Messiah: The Complete Work

Album by George Frideric Handel & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & The Cambridge Singers & John Rutter

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741. The work exemplifies Baroque choral and orchestral writing, employing recitatives, arias and large-scale choruses, and it occupies a central place in Handel's output and in the choral-oratorio tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sinfonia (Overture)
    3:11
  2. 2.
    Comfort Ye, My People
    3:00
  3. 3.
    Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
    3:13
  4. 4.
    And the Glory of the Lord
    2:31
  5. 5.
    Thus Saith the Lord
    1:26
  6. 6.
    But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
    4:27
  7. 7.
    And He Shall Purify
    2:37
  8. 8.
    Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:23
  9. 9.
    O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
    5:01
  10. 10.
    For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
    2:16
  11. 11.
    The People That Walked in Darkness
    2:55
  12. 12.
    For unto Us a Child Is Born
    4:00
  13. 13.
    Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
    2:29
  14. 14.
    There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field
    1:19
  15. 15.
    Glory to God
    1:58
  16. 16.
    Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
    4:14
  17. 17.
    Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened
    0:22
  18. 18.
    He Shall Feed His Flock
    5:00
  19. 19.
    His Yoke Is Easy
    2:27
  20. 20.
    Behold the Lamb of God
    2:48
  21. 21.
    He Was Despised
    9:34

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
    2:08
  2. 3.
    And with His Stripes We Are Healed
    1:57
  3. 4.
    All We Like Sheep Are Gone Astray
    3:47
  4. 5.
    All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn
    0:45
  5. 6.
    He Trusted in God
    2:27
  6. 7.
    Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
    1:54
  7. 8.
    Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow
    1:23
  8. 9.
    He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
    0:22
  9. 10.
    But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
    2:18
  10. 11.
    Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
    3:14
  11. 12.
    Unto Which of the Angels
    0:20
  12. 13.
    Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
    1:31
  13. 14.
    Thou Art Gone Up on High
    2:51
  14. 15.
    The Lord Gave the Word
    1:08
  15. 16.
    How Beautiful Are the Feet
    2:03
  16. 17.
    Their Sound Is Gone Out
    1:22
  17. 18.
    Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?
    2:51
  18. 19.
    Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
    1:54
  19. 20.
    He That Dwelleth in Heaven
    0:10
  20. 21.
    Thou Shalt Break Them
    1:52
  21. 22.
    Hallelujah
    3:57
  22. 23.
    I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
    5:33
  23. 24.
    Since by Man Came Death
    2:13
  24. 25.
    Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
    0:32
  25. 26.
    The Trumpet Shall Sound
    8:34
  26. 27.
    Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
    0:15
  27. 28.
    O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?/But Thanks Be to God
    3:19
  28. 29.
    If God Be for Us
    4:53
  29. 30.
    Worth Is the Lamb That Was Slain/Amen
    7:26

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