Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Boston Baroque & Martin Pearlman & Karen Clift & Catherine Robbin & Bruce Fowler & Victor Ledbetter

Messiah is an oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel, composed in 1741 and first performed in 1742. Scored for soloists, chorus and orchestra, it combines Baroque vocal writing, contrapuntal choral textures and expressive arias setting biblical texts, and it represents a key development in Händel's output as he consolidated his work in English-language sacred drama.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Part one, Sinf
    2:53
  2. 2.
    Part One, Recitative: Comfort Ye, My People
    2:47
  3. 3.
    Part One, Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exhaulted
    3:10
  4. 4.
    Part One, Chor: And the Glory of the Lord
    2:38
  5. 5.
    Part One, Recitative: Thus saith the Lord
    1:23
  6. 6.
    Part One, Air: But who may abide
    3:58
  7. 7.
    Part One, Chor: And He shall purify
    2:10
  8. 8.
    Part One, Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    0:22
  9. 9.
    Part One, Air & Chor: O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
    5:20
  10. 10.
    Part One, Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    1:49
  11. 11.
    Part One, Air: The people that walked in darkness
    4:05
  12. 12.
    Part One, Chor: For unto us a Child is born
    3:36
  13. 13.
    Part One, Sym: Pastoral
    2:53
  14. 14.
    Part One, Recitative: There were shepherds/Recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them
    0:33
  15. 15.
    Part One, Recitative: And the angel said unto them
    0:34
  16. 16.
    Part One, Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel
    0:15
  17. 17.
    Part One, Chor: Glory to the God
    1:45
  18. 18.
    Part One, Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
    4:16
  19. 19.
    Part One, Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind
    0:23
  20. 20.
    Part One, Air: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
    4:38
  21. 21.
    Part One, Chor: His yoke is easy
    2:21
  22. 22.
    Part Two, Chor: Behold the lamb of God
    2:28
  23. 23.
    Part Two, Air: He was despised
    8:24

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Surely he hath borne our griefs (chorus)
    1:48
  2. 3.
    And with his stripes we are healed - Chorus
    1:43
  3. 4.
    All we like sheep - Chorus
    3:22
  4. 5.
    All they that see him - Tenor Recitative
    0:43
  5. 6.
    He trusted in God - Chorus
    2:15
  6. 7.
    Thy rebuke hath broken his heart - Tenor Recitative
    1:30
  7. 8.
    Behold, and see if there be any sorrow - Tenor Arioso
    1:12
  8. 9.
    He was cut off out of the land of the living - Tenor Recitative
    0:19
  9. 10.
    But thou didst not leave his soul in Hell - Tenor Air
    2:42
  10. 11.
    Lift up your heads - Chorus
    2:53
  11. 12.
    Unto which of the angels - Tenor Recitative
    0:15
  12. 13.
    Let all the angels of God worship him - Chorus
    1:26
  13. 14.
    Thou art gone up on high - Alto Air
    2:53
  14. 15.
    The Lord gave the word (chorus)
    1:13
  15. 16.
    How beautiful are the feet - Soprano Air
    2:04
  16. 17.
    The sound is gone out - Chorus
    1:21
  17. 18.
    Why do the nations? - Bass Air
    2:41
  18. 19.
    Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus)
    1:40
  19. 20.
    He that dwelleth in heaven - Tenor Recitative
    0:12
  20. 21.
    Thou shall break them - Tenor Air
    2:05
  21. 22.
    Hallelujah Chorus
    3:41
  22. 23.
    I know that my Redeemer liveth - Soprano Air
    5:03
  23. 24.
    Since by man came death - Chorus
    2:04
  24. 25.
    Behold, I tell you a mystery - Bass Recitative
    0:33
  25. 26.
    The trumpet shall sound - Bass Air
    8:41
  26. 27.
    Then shall be brought to pass - Alto Recitative
    0:14
  27. 28.
    O death, where is thy sting? - Alto & Tenor Duet
    1:09
  28. 29.
    But thanks be to God (chorus)
    2:08
  29. 30.
    If God be for us - Soprano Air
    4:01
  30. 31.
    Worthy is the lamb... Amen - Chorus
    7:10

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