The Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Robert Shaw Chorale & Robert Shaw Orchestra & Robert Shaw

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741–1742 and first performed in 1742. It combines choral and solo vocal writing with orchestral accompaniment in the baroque style and has been central to choral repertoire and performance practice since its early performances.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Messiah: Sinfonia
    3:58
  2. 2.
    The Messiah: Recitative: Comfort ye my People
    3:30
  3. 3.
    The Messiah: Air: Every Valley Shall be Exalted
    3:40
  4. 4.
    The Messiah: Chorus: And The Glory of The Lord
    2:50
  5. 5.
    The Messiah: Recitative: Thus Saith The Lord
    1:39
  6. 6.
    The Messiah: Air: But Who May Abide The Day of His Coming?
    4:50
  7. 7.
    The Messiah: Chorus: And He Shall Purify
    2:27
  8. 8.
    The Messiah: Recitative: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:28
  9. 9.
    The Messiah: Air And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
    5:39
  10. 10.
    The Messiah: Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth
    2:29
  11. 11.
    The Messiah: Air: The People That Walked in Darkness
    4:56
  12. 12.
    The Messiah: Chorus: "For Unto Us a Child is Born"
    3:53
  13. 13.
    The Messiah: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
    1:03
  14. 14.
    The Messiah: Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding in The Field
    0:38
  15. 15.
    The Messiah: Recitative: And The Angel Said Unto Them
    0:49
  16. 16.
    The Messiah: Recitative: And Suddenly There Was With The Angel
    0:18
  17. 17.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Glory to God
    1:50
  18. 18.
    The Messiah: Air: Rejoice Greatly, o Daughter of Zion
    4:36
  19. 19.
    The Messiah: Recitative: Then Shall The Eyes of The Blind
    0:28
  20. 20.
    The Messiah: Air: He Shall Feed His Flock / Come Unto Him
    5:26
  21. 21.
    The Messiah: Chorus: His Yoke is Easy, And His Burden is Light
    2:16
  22. 22.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Behold The Lamb of God
    3:57
  23. 23.
    The Messiah: Air: He Was Despised
    12:20

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs
    2:22
  2. 3.
    The Messiah: Chorus: An with His stripes we are healed
    1:47
  3. 4.
    The Messiah: Chorus: And we like sheep have gone astray
    4:20
  4. 5.
    The Messiah: Recitative: All they that see Him laugh him scorn
    0:47
  5. 6.
    The Messiah: Chorus: He trusted in God
    1:59
  6. 7.
    The Messiah: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
    2:18
  7. 8.
    The Messiah: Air: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
    2:06
  8. 9.
    The Messiah: Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living
    0:29
  9. 10.
    The Messiah: Air: But thou didst not leave His soul in hell
    2:41
  10. 11.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates
    2:50
  11. 12.
    The Messiah: Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He at any time
    0:24
  12. 13.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
    1:24
  13. 14.
    The Messiah: Air: Thou art gone up on high
    3:15
  14. 15.
    The Messiah: Chorus: The Lord gave the word
    1:06
  15. 16.
    The Messiah: Air: How beautiful are the feet
    2:38
  16. 17.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Their sound is gone out
    1:24
  17. 18.
    The Messiah: Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
    1:30
  18. 19.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
    1:52
  19. 20.
    The Messiah: Recitative: He that dwelleth in Heaven
    0:18
  20. 21.
    The Messiah: Air: Thou shalt break them
    2:13
  21. 22.
    The Messiah: Chorus: "Hallelujah"
    3:27
  22. 23.
    The Messiah: Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
    6:50
  23. 24.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Since by man came death
    2:05
  24. 25.
    The Messiah: Behold, I tell you a mystery
    0:39
  25. 26.
    The Messiah: Air: The trumpet shall sound
    8:54
  26. 27.
    The Messiah: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass
    0:20
  27. 28.
    The Messiah: Duet: O death, where is thy sting?
    1:06
  28. 29.
    The Messiah: Chorus: But thanks be to God
    2:16
  29. 30.
    The Messiah: Air: If God be for us
    5:23
  30. 31.
    The Messiah: Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
    6:04

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