Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; Erin Wall, Elizabeth DeShong, Andrew Staples, John Relyea, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Tracklist

Hybrid SACD 1

  1. Messiah: Overture (Sinfony). Grave - Allegro moderato3:28
  2. Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people'. Larghetto2:33
  3. Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'. Andante3:21
  4. Messiah: Chorus: 'And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed'. Allegro giocoso - Adagio2:35
  5. Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Thus saith the Lord'. Solenne1:31
  6. Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'But who may abide the day of his coming!'. Larghetto - Prestissimo - Larghetto - Prestissimo - Adagio4:01
  7. Messiah: Chorus: 'And He shall purify the sons of Levi'2:31
  8. Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Behold! A virgin shall conceive'0:29
  9. Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano and Chorus: 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'. Andante5:07
  10. Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'. Andante larghetto2:20
  11. Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'. Larghetto3:09
  12. Messiah: Chorus: 'For unto us a Child is born'. Andante allegro4:04
  13. Messiah: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa). Larghetto0:53
  14. Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: ;There were shepherds abiding in the field'.0:14
  15. Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them'. Andante0:21
  16. Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: 'And the angel said unto them'0:38
  17. Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude...'. Allegro0:18
  18. Messiah: Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'. L'istesso tempo2:04
  19. Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion'. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I4:45
  20. Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd'0:28
  21. Messiah: Duet. Mezzo-soprano and Soprano: 'He shall feed His flock like a shepherd'. Larghetto5:21
  22. Messiah: Chorus: 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!2:26

Hybrid SACD 2

  1. Messiah: Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'. Largo2:57
  2. Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'He was despised and rejected of men'. Largo5:11
  3. Messiah: Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows'. Largo e staccato1:54
  4. Messiah: Chorus: 'And with His stripes we are healed'. Alle breve moderato1:49
  5. Messiah: Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'. Allegro moderato - Adagio3:56
  6. Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'. Larghetto0:43
  7. Messiah: Chorus: 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'. Allegro2:20
  8. Messiah: Accompagnato. 'Tenor: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart'. Largo1:42
  9. Messiah: Arioso. Tenor: 'Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow'. Largo e piano1:16
  10. Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'He was cut off out of the land of the living'0:16
  11. Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell'. Andante larghetto2:07
  12. Messiah: Chorus: 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates'. A tempo ordinario3:13
  13. Messiah: Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'. Andante allegro1:00
  14. Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace'. Larghetto2:07
  15. Messiah: Air. Bass: 'Who do the nations so furiously rage together'. Allegro2:52
  16. Messiah: Chorus: 'Let us break their bonds asunder'. Allegro e staccato1:48
  17. Messiah: Recitative. Tenor: 'He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn' -0:15
  18. Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron'. Andante1:55
  19. Messiah: Chorus: 'Hallelujah!'. Allegro3:58
  20. Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'. Larghetto6:16
  21. Messiah: Chorus: 'Since by man came death'. Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro2:07
  22. Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery'0:35
  23. Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The trumpet shall sound'. Pomposo, ma non allegro4:10
  24. Messiah: Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain'. Largo - Larghetto - Allegro moderato7:00