Messiah (complete)

Album by George Frideric Handel & Jennifer Smith & Helen Kucharek & Linda Finnie & Neil Mackie & Rodney Macann & The Choir & Orchestra of Pro Christe & Timothy Dean

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741–1742 and first performed in 1742. The work is a large-scale Baroque choral-orchestral composition that combines choruses, solo vocal numbers and orchestral interludes, representing a culmination of Handel's sacred writing and a formative influence on the English choral tradition.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah: Part One: Sinfony
    2:54
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): Surely, He Hath Borne
    4:16
  3. 3.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): And With His Stripes
    1:58
  4. 4.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Tenor): Comfort Ye
    3:07
  5. 5.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): All We Like Sheep
    3:52
  6. 6.
    Messiah: Part One: Aria (Tenor): Every Valley
    3:17
  7. 7.
    Messiah: Part One: (Chorus): And the Glory
    2:49
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Part Two: Recitative (Tenor): All They That See Him
    0:38
  9. 9.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Bass): Thus Saith the Lord
    1:12
  10. 10.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): He Trusted in God
    2:02
  11. 11.
    Messiah: Part Two: Recitative (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
    1:47
  12. 12.
    Messiah: Part One: Aria (Soprano): But Who May Abide?
    4:32
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Part One: (Chorus): And He Shall Purify
    2:32
  14. 14.
    Messiah: Part Two: Aria (Tenor): Behold, and See
    1:43
  15. 15.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Mezzo-Soprano): Behold, a Virgin
    0:21
  16. 16.
    Messiah: Part Two: Recitative (Soprano): He Was Cut Off Out
    0:25
  17. 17.
    Messiah: Part Two: Aria (Soprano): But Thou Didst Not Leave
    2:14
  18. 18.
    Messiah: Part One: Aria (Mezzo-Soprano, Chorus): O Thou That Tellest
    5:29
  19. 19.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): Lift Up Your Heads
    2:57
  20. 20.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Bass): For Behold, Darkness
    2:01
  21. 21.
    Messiah: Part One: Aria (Bass); The People That Walked
    3:42
  22. 22.
    Messiah: Part Two: Recitative (Tenor): Unto Which of the Angels
    0:16
  23. 23.
    Messiah: Part One: (Chorus): For Unto Us
    3:55
  24. 24.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): Let All the Angels
    1:22
  25. 25.
    Messiah: Part One: Pastoral Symphony
    3:24
  26. 26.
    Messiah: Part Two: Aria (Soprano): Thou Art Gone Up on High
    1:22
  27. 27.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): The Lord Gave the Word
    1:08
  28. 28.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Soprano): There Were Shepherds
    0:45
  29. 29.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Soprano): And the Angel Said Unto Them
    0:36
  30. 30.
    Messiah: Part Two: Aria (Soprano): How Beautiful Are the Feet
    2:16
  31. 31.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): Their Sound Is Gone Out
    1:19
  32. 32.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Soprano): And Suddenly
    0:16
  33. 33.
    Messiah: Part Two: Aria (Bass): Why Do the Nations
    2:40
  34. 34.
    Messiah: Part One: (Chorus): Glory to God
    1:47
  35. 35.
    Messiah: Part One: Aria (Soprano): Rejoice Greatly
    4:44
  36. 36.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): Let Us Break Their Bonds
    1:47
  37. 37.
    Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Mezzo-Soprano): Then Shall the Eyes
    0:26
  38. 38.
    Messiah: Part Two: Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth in Heaven
    0:42
  39. 39.
    Messiah: Part One: Aria (Mezzo-Soprano): He Shall Feed His Flock
    5:43
  40. 40.
    Messiah: Part Two: Aria (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them
    1:59
  41. 41.
    Messiah: Part One: (Chorus): His Yoke Is Easy
    2:24
  42. 42.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): Hallelujah
    3:49
  43. 43.
    Messiah: Part Three: Aria (Soprano): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
    6:36
  44. 44.
    Messiah: Part Two: (Chorus): Behold the Lamb of God
    2:33
  45. 45.
    Messiah: Part Two: Aria (Mezzo-Soprano): He Was Despised
    12:11
  46. 46.
    Messiah: Part Three: (Chorus): Since by Man Came Death
    2:01
  47. 47.
    Messiah: Part Three: Recitative (Bass): Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
    0:26
  48. 48.
    Messiah: Part Three: Aria (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound
    8:11
  49. 49.
    Messiah: Part Three: Aria (Mezzo-Soprano): Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
    0:15
  50. 50.
    Messiah: Part Three: Duet (Mezzo-Soprano & Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
    0:58
  51. 51.
    Messiah: Part Three: (Chorus): But Thanks Be to God
    2:05
  52. 52.
    Messiah: Part Three: Aria (Soprano): If God Be for Us
    4:09
  53. 53.
    Messiah: Part Three: (Chorus): Worthy Is the Lamb... Amen
    7:10

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