Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Barbara Schlick & Sandrine Piau & Andreas Scholl & Mark Padmore & Nathan Berg & Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741. The work exemplifies Baroque choral and orchestral writing, alternating solo and ensemble passages with expressive text-setting, and was composed late in Handel's career where it remains a fixture of the English choral repertoire.
First released: 1st July 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, I. Sinfonia
    2:59
  2. 2.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIV. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" / XXV. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"
    2:55
  3. 3.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVI. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" / XXVII. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold and see, if there be any sorrow" / XXVIII. Accompagnato (Soprano I): "He was cut off out of the land of the living"
    3:39
  4. 4.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"
    3:11
  5. 5.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIX. Air (Soprano I) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"
    2:48
  6. 6.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted"
    3:20
  7. 7.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
    2:42
  8. 8.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXa. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
    2:45
  9. 9.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, V. Recitative (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"
    1:40
  10. 10.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXb. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" / XXXI. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"
    1:41
  11. 11.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXII. Air (Soprano II) "Thou art gone up on high"
    3:07
  12. 12.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VI. Air (Alto) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"
    4:38
  13. 13.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIa. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
    2:17
  14. 14.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIII. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"
    1:19
  15. 15.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" / VIII. Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
    6:01
  16. 16.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIVa. Air (Soprano I) "How beautiful are the feet of them"
    2:37
  17. 17.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVa. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
    1:17
  18. 18.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" / X. Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness"
    5:46
  19. 19.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"
    3:45
  20. 20.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVI. Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"
    2:40
  21. 21.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIa. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"
    2:55
  22. 22.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIa. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
    1:46
  23. 23.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIb. Recitative (Treble) "There were shepherds", XIII. Accompagnato (Treble): "And lo, the angel of the Lord" / XIV. Accompagnato (Treble) "And suddenly there was with the angel" / XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
    3:26
  24. 24.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIb. Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" / XXXVIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"
    2:17
  25. 25.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!"
    3:34
  26. 26.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano II) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
    4:28
  27. 27.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano I) "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
    6:14
  28. 28.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIb. Recitative (Soprano I) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" / XVII. Duet (Alto & Soprano I) "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"
    6:04
  29. 29.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIII. Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burden is light"
    2:33
  30. 30.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death"
    2:15
  31. 31.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" / XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound"
    9:19
  32. 32.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"
    2:26
  33. 33.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"
    11:11
  34. 34.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" / XLIV. Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?" / XLV. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"
    3:35
  35. 35.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs / XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed" / XXIII. Chorus: "All we like sheep have gone astray"
    7:29
  36. 36.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVI. Air (Soprano II) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"
    4:54
  37. 37.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVIIa. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
    3:29
  38. 38.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVIIb. Chorus "Amen"
    3:27

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