Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; Bach Collegium Japan, 鈴木雅明

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: Epigraph "And without Controversy"0:39
  2. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, I. Sinfonia3:07
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"2:55
  4. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted"3:15
  5. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"2:48
  6. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, V. Accompagnato (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"1:26
  7. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VI. Air (Alto) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"4:19
  8. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIa. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"2:30
  9. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"0:28
  10. 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"5:38
  11. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"2:02
  12. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, X. Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness"3:47
  13. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"3:48
  14. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIa. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"2:48
  15. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIb. Recitative (Soprano) "There were Shepherds abiding in the Field"0:15
  16. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIIa. Accompagnato (Soprano) "And lo, the Angel of the Lord"0:16
  17. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIIb. Recitative (Soprano) "And the Angle said unto them"0:31
  18. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIV. Accompagnato (Soprano) "And suddenly there was with the Angel"0:16
  19. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"1:48
  20. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"4:12
  21. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIb. Recitative (Soprano) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"0:30
  22. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVII. Duet (Soprano, Alto) "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"4:48
  23. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIII. Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burden is light"2:32
  24. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"3:11
  25. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"11:12

CD 2

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"1:51
  2. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes"1:33
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIII. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"3:59
  4. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIV. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"0:45
  5. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXV. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"2:17
  6. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVI. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"1:46
  7. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVII. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold and see, if there be any sorrow"1:47
  8. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVIII. Accompagnato (Soprano): "He was cut off out of the land of the living"0:16
  9. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIX. Air (Soprano) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"2:11
  10. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXa. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"3:00
  11. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXb. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"0:21
  12. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXI. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"1:26
  13. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXII. Air (Soprano) "Thou art gone up on high"2:52
  14. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIII. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"1:12
  15. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIVa. Air (Soprano) "How beautiful are the feet of them"2:18
  16. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVa. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"1:44
  17. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVI. Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"1:22
  18. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIa. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"1:45
  19. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIb. Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn"0:12
  20. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"2:06
  21. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!"3:47
  22. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano) "I know that my Redeemer liveth"5:32
  23. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death"2:04
  24. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery"0:39
  25. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound"8:50
  26. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written"0:17
  27. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIV. Duet (Alto, Tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?"1:45
  28. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLV. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"2:09
  29. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVI. Air (Soprano) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"4:27
  30. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVII. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain", Chorus "Amen"7:30