Messiah: original Dublin version of 1742

Album by George Frideric Handel & La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy & Jean‐Claude Malgoire

Messiah (Original Dublin Version of 1742) is the oratorio by George Frideric Handel first performed in Dublin in 1742. It is scored for chorus, soloists, strings, winds and continuo, combining recitative, aria and choral writing typical of Baroque oratorio and reflecting Handel's stylistic synthesis at this point in his career.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah: Part One: Sinfony (Grave - Allegro moderato)
    2:58
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Part One: Accompagnato: Comfort ye my people
    3:03
  3. 3.
    Messiah: Part One: Air: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
    3:40
  4. 4.
    Messiah: Part One: Chorus - And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
    3:10
  5. 5.
    Messiah: Part One: Accompagnato - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts
    1:33
  6. 6.
    Messiah: Part One: Air: But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?
    3:59
  7. 7.
    Messiah: Part One: Chorus: And he shall purify
    2:21
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative - Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:29
  9. 9.
    Messiah: Part One: Air: O thou that tellest good tidings
    4:18
  10. 10.
    Messiah: Part One: Chorus: O Thou that tellest good tidings
    1:53
  11. 11.
    Messiah: Part One: Accompagnato - For behold, darkness shall cover
    1:38
  12. 12.
    Messiah: Part One: Air: The people that walked in darkness
    4:09
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Part One: Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
    3:57
  14. 14.
    Messiah: Part One: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
    3:07
  15. 15.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative: There were shepherds... - Accompagnato - Recitative - Accompagnato
    1:42
  16. 16.
    Messiah: Part One: Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
    1:58
  17. 17.
    Messiah: Part One: Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
    5:41
  18. 18.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind
    0:31
  19. 19.
    Messiah: Part One: Air/He Shall Feed His Flock...
    5:00
  20. 20.
    Messiah: Part One: Chorus - His yoke is easy, His burthen is light
    2:34
  21. 21.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus - Behold the Lamb of God
    3:01
  22. 22.
    Messiah: Part Two: Air: He was despised
    9:48
  23. 23.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus: Surely he hath norne our griefs
    2:42
  24. 24.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
    2:31

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus: We like sheep have gone astray
    3:51
  2. 3.
    Messiah: Part Two: Accompagnato - All they that see him
    0:48
  3. 4.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus: He trusted in God
    2:29
  4. 5.
    Messiah: Part Two: Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"
    2:07
  5. 6.
    Messiah: Part Two: Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
    1:45
  6. 7.
    Messiah: Part Two: Accompagnato - He was cut off out of the land
    0:18
  7. 8.
    Messiah: Part Two: Air: But thou didst not leave his soul
    2:31
  8. 9.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates
    3:09
  9. 10.
    Messiah: Part Two: Recitative: Unto which of the angels
    0:17
  10. 11.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
    1:29
  11. 12.
    Messiah: Part Two: Air: Thou art gone up on high
    3:26
  12. 13.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus: The Lord gave the word
    1:18
  13. 14.
    Messiah: Part Two: Air: How beautiful are the feet - Chorus: Their sound is gone out
    5:14
  14. 15.
    Messiah: Part Two: Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage
    3:07
  15. 16.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus / Let us break their bonds assunder
    1:53
  16. 17.
    Messiah: Part Two: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven
    0:13
  17. 18.
    Messiah: Part Two: Air - Thou Shalt Break Them
    2:03
  18. 19.
    Messiah: Part Two: Chorus: Hallelujah
    3:43
  19. 20.
    Messiah: Part Three: Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
    6:15
  20. 21.
    Messiah: Part Three: Chorus: Since by man came death
    2:13
  21. 22.
    Messiah: Part Three: Recitative - Behold, I tell you a mystery
    0:29
  22. 23.
    Messiah: Part Three: Air: The trumpet shall sound
    9:12
  23. 24.
    Messiah: Part Three: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass
    0:19
  24. 25.
    Messiah: Part Three: Duet: O death, where is thy sting?
    1:17
  25. 26.
    Messiah: Part Three: Chorus: But thanks be to God
    2:45
  26. 27.
    Messiah: Part Three: Air: If God be for us
    5:17
  27. 28.
    Messiah: Part Three: Chorus - Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
    3:52
  28. 29.
    Messiah: Part Three: Chorus: Amen
    3:23

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