Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in Dublin in 1742. The work uses baroque choral and orchestral forces with solo movements and choruses set to biblical texts, and it was composed during a mature period when Handel focused on large-scale vocal works in London.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sinfony
    3:02
  2. 2.
    Comfort Ye
    3:02
  3. 3.
    Ev’ry Valley
    3:27
  4. 4.
    And the Glory of the Lord
    2:45
  5. 5.
    Thus Saith the Lord
    1:24
  6. 6.
    But Who May Abide
    4:34
  7. 7.
    And He Shall Purify
    2:27
  8. 8.
    Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:26
  9. 9.
    O Thou That Tellest
    5:13
  10. 10.
    For Behold, Darkness
    1:58
  11. 11.
    The People That Walked in Darkness
    3:57
  12. 12.
    For Unto Us a Child Is Born
    3:52
  13. 13.
    Pifa
    2:32
  14. 14.
    There Were Shepherds
    0:29
  15. 15.
    And the Angel Said Unto Them
    0:34
  16. 16.
    And Suddenly
    0:16
  17. 17.
    Glory to God
    1:52
  18. 18.
    Rejoice Greatly
    4:47
  19. 19.
    Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind
    0:31
  20. 20.
    And He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
    5:06
  21. 21.
    His Yoke Is Easy
    2:23
  22. 22.
    Behold the Lamb of God
    2:33
  23. 23.
    He Was Despised
    8:56
  24. 24.
    Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs
    1:42
  25. 25.
    And With His Stripes
    1:56
  26. 26.
    All We Like Sheep
    4:18

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    All They That See Him
    0:43
  2. 3.
    He Trusted in God
    2:17
  3. 4.
    Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
    1:36
  4. 5.
    Behold, and See
    1:24
  5. 6.
    He Was Cut Off
    0:14
  6. 7.
    But Thou Didst Not Leave
    2:09
  7. 8.
    Thou Art Gone Up on High
    3:13
  8. 9.
    The Lord Gave the Word
    1:05
  9. 10.
    How Beautiful Are the Feet
    2:19
  10. 11.
    Why Do the Nations
    1:20
  11. 12.
    Let Us Break Their Bonds
    1:45
  12. 13.
    He That Dwelleth in Heaven
    0:12
  13. 14.
    Thou Shalt Break Them
    2:12
  14. 15.
    Hallelujah
    3:45
  15. 16.
    I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
    6:22
  16. 17.
    Since by Man Came Death
    1:59
  17. 18.
    Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
    0:33
  18. 19.
    The Trumpet Shall Sound
    8:39
  19. 20.
    Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
    0:13
  20. 21.
    O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
    1:03
  21. 22.
    But Thanks Be to God
    2:09
  22. 23.
    If God Be for Us
    5:03
  23. 24.
    Worthy Is the Lamb
    7:24

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    A Theatrical‐Spiritual Journey
    22:26
  2. 4.
    The Musician as a Storyteller
    10:26

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