Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & James Bowman & Robert Tear & Benjamin Luxon & Cambridge Choir of King’s College & Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir David Willcocks

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742. The work combines Baroque choral and orchestral writing with solo vocal passages set to biblical texts, exemplifying Handel's late choral style and shaping the performance tradition of Western sacred music.
First released: 1992

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah: Sinfony
    4:10
  2. 2.
    Messiah: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
    2:19
  3. 3.
    Messiah: And With His Stripes
    1:58
  4. 4.
    Messiah: Comfort Ye My People
    3:27
  5. 5.
    Messiah: All We Like Sheep
    4:09
  6. 6.
    Messiah: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exhalted
    3:42
  7. 7.
    Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord
    3:05
  8. 8.
    Messiah: All They That See Him
    0:54
  9. 9.
    Messiah: Thus Saith the Lord
    1:49
  10. 10.
    Messiah: He Trusted in God
    2:13
  11. 11.
    Messiah: Thy Rebuke
    1:42
  12. 12.
    Messiah: But Who May Abide
    4:39
  13. 13.
    Messiah: And He Shall Purify
    2:43
  14. 14.
    Messiah: Behold, and See
    1:38
  15. 15.
    Messiah: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:32
  16. 16.
    Messiah: He Was Cut Off
    0:21
  17. 17.
    Messiah: O Thou That Tellest
    3:57
  18. 18.
    Messiah: But Thou Didst Not Leave
    2:00
  19. 19.
    Messiah: Lift Up Your Heads
    3:15
  20. 20.
    Messiah: O Thou That Tellest (Chorus)
    1:44
  21. 21.
    Messiah: Unto Which of the Angels
    0:21
  22. 22.
    Messiah: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
    2:33
  23. 23.
    Messiah: Let All the Angels of God
    1:34
  24. 24.
    Messiah: The People That Walked in Darkness
    4:14
  25. 25.
    Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
    4:16
  26. 26.
    Messiah: Thou Art Gone Up on High
    2:54
  27. 27.
    Messiah: Pifa
    3:28
  28. 28.
    Messiah: The Lord Gave the Word
    1:20
  29. 29.
    Messiah: How Beautiful Are the Feet
    2:23
  30. 30.
    Messiah: There Were Shepherds
    1:46
  31. 31.
    Messiah: Their Sound Is Gone Out
    1:32
  32. 32.
    Messiah: Glory to God
    2:25
  33. 33.
    Messiah: Rejoice Greatly
    4:55
  34. 34.
    Messiah: Why Do the Nations
    2:55
  35. 35.
    Messiah: Then Shall the Eyes
    0:30
  36. 36.
    Messiah: Let Us Break the Bonds Asunder
    1:56
  37. 37.
    Messiah: He Shall Feed His Flock
    4:53
  38. 38.
    Messiah: He That Dwelleth in Heaven
    0:17
  39. 39.
    Messiah: Thou Shalt Break Them
    2:18
  40. 40.
    Messiah: His Yoke Is Easy
    2:31
  41. 41.
    Messiah: Behold the Lamb of God
    3:02
  42. 42.
    Messiah: Hallelujah
    4:26
  43. 43.
    Messiah: He Was Despised
    11:12
  44. 44.
    Messiah: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
    5:57
  45. 45.
    Messiah: Since by Man Came Death
    2:02
  46. 46.
    Messiah: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
    0:42
  47. 47.
    Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound
    9:15
  48. 48.
    Messiah: Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
    0:19
  49. 49.
    Messiah: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
    1:04
  50. 50.
    Messiah: But Thanks Be to God
    2:21
  51. 51.
    Messiah: If God Be for Us
    5:06
  52. 52.
    Messiah: Worthy Is the Lamb
    3:33
  53. 53.
    Messiah: Amen
    3:43

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