Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Huddersfield Choral Society & Sir Malcolm Sargent

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741. The work combines Baroque choral and orchestral writing with solo vocal writing and continuo, exemplifying Handel's mature dramatic sacred style and occupying an important place in the English choral repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Overture
    1:04
  2. 2.
    Recit: Comfort Ye
    1:19
  3. 3.
    Air: Ev’ry Valley
    2:48
  4. 4.
    Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord
    7:36
  5. 5.
    Recit: Thus Saith the Lord
    3:23
  6. 6.
    Air: But Who May Abide
    6:51
  7. 7.
    And He Shall Purify
    2:45
  8. 8.
    I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
    8:37
  9. 9.
    Since by Man Came Death
    1:22
  10. 10.
    Recit: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
    0:44
  11. 11.
    Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound
    4:00
  12. 12.
    Chorus: Worthy Is the Lamb
    4:02
  13. 13.
    Amen
    3:34

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Recit: Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive
    5:37
  2. 3.
    Air: O Thou That Tallest
    2:14
  3. 4.
    Recit: For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
    5:04
  4. 5.
    Air: The People That Walked in Darkness
    2:08
  5. 6.
    Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
    4:39
  6. 7.
    Lift Up Your Heads
    3:56
  7. 8.
    The Lord Gave the Word
    1:22
  8. 9.
    How Beautiful Are the Feet
    3:08
  9. 10.
    Their Sound Is Gone Out
    1:52
  10. 11.
    Why Do the Nations
    2:45
  11. 12.
    Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asundar
    2:06
  12. 13.
    Recit: He That Dwelleth in Heaven
    0:17
  13. 14.
    Air: Thou Shalty Break Them
    2:04
  14. 15.
    Hallelujah
    4:32

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Recit: There Were Shepherds
    4:36
  2. 4.
    And Lo! the Angel
    1:01
  3. 5.
    And the Angel Said Unto Them
    1:23
  4. 6.
    And Suddenly. Chorus: Glory to God
    1:03
  5. 7.
    Rejoice Greatly
    0:51
  6. 8.
    Recit: Then Shall the Eyes
    4:49
  7. 9.
    Air: He Shall Feed His Flock (Come Unto Him)
    6:46
  8. 10.
    His Yoke Is Easy
    2:26
  9. 11.
    Behold the Lamb of God
    3:43
  10. 12.
    He Was Despised
    5:49
  11. 13.
    Chorus: Surley He Hath Borne Our Griefs
    2:40
  12. 14.
    And With His Stripes
    1:50
  13. 15.
    All We, Like Sheep
    4:40
  14. 16.
    Recit: All They That See Him
    0:55
  15. 17.
    Chorus: He Trusted in God
    2:10
  16. 18.
    Recit: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
    2:06
  17. 19.
    Air: Behold and See
    2:10
  18. 20.
    Recit: He Was Cut Off
    0:26
  19. 21.
    Air: But Thou Dids’t Not Leave His Soul in Hell
    2:18

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