Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Concentus Musicus Wien & Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Messiah is an English-language oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742. The work employs Baroque choral, solo and orchestral forces with contrapuntal choruses, recitatives and arias, and represents one of Handel's late compositions, illustrating his mature approach to large-scale sacred drama and contributing to the development of the choral oratorio.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony
    3:37
  2. 2.
    Accompagnato (Tenor): "Comfort ye"
    3:02
  3. 3.
    Aria (Tenor): "Ev'ry valley"
    3:47
  4. 4.
    Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
    2:31
  5. 5.
    Accompagnato (Bass): "Thus saith the Lord"
    1:33
  6. 6.
    Aria (Alto): "But who may abide"
    4:08
  7. 7.
    Chorus: And he shall purify
    3:13
  8. 8.
    Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive..."
    0:32
  9. 9.
    Aria (Alto) and Chorus: "O though that tellest good tidings"
    6:19
  10. 10.
    Accompagnato (bass): "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
    1:41
  11. 11.
    Aria (Bass): The people that walked in darkness
    3:27
  12. 12.
    Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
    5:08
  13. 13.
    Pifa
    1:00
  14. 14.
    Recitative (Soprano): "There were shepherds"
    0:14
  15. 15.
    Accompagnato (Soprano): "And lo, the angel of the Lord"
    0:23
  16. 16.
    Recitative (Soprano): "And the angel said unto them"
    0:37
  17. 17.
    Accompagnato (Soprano): "And suddenly there was with the angel"
    0:18
  18. 18.
    Chorus: Glory to God
    2:09
  19. 19.
    Aria (Soprano): "Rejoice greatly"
    4:44
  20. 20.
    Recitative (Alto) "Then shall the eyes of the blind..."
    0:36
  21. 21.
    Duet (Alto/Soprano): "He shall feed His flock"
    5:55
  22. 22.
    Chorus: His yoke is easy
    2:54
  23. 23.
    Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
    2:49
  24. 24.
    Aria (Alto): "He was despised"
    11:55

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Chorus: "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"
    2:08
  2. 3.
    Chorus: "And with His stripes"
    1:57
  3. 4.
    Chorus: "All we like sheep have gone astray"
    3:53
  4. 5.
    Accompagnato (Tenore): "All they that see Him"
    0:52
  5. 6.
    Chorus: "He trusted in God"
    2:30
  6. 7.
    Accompagnato (Soprano): "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"
    1:44
  7. 8.
    Arioso (Soprano): "Behold, and see"
    1:28
  8. 9.
    Accompagnato (Tenor): "He was cut off"
    0:31
  9. 10.
    Aria (Tenor): "But Thou didst not leave"
    2:45
  10. 11.
    Chorus: "Lift up your heads"
    2:57
  11. 12.
    Recitative (Tenor): "Unto which of the angels"
    0:15
  12. 13.
    Chorus: "Let all the angels of God"
    1:34
  13. 14.
    Aria (Alto): "Though art gone up on high"
    3:17
  14. 15.
    Chorus: "The Lord gave the word"
    1:15
  15. 16.
    Aria (Soprano): "Howe beautiful are the feet of them"
    2:12
  16. 17.
    Chorus: "Their sound is gone out"
    1:25
  17. 18.
    Aria (Bass): "Why do the nations"
    3:06
  18. 19.
    Chorus: "Let us break their bonds asunder"
    1:44
  19. 20.
    Recitative (Tenor): "He That dwelleth in heaven"
    0:14
  20. 21.
    Aria (Tenor): "Thou shalt break them"
    1:59
  21. 22.
    Chorus: "Hallelujah"
    3:41
  22. 23.
    Aria (Soprano): "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
    6:01
  23. 24.
    Chorus: "Since by man came death"
    1:58
  24. 25.
    Accompagnato (Bass): "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
    0:37
  25. 26.
    Aria (Bass): "The trumpet shall sound"
    9:11
  26. 27.
    Recitative (Alto): "Then shall be brought to pass"
    0:18
  27. 28.
    Duet (Alto/Tenore): "O death, where is thy sting"
    1:00
  28. 29.
    Chorus: "But thanks be to God"
    2:05
  29. 30.
    Aria (Soprano): "If God be for us"
    4:54
  30. 31.
    Chorus: "Worthy is the Lamb"
    6:32

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