Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players & Andrew Parrott

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in 1742. The work is scored for chorus, soloists and orchestra in the Baroque style, with choruses and arias that alternate to set biblical texts, and it is one of Handel's large-scale vocal works from his period in Britain.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah, Part I: Sinfony: Grave – Allegro moderato
    3:38
  2. 2.
    Messiah, Part I: Comfort Ye My People
    3:19
  3. 3.
    Messiah, Part I: Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
    3:45
  4. 4.
    Messiah, Part I: And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
    2:51
  5. 5.
    Messiah, Part I: Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts
    1:26
  6. 6.
    Messiah, Part I: But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
    4:26
  7. 7.
    Messiah, Part I: And He Shall Purify
    2:38
  8. 8.
    Messiah, Part I: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:25
  9. 9.
    Messiah, Part I: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
    5:36
  10. 10.
    Messiah, Part I: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
    2:15
  11. 11.
    Messiah, Part I: The People That Walked in Darkness
    3:48
  12. 12.
    Messiah, Part I: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
    4:09
  13. 13.
    Messiah, Part I: Pifa: Larghetto e mezzo piano
    0:55
  14. 14.
    Messiah, Part I: There Were Shepherds / And the Angel Said Unto Them / And Suddenly There Was With the Angel
    1:25
  15. 15.
    Messiah, Part I: Glory to God in the Highest
    1:59
  16. 16.
    Messiah, Part I: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
    4:30
  17. 17.
    Messiah, Part I: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open’d
    0:22
  18. 18.
    Messiah, Part I: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
    4:59
  19. 19.
    Messiah, Part I: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light
    2:42
  20. 20.
    Messiah, Part II: Behold, the Lamb of God
    3:10
  21. 21.
    Messiah, Part II: He Was Despised
    11:46
  22. 22.
    Messiah, Part II: Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs
    2:26
  23. 23.
    Messiah, Part II: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
    1:58
  24. 24.
    Messiah, Part II: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
    4:02

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah, Part II: All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn
    0:49
  2. 3.
    Messiah, Part II: He Trusted in God
    2:22
  3. 4.
    Messiah, Part II: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
    1:36
  4. 5.
    Messiah, Part II: Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow
    1:46
  5. 6.
    Messiah, Part II: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
    0:20
  6. 7.
    Messiah, Part II: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
    2:45
  7. 8.
    Messiah, Part II: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
    3:17
  8. 9.
    Messiah, Part II: Unto Which of the Angels
    0:20
  9. 10.
    Messiah, Part II: Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
    1:29
  10. 11.
    Messiah, Part II: Thou Art Gone Up on High
    3:15
  11. 12.
    Messiah, Part II: The Lord Gave the Word
    1:16
  12. 13.
    Messiah, Part II: How Beautiful Are the Feet
    2:16
  13. 14.
    Messiah, Part II: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands
    1:37
  14. 15.
    Messiah, Part II: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together
    1:29
  15. 16.
    Messiah, Part II: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
    1:50
  16. 17.
    Messiah, Part II: He That Dwelleth in Heaven
    0:12
  17. 18.
    Messiah, Part II: Thou Shalt Break Them
    2:06
  18. 19.
    Messiah, Part II: Hallelujah!
    4:11
  19. 20.
    Messiah, Part III: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
    6:34
  20. 21.
    Messiah, Part III: Since by Man Came Death
    2:21
  21. 22.
    Messiah, Part III: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
    0:31
  22. 23.
    Messiah, Part III: The Trumpet Shall Sound
    8:48
  23. 24.
    Messiah, Part III: Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying
    0:18
  24. 25.
    Messiah, Part III: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
    1:12
  25. 26.
    Messiah, Part III: But Thanks Be to God
    2:31
  26. 27.
    Messiah, Part III: If God Be for Us
    4:55
  27. 28.
    Messiah, Part III: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain… Amen
    7:18

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