Messiah (Highlights)

Album by George Frideric Handel & Kathleen Battle & Florence Quivar & John Aler & Samuel Ramey & Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & Toronto Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Messiah (Highlights) is a highlights compilation of the oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel, originally composed in 1741. The selection condenses the Baroque oratorio’s choral and solo writing into a shorter form, emphasising Handel’s use of contrapuntal choruses, dramatic solo writing and orchestral accompaniment, and situates the work as a key piece in Handel’s output and in Western choral tradition.
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  1. 1.
    No. 1 Sinfonia
    3:32
  2. 2.
    No. 2 Comfort ye my people (tenor)
    2:47
  3. 3.
    No. 3 Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (tenor)
    3:21
  4. 4.
    No. 4 And the glory of the Lord (chorus)
    2:51
  5. 5.
    No. 8 O thou that tellest (mezzo-soprano & chorus)
    5:27
  6. 6.
    No.11 For unto us a Child is born (chorus)
    3:57
  7. 7.
    No.12 Pifa
    3:06
  8. 8.
    No.16 Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion (soprano)
    4:35
  9. 9.
    No.17 He shall feed his flock (soprano & mezzo-soprano)
    5:23
  10. 10.
    No.19 Behold the Lamb (chorus)
    3:12
  11. 11.
    No.20 He was despised (mezzo-soprano)
    12:22
  12. 12.
    No.23 All we like sheep (chorus)
    3:53
  13. 13.
    No.36 Why do the nations? (bass)
    2:43
  14. 14.
    No.37 Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus)
    1:42
  15. 15.
    No.39 Hallelujah (chorus)
    3:53
  16. 16.
    No.40 I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
    6:11
  17. 17.
    No.47 Worthy is the Lamb
    3:20
  18. 18.
    Amen (chorus)
    3:51

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