Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Julianne Baird & Jennifer Lane & David Price & Kevin Deas & Ama Deus Ensemble & Valentin Radu

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741. It is written for chorus, solo voices and orchestra in a Baroque idiom, and it is one of Handel's major choral works that is frequently performed in the Western classical repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sinfonia (Overture)
    2:54
  2. 2.
    Comfort ye (Tenor recitative)
    3:15
  3. 3.
    Every valley (Tenor air)
    3:23
  4. 4.
    And the glory (Chorus)
    2:34
  5. 5.
    Thus saith (Bass recitative)
    1:35
  6. 6.
    But who may abide (Alto air)
    4:32
  7. 7.
    And He shall purify (Chorus)
    2:21
  8. 8.
    Behold a virgin (Alto recitative)
    0:31
  9. 9.
    O thou that tellest (Alto/Chorus)
    4:38
  10. 10.
    For behold (Bass recitative)
    2:17
  11. 11.
    The people that walked (Bass air)
    3:43
  12. 12.
    For unto us a child (Chorus)
    3:49
  13. 13.
    Pastoral symphony (Pifa)
    2:37
  14. 14.
    There were (Soprano recitatives)
    1:23
  15. 15.
    Glory to God (Chorus)
    1:48
  16. 16.
    Rejoice greatly (Soprano air)
    4:18
  17. 17.
    Then shall (Alto recitative)
    0:28
  18. 18.
    He shall feed (Alto/Soprano duo)
    4:40
  19. 19.
    His yoke is easy (Chorus)
    2:21
  20. 20.
    Behold the Lamb (Chorus)
    2:47
  21. 21.
    He was despised (Alto air)
    10:42
  22. 22.
    Surely He hath bourne (Chorus)
    1:52
  23. 23.
    And with his stripes (Chorus)
    1:33

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    All we like sheep (Chorus)
    3:54
  2. 3.
    All they (Tenor recitative)
    0:45
  3. 4.
    He trusted in God (Chorus)
    2:17
  4. 5.
    Thy rebuke (Tenor recitative)
    1:27
  5. 6.
    Behold and see (Tenor air)
    1:31
  6. 7.
    He was cut (Soprano recitative)
    0:22
  7. 8.
    But thou didst not (Soprano air)
    2:21
  8. 9.
    Lift up your heads (Chorus)
    2:54
  9. 10.
    Unto which (Tenor recitative)
    0:20
  10. 11.
    Let all the angels (Chorus)
    1:17
  11. 12.
    Thou art gone up (Alto air)
    3:07
  12. 13.
    The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
    1:51
  13. 14.
    How beautiful (Soprano air)
    2:08
  14. 15.
    Their sound (Chorus)
    1:24
  15. 16.
    Why do the nations (Bass air)
    2:42
  16. 17.
    Let us break their bonds (Chorus)
    1:51
  17. 18.
    He that dwelleth (Tenor recitative)
    0:12
  18. 19.
    Thou shalt break them (Tenor air)
    2:03
  19. 20.
    Hallelujah (Chorus)
    3:16
  20. 21.
    I know (Soprano air)
    5:33
  21. 22.
    Since by man came death (Chorus)
    2:05
  22. 23.
    Behold, I tell you (Bass recitative)
    0:43
  23. 24.
    The trumpet shall sound (Bass air)
    8:50
  24. 25.
    Then shall be (Alto recitative)
    0:17
  25. 26.
    O Death (Alto/Tenor/Chorus)
    3:01
  26. 27.
    If God be for us (Soprano air)
    4:12
  27. 28.
    Worthy is the Lamb (Chorus)
    7:21

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