Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: Grave - Allegro moderato2:57
  2. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "Comfort ye my people" (Tenor)2:53
  3. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)3:04
  4. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed" (Chorus)2:31
  5. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" (Bass)1:25
  6. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "But who may abide the day of His coming?" (Alto)4:12
  7. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "And he shall purify" (Chorus)2:26
  8. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (Alto)0:25
  9. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Alto, Chorus)4:54
  10. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass)2:17
  11. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "The people that walked in darkness" (Bass)3:37
  12. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "For unto us a child is born" (Chorus)3:54
  13. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: Larghetto e mezzo piano2:34
  14. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (Soprano)0:10
  15. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" (Soprano)0:16
  16. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "And the angel said unto them" (Soprano)0:30
  17. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "And suddenly there was with the angel" (Soprano)0:18
  18. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "Glory to God in the highest" (Chorus)1:53
  19. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Soprano)4:05
  20. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd" (Alto)0:24
  21. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1:"He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (Alto, Soprano)5:18
  22. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "His yoke is easy, His burthen is light" (Chorus)2:19
  23. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Behold the Lamb of God" (Chorus)2:32
  24. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "He was despised" (Alto)10:11

CD 2

  1. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Surely He hath borne our griefs" (Chorus)1:47
  2. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "And with His stripes we are healed" (Chorus)2:05
  3. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "All we, like sheep, have gone astray" (Chorus)3:24
  4. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (Tenor)0:41
  5. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "He trusted in God" (Chorus)2:20
  6. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (Tenor)1:22
  7. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow" (Tenor)1:29
  8. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "He was cut off out of the land of the living" (Tenor)0:15
  9. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" (Tenor)2:09
  10. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" (Chorus)2:56
  11. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" (Tenor)0:14
  12. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Let all the angels of God worship Him" (Chorus)1:29
  13. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Thou art gone up on high" (Alto)2:51
  14. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "The Lord gave the word" (Chorus)1:06
  15. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "How beautiful are the feet" (Soprano)2:20
  16. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Their sound is gone out into all lands" (Chorus)1:23
  17. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (Bass)2:43
  18. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Let us break their bonds asunder" (Chorus)1:40
  19. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "He that dwelleth in heaven" (Tenor)0:10
  20. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (Tenor)1:50
  21. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Hallelujah!" (Chorus)3:38
  22. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Soprano)5:59
  23. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "Since by man came death" (Chorus)1:59
  24. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (Bass)0:38
  25. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "The trumpet shall sound" (Bass)8:43
  26. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "Then shall be brought to pass the saying" (Alto)0:15
  27. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "O death, where is thy sting?" (Alto, Tenor)0:55
  28. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "But thanks be to God" (Chorus)1:59
  29. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Soprano)4:40
  30. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" - Amen (Chorus)7:11