The Messiah (highlights)

Album by George Frideric Handel & Sir Colin Davis

The Messiah (highlights) is a highlights album of the oratorio Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel, drawn from the work he composed in 1741. The selections showcase Baroque choral and orchestral writing set to English sacred texts and illustrate Händel's development of the large-scale English oratorio, a form that became central to his later career.
First released: 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Comfort Ye My People
    3:04
  2. 2.
    Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
    3:35
  3. 3.
    And the Glory of the Lord
    2:51
  4. 4.
    But Who May Abide
    4:29
  5. 5.
    And He Shall Purify
    2:16
  6. 6.
    Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:24
  7. 7.
    O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
    5:50
  8. 8.
    For Unto Us a Child Is Born
    4:02
  9. 9.
    There Were Shepherds
    3:18
  10. 10.
    Rejoice Greatly
    4:38
  11. 11.
    He Shall Feed His Flock
    6:12
  12. 12.
    Why Do the Nations
    3:01
  13. 13.
    He That Dwelleth in Heaven / Thou Shalt Break Them
    2:29
  14. 14.
    Halleluja
    3:48
  15. 15.
    I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
    6:14
  16. 16.
    Amen
    4:18

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