Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Messiah: Part 1: Symphony3:23
  2. Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: Comfort ye, my people (tenor)2:44
  3. Messiah: Part 1: Aria: Every valley shall be exalted (tenor)3:06
  4. Messiah: Part 1: Chorus: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed2:48
  5. Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass)1:20
  6. Messiah: Part 1: Aria: But who may abide the day of his coming? (alto)4:12
  7. Messiah: Part 1: Chorus: And he shall purify the sons of Levi2:35
  8. Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (alto)0:23
  9. Messiah: Part 1: Aria with chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto)5:01
  10. Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass)2:03
  11. Messiah: Part 1: Aria: The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass)3:58
  12. Messiah: Part 1: Chorus: For unto us a child is born3:47
  13. Messiah: Part 1: Pifa 'Pastoral Symphony'0:54
  14. Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: There were shepherds, abiding in the field (soprano)0:26
  15. Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: And the angel said unto them, fear not (soprano)0:25
  16. Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude (soprano)0:16
  17. Messiah: Part 1: Chorus: Glory to God in the highest1:52
  18. Messiah: Part 1: Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano)4:07
  19. Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto)0:23
  20. Messiah: Part 1: Aria: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alto/soprano)4:55
  21. Messiah: Part 1: Chorus: His yoke is easy and his burthen is light2:15
  22. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God2:42
  23. Messiah: Part 2: Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (alto)10:36

CD 2

  1. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: Surely he hath borne our griefs1:51
  2. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: And with his stripes we are healed1:52
  3. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray4:02
  4. Messiah: Part 2: Recitative: All they that see him laugh him to scorn (tenor)0:44
  5. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: He trusted in God that he would deliver him2:14
  6. Messiah: Part 2: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (tenor)1:53
  7. Messiah: Part 2: Aria: Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow (tenor)1:19
  8. Messiah: Part 2: Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (tenor)0:13
  9. Messiah: Part 2: Aria: But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (soprano/tenor)2:14
  10. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates3:02
  11. Messiah: Part 2: Recitative: Unto which of the angels said he at any time? (tenor)0:13
  12. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship him1:26
  13. Messiah: Part 2: Aria: Thou art gone up on high (alto)3:02
  14. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: The Lord gave the word0:57
  15. Messiah: Part 2: Aria: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach (soprano)2:09
  16. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all lands1:14
  17. Messiah: Part 2: Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (bass)2:32
  18. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder1:47
  19. Messiah: Part 2: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (tenor)0:10
  20. Messiah: Part 2: Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor)1:58
  21. Messiah: Part 2: Chorus: Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth3:43
  22. Messiah: Part 3: Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)6:00
  23. Messiah: Part 3: Chorus: Since by man came death2:20
  24. Messiah: Part 3: Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass)0:29
  25. Messiah: Part 3: Aria: The trumpet shall sound (bass)5:49
  26. Messiah: Part 3: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass (alto)0:15
  27. Messiah: Part 3: Aria: O Death, where is thy sting? (alto/tenor)1:05
  28. Messiah: Part 3: Chorus: But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory2:15
  29. Messiah: Part 3: Aria: If God be for us, who can be against us? (soprano)4:54
  30. Messiah: Part 3: Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain3:20
  31. Messiah: Part 3: Chorus: Amen4:15