Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & London Symphony Orchestra & London Philharmonic Choir & Hermann Scherchen

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742. Scored for soloists, choir and orchestra in the Baroque idiom, it blends recitative, aria and large-scale choral writing with Biblical texts and occupies a pivotal place in Handel's output and in the Western choral tradition.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sinfonia: Grave
    5:17
  2. 2.
    Accompagnato (Tenor): "Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People..."
    3:58
  3. 3.
    Air (Tenor): "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted..."
    3:30
  4. 4.
    Chorus: "And The Glory Of The Lord..."
    2:47
  5. 5.
    Accompagnato (Bass): "Thus Saith The Lord..."
    2:00
  6. 6.
    Air (Contralto): "But Who May Abide..."
    4:35
  7. 7.
    Chorus: "And He Shall Purify..."
    2:04
  8. 8.
    Recitative (Contralto): "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive..."
    0:46
  9. 9.
    Air (Contralto And Chorus): "O Thou That Tellest..."
    5:22
  10. 10.
    Accompagnato (Bass): "For, Behold, ... Darkness Shall Cover The Earth..."
    4:09
  11. 11.
    Air (Bass): "The People That Walked In Darkness..."
    4:49
  12. 12.
    Chorus: "For Unto Us A Child Is Born..."
    3:25
  13. 13.
    Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
    1:57
  14. 14.
    Recitative (Soprano): "There Were ... Shepherds Abiding In The Field..."
    0:26
  15. 15.
    Accompagnato (Soprano): "And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord..."
    0:54
  16. 16.
    Recitative (Soprano): "And The Angel Said Upon Them..."
    1:03
  17. 17.
    Accompagnato (Soprano): "And Suddenly There Was With The Angel..."
    0:15
  18. 18.
    Chorus: "Glory To God In The Highest..."
    2:15
  19. 19.
    Air (Soprano): "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion..."
    4:23
  20. 20.
    Recitative (Soprano): "Then Shall The Eyes...."
    0:41
  21. 21.
    Air (Soprano): "He Shall Feed His Flock..."
    5:45
  22. 22.
    Chorus: "His Yoke Is Easy..."
    2:16

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Chorus: "Behold, The Lamb Of God..."
    4:32
  2. 3.
    Air (Contralto): "He Was Despised..."
    9:46
  3. 4.
    Chorus: "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs..."
    4:05
  4. 5.
    Chorus: "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
    4:04
  5. 6.
    Chorus: "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"
    5:03
  6. 7.
    Accompagnato (Tenor): "All They That See Him..."
    1:25
  7. 8.
    Chorus: "He Trusted In God..."
    2:14
  8. 9.
    Accompagnato (Tenor): "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart..."
    2:05
  9. 10.
    Arioso (Tenor): "Behold, And See..."
    1:40
  10. 11.
    Accompagnato (Tenor): "He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land..."
    0:26
  11. 12.
    Air (Tenor): "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul..."
    2:53
  12. 13.
    Chorus: "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates..."
    3:26
  13. 14.
    Recitative (Tenor): "Unto Which Of The Angels..."
    0:27
  14. 15.
    Chorus: "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him"
    1:23
  15. 16.
    Air (Bass): "Thou Art Gone Up On High..."
    5:59
  16. 17.
    Chorus: "The Lord Gave The Word..."
    1:00
  17. 18.
    Air (Soprano): "How Beautiful Are The Feet..."
    2:29
  18. 19.
    Chorus: Their Sound Is GOne Out
    3:07
  19. 20.
    Air (Bass): "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage..."
    2:33
  20. 21.
    Chorus: "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder..."
    1:39
  21. 22.
    Recitative (Tenor): "He That Dwelleth In Heaven
    0:21
  22. 23.
    Air (Tenor): "Thou Shalt Break Them"
    2:07
  23. 24.
    Chorus: "Hallelujah..."
    3:21

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Air (Soprano): "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth..."
    10:03
  2. 4.
    Chorus: "Since By Man Came Death..."
    2:21
  3. 5.
    Accompagnato (Bass): "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery..."
    0:47
  4. 6.
    Air (Bass): "The Trumpet Shall Sound..."
    8:55
  5. 7.
    Recitative (Contralto): "Then Shall Be Brought To Pass..."
    0:17
  6. 8.
    Duet (Contralto & Tenor): "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"
    0:53
  7. 9.
    Chorus: "But Thanks Be To God..."
    2:02
  8. 10.
    Air (Soprano): "If God Be For Us..."
    4:48
  9. 11.
    Chorus: "Worthy Is The Lamb..."
    10:05

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