Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Bachkören & Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester & Anders Öhrwall

Messiah is an English-language oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel, composed in 1741 and first performed in 1742. Musically it exemplifies Handel's mature Baroque style, combining grand choral writing, solo arias, recitative and varied orchestral colour with contrapuntal techniques, and it occupies a central place in his English oratorios as a synthesis of dramatic and sacred musical forms.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sinfonia / Grave. Allegro Moderato
    3:01
  2. 2.
    Comfort ye / Arisos, tenor
    2:52
  3. 3.
    Every valley / Air, tenor
    3:49
  4. 4.
    And the glory of the Lord / Chorus
    2:56
  5. 5.
    Thus saith the Lord / Recitative, bass
    1:27
  6. 6.
    But who may abide / Air, countertenor
    4:30
  7. 7.
    And He shall purify / Chours
    2:51
  8. 8.
    Behold, a virgin / Recitative, countertenor
    0:30
  9. 9.
    O thou that tellest / Air, countertenor & chorus
    5:43
  10. 10.
    For, behold / Recitative, bass
    1:41
  11. 11.
    The people that walked / Air, bass
    3:29
  12. 12.
    For unto us a Child is born / Chorus
    4:37
  13. 13.
    Pifa / Pifa
    2:42
  14. 14.
    There were shepherds abiding / Recitative, soprano
    1:32
  15. 15.
    Glory to God / Chorus
    2:26
  16. 16.
    Rejoice greatly / Air, soprano
    4:35
  17. 17.
    Then shall the eyes / Recitative, countertenor
    0:30
  18. 18.
    He shall feed His flock / Duet, alto & soprano
    5:27
  19. 19.
    His yoke is easy / Chorus
    2:46
  20. 20.
    Behold the Lamb of God / Chours
    2:18
  21. 21.
    He was despised / Air, countertenor
    10:58

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Surely, He hath borne / Chorus
    1:50
  2. 3.
    And with His stripes / Chorus
    2:18
  3. 4.
    All we like sheep - Chorus
    4:15
  4. 5.
    All they that see Him / Recitative, tenor
    0:42
  5. 6.
    He trusted in God - Chorus
    2:20
  6. 7.
    Thy rebuke hath broken His heart / Recitative, soprano
    2:14
  7. 8.
    Behold, and see / Arioso, soprano
    1:23
  8. 9.
    He was cut out / Recitative, tenor
    0:23
  9. 10.
    But Thou didst not leave / Air, tenor
    2:34
  10. 11.
    Lift up your heads - Chorus
    3:15
  11. 12.
    Unto which of the angels said / Recitative, tenor
    0:18
  12. 13.
    Let all the angels / Chorus
    1:33
  13. 14.
    Thou art gone / Air, countertenor
    3:07
  14. 15.
    The Lord gave the word (chorus)
    1:19
  15. 16.
    How beautiful / Air, soprano
    2:21
  16. 17.
    Why do the nations / Air, bass
    1:22
  17. 18.
    Let us break their bonds / Chorus
    1:51
  18. 19.
    He that dwelleth / Recitative, tenor
    0:17
  19. 20.
    Thou shalt break them / Air, tenor
    2:05
  20. 21.
    Hallelujah Chorus
    4:04
  21. 22.
    I know that my Redeemer liveth / Air, soprano
    6:10
  22. 23.
    Since by man came death - Chorus
    1:51
  23. 24.
    Behold, I tell you a mystery / Recitative, bass
    0:36
  24. 25.
    The trumpet shall sound / Air, bass
    4:18
  25. 26.
    Then shall be brought / Recitative, countertenor
    0:21
  26. 27.
    Worthy is the Lamb / Chorus
    3:21
  27. 28.
    Amen, Amen
    3:58

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