Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & The Philadelphia Orchestra & Eugene Ormandy & The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & Eileen Farrell & Martha Lipton & Davis Cunningham & William Warfield

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742. The work combines Baroque choral and orchestral writing with solo arias and choruses to set biblical texts in a large-scale sacred narrative, and it has had a lasting influence on choral repertoire and performance practice.
First released: 1959

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah: 1. Overture
    4:27
  2. 2.
    Messiah: 21. His yoke is easy
    2:47
  3. 3.
    Messiah: 2. Comfort ye, my people
    3:29
  4. 4.
    Messiah: 22. Behold the Lamb of God
    3:50
  5. 5.
    Messiah: 3. Every valley shall be exalted
    3:53
  6. 6.
    Messiah: 23. He was despised
    5:17
  7. 7.
    Messiah: 24. Surely He hath borne our griefs
    3:04
  8. 8.
    Messiah: 4. And the glory of the Lord
    3:19
  9. 9.
    Messiah: 5. Thus saith the Lord
    1:31
  10. 10.
    Messiah: 25. And with His stripes we are healed
    2:19
  11. 11.
    Messiah: 26. All we like sheep have gone astray
    4:17
  12. 12.
    Messiah: 6. But who may abide
    4:33
  13. 13.
    Messiah: 7. And He shall purify
    2:41
  14. 14.
    Messiah: 33. Lift up your heads
    3:05
  15. 15.
    Messiah: 8. Behold a virgin shall conceive
    0:36
  16. 16.
    Messiah: 40. Why do the nations?
    2:41
  17. 17.
    Messiah: 9. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    7:02
  18. 18.
    Messiah: 42. He that dwelleth in Heaven
    0:23
  19. 19.
    Messiah: 43. Thou shalt break them
    2:16
  20. 20.
    Messiah: 12. For unto us a Child is born
    4:14
  21. 21.
    Messiah: 44. Hallelujah!
    3:56
  22. 22.
    Messiah: 13. Pastoral Symphony
    3:59
  23. 23.
    Messiah: 14. There were shepherds
    0:52
  24. 24.
    Messiah: 45. I know that my Redeemer liveth
    7:07
  25. 25.
    Messiah: 15. And the angel said unto them
    1:11
  26. 26.
    Messiah: 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery
    0:47
  27. 27.
    Messiah: 48. The trumpet shall sound
    6:53
  28. 28.
    Messiah: 16. And suddenly there was with the angel
    0:28
  29. 29.
    Messiah: 53. Worthy is the Lamb
    6:32
  30. 30.
    Messiah: 17. Glory to God
    1:53
  31. 31.
    Messiah: 19. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened
    0:35
  32. 32.
    Messiah: 20. He shall feed His flock
    7:04

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