Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Walter Süsskind

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1742. The work blends Baroque choral and orchestral writing with solo arias and contrapuntal choruses drawn from biblical texts, exemplifying Handel's mature dramatic and vocal writing and marking a significant development in his output of large-scale English sacred music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah: Overture
    4:56
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people
    3:55
  3. 3.
    Messiah: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
    3:48
  4. 4.
    Messiah: And the glory of the Lord
    3:18
  5. 5.
    Messiah: Thus saith the Lord of hosts
    1:39
  6. 6.
    Messiah: But who may abide the day of His coming
    5:01
  7. 7.
    Messiah: And He shall purify the sons of Levi
    2:33
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Behold a virgin shall conceive
    0:36
  9. 9.
    Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    7:00
  10. 10.
    Messiah: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    2:43
  11. 11.
    Messiah: The people that walked in darkness
    4:22
  12. 12.
    Messiah: For unto us a Child is born
    4:14
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Pastorale Symphony
    3:39
  14. 14.
    Messiah: There were shepherds abiding in the field
    1:43
  15. 15.
    Messiah: Glory to God in the highest
    2:26
  16. 16.
    Messiah: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
    5:26
  17. 17.
    Messiah: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd
    0:29
  18. 18.
    Messiah: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
    7:23
  19. 19.
    Messiah: His yoke is easy, His burden is light
    2:40
  20. 20.
    Messiah: Behold the Lamb of God
    3:37

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah: He was despised and rejected of men
    5:35
  2. 3.
    Messiah: Surely, He hath borne our griefs
    2:56
  3. 4.
    Messiah: And with His stripes we are healed
    1:57
  4. 5.
    Messiah: All we like sheep have gone astray
    4:10
  5. 6.
    Messiah: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
    0:58
  6. 7.
    Messiah: He trusted in God that would deliver Him
    2:47
  7. 8.
    Messiah: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
    2:05
  8. 9.
    Messiah: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
    1:42
  9. 10.
    Messiah: He was cut off out of the land of the living
    0:29
  10. 11.
    Messiah: But thou didst not leave His soul in hell
    2:52
  11. 12.
    Messiah: Lift up your heads, O ye gates
    3:09
  12. 13.
    Messiah: How beautiful are the feet of them
    3:07
  13. 14.
    Messiah: Why do the nations so furiously rage
    2:57
  14. 15.
    Messiah: Let us break their bonds asunder
    1:52
  15. 16.
    Messiah: He that dwelleth in heaven
    0:19
  16. 17.
    Messiah: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
    2:15
  17. 18.
    Messiah: Hallelujah
    4:23
  18. 19.
    Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth
    8:10
  19. 20.
    Messiah: Since by man came death — for as in Adam, even so in Christ
    2:06
  20. 21.
    Messiah: Behold, I tell you a mystery
    0:40
  21. 22.
    Messiah: The trumpet shall sound
    9:05
  22. 23.
    Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
    3:55
  23. 24.
    Messiah: Amen
    4:20

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