Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & NightPro Symphony Orchestra & The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & Sir David Willcocks

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, completed in 1741. The work is written in Baroque vocal and orchestral style with extensive choral passages and solo numbers, and it follows Handel's move toward large-scale sacred composition late in his career.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah: 1. Sinfonia
    3:38
  2. 2.
    Messiah: 2. Comfort ye my people
    2:38
  3. 3.
    Messiah: 3. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
    3:14
  4. 4.
    Messiah: 4. And the glory of the Lord
    3:00
  5. 5.
    Messiah: 5. Thus saith the Lord
    1:30
  6. 6.
    Messiah: 6. But who may abide the day of his coming?
    4:21
  7. 7.
    Messiah: 7. And he shall purify
    2:23
  8. 8.
    Messiah: 8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive / 9. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    5:51
  9. 9.
    Messiah: 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    1:48
  10. 10.
    Messiah: 11. The people that walked in darkness
    3:42
  11. 11.
    Messiah: 12. For unto us a child is born
    4:15
  12. 12.
    Messiah: 13. Pifa ('Pastoral Symphony')
    2:47
  13. 13.
    Messiah: 14a. There were shepherds abiding in the field / 14b. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them / 15. And the angel said unto them / 16. And suddenly there was with the angel
    1:29
  14. 14.
    Messiah: 17. Glory to God
    2:01
  15. 15.
    Messiah: 18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
    4:09
  16. 16.
    Messiah: 19. Then shall the eyes of the blind
    0:28
  17. 17.
    Messiah: 20. He shall feed his flock
    5:02
  18. 18.
    Messiah: 21. His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light
    2:31
  19. 19.
    Messiah: 22. Behold the Lamb of God
    3:03
  20. 20.
    Messiah: 23. He was despised
    10:51

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah: 24. Surely, He hath borne our griefs
    2:03
  2. 3.
    Messiah: 25. And with His stripes we are healed
    1:51
  3. 4.
    Messiah: 26. All we like sheep have gone astray
    4:04
  4. 5.
    Messiah: 27. All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn
    0:42
  5. 6.
    Messiah: 28. He trusted in God
    2:24
  6. 7.
    Messiah: 29. Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
    5:18
  7. 8.
    Messiah: 33. Lift up your heads, O ye gates
    3:07
  8. 9.
    Messiah: 34. Unto which of the angels said He at any time
    0:17
  9. 10.
    Messiah: 35. Let all the angels of God worship Him
    1:29
  10. 11.
    Messiah: 36. Thou art gone up on high
    3:09
  11. 12.
    Messiah: 37. The Lord gave the word
    1:17
  12. 13.
    Messiah: 38. How beautiful are the feet
    2:03
  13. 14.
    Messiah: 39. Their sound is gone out
    1:31
  14. 15.
    Messiah: 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
    2:45
  15. 16.
    Messiah: 41. Let us break their bonds asunder
    1:57
  16. 17.
    Messiah: 42. He that dwelleth in heaven
    2:17
  17. 18.
    Messiah: 44. Hallelujah
    4:11
  18. 19.
    Messiah: 45. I know that my Redeemer liveth
    6:05
  19. 20.
    Messiah: 46. Since by man came death
    2:04
  20. 21.
    Messiah: 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery
    8:59
  21. 22.
    Messiah: 49. Then shall be brought to pass
    0:17
  22. 23.
    Messiah: 50. O death, where is thy sting?
    1:03
  23. 24.
    Messiah: 51. But thanks be to God
    2:07
  24. 25.
    Messiah: 52. If God be for us
    4:41
  25. 26.
    Messiah: 53. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
    7:29

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Sir David Willcocks greets the choir and orchestra
    0:44
  2. 4.
    Instructions for the first sections of the night
    1:13
  3. 5.
    "Organ A" tune up; "Shepherds abiding in the field" "Glory to God"
    4:57
  4. 6.
    Instructions for a "retake"
    3:43
  5. 7.
    Sir David's style and humor are evident as he rehearses the choir "All we like sheep"
    14:29
  6. 8.
    Continued practice on a very difficult section for the men
    8:14
  7. 9.
    "Worthy is the Lamb," take one.
    8:17
  8. 10.
    Working on "Worthy is the Lamb."
    1:16
  9. 11.
    Preparing for another take.
    1:18
  10. 12.
    Compliments to the choir for their concentration
    0:48
  11. 13.
    Preparing for a new section, "For unto us..."
    2:16
  12. 14.
    Further preparation and rehearsal
    9:17
  13. 15.
    Sir David on the phone with John Mosely
    0:54
  14. 16.
    Preparing for a new take
    5:21
  15. 17.
    "Are you ready, John?" The Hallelujah Chorus
    5:15

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