Messiah
Album by Händel; Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Robert Hale, Charles Brett, Saul Quirke, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Released November 1982
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, I. SinfoniaGeorg Friedrich Händel2:54
- 2Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"Georg Friedrich Händel2:19
- 3Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted"Georg Friedrich Händel3:11
- 4Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"Georg Friedrich Händel2:40
- 5Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, V. Recitative (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"Georg Friedrich Händel1:19
- 6Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VI. Air (Alto) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"Georg Friedrich Händel4:18
- 7Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIa. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"Georg Friedrich Händel2:17
- 8Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"Georg Friedrich Händel0:28
- 9Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIII. Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"Georg Friedrich Händel5:35
- 10Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"Georg Friedrich Händel1:45
- 11Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, X. Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness"Georg Friedrich Händel3:49
- 12Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"Georg Friedrich Händel4:01
- 13Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIa. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"Georg Friedrich Händel2:26
- 14Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIb. Recitative (Treble) "There were shepherds" / XIII. Accompagnato (Treble): "And lo, the angel of the Lord" / XIV. Accompagnato (Treble) "And suddenly there was with the angel"Georg Friedrich Händel1:20
- 15Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"Georg Friedrich Händel1:43
- 16Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano II) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"Georg Friedrich Händel4:10
- 17Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIb. Recitative (Soprano I) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"Georg Friedrich Händel0:21
- 18Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVII. Duet (Alto & Soprano I) "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"Georg Friedrich Händel4:27
- 19Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIII. Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burden is light"Georg Friedrich Händel2:02
- 20Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"Georg Friedrich Händel2:39
- 21Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"Georg Friedrich Händel10:13
- 22Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"Georg Friedrich Händel2:07
- 23Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes"Georg Friedrich Händel1:52
- 24Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIII. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"Georg Friedrich Händel4:11
- CD 2
- 1Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIV. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"Georg Friedrich Händel0:46
- 2Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXV. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"Georg Friedrich Händel2:16
- 3Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVI. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"Georg Friedrich Händel1:30
- 4Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVII. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold and see, if there be any sorrow"Georg Friedrich Händel1:32
- 5Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVIII. Accompagnato (Soprano I): "He was cut off out of the land of the living"Georg Friedrich Händel0:13
- 6Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIX. Air (Soprano I) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"Georg Friedrich Händel2:07
- 7Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXa. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"Georg Friedrich Händel2:57
- 8Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXb. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"Georg Friedrich Händel0:13
- 9Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXI. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"Georg Friedrich Händel1:25
- 10Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXII. Air (Soprano II) "Thou art gone up on high"Georg Friedrich Händel3:16
- 11Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIII. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"Georg Friedrich Händel1:08
- 12Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIVa. Air (Soprano I) "How beautiful are the feet of them"Georg Friedrich Händel2:16
- 13Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVa. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"Georg Friedrich Händel1:15
- 14Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVI. Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"Georg Friedrich Händel2:34
- 15Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIa. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"Georg Friedrich Händel1:35
- 16Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIb. Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn"Georg Friedrich Händel0:11
- 17Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"Georg Friedrich Händel1:58
- 18Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!"Georg Friedrich Händel3:51
- 19Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano I) "I know that my Redeemer liveth"Georg Friedrich Händel6:26
- 20Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death"Georg Friedrich Händel1:59
- 21Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery"Georg Friedrich Händel0:29
- 22Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound"Georg Friedrich Händel8:16
- 23Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written"Georg Friedrich Händel0:15
- 24Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIV. Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?"Georg Friedrich Händel1:19
- 25Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLV. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"Georg Friedrich Händel2:46
- 26Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVI. Air (Soprano II) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"Georg Friedrich Händel5:05
- 27Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVII. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain", Chorus "Amen"Georg Friedrich Händel7:31
More by Händel, Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Robert Hale, Charles Brett, Saul Quirke, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Release credits
- tenor vocals [2.1, 2.3-4, 2.8, 2.16-17, 2.24, 1.2-3]
- mezzo-soprano vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals [1.8-9, 1.17-18, 1.21, 2.12, 2.23-24]
- countertenor vocals, countertenor vocals [1.6, 1.18, 1.21, 2.10, 2.24]
- performing orchestra
- soprano vocals, soprano vocals [1.16, 1.18, 2.5-6, 2.19, 2.26]
- choir vocals [1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.15, 1.19-20, 1.22-24, 2.2, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 2.20, 2.25, 2.27]
- bass vocals [2.14, 2.21-22, 1.5, 1.10-11]
- soprano vocals, soprano vocals [14]
- conductor
Issues
M2x CDNovember 1982
M3x CD1983
M3 September 1984