Messiah
Album by Handel; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, The Huddersfield Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Released 1990
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1OvertureGeorge Frideric Handel5:19
- 2Recit: Comfort ye, My peopleGeorge Frideric Handel3:43
- 3Air: Every valley shall be exaltedGeorge Frideric Handel3:40
- 4Chorus: And the glory of the LordGeorge Frideric Handel3:23
- 5Recit: Thus Saith the LordGeorge Frideric Handel2:02
- 6Air: But Who May AbideGeorge Frideric Handel5:19
- 7Chorus: And He Shall PurifyGeorge Frideric Handel2:44
- 8Recit: Behold A Virgin Shall ConceiveGeorge Frideric Handel0:33
- 9Air: O Thou That TellestGeorge Frideric Handel7:00
- 10Recit: For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The EarthGeorge Frideric Handel3:07
- 11Air: The People That Walked In DarknessGeorge Frideric Handel5:03
- 12Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is BornGeorge Frideric Handel4:44
- 13Pastoral SymphonyGeorge Frideric Handel4:41
- 14Recit: There Were Shepherds abiding in the field: And lo! the angel of the LordGeorge Frideric Handel0:52
- 15Recit: And the angel said unto them, Fear notGeorge Frideric Handel0:51
- 16Recit: And suddenly there was with the angelGeorge Frideric Handel0:24
- 17Chorus: Glory To GodGeorge Frideric Handel2:27
- 18Air: Rejoice greatly, Oh Daughter of Zion!George Frideric Handel4:58
- 19Recit: Then shall the eyes of the blind be openedGeorge Frideric Handel0:34
- 20Air: He shall feed his flockGeorge Frideric Handel6:32
- 21Chorus: His yoke is easyGeorge Frideric Handel2:35
- CD 2
- 1Chorus: Behold the Lamb of GodGeorge Frideric Handel3:43
- 2Air: He was despised and rejected of menGeorge Frideric Handel6:00
- 3Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefsGeorge Frideric Handel2:33
- 4Chorus: And with His stripes we are healedGeorge Frideric Handel1:51
- 5Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astrayGeorge Frideric Handel4:34
- 6Recit: All they that see HimGeorge Frideric Handel0:51
- 7Chorus: He trusted in GodGeorge Frideric Handel2:17
- 8Recit: Thy rebuke hath broken His heartGeorge Frideric Handel1:58
- 9Air: Behold and see if there be any sorrowGeorge Frideric Handel2:04
- 10Recit: He was cut off out of the hand of the livingGeorge Frideric Handel0:21
- 11Air: But thou did’st not leave His soul in hellGeorge Frideric Handel2:17
- 12Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gatesGeorge Frideric Handel3:36
- 13Chorus: The Lord gave the wordGeorge Frideric Handel1:27
- 14Air: How beautiful are the feetGeorge Frideric Handel3:01
- 15Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all the landsGeorge Frideric Handel1:45
- 16Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage togetherGeorge Frideric Handel2:53
- 17Chorus: Let us break their bonds asundarGeorge Frideric Handel2:18
- 18Recit: He that dwelleth in heavenGeorge Frideric Handel0:16
- 19Air: Thou shalt break them with a rod of ironGeorge Frideric Handel2:05
- 20Chorus: HallelujahGeorge Frideric Handel4:45
- 21Air: I know that my redeemer livethGeorge Frideric Handel7:49
- 22Quartet: Since by man came deathGeorge Frideric Handel2:21
- 23Recit: Behold, I tell you a mysteryGeorge Frideric Handel0:45
- 24Air: The trumpet shall soundGeorge Frideric Handel4:16
- 25Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb. AmenGeorge Frideric Handel7:44
More by Handel, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, The Huddersfield Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Release credits
- trumpet [24]
- soprano vocals [1.14-16, 1.18, 1.20, 2.14, 2.21-22]
- organ [20]
- chorus master [1.4, 1.12, 1.20-21, 2.1, 2.20-22]
- choir vocals [2.1, 2.3-5, 2.7, 2.12-13, 2.15, 2.17, 2.20, 2.22, 2.25, 1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.17, 1.21]
- bass vocals [1.5-6, 1.10-11, 2.16, 2.22-24]
- contralto vocals [1.8-9, 1.19-20, 2.2, 2.22]
- tenor vocals [1.2-3, 2.6, 2.8-11, 2.18-19, 2.22]
- performing orchestra
- arranger [2.1-2, 2.18-24, 1.1-4, 1.12-13, 1.19-21], conductor
