Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Handel and Haydn Society & Andrew Parrott

Messiah is an English-language oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742. The work combines Baroque choral writing and orchestral accompaniment with scriptural texts to alternate dramatic, reflective and celebratory passages, and it occupies a central place in Handel's output and in the development of the choral-orchestral repertoire.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah: Part I: Overture
    3:56
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs...
    2:07
  3. 3.
    Messiah: Part II: Chrous: And with His stripes we are healed...
    1:56
  4. 4.
    Messiah: Part I: Recitative: Comfort ye...
    3:01
  5. 5.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: All we like sheep, have gone astray...
    4:00
  6. 6.
    Messiah: Part I: Aria: Ev'ry valley...
    3:30
  7. 7.
    Messiah: Part I: Chorus: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed...
    2:47
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Part II: Recitative: All they that see Him...
    0:41
  9. 9.
    Messiah: Part I: Recitative: Thus saith the Lord of Hosts...
    1:22
  10. 10.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him...
    2:24
  11. 11.
    Messiah: Part II: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart...
    1:29
  12. 12.
    Messiah: Part I: Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming...
    4:25
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Part II: Aria: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow...
    1:21
  14. 14.
    Messiah: Part I: Soloists and Chorus: And He shall purify the sons of Levi...
    2:37
  15. 15.
    Messiah: Part II: Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living...
    0:17
  16. 16.
    Messiah: Part I: Recitative: Behold, a Virgin shall conceive...
    0:24
  17. 17.
    Messiah: Part II: Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in hell...
    2:39
  18. 18.
    Messiah: Part I: Aria: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion...
    4:15
  19. 19.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: Lift up your heads...
    3:06
  20. 20.
    Messiah: Part I: Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion...
    1:50
  21. 21.
    Messiah: Part II: Recitative: Unto wich of the angels said He at any time...
    0:18
  22. 22.
    Messiah: Part I: Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth...
    1:59
  23. 23.
    Messiah: Part I: Aria: The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light...
    3:53
  24. 24.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: The Lord gave the word...
    1:09
  25. 25.
    Messiah: Part II: Aria: How beautiful are the feet...
    2:28
  26. 26.
    Messiah: Part I: Soloists and Chorus: For unto us a Child is born...
    4:04
  27. 27.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all lands...
    1:23
  28. 28.
    Messiah: Part I: Pifa
    3:10
  29. 29.
    Messiah: Part I: Recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field...
    0:26
  30. 30.
    Messiah: Part II: Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together...
    4:48
  31. 31.
    Messiah: Part I: Recitative: And the angel said unto them...
    0:34
  32. 32.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder...
    1:53
  33. 33.
    Messiah: Part I: Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel...
    0:15
  34. 34.
    Messiah: Part II: Recitative and Aria: He that dwelleth... - Thou shalt break them...
    2:16
  35. 35.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: Hallelujah...
    4:08
  36. 36.
    Messiah: Part I: Chorus: Glory to God in the highest...
    1:59
  37. 37.
    Messiah: Part I: Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!...
    4:14
  38. 38.
    Messiah: Part III: Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth...
    6:37
  39. 39.
    Messiah: Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd...
    0:28
  40. 40.
    Messiah: Part III: Chorus: Since by man came death...
    2:04
  41. 41.
    Messiah: Part III: Recitative: Behold I tell you a mystery...
    0:30
  42. 42.
    Messiah: Part I: Aria: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd...
    5:14
  43. 43.
    Messiah: Part I: Soloists and Chorus: His yoke is easy...
    2:31
  44. 44.
    Messiah: Part III: Aria: The trumpet shall sound...
    2:17
  45. 45.
    Messiah: Part II: Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God...
    3:10
  46. 46.
    Messiah: Part III: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass...
    0:15
  47. 47.
    Messiah: Part II: Aria: He was despised and rejected of men...
    11:21
  48. 48.
    Messiah: Part III: Duet: O Death, where is thy sting?...
    2:02
  49. 49.
    Messiah: Part III: Chorus: But thanks be to God...
    2:17
  50. 50.
    Messiah: Part III: Recitative: If God be for us...
    1:07
  51. 51.
    Messiah: Part III: Chorus: Worth is the Lamb that was slain...
    3:27
  52. 52.
    Messiah: Part III: Chorus: Amen
    3:59

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