Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; Kerstin Avemo, Patricia Bardon, Lawrence Zazzo, Kobie van Rensburg, Neal Davies, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

Tracklist

Hybrid SACD 1

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 1. Sinfony3:00
  2. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Accompagnato "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"2:59
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air "Every valley shall be exalted"3:01
  4. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"2:34
  5. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 5. Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"1:19
  6. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 6. Air "But who may abide the day of His coming?"3:51
  7. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 7. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"2:24
  8. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 8. Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" / no. 9. Air & Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion arise"5:28
  9. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"2:18
  10. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 11. Air "The people that walked in darkness"3:42
  11. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"3:58
  12. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Sinfonia Pastorale: (Pifa) / no. 14a. Recitative "There where shepherds abiding in the field" / no. 14b. Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" / no. 15. Recitative "And the angel said unto them: Fear not, for behold" / no. 16. Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel"4:41
  13. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"2:04
  14. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"4:34
  15. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" / 20. Air "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"4:59
  16. Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 21. Chorus "His yoke is easy, and His burden is light"2:21
  17. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 22. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"4:25
  18. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air "He was despised and rejected of men"10:42
  19. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 24. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"1:46
  20. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 25. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"1:42
  21. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 26. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"3:51

Hybrid SACD 2

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 27. Accompagnato "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"0:36
  2. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 28. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"2:11
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 29. Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"1:30
  4. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 30. Arioso "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"1:21
  5. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 31. Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living" / no. 32. Air "But Thou didst no.t leave His soul in hell"2:14
  6. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 33. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"3:03
  7. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 34. Recitative "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"0:14
  8. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 35. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"1:23
  9. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 36. Air "Thou art gone up on high"2:47
  10. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 37. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"1:09
  11. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 38. Air "How beautiful are the feet of them"2:40
  12. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 39. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"1:24
  13. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"2:49
  14. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"1:36
  15. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 42. Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" / no. 43. Air "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"1:59
  16. Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus "Hallelujah!"3:56
  17. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air "I know that my redeemer liveth"6:02
  18. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 46. Chorus "Since by man came death"1:57
  19. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 47. Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery" / no. 48. Air "The trumpet shall sound"8:36
  20. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 49. Recitative "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" / no. 50. Duet: O Death, where is thy sting?"1:16
  21. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 51. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"2:02
  22. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 52. Air "If God be for us, who can be against us?"4:19
  23. Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 53. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" / no. 54. Chorus "Amen"6:51