Messiah: Arias and Choruses

Album by George Frideric Handel & London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus & Sir Adrian Boult

Messiah: Arias and Choruses is a presentation of the oratorio Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel, composed in 1741 and first performed in 1742. Musically it is a Baroque oratorio combining solo arias, choruses and recitatives with instrumental accompaniment, reflecting Handel's approach to large-scale sacred drama and marking a key work in his late career and in the development of the English oratorio.

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  1. 1.
    Messiah: Comfort ye
    3:38
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Every valley shall be exalted
    3:33
  3. 3.
    Messiah: And the glory of the Lord
    3:16
  4. 4.
    Messiah: Behold a virgin shall conceive...O thou that tellest
    7:23
  5. 5.
    Messiah: For unto us a child is born
    4:28
  6. 6.
    Messiah: And suddenly...
    2:33
  7. 7.
    Messiah: Rejoice greatly
    4:43
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Why do the nations
    2:52
  9. 9.
    Messiah: Let us break their bonds
    1:52
  10. 10.
    Messiah: Hallelujah
    4:38
  11. 11.
    Messiah: I know that my redeemer liveth
    7:12
  12. 12.
    Messiah: Behold I tell you a mystery...The trumpet shall sound
    9:11
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Worthy is the lamb...Amen
    9:21

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