Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart & Hans-Christoph Rademann

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, completed in 1741 and first performed in 1742. The work combines Baroque orchestration with solo arias, recitatives and large choral movements set to biblical texts, and it is a major example of Handel's English-period output that is widely performed in choral concert and liturgical contexts.
First released: 3rd April 2020

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 1, Symphony
    3:08
  2. 2.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 27, All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn
    0:41
  3. 3.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 28, He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
    2:13
  4. 4.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 2, Comfort Ye My People
    2:44
  5. 5.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 3, Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
    3:19
  6. 6.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 29, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
    1:38
  7. 7.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 30, Behold and See if There Be Any Sorrow
    1:29
  8. 8.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 4, And the Glory of the Lord
    2:43
  9. 9.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 5, Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts
    1:28
  10. 10.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 31, He Was Cut Off
    0:17
  11. 11.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 32, But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
    2:22
  12. 12.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 6, But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
    0:23
  13. 13.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 33, Lift-Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
    2:57
  14. 14.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 7, And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
    2:16
  15. 15.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 34, Unto Which of the Angels
    0:16
  16. 16.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 8, Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:20
  17. 17.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 9a, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
    3:38
  18. 18.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 35, Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
    1:25
  19. 19.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 9b, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
    1:34
  20. 20.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 36, Thou Art Gone-Up on High
    3:15
  21. 21.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 37, The Lord Gave the Word
    1:10
  22. 22.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 10, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
    2:24
  23. 23.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 38, How Beautiful Are the Feet
    3:35
  24. 24.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 11, The People That Walked in the Darkness Have Seen a Great Light
    4:08
  25. 25.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 12, For unto Us a Child Is Born
    3:54
  26. 26.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 40, Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together
    1:27
  27. 27.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 13, Pastoral Symphoy
    2:49
  28. 28.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 41, Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
    1:39
  29. 29.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 14a, There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Fields
    0:12
  30. 30.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 42, He That Dwelleth in Heaven
    0:12
  31. 31.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 14b, And Lo, the Angel of the Lord
    0:19
  32. 32.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 43, Thou Shalt Break Him
    0:13
  33. 33.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 44, Hallelujah
    3:41
  34. 34.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 15, And the Angel Said unto Them
    0:33
  35. 35.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 16, And Suddenly There Was with the Angel
    0:17
  36. 36.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 45, I Know That My Reedemer Liveth
    5:27
  37. 37.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 17, Glory to God in the Highest
    1:49
  38. 38.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 46, Since by Man Came Death
    2:01
  39. 39.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 18, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
    7:45
  40. 40.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 47, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
    0:36
  41. 41.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 48, The Trumpet Shall Sound
    8:54
  42. 42.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 19, Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened
    0:28
  43. 43.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 49, Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
    0:16
  44. 44.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 20, He Shall Feed His Flock like a Shepherd
    4:55
  45. 45.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 50, O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
    1:10
  46. 46.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 21, His Yoke Is Easy
    2:20
  47. 47.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 51, But Thanks Be to God
    2:38
  48. 48.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 22, Behold the Lamb of God
    3:25
  49. 49.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 23, He Was Despised and Rejected of Men
    10:49
  50. 50.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 52, If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us
    5:24
  51. 51.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 24, Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows
    1:41
  52. 52.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 53, Worthy Is the Lamb
    3:12
  53. 53.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3 (1742 Version): No. 54, Amen
    3:44
  54. 54.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 25, And with His Stripes We Are Healed
    1:51
  55. 55.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (1742 Version): No. 26, All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
    3:23

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