Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; Arleen Augér, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, John Tomlinson, The English Concert Choir, Trevor Pinnock

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: I. Sinfony (Grave: Allegro Moderato)3:23
  2. Messiah, HWV 56: II. Accompagnato (Tenor) “Comfort Ye My People”3:25
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: III. Air (Tenor) “Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted”3:31
  4. Messiah, HWV 56: IV. Chorus “And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed”2:51
  5. Messiah, HWV 56: V. Accompagnato (Bass) “Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts”1:35
  6. Messiah, HWV 56: VI. Air (Alto) “But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming”4:45
  7. Messiah, HWV 56: VII. Chorus “And He Shall Purify”2:25
  8. Messiah, HWV 56: VIII. Recitative (Contralto) “Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive”0:29
  9. Messiah, HWV 56: IX. Air (Contralto) and Chorus: “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings”5:30
  10. Messiah, HWV 56: X. Accompagnato (Bass) “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover”3:03
  11. Messiah, HWV 56: XI. Air (Bass) “The People That Walked in Darkness”3:55
  12. Messiah, HWV 56: XII. Chorus “For Unto Us a Child Is Born”4:04
  13. Messiah, HWV 56: XIII. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)1:10
  14. Messiah, HWV 56: XIV. Recitative (Soprano) “There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field” – XV. Accompagnato (Soprano) “And Lo, the Angel of the Lord” – XVI. Accompagnato (Soprano) “And Suddenly There Was With the Angel”1:34
  15. Messiah, HWV 56: XVII. Chorus “Glory to God in the Highest”1:59
  16. Messiah, HWV 56: XVIII. Air (Soprano) “Rejoice Greatly, o Daughter of Zion”4:48
  17. Messiah, HWV 56: XIX. Recitative (Contralto) “Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind”0:21
  18. Messiah, HWV 56: XX. Air (Contralto & Soprano) “He Shall Feed His Flock”6:09
  19. Messiah, HWV 56: XXI. Chorus “His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light”2:21
  20. Messiah, HWV 56: XXII. Chorus “Behold the Lamb of God”3:17
  21. Messiah, HWV 56: XXIII. Air (Contralto) “He Was Despised”13:15

CD 2

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: XXIV. Chorus “Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs”2:27
  2. Messiah, HWV 56: XXV. Chorus “And With His Stripes We Are Healed”1:52
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: XXVI. Chorus “All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray”3:54
  4. Messiah, HWV 56: XXVII. Accompagnato (Tenor) “All They That See Him”0:46
  5. Messiah, HWV 56: XXVIII. Chorus “He Trusted in God”2:33
  6. Messiah, HWV 56: XXIX. Accompagnato (Tenor) “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart”1:49
  7. Messiah, HWV 56: XXX. Arioso (Tenor) “Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow”1:59
  8. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXI. Accompagnato (Soprano) “He Was Cut Off Out of the Land”0:14
  9. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXII. Air (Soprano) “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul”2:08
  10. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIII. Chorus “Lift Up Your Heads, o Ye Gates”3:04
  11. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIV. Recitative (Tenor) “Unto Which of the Angels”0:12
  12. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXV. Chorus “Let All the Angels of God Worship Him”1:29
  13. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVI. Air (Alto) “Thou Art Gone Up on High”3:10
  14. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVII. Chorus “The Lord Gave the Word”1:05
  15. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVIII. Air (Soprano) “How Beautiful Are the Feet”2:37
  16. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIX. Chorus “The Sound Is Gone Out”1:22
  17. Messiah, HWV 56: XL. Air (Bass) “Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage”2:56
  18. Messiah, HWV 56: XLI. Chorus “Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder”1:48
  19. Messiah, HWV 56: XLII. Recitative (Tenor) “He That Dwelleth in Heaven”0:10
  20. Messiah, HWV 56: XLIII. Air (Tenor) “Thou Shalt Break Them”2:05
  21. Messiah, HWV 56: XLIV. Chorus “Hallelujah”3:58
  22. Messiah, HWV 56: XLV. Air (Soprano) “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth”6:42
  23. Messiah, HWV 56: XLVI. Chorus “Since by Man Came Death”2:20
  24. Messiah, HWV 56: XLVII. Recitative (Bass) “Behold, I Tell You a Mystery”0:31
  25. Messiah, HWV 56: XLVIII. Air (Bass) “The Trumpet Shall Sound”8:59
  26. Messiah, HWV 56: XLIX. Recitative (Alto) “Then Shall Be Brought to Pass”0:16
  27. Messiah, HWV 56: L. Duet (Alto & Tenor) “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?”1:03
  28. Messiah, HWV 56: LI. Chorus “But Thanks Be to God”2:12
  29. Messiah, HWV 56: LII. Air (Contralto) “If God Be for Us”4:41
  30. Messiah, HWV 56: LIII. Chorus “Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain” – “Amen”7:30