Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Huddersfield Choral Society & Sir Malcolm Sargent

Messiah is an oratorio by the German-born Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742. The work blends choral, solo and orchestral forces in a three-part structure that sets biblical texts to Handel's dramatic Baroque idiom, and it occupies a central place in both Handel's output and the wider choral-orchestral tradition of the 18th century.
First released: 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Sinfony
    5:19
  2. 2.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Behold the lamb of God (Chorus)
    3:43
  3. 3.
    Messiah, HWV 56: He was despised (Alto)
    6:00
  4. 4.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Comfort ye, my people
    3:43
  5. 5.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
    3:40
  6. 6.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Surely he hath borne our griefs (Chorus)
    2:33
  7. 7.
    Messiah, HWV 56: And the glory of the Lord
    3:23
  8. 8.
    Messiah, HWV 56: And with his stripes we are healed (Chorus)
    1:52
  9. 9.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Thus saith the Lord
    2:02
  10. 10.
    Messiah, HWV 56: All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
    4:35
  11. 11.
    Messiah, HWV 56: All they that see him (Tenor recit.)
    0:51
  12. 12.
    Messiah, HWV 56: But who may abide
    5:19
  13. 13.
    Messiah, HWV 56: And he shall purify
    2:44
  14. 14.
    Messiah, HWV 56: He trusted in god (Chorus)
    2:17
  15. 15.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (Tenor recit.)
    1:59
  16. 16.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    0:33
  17. 17.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Chorus)
    2:04
  18. 18.
    Messiah, HWV 56: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    7:00
  19. 19.
    Messiah, HWV 56: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor recit.)
    0:21
  20. 20.
    Messiah, HWV 56: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    3:07
  21. 21.
    Messiah, HWV 56: The people that walked in darkness
    5:03
  22. 22.
    Messiah, HWV 56: But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (Tenor)
    2:18
  23. 23.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Lift up your heads, o ye gates (Chorus)
    3:36
  24. 24.
    Messiah, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born
    4:44
  25. 25.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Pifa
    4:41
  26. 26.
    Messiah, HWV 56: The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
    1:27
  27. 27.
    Messiah, HWV 56: There were shepherds
    0:52
  28. 28.
    Messiah, HWV 56: How beautiful are the feet (Soprano)
    3:01
  29. 29.
    Messiah, HWV 56: And the angel said unto them, fear not
    0:51
  30. 30.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Their sound is gone out into all lands (Chorus)
    1:45
  31. 31.
    Messiah, HWV 56: And suddenly there was with the angel
    0:24
  32. 32.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Why do nations so furiously rage together (Bass)
    2:53
  33. 33.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Glory to god
    2:27
  34. 34.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
    2:18
  35. 35.
    Messiah, HWV 56: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor recit.)
    0:17
  36. 36.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Rejoice greatly
    4:59
  37. 37.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Then shall the eyes of the blind
    0:34
  38. 38.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)
    2:05
  39. 39.
    Messiah, HWV 56: He shall feed his flock
    6:32
  40. 40.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah (Chorus)
    4:46
  41. 41.
    Messiah, HWV 56: His yoke is easy
    2:35
  42. 42.
    Messiah, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth (Soprano)
    7:49
  43. 43.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Since by Man came death (Chorus)
    2:21
  44. 44.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass recit.)
    0:46
  45. 45.
    Messiah, HWV 56: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)
    4:17
  46. 46.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Worthy is the lamb (Chorus)
    4:09
  47. 47.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Amen (Chorus)
    3:38

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