Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Hermann Scherchen

Tracklist

  1. MESSIAH, HWV 56 - [Record 1. Side A] - PART I. Sinfonia5:18
  2. [Record 1. Side A] - Accompagnato: 'Comfort ye my people'3:58
  3. [Record 1. Side A] - Air: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'3:30
  4. [Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed'2:46
  5. [Record 1. Side A] - Accompagnato: 'Thus saith the Lord of Hosts'1:59
  6. [Record 1. Side A] - Air: 'But who may abide the day of His coming'4:34
  7. [Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'And He shall purify'2:04
  8. [Record 1. Side A] - Recitative: 'Behold, a Virgin shall conceive'0:45
  9. [Record 1. Side A] - Chorus: 'O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'5:22
  10. [Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'4:08
  11. [Record 1. Side B] - Air: 'The people that walked in darkness'4:49
  12. [Record 1. Side B] - Chorus: 'For unto us a child is born'3:27
  13. [Record 1. Side B] - Pastoral Symphony 'Pifa'1:56
  14. [Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'There were shepherds'0:25
  15. [Record 1. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord'0:54
  16. [Record 1. Side B] - Recitative: 'And the angel said unto them'1:02
  17. [Record 1. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'And suddenly there was with the angel'0:14
  18. [Record 1. Side B] - Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'2:15
  19. [Record 1. Side B] - Air: 'Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion'4:23
  20. [Record 2. Side A] - PART II. Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'4:32
  21. [Record 2. Side A] - Air: 'He was despised and rejected'9:45
  22. [Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs'4:05
  23. [Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'With His stripes we are healed'4:03
  24. [Record 2. Side A] - Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'5:03
  25. [Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'1:25
  26. [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'He trusted in God'2:13
  27. [Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His heart'2:04
  28. [Record 2. Side B] - Arioso: 'Behold and see, if there is any sorrow'1:40
  29. [Record 2. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'He was cut off out of the land'0:25
  30. [Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell'2:53
  31. [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Lift up your heads'3:26
  32. [Record 2. Side B] - Recitative: 'Unto which of the angels'0:26
  33. [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Let all the angels of God worship Him'1:23
  34. [Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'Thou art gone up on high'5:59
  35. [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'1:00
  36. [Record 2. Side B] - Air: 'How beautiful are the feet'2:29
  37. [Record 2. Side B] - Chorus: 'Their sound is gone out'3:06
  38. [Record 3. Side A] - Aria: 'Why do the nations so furiously rage together'2:33
  39. [Record 3. Side A] - PART III. Air: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'10:03
  40. [Record 3. Side A] - Chorus: 'Since by man came death'2:20
  41. [Record 3. Side B] - Accompagnato: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery'0:46
  42. [Record 3. Side B] - Air: 'The trumpet shall sound'8:55
  43. [Record 3. Side B] - Recitative: 'Then shall be brought to pass'0:16
  44. [Record 3. Side B] - Duet: 'O death, where is thy sting?'0:53
  45. [Record 3. Side B] - Chorus: 'But thanks be to God'2:01
  46. [Record 3. Side B] - Air: 'If God be for us, who can be against us?'7:48
  47. [Record 3. Side B] - Chorus: 'Worthy is Lamb that was slain'10:04