Messiah - Christmas Excerpts by George Frideric Handel

Album by George Frideric Handel

Messiah — Christmas Excerpts is an album of selected Christmas-movement excerpts from the oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in 1742. The music exemplifies Handel's Baroque choral and orchestral style, featuring contrapuntal choruses, solo arias and festive orchestration, and the excerpts highlight the work's place within the English choral tradition as a distinct portion of the larger oratorio.

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  1. 1.
    Recitative:Comfort Ye My People
    3:40
  2. 2.
    Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
    4:00
  3. 3.
    Chorus: And The Glory of The Lord
    3:00
  4. 4.
    Air: But Who May Abide The Day of His Coming?
    4:41
  5. 5.
    Chorus: And He Shall Purify
    2:31
  6. 6.
    Recitative: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive
    0:30
  7. 7.
    Chorus: For Unto Us A Child is Born
    3:50
  8. 8.
    Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field
    0:53
  9. 9.
    Recitative: And Suddenly With The Angel
    0:56
  10. 10.
    Recitative: And The Angel Said Unto Them
    0:24
  11. 11.
    Chorus: Glory To God
    1:49
  12. 12.
    Recitative: Then Shall The Eyes of the Blind Be Opened
    0:34
  13. 13.
    Air: He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd
    7:05
  14. 14.
    Chorus: His Yoke is Easy His Burthen is Light
    2:27
  15. 15.
    Chorus: Hallelujah
    3:49

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