Messiah: The 250th Anniversary Performance

Album by George Frideric Handel & Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus & Sir Neville Marriner

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah: Part I: Symphony
    3:02
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 1. Accompagnato (tenor) "Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people"
    2:35
  3. 3.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 2. Air (tenor) "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"
    3:11
  4. 4.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 3. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord"
    2:51
  5. 5.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 4. Accompagnato (bass) "Thus saith the Lord"
    1:31
  6. 6.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 5. Air (alto) "But who may abide the day of His coming"
    4:21
  7. 7.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 6. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
    2:22
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 7. Recitative (mezzo-soprano) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"
    0:26
  9. 9.
    Messiah: Part I: Nos. 8-9. Air (mezzo-soprano) and Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings"
    5:16
  10. 10.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 10. Accompagnato (bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
    3:20
  11. 11.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 11. Air (bass) "The people that walked in darkness"
    2:27
  12. 12.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 12. Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"
    3:50
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 13. Pifa, Pastoral symphony
    1:08
  14. 14.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 14. Recitative (soprano) "There were shepherds", Accompagnato (soprano) "And lo, the angel of the Lord", Recitative (soprano) "And the angel said unto them", Accompagnato (soprano) "And suddenly there was"
    1:40
  15. 15.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 15. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
    1:43
  16. 16.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 16. Air (soprano) "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion"
    4:29
  17. 17.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 17a. Recitative (mezzo-soprano) "Then shall the eyes of the blind"
    0:28
  18. 18.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 18a. Duet (mezzo-soprano, soprano) "He shall feed His flock"
    5:05
  19. 19.
    Messiah: Part I: No. 19. Chorus "His yoke is easy"
    2:11
  20. 20.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 20. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"
    2:30
  21. 21.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 21. Air (mezzo-soprano) "He was despised"
    9:26
  22. 22.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 22. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"
    1:53
  23. 23.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 23. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"
    1:35
  24. 24.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 24. Chorus "All we like sheep"
    3:02

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 25. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him"
    0:41
  2. 3.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 26. Chorus "He trusted in God"
    2:02
  3. 4.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 27. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"
    1:33
  4. 5.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 28. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold, and see"
    1:17
  5. 6.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 29. Accompagnato (Tenor) "He was cut off"
    0:24
  6. 7.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 30. Aria (Soprano) "But Thou didst not leave"
    1:56
  7. 8.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 31. Chorus "Lift up your heads"
    2:52
  8. 9.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 32. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels"
    0:16
  9. 10.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 33. Chorus "Let all the angels of God"
    1:20
  10. 11.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 34a. Air (Alto) "Thou art gone up on high"
    3:11
  11. 12.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 35. Chorus "The Lord gave the word"
    1:08
  12. 13.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 36. Air (Soprano) "How beautiful are the feet"
    2:21
  13. 14.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 37a. Arioso (Tenor) "Their sound is gone out"
    0:58
  14. 15.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 38. Air (Bass) "Why do the nations"
    2:52
  15. 16.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 39. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
    1:46
  16. 17.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 40. Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven"
    0:14
  17. 18.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 41. Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them"
    1:58
  18. 19.
    Messiah: Part II: No. 42. Chorus "Hallelujah"
    3:42
  19. 20.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 43. Air (Soprano) "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
    5:21
  20. 21.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 44. Chorus "Since by man came death"
    1:52
  21. 22.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 45. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
    0:31
  22. 23.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 46. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound"
    8:29
  23. 24.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 47. Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass"
    0:17
  24. 25.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 48. Duet (Alto, Tenor) "O death, where is thy sting?"
    1:09
  25. 26.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 49. Chorus "But thanks be to God"
    1:59
  26. 27.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 50. Air (Alto) "If God be for us"
    4:10
  27. 28.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 51. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb" / "Blessing and honour"
    2:42
  28. 29.
    Messiah: Part III: No. 51. Chorus "Amen"
    3:25

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