Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Thomas Beecham

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in Dublin in 1742. The work exemplifies Baroque choral and orchestral writing, combining recitatives, arias and large-scale choruses with continuo and orchestral accompaniment, and it was composed as Handel shifted from Italian opera towards English-language sacred and choral forms.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah: Overture
    4:51
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Recit: Comfort ye, my people (Tenor)
    3:38
  3. 3.
    Messiah: Air: Every valley shall be exalted (Tenor)
    3:34
  4. 4.
    Messiah: Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
    3:37
  5. 5.
    Messiah: Recit: Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
    1:52
  6. 6.
    Messiah: Air: But who may abide (Bass)
    5:05
  7. 7.
    Messiah: Chorus: And He shall purify
    3:13
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Recit: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Contralto)
    0:44
  9. 9.
    Messiah: Air & Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings (Contralto)
    7:24
  10. 10.
    Messiah: Recit: For, behold, darkness shall cover (Bass)
    3:00
  11. 11.
    Messiah: Air: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)
    4:56
  12. 12.
    Messiah: Chorus: For unto us a child is born
    4:51
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Pastoral Symphony
    4:38
  14. 14.
    Messiah: Recit: There were shepherds abiding (Soprano)
    0:59
  15. 15.
    Messiah: Recit: And the angel said unto them (Soprano)
    0:53
  16. 16.
    Messiah: Recit: And suddenly there was (Soprano)
    0:20
  17. 17.
    Messiah: Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
    2:18
  18. 18.
    Messiah: Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter (Soprano)
    4:37
  19. 19.
    Messiah: Recit: Then shall the eyes (Contralto)
    0:31
  20. 20.
    Messiah: Air: He shall feed his flock - Come unto Him (Contralto & Soprano)
    6:15
  21. 21.
    Messiah: Chorus: His yoke is easy
    3:03

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah: Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
    4:11
  2. 3.
    Messiah: Air: He was despised (Contralto)
    6:07
  3. 4.
    Messiah: Chorus - Surely he hath borne our griefs
    3:00
  4. 5.
    Messiah: Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
    2:22
  5. 6.
    Messiah: Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
    4:04
  6. 7.
    Messiah: Recit: All they that see Him (Tenor)
    0:53
  7. 8.
    Messiah: Chorus: He trusted in God
    2:26
  8. 9.
    Messiah: Recit: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)
    2:39
  9. 10.
    Messiah: Air: Behold, and see if there be (Tenor)
    2:04
  10. 11.
    Messiah: Recit: He was cut off out of the land (Tenor)
    0:27
  11. 12.
    Messiah: Air: But Thou didst not leave (Tenor)
    3:27
  12. 13.
    Messiah: Chorus: Lift up your heads
    3:15
  13. 14.
    Messiah: Air: How beautiful are the feet (Soprano)
    3:06
  14. 15.
    Messiah: Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all lands
    1:43
  15. 16.
    Messiah: Air: Why do the nations so furious rage (Bass)
    2:53
  16. 17.
    Messiah: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
    1:51
  17. 18.
    Messiah: Recite: He that dewelleth in heaven (Tenor)
    0:22
  18. 19.
    Messiah: Air: Thaou shalt break them (Tenor)
    2:12
  19. 20.
    Messiah: Chorus: Hallelujah
    3:37
  20. 21.
    Messiah: Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)
    7:46
  21. 22.
    Messiah: Chorus: Since by man came death
    2:31
  22. 23.
    Messiah: Recit: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
    0:42
  23. 24.
    Messiah: Air: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)
    4:22
  24. 25.
    Messiah: Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb
    7:53

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Messiah: Recit: Unto which of the angels (Tenor)
    0:26
  2. 4.
    Messiah: Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
    1:37
  3. 5.
    Messiah: Air: Thou art gone up on high (Bass)
    4:00
  4. 6.
    Messiah: Chorus: The Lord gave the word
    1:13
  5. 7.
    Messiah: Recit: Then shall be brought to pass (Contralto)
    0:21
  6. 8.
    Messiah: Duet: O death, where is thy sting? (Contralto & Tenor)
    1:23
  7. 9.
    Messiah: Chorus: But thanks be to God
    2:24
  8. 10.
    Messiah: Air: If God be for us (Soprano)
    5:35

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