Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; Collegium 1704 et Collegium Vocale 1704

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. First Part: Symphony2:42
  2. First Part: Accompagnato (Comfort ye, comfort ye my people)2:48
  3. First Part: Air (Ev'ry valley shall be exalted)3:07
  4. First Part: Chorus (And the glory of the Lord)2:32
  5. First Part: Accompagnato (Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts)1:22
  6. First Part: Air (But who may abide the day of His coming)3:48
  7. First Part: Chorus (And He shall purify)2:13
  8. First Part: Recitative (Behold, a virgin shall conceive)0:19
  9. First Part: Air (O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion)4:52
  10. First Part: Accompagnato (For behold, darkness shall cover the earth)1:58
  11. First Part: Air (The people that walked in darkness)3:59
  12. First Part: Chorus (For unto us a Child is born)3:36
  13. First Part: Pifa1:57
  14. First Part: Recitative (There were shepherds abiding in the field)0:12
  15. First Part: Accompagnato (And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them)0:20
  16. First Part: Recitative (And the angel said unto them)0:27
  17. First Part: Accompagnato (And suddenly there was with the angel)0:16
  18. First Part: Chorus (Glory to God in the highest)1:48
  19. First Part: Air (Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion)4:04
  20. First Part: Recitative (Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd)0:23
  21. First Part: Duet (He shall feed His flock like a shepherd)3:39
  22. First Part: Chorus (His yoke is easy, His burthen is light)2:09

CD 2

  1. Second Part: Chorus (Behold the Lamb of God)2:49
  2. Second Part: Air (He was despised)9:26
  3. Second Part: Chorus (Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows)1:41
  4. Second Part: Chorus (And with His stripes we are healed)1:29
  5. Second Part: Chorus (All we like sheep, have gone astray)3:43
  6. Second Part: Accompagnato (All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn)0:38
  7. Second Part: Chorus (He trusted in God)2:03
  8. Second Part: Accompagnato (Thy rebuke hath broken His heart)1:50
  9. Second Part: Arioso (Behold, and see if there be any sorrow)1:29
  10. Second Part: Accompagnato (he was cut off out of the land of the living)0:16
  11. Second Part: Air (But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell)2:13
  12. Second Part: Chorus (Lift up your heads)2:45
  13. Second Part: Recitative (Unto which of the angels)0:17
  14. Second Part: Chorus (Let all the angels of God worship Him)1:21
  15. Second Part: Air (Thou art gone up on high)3:02
  16. Second Part: Chorus (The Lord gave the word)1:00
  17. Second Part: Air (How beautiful are the feet of them)4:42
  18. Second Part: Air (Why do the nations so furiously rage together)2:36
  19. Second Part: Chorus (Let us break their bonds asunder)1:37
  20. Second Part: Recitative (He that dwelleth in heaven)0:12
  21. Second Part: Air (Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron)1:52
  22. Second Part: Chorus (Hallelujah)3:18
  23. Third Part: Air (I know that my Redeemer liveth)5:38
  24. Third Part: Chorus (Since by man came death)2:06
  25. Third Part: Accompagnato (Behold, I tell you a mystery)0:35
  26. Third Part: Air (The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be rais'd)7:48
  27. Third Part: Recitative (The shall be brought to pass)0:15
  28. Third Part: Duet / Chorus (O death, where is thy sting? / But thanks be to God)3:25
  29. Third Part: Air (If God be for us, who can be against us)4:26
  30. Third Part: Chorus (Worthy is the Lamb that was slain)3:29
  31. Third Part: Chorus (Amen)3:37