Messiah (1741 original version)

Album by George Frideric Handel & Dallas Bach Society & James Richman

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741. The work is a Baroque oratorio for chorus, solo voices and orchestra that combines recitative and aria forms with contrapuntal choruses and festive orchestral passages, and it was composed during Handel's later period in England where it influenced the English choral tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 1. Sinfony
    3:20
  2. 2.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 2. Accompagnato. Comfort Ye, My People [Tenor]
    2:32
  3. 3.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 3. Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted [Tenor]
    3:31
  4. 4.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 4. Chorus. Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
    3:08
  5. 5.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 5. Accompagnato. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts [Bass]
    1:23
  6. 6.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 6. Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? [Bass]
    2:53
  7. 7.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 7. Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
    2:41
  8. 8.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 8. Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son [Alto]
    0:19
  9. 9.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 9. Aria & Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion [Alto, Chorus]
    5:13
  10. 10.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 10. Accompagnato. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth [Bass]
    1:50
  11. 11.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 11. Aria. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light [Bass]
    3:51
  12. 12.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 12. Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
    4:30
  13. 13.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 13. Pifa “Pastoral Symphony”
    0:48
  14. 14.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 14. Recit. There Were Shepherds – And Lo, the Angel of the Lord – And the Angel Said Unto Them – And Suddenly There Was with the Angel [Treble]
    1:23
  15. 15.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 15. Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest
    2:04
  16. 16.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 16. Aria. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion [Soprano]
    7:50
  17. 17.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 17. Recit. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened [Alto]
    0:22
  18. 18.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 18. Aria. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd [Alto]
    4:07
  19. 19.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 19. Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy and His Burthen Is Light
    2:36
  20. 20.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 20. Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God
    2:16
  21. 21.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 21. Aria. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men [Alto]
    8:56
  22. 22.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 22. Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
    1:47
  23. 23.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 23. Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed
    2:01
  24. 24.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 24. Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
    4:22

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 25. Accompagnato. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn [Tenor]
    0:43
  2. 3.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 26. Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
    2:44
  3. 4.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 27. Accompagnato. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart [Tenor]
    1:24
  4. 5.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 28. Aria. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow [Treble]
    1:24
  5. 6.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 29. Recit. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living [Tenor]
    0:14
  6. 7.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 30. Aria. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell [Tenor]
    2:22
  7. 8.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 31. Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
    3:20
  8. 9.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 32. Recit. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time? [Tenor]
    0:17
  9. 10.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 33. Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
    1:42
  10. 11.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 34. Aria. Thou Art Gone Up on High [Bass]
    3:14
  11. 12.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 35. Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word
    1:10
  12. 13.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 36. Aria. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach [Soprano]
    4:45
  13. 14.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 37. Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? [Bass]
    2:50
  14. 15.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 38. Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
    1:59
  15. 16.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 39. Recit. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn [Tenor]
    0:11
  16. 17.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 40. Aria. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron [Tenor]
    1:59
  17. 18.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 41. Hallelujah Chorus
    4:26
  18. 19.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 42. Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth [Soprano]
    5:37
  19. 20.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 43. Chorus. Since By Man Came Death
    2:13
  20. 21.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 44. Accompagnato. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery [Bass]
    0:27
  21. 22.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 45. Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound [Bass]
    9:08
  22. 23.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 46. Recit. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass [Alto]
    0:13
  23. 24.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 47. Aria. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? [Tenor]
    1:34
  24. 25.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 48. Chorus. But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory
    2:16
  25. 26.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 49. Aria. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? [Soprano]
    4:52
  26. 27.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 50. Chorus. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
    3:38
  27. 28.
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1741 original version): No. 51. Chorus. Amen
    4:45

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