Messiah

Album by George Frideric Handel & New York Philharmonic & Westminster Choir & Leonard Bernstein & Adele Addison & Russell Oberlin & David Lloyd & William Warfield

Messiah is an oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel, composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin in 1742. The work combines Baroque orchestral writing with solo arias, recitatives and expansive choral passages rooted in contrapuntal harmony, and it occupies a pivotal position in Handel's late-career output and the wider Western sacred choral tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    I. Overture
    5:51
  2. 2.
    II. Comfort ye, my people (Recitative - Tenor)
    3:30
  3. 3.
    III. Every valley shall be exalted (Air - Tenor)
    3:27
  4. 4.
    IV. And the glory of the Lord (Chorus)
    3:03
  5. 5.
    V. Thus saith the Lord (Accompanied recitative - Bass)
    1:44
  6. 6.
    VI. But who may abide (Air - Bass)
    4:23
  7. 7.
    VII. And He shall purify (Chorus)
    2:36
  8. 8.
    VIII. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Recitative - Countertenor)
    0:37
  9. 9.
    IX. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Air - Countertenor)
    5:23
  10. 10.
    XII. For Unto Us a Child Is Born (Chorus) - Leonard Bernstein
    3:52
  11. 11.
    XIII. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
    3:57
  12. 12.
    XIVa. There were shepherds (Recitative - Soprano)
    0:20
  13. 13.
    XIVb. And, lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them (Accompanied recitative - Soprano)
    0:29
  14. 14.
    XV. And the angel said unto them (Recitative - Soprano)
    0:48
  15. 15.
    XVI. And suddenly there was with the angel (Recitative - Soprano)
    0:16
  16. 16.
    XVII. Glory to God (Chorus)
    1:51
  17. 17.
    XVIII. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Air - Soprano)
    5:10
  18. 18.
    XIX. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (Recitative - Countertenor)
    0:38
  19. 19.
    XX. He shall feed His flock (Air - Countertenor and Soprano)
    6:40
  20. 20.
    XXXIII. Lift up your heads (Chorus)
    3:03
  21. 21.
    XL. Why do the nations (Air - Bass)
    2:35
  22. 22.
    XLI. Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
    1:48
  23. 23.
    XLII. He that dwelleth in heaven (Reciative. - Tenor)
    0:19
  24. 24.
    XLIII. Thou shalt break them (Air - Tenor)
    2:07
  25. 25.
    XLIV. Hallelujah! (Chorus)
    4:48

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    XXII Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)
    4:08
  2. 3.
    XXIII. He was despised (Air - Countertenor)
    6:17
  3. 4.
    XXV. And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)
    3:51
  4. 5.
    XXVI. All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
    4:31
  5. 6.
    XVII. All they that see Him (Accompanied recitative - Tenor)
    0:50
  6. 7.
    XVIII. He trusted in God (Chorus)
    2:16
  7. 8.
    XXIX. Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Accompanied recitative - Tenor)
    2:00
  8. 9.
    XXX. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Air - Tenor)
    2:01
  9. 10.
    XXXI. He was cut off (Accompanied recitative - Soprano)
    0:32
  10. 11.
    XLV. I know that my redeemer liveth (Air - Soprano)
    8:05
  11. 12.
    XLVI. Since by man came death (Chorus)
    2:09
  12. 13.
    XLVII. Behold, I tell you a mystery (Accompanied recitative - Bass)
    0:58
  13. 14.
    XLVIII. The trumpet shall sound (Air - Bass)
    3:58
  14. 15.
    LII. Worthy is the Lamb; Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him (Chorus)
    7:17

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