Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & London Philharmonic Orchestra

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in 1742. The work is a large-scale Baroque sacred composition for soloists, chorus and orchestra that exemplifies Handel's dramatic choral writing and contrapuntal technique, and it represents a major statement in his English-period output and in the development of the oratorio genre.

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  1. 1.
    Messiah: Overture
    4:04
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Comfort Ye My People (tenor recitative)
    3:01
  3. 3.
    Messiah: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (tenor aria)
    3:48
  4. 4.
    Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord (chorus)
    3:05
  5. 5.
    Messiah: Thus Saith the Lord (bass recitative)
    1:37
  6. 6.
    Messiah: But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (bass aria)
    5:08
  7. 7.
    Messiah: And He Shall Purify (chorus)
    2:44
  8. 8.
    Messiah: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (contralto recitative)
    0:25
  9. 9.
    Messiah: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (contralto aria and chorus)
    6:22
  10. 10.
    Messiah: For, Behold, a Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (bass recitative)
    2:17
  11. 11.
    Messiah: The People That Walked in Darnkess (bass aria)
    4:05
  12. 12.
    Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born (chorus)
    4:32
  13. 13.
    Messiah: Pastoral Symphony
    3:38
  14. 14.
    Messiah: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field (soprano recitative)
    0:44
  15. 15.
    Messiah: And the Angel Said Unto Them (soprano recitative)
    0:41
  16. 16.
    Messiah: And Suddenly There Was With the Angel (soprano recitative)
    0:18
  17. 17.
    Messiah: Glory to God (chorus)
    2:08
  18. 18.
    Messiah: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (soprano aria)
    4:42
  19. 19.
    Messiah: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (contralto recitative)
    0:27
  20. 20.
    Messiah: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (contralto and soprano aria)
    6:01
  21. 21.
    Messiah: His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burden Is Light (chorus)
    2:25
  22. 22.
    Messiah: Behold the Lamb of God (chorus)
    3:21
  23. 23.
    Messiah: He Was Despised (contralto aria)
    4:56
  24. 24.
    Messiah: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs (chorus)
    2:12
  25. 25.
    Messiah: And With His Stripes We Are Healed (chorus)
    2:36

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