- 18Messiah: Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'. L'istesso tempoGeorge Frideric Handel2:04
- 19Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion'. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo IGeorge Frideric Handel4:45
- 20Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd'George Frideric Handel0:28
- 21Messiah: Duet. Mezzo-soprano and Soprano: 'He shall feed His flock like a shepherd'. LarghettoGeorge Frideric Handel5:21
- 22Messiah: Chorus: 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!George Frideric Handel2:26
- Hybrid SACD 2
- 1Messiah: Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'. LargoGeorge Frideric Handel2:57
- 2Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'He was despised and rejected of men'. LargoGeorge Frideric Handel5:11
- 3Messiah: Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows'. Largo e staccatoGeorge Frideric Handel1:54
- 4Messiah: Chorus: 'And with His stripes we are healed'. Alle breve moderatoGeorge Frideric Handel1:49
- 5Messiah: Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'. Allegro moderato - AdagioGeorge Frideric Handel3:56
- 6Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'. LarghettoGeorge Frideric Handel0:43
- 7Messiah: Chorus: 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'. AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel2:20
- 8Messiah: Accompagnato. 'Tenor: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart'. LargoGeorge Frideric Handel1:42
- 9Messiah: Arioso. Tenor: 'Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow'. Largo e pianoGeorge Frideric Handel1:16
- 10Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'He was cut off out of the land of the living'George Frideric Handel0:16
- 11Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell'. Andante larghettoGeorge Frideric Handel2:07
- 12Messiah: Chorus: 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates'. A tempo ordinarioGeorge Frideric Handel3:13
- 13Messiah: Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'. Andante allegroGeorge Frideric Handel1:00
- 14Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace'. LarghettoGeorge Frideric Handel2:07
- 15Messiah: Air. Bass: 'Who do the nations so furiously rage together'. AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel2:52
- 16Messiah: Chorus: 'Let us break their bonds asunder'. Allegro e staccatoGeorge Frideric Handel1:48
- 17Messiah: Recitative. Tenor: 'He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn' -George Frideric Handel0:15
- 18Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron'. AndanteGeorge Frideric Handel1:55
- 19Messiah: Chorus: 'Hallelujah!'. AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel3:58
- 20Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'. LarghettoGeorge Frideric Handel6:16
- 21Messiah: Chorus: 'Since by man came death'. Grave - Allegro - Grave - AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel2:07
- 22Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery'George Frideric Handel0:35
- 23Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The trumpet shall sound'. Pomposo, ma non allegroGeorge Frideric Handel4:10
- 24Messiah: Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain'. Largo - Larghetto - Allegro moderatoGeorge Frideric Handel7:00
More by Handel, Erin Wall, Elizabeth DeShong, Andrew Staples, John Relyea, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Release credits
- conductor
- performing orchestra
Issues
M2x Hybrid SACDNovember 2016





