Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Messiah, HWV 56: Sinfonia - Comfort ye - Every valley shall be exalted - And the glory of the Lord
    Handel
    11:32
  • 2
    Messiah, HWV 56: Thus saith the Lord
    Handel
    1:17
  • 3
    Messiah, HWV 56: But who may abide the day of His coming
    Handel
    4:10
  • 4
    Messiah, HWV 56: And He shall purify the sons of Levi
    Handel
    2:20
  • 5
    Messiah, HWV 56: Behold, a virgin shall conceive - O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion - O thou that tellest
    Handel
    5:36
  • 6
    Messiah, HWV 56: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth - The people that walked in darkness
    Handel
    5:07
  • 7
    Messiah, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born - Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) - There were shepherds abiding in the field
    Handel
    6:48
  • 8
    Messiah, HWV 56: And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them
    Handel
    0:19
  • 9
    Messiah, HWV 56: And the angel said unto them - And suddenly there was with the angel - Glory to God
    Handel
    2:35
  • 10
    Messiah, HWV 56: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
    Handel
    4:16
  • 11
    Messiah, HWV 56: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened
    Handel
    0:24
  • 12
    Messiah, HWV 56: He shall feed His flock
    Handel
    5:48
  • 13
    Messiah, HWV 56: His yoke is easy
    Handel
    2:18
  • 14
    Messiah, HWV 56: Thus saith the Lord (alternate version)
    Handel
    1:32
  • 15
    Messiah, HWV 56: But who may abide the day of His coming (alternate version)
    Handel
    3:01
  • 16
    Messiah, HWV 56: "But who may abide the day of His coming"
    Handel
    4:23
  • 17
    Messiah, HWV 56: But who may abide the day of His coming [recitative]
    Handel
    0:22
  • 18
    Messiah, HWV 56: But lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them (alternate version)
    Handel
    1:42
  • 19
    Messiah, HWV 56: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (alternate version)
    Handel
    5:32
  • 20
    Messiah, HWV 56: He shall feed His flock (alternate version)
    Handel
    5:11
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Messiah, HWV 56: Behold the lamb of God
    Handel
    2:48
  • 2
    Messiah, HWV 56: He was despised and rejected of men
    Handel
    10:06
  • 3
    Messiah, HWV 56: Surely He hath borne our griefs - And with His stripes - All we like sheep - All they that see Him - He trusted in God - Thy rebuke hath broken His heart - Behold and see - He was cut off - But Thou didst not leave
    Handel
    15:22
  • 4
    Messiah, HWV 56: Lift up your heads - Unto which of the angels said He at any time - Let all the angels of God worship Him
    Handel
    4:16
  • 5
    Messiah, HWV 56: Thou art gone up on high
    Handel
    2:54
  • 6
    Messiah, HWV 56: The Lord gave the word
    Handel
    1:03
  • 7
    Messiah, HWV 56: How beautiful are the feet
    Handel
    2:12
  • 8
    Messiah, HWV 56: Their sound is gone out into all lands
    Handel
    1:20
  • 9
    Messiah, HWV 56: Why do the nations so furiously rage together
    Handel
    2:57
  • 10
    Messiah, HWV 56: Let us break their bonds asunder
    Handel
    1:43
  • 11
    Messiah, HWV 56: He that dwelleth in heaven - Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
    Handel
    2:13
  • 12
    Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah!
    Handel
    3:33
  • 13
    Messiah, HWV 56: Thou art gone up on high (alternate version)
    Handel
    2:56
  • 14
    Messiah, HWV 56: Thou are gone up on high (alternate version)
    Handel
    2:49
  • 15
    Messiah, HWV 56: How beautiful are the feet - Their sound is gone out… (alternate version)
    Handel
    5:11
  • 16
    Messiah, HWV 56: How beautiful are the feet - Break forth into joy… (alternate version)
    Handel
    3:34
  • 17
    Messiah, HWV 56: How beautiful are the feet… (alternate version)
    Handel
    3:06
  • 18
    Messiah, HWV 56: Their sound is gone out (alternate version)
    Handel
    1:07
  • 19
    Messiah, HWV 56: Why do the nations... (alternate version)
    Handel
    1:25
  • 20
    Messiah, HWV 56: He that dwelleth - Thou shalt break them... [recitative] (alternate version)
    Handel
    0:21
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Messiah, HWV 56: "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
    Handel
    6:38
  • 2
    Messiah, HWV 56: Since by man came death
    Handel
    1:41
  • 3
    Messiah, HWV 56: Behold, I tell you a mystery
    Handel
    0:30
  • 4
    Messiah, HWV 56: The trumpet shall sound
    Handel
    8:18
  • 5
    Messiah, HWV 56: Then shall be brought to pass
    Handel
    0:15
  • 6
    Messiah, HWV 56: O Death, where is thy sting?
    Handel
    1:44
  • 7
    Messiah, HWV 56: But thanks be to God
    Handel
    2:06
  • 8
    Messiah, HWV 56: If God be for us
    Handel
    4:22
  • 9
    Messiah, HWV 56: Worthy is the Lamb
    Handel
    3:00
  • 10
    Messiah, HWV 56: Amen
    Handel
    4:20
  • 11
    Messiah, HWV 56: O Death, where is thy sting? [recitative] (alternate version)
    Handel
    0:27
  • 12
    Messiah, HWV 56: "He was despised and rejected of men"
    Handel
    11:08

More by Handel, Lorraine Hunt, Janet Williams, Patricia Spence, Drew Minter, Jeffrey Thomas, William Parker, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Release credits

  • countertenor vocals [1.3, 1.20, 2.5, 2.16-17, 3.5-6], solo [2.5, 2.17, 3.5-6, 1.3, 1.20]
  • solo [1.7-8, 1.18-19, 3.8], soprano vocals [1.7-9, 1.18-19, 3.8]
  • solo [2.3-4, 2.11, 2.18, 2.20, 3.6, 1.1], tenor vocals [3.6, 1.1, 2.3-4, 2.11, 2.18, 2.20]
  • soprano vocals [1.10, 1.12, 1.16, 2.7, 2.15, 3.1, 3.12]
  • conductor, harpsichord [16]
  • alto vocals [2.2, 2.14, 3.11, 1.5, 1.11-12], solo [1.5, 1.11, 2.2, 2.14, 3.11], soprano vocals [16]
  • performing orchestra
  • choir vocals [1.1, 1.4-5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.13, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.12, 2.16, 3.2, 3.7, 3.9-10]
  • bass vocals [3.3-4, 1.2, 1.6, 1.14-15, 1.17, 2.9, 2.13, 2.19], solo [2.9, 2.13, 2.19, 3.3-4, 1.2, 1.6, 1.14-15, 1.17]

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