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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  1. 1.
    Sinfonia
    2:55
  2. 2.
    Comfort Ye, My People (tenor recitative)
    2:47
  3. 3.
    Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (tenor air)
    3:10
  4. 4.
    And the Glory of the Lord (chorus)
    2:39
  5. 5.
    And He Shall Purify (chorus)
    2:10
  6. 6.
    Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (alto recitative)
    0:22
  7. 7.
    O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (alto air & chorus)
    5:20
  8. 8.
    For Unto Us a Child Is Born (chorus)
    3:36
  9. 9.
    Rejoice Greatly, o Daughter of Zion (soprano air)
    4:16
  10. 10.
    His Yoke Is Easy (chorus)
    2:15
  11. 11.
    All We Like Sheep (chorus)
    3:25
  12. 12.
    Lift Up Your Heads (chorus)
    2:58
  13. 13.
    The Lord Gave the Word (chorus)
    1:12
  14. 14.
    Their Sound Is Gone Out (chorus)
    1:21
  15. 15.
    Why Do the Nations? (bass air)
    2:40
  16. 16.
    Let Us Break Their Bounds Asunder (chorus)
    1:41
  17. 17.
    He That Dwelleth in Heaven (tenor recitative)
    0:12
  18. 18.
    Thou Shalt Break Them (tenor air)
    2:05
  19. 19.
    Hallelujah (chorus)
    3:41
  20. 20.
    I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (soprano air)
    5:03
  21. 21.
    Since by Man Came Death (chorus)
    2:04
  22. 22.
    Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (bass recitative)
    0:33
  23. 23.
    The Trumpet Shall Sound (bass air)
    8:41
  24. 24.
    Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (alto recitative)
    0:14
  25. 25.
    O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (alto & tenor duet)
    1:09
  26. 26.
    But Thanks Be to God (chorus)
    2:08
  27. 27.
    Worthy Is the Lamb... Amen (chorus)
    7:10

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