Messiah (Complete)

Album by George Frideric Handel

Messiah (Complete) is the oratorio by George Frideric Handel, completed in 1741. It is a Baroque choral-orchestral work that alternates large-scale choral movements with solo arias and instrumental passages, and it was composed during a late phase of Handel's career when he concentrated on English-language oratorios.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah Part I - Sinfonia
    3:07
  2. 2.
    Messiah Part I - Recitative-Tenor: Comfort ye my people
    3:49
  3. 3.
    Messiah Part I - Air-Tenor: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
    3:57
  4. 4.
    Messiah Part I - Chorus: And the glory, the glory of the Lord
    2:37
  5. 5.
    Messiah Part I - Recitative-Bass: Thus saith the Lord
    1:30
  6. 6.
    Messiah Part I - Air-Bass: But who may abide
    4:38
  7. 7.
    Messiah Part I - Chorus: And He shall purify
    1:45
  8. 8.
    Messiah Part I - Recitative-Alto: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    0:24
  9. 9.
    Messiah Part I - Air-Alto & Chorus: O thou that tellest
    6:15
  10. 10.
    Messiah Part I - Recitative-Bass: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    1:38
  11. 11.
    Messiah Part I - Air-Bass: The people that walked in darkness
    4:25
  12. 12.
    Messiah Part I - Chorus: For unto us a child is born
    4:13
  13. 13.
    Messiah Part I - Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
    3:43
  14. 14.
    Messiah Part I - Recitatives-Soprano: There were shepherds; And lo, the Angel of the Lord
    0:47
  15. 15.
    Messiah Part I - Recitative-Soprano: And the angel said unto them
    0:38
  16. 16.
    Messiah Part I - Recitative-Soprano: And suddenly there was with the angel
    0:21
  17. 17.
    Messiah Part I - Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
    1:40
  18. 18.
    Messiah Part I - Air-Soprano: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion
    5:04
  19. 19.
    Messiah Part I - Recitative-Alto: Then shall the eyes of the blind
    0:34
  20. 20.
    Messiah Part I - Duet-Alto & Soprano: And he shall feed his flock
    5:47
  21. 21.
    Messiah Part I - Chorus: His yoke is easy
    2:47
  22. 22.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
    3:06
  23. 23.
    Messiah Part II - Air-Alto: He was despised
    10:55

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: Surely he hath borne our griefs
    3:14
  2. 3.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
    1:39
  3. 4.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: All we like sheep
    3:31
  4. 5.
    Messiah Part II - Recitative-Tenor: All they that see Him
    0:46
  5. 6.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: He trusted in God
    2:02
  6. 7.
    Messiah Part II - Recitative-Tenor: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
    1:54
  7. 8.
    Messiah Part II - Air-Tenor: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
    1:28
  8. 9.
    Messiah Part II - Recitative-Tenor: He was cut off out of the land
    0:41
  9. 10.
    Messiah Part II - Air-Tenor: But thou didst not leave
    2:38
  10. 11.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: Lift up your heads
    3:14
  11. 12.
    Messiah Part II - Recitative-Tenor: Unto which of the angels
    0:19
  12. 13.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship him
    1:18
  13. 14.
    Messiah Part II - Air-Alto: Thou art gone up on high
    3:19
  14. 15.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: The Lord gave the word
    1:08
  15. 16.
    Messiah Part II - Aria-Soprano: How beautiful are the feet
    3:02
  16. 17.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: Their sound is gone out
    1:14
  17. 18.
    Messiah Part II - Air-Bass: Why do the nations?
    2:58
  18. 19.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
    1:52
  19. 20.
    Messiah Part II - Recitative-Tenor: He that dwelleth in heaven
    0:17
  20. 21.
    Messiah Part II - Air-Tenor: Thou shalt break them
    2:16
  21. 22.
    Messiah Part II - Chorus: Hallelujah
    3:37
  22. 23.
    Messiah Part III - Air-Soprano: I know that my redeemer liveth
    7:18
  23. 24.
    Messiah Part III - Chorus: Since by man came death
    1:58
  24. 25.
    Messiah Part III - Recitative-Bass: Behold, I tell you a mystery
    0:43
  25. 26.
    Messiah Part III - Air-Bass: The trumpet shall sound
    8:45
  26. 27.
    Messiah Part III - Recitative-Alto: Then shall be brought to pass
    0:20
  27. 28.
    Messiah Part III - Duet-Alto & Tenor: O death, where is thy sting?
    1:11
  28. 29.
    Messiah Part III - Chorus: But thanks be to God
    2:25
  29. 30.
    Messiah Part III - Air-Soprano: If God be for us
    5:30
  30. 31.
    Messiah Part III - Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb…Amen
    6:41

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