Messiah Highlights

Album by George Frideric Handel & Bach Collegium Japan & Masaaki Suzuki

First released: 28th August 2005

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Epigraph "And without Controversy"
    0:36
  2. 2.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, I. Sinfonia
    3:07
  3. 3.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"
    2:55
  4. 4.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted"
    3:15
  5. 5.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
    2:48
  6. 6.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"
    0:28
  7. 7.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIII. Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
    5:36
  8. 8.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"
    3:46
  9. 9.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIV. Accompagnato (Soprano) "And suddenly there was with the Angel"
    0:16
  10. 10.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
    1:47
  11. 11.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
    4:12
  12. 12.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"
    3:11
  13. 13.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"
    11:04
  14. 14.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"
    1:49
  15. 15.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes"
    1:34
  16. 16.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIII. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"
    3:57
  17. 17.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!"
    3:29
  18. 18.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano) "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
    5:31
  19. 19.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death"
    2:04
  20. 20.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
    0:39
  21. 21.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound"
    8:48
  22. 22.
    Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVII. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain", Chorus "Amen"
    7:01

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