Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Huddersfield Choral Society & Sir Malcolm Sargent & Isobel Baillie

Messiah is an oratorio by the Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1742. Scored for choir, soloists and orchestra, it synthesises Biblical texts into a sequence of choral and solo movements in the Baroque style and is part of Handel's later output, contributing to the development of the English oratorio tradition.
First released: 1996

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah: Overture-Sinfonia
    5:00
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"
    4:04
  3. 3.
    Messiah: Part II. Aria "He was despised"
    4:48
  4. 4.
    Messiah: Recitative "Comfort ye my people"
    3:33
  5. 5.
    Messiah: Aria "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"
    3:47
  6. 6.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "Surely he has borne our griefs"
    2:50
  7. 7.
    Messiah: Chorus "And the glory, the glory of the Lord"
    3:09
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "And with his stripes we were healed"
    2:20
  9. 9.
    Messiah: Recitative "Thus said the Lord"
    1:53
  10. 10.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "All we like sheep"
    4:38
  11. 11.
    Messiah: Part II. Recitative "All they that see Him"
    1:02
  12. 12.
    Messiah: Aria "But who may abide"
    5:05
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Chorus "And he shall purify"
    2:56
  14. 14.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "He trusted in god"
    2:17
  15. 15.
    Messiah: Part II. Recitative "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart"
    1:40
  16. 16.
    Messiah: Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"
    0:25
  17. 17.
    Messiah: Aria "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
    6:51
  18. 18.
    Messiah: Part II. Aria "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow"
    2:06
  19. 19.
    Messiah: Part II. Recitative "He was cut off the land"
    0:23
  20. 20.
    Messiah: Recitative "For behold, darkness shall come over the earth"
    2:53
  21. 21.
    Messiah: Part II. Aria "But thou didst not leave his soul in hell"
    2:26
  22. 22.
    Messiah: Aria "The people that walked in the darkness"
    4:07
  23. 23.
    Messiah: Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"
    4:38
  24. 24.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "Lift up your heads"
    3:29
  25. 25.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "The lord gave the word"
    1:33
  26. 26.
    Messiah: Pastoral symphony
    4:20
  27. 27.
    Messiah: Part II. Aria-soprano "How beautiful are the feet"
    3:15
  28. 28.
    Messiah: Recitative "There were shepherds"
    0:21
  29. 29.
    Messiah: Recitative "And lo, the angel of the lord"
    0:28
  30. 30.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "Their sound is gone out"
    2:06
  31. 31.
    Messiah: Recitative "And the angels said unto them"
    0:24
  32. 32.
    Messiah: Part II. Aria-Bass "Why do the nations?"
    2:38
  33. 33.
    Messiah: Chorus "For unto you is born this day"
    0:24
  34. 34.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
    2:19
  35. 35.
    Messiah: Recitative "And suddenly there was with the angel"
    0:25
  36. 36.
    Messiah: Part II. Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven"
    0:19
  37. 37.
    Messiah: Part II. Aria "Thou shalt break them"
    2:01
  38. 38.
    Messiah: Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
    2:22
  39. 39.
    Messiah: Aria "Rejoice greately, o daughter of Zion"
    4:49
  40. 40.
    Messiah: Part II. Chorus "Hallelujah!"
    4:39
  41. 41.
    Messiah: Part III. Aria "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
    8:22
  42. 42.
    Messiah: Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind"
    0:29
  43. 43.
    Messiah: Duet "And he shall feed his flock"
    6:44
  44. 44.
    Messiah: Part III. Chorus "Since by man come death"
    2:30
  45. 45.
    Messiah: Chorus "His yoke is easy"
    2:44
  46. 46.
    Messiah: Part III. Recitativ-bass "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
    0:39
  47. 47.
    Messiah: Part III. Aria-bass "The trumpet shall sound"
    4:08
  48. 48.
    Messiah: Part III. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb... "
    4:15
  49. 49.
    Messiah: Part III. Chorus "Amen"
    3:44