The Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Messiah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1741 and first performed in 1742. The work mixes choral and orchestral forces in the Baroque style with solo arias and large choral movements, and it was written late in Handel's compositional career as he adapted continental techniques to the English sacred music tradition.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Sinfonia
    3:12
  2. 2.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Recitative, Comfort Ye My People
    3:07
  3. 3.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Aria, Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
    3:34
  4. 4.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Chorus, And the glory of the Lord
    2:37
  5. 5.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Recitative, Thus saith the Lord
    1:24
  6. 6.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Aria, But who may abide the day of His coming?
    3:06
  7. 7.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Chorus, And He shall purify
    2:28
  8. 8.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Recitative, Behold, a virgin shall conceive
    0:25
  9. 9.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Aria, O thou that tellest good tidings
    5:32
  10. 10.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Recitative, For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
    2:41
  11. 11.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Aria, The people that walked in darkness
    4:25
  12. 12.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Chorus, For unto us a child is born
    4:03
  13. 13.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Pifa
    0:55
  14. 14.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Recitative, There were shepherds abiding in the fields
    1:21
  15. 15.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Chorus, Glory to God
    1:54
  16. 16.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Aria, Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
    4:04
  17. 17.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Recitative, Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened
    0:20
  18. 18.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Aria, He shall feed His flock
    5:12
  19. 19.
    The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Chorus, His yoke is easy and His burden is light
    2:22
  20. 20.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 23-27): Chorus, Behold the Lamb of God
    2:51
  21. 21.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 23-27): Aria, He was despised
    11:10
  22. 22.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 23-27): Chorus, Surely, He hath borne our griefs
    2:05
  23. 23.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 23-27): Chorus, And with His stripes
    1:53
  24. 24.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 23-27): Chorus, All we like sheep
    3:54

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Recitative, All They That See Him
    0:44
  2. 3.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Chorus, He Trusted in God
    2:23
  3. 4.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Recitative, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
    1:48
  4. 5.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Arioso, Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow
    1:34
  5. 6.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Recitative, He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
    0:18
  6. 7.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Aria, but Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
    2:41
  7. 8.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Chorus, Lift Up Your Heads
    3:04
  8. 9.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Recitative, Unto Which of the Angels Said He
    0:14
  9. 10.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Chorus, Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
    1:28
  10. 11.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Aria, Thou Art Gone Up on High
    3:16
  11. 12.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Chorus, the Lord Gave the Word
    1:09
  12. 13.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Duet, How Beautiful Are the Feet
    3:22
  13. 14.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Aria, Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together
    3:08
  14. 15.
    The Messiah, Part 2 (Nos. 28-44): Chorus, Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
    1:49
  15. 16.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Recitative, He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh
    0:12
  16. 17.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Aria, Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron
    2:10
  17. 18.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Chorus, Hallelujah
    3:43
  18. 19.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Aria, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
    6:07
  19. 20.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Chorus, Since by Man Came Death
    1:52
  20. 21.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Recitative, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
    0:32
  21. 22.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Aria, the Trumpet Shall Sound
    9:05
  22. 23.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Recitative, Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying
    0:17
  23. 24.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Duet, o Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
    3:23
  24. 25.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Aria, If God Be for Us
    4:57
  25. 26.
    The Messiah, Part 3 (Nos. 45-53): Chorus, Worthy Is the Lamb
    7:19

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