Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Academy of Ancient Music & Cambridge Choir of King’s College & Stephen Cleobury

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in Dublin in 1742. A Baroque choral work drawing on Biblical texts, it employs recitatives, arias and large-scale choruses supported by strings, continuo and brass, and is representative of Handel's mature oratorio output and of the 18th-century English choral tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Messiah: I, No. 1: Sinfony - Grave - Allegro moderato
    3:29
  2. 2.
    Messiah: I, No. 2: Accompagnato "Comfort ye my people"
    2:50
  3. 3.
    Messiah: I, No. 3: Air "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"
    3:21
  4. 4.
    Messiah: I, No. 4: Chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
    2:58
  5. 5.
    Messiah: I, No. 5: Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"
    1:22
  6. 6.
    Messiah: I, No. 6: Air "But who may abide the day of His coming"
    4:30
  7. 7.
    Messiah: I, No. 7: Chorus "And He shall purify"
    2:38
  8. 8.
    Messiah: I, No. 8: Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"
    0:24
  9. 9.
    Messiah: I, No. 9: Air "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
    3:43
  10. 10.
    Messiah: I, No. 10: Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
    1:36
  11. 11.
    Messiah: I, No. 11: Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
    1:57
  12. 12.
    Messiah: I, No. 12: Air "The people that walked in darkness"
    3:27
  13. 13.
    Messiah: I, No. 13: Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"
    3:59
  14. 14.
    Messiah: I, No. 14: Pifa - Larghetto e mezzo piano
    2:40
  15. 15.
    Messiah: I, No. 15: Recitative "There were shepherds" - No. 16: Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord" - No. 17: Recitative "And the angel said unto them"
    1:21
  16. 16.
    Messiah: I, No. 18: Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel" - No. 19: Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
    2:09
  17. 17.
    Messiah: I, No. 20: Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
    4:29
  18. 18.
    Messiah: I, No. 21: Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd"
    0:32
  19. 19.
    Messiah: I, No. 22: Air "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"
    5:10
  20. 20.
    Messiah: I, No. 23: Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burthen is light"
    2:25
  21. 21.
    Messiah: II, No. 1: Chorus "Behold, the Lamb of God"
    2:38
  22. 22.
    Messiah: II, No. 2: Air "He was despised"
    11:41

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Messiah: II, No. 3: (a) Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"
    1:43
  2. 3.
    Messiah: II, No. 3: (b) Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"
    1:49
  3. 4.
    Messiah: II, No. 4: Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"
    3:44
  4. 5.
    Messiah: II, No. 5: Accompagnato "All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn"
    0:40
  5. 6.
    Messiah: II, No. 6: Chorus "He trusted in God"
    2:23
  6. 7.
    Messiah: II, No. 7: Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"
    1:55
  7. 8.
    Messiah: II, No. 8: Arioso "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow"
    1:17
  8. 9.
    Messiah: II, No. 9: Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living"
    0:14
  9. 10.
    Messiah: II, No. 10: Air "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"
    2:14
  10. 11.
    Messiah: II, No. 11: Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
    3:06
  11. 12.
    Messiah: II, No. 12: Recitative "Unto which of the angels"
    0:16
  12. 13.
    Messiah: II, No. 13: Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"
    1:29
  13. 14.
    Messiah: II, No. 14: Air "Thou art gone up on high"
    3:10
  14. 15.
    Messiah: II, No. 15: Chorus "The Lord gave the word"
    1:02
  15. 16.
    Messiah: II, No. 16: (a) Air "How beautiful are the feet"
    2:20
  16. 17.
    Messiah: II, No. 16: (b) Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
    1:29
  17. 18.
    Messiah: II, No. 17: Air "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"
    2:55
  18. 19.
    Messiah: II, No. 18: Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
    1:44
  19. 20.
    Messiah: II, No. 19: Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven"
    0:11
  20. 21.
    Messiah: II, No. 20: Air "Thou shalt break them"
    2:03
  21. 22.
    Messiah: II, No. 21: Chorus "Hallelujah!"
    3:52
  22. 23.
    Messiah: III, No. 1: Air "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
    6:08
  23. 24.
    Messiah: III, No. 2: Chorus "Since by man came death"
    2:04
  24. 25.
    Messiah: III, No. 3: Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
    0:31
  25. 26.
    Messiah: III, No. 4: Air "The trumpet shall sound" (feat. trumpet: David Blackadder)
    8:45
  26. 27.
    Messiah: III, No. 5: Recitative "Then shall be brought to pass the saying"
    0:17
  27. 28.
    Messiah: III, No. 6: Duet "O death, where is thy sting"
    1:58
  28. 29.
    Messiah: III, No. 7: Chorus "But thanks be to God"
    2:20
  29. 30.
    Messiah: III, No. 8: Air "If God be for us"
    5:14
  30. 31.
    Messiah: III, No. 9: Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
    3:25
  31. 32.
    Messiah: III, No. 10: Chorus "Amen"
    3:57

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