Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Joan Sutherland & Huguette Tourangeau & Werner Krenn & Tom Krause & Ambrosian Singers & English Chamber Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741. The work combines choral, solo and orchestral writing within the Baroque idiom and occupies a central place in Handel's output as a large-scale sacred composition that shaped subsequent choral performance traditions.
First released: 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Overture
    3:42
  2. 2.
    Comfort Ye
    3:15
  3. 3.
    Every valley shall be exalted
    3:44
  4. 4.
    And the glory of the Lord
    2:36
  5. 5.
    Behold, a virgin … O thou that tellest
    5:28
  6. 6.
    For unto us a child is born
    3:48
  7. 7.
    Pastoral symphony
    1:13
  8. 8.
    Glory to God
    2:15
  9. 9.
    Rejoice greatly
    5:08
  10. 10.
    Behold the Lamb of God
    3:18
  11. 11.
    All we like sheep have gone astray
    3:47
  12. 12.
    How beautiful are the feet
    2:12
  13. 13.
    Why do the nations so furiously rage together
    2:43
  14. 14.
    Hallelujah
    3:56
  15. 15.
    I know that my redeemer liveth
    6:20
  16. 16.
    Behold, I tell you a mystery … The trumpet shall sound
    8:14
  17. 17.
    Worthy is the Lamb
    7:22

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