Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; La Chapelle Rhénane, Benoît Haller

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: I. Sinfony (Grave: Allegro Moderato)3:15
  2. Messiah, HWV 56: II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort Ye My People"3:06
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: III. Air (Tenor) "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"3:13
  4. Messiah, HWV 56: IV. Chorus "And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed"3:13
  5. Messiah, HWV 56: V. Accompagnato (Bass) "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"1:20
  6. Messiah, HWV 56: VI. Air (Alto) "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming"4:29
  7. Messiah, HWV 56: VII. Chorus "And He Shall Purify"2:28
  8. Messiah, HWV 56: VIII. Recitative (Contralto) "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive" - IX. Air (Contralto) and Chorus: "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"5:56
  9. Messiah, HWV 56: X. Accompagnato (Bass) "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover"2:23
  10. Messiah, HWV 56: XI. Air (Bass) "The People That Walked in Darkness"3:29
  11. Messiah, HWV 56: XII. Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"3:42
  12. Messiah, HWV 56: XIII. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)3:00
  13. Messiah, HWV 56: XIV. Recitative (Soprano) "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field" - XV. Accompagnato (Soprano) "And Lo, the Angel of the Lord" (1:15)1:15
  14. Messiah, HWV 56: XVI. Accompagnato (Soprano) "And Suddenly There Was With the Angel"0:16
  15. Messiah, HWV 56: XVII. Chorus "Glory to God in the Highest"1:50
  16. Messiah, HWV 56: XVIII. Air (Soprano) "Rejoice Greatly, o Daughter of Zion"4:15
  17. Messiah, HWV 56: XIX. Recitative (Contralto) "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind" - XX. Air (Contralto & Soprano) "He Shall Feed His Flock"5:52
  18. Messiah, HWV 56: XXI. Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light"2:08
  19. Messiah, HWV 56: XXII. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"3:16
  20. Messiah, HWV 56: XXIII. Air (Contralto) "He Was Despised"9:55
  21. Messiah, HWV 56: XXIV. Chorus "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"1:35
  22. Messiah, HWV 56: XXV. Chorus "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"1:56

CD 2

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: XXVI. Chorus "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"3:54
  2. Messiah, HWV 56: XXVII. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All They That See Him"0:47
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: XXVIII. Chorus "He Trusted in God"2:33
  4. Messiah, HWV 56: XXIX. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"1:50
  5. Messiah, HWV 56: XXX. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow"2:00
  6. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXI. Accompagnato (Soprano) "He Was Cut Off Out of the Land"0:15
  7. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXII. Air (Soprano) "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul"2:09
  8. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIII. Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, o Ye Gates"3:05
  9. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIV. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto Which of the Angels" - XXXV. Chorus "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"1:30
  10. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVI. Air (Alto) "Thou Art Gone Up on High"3:11
  11. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVII. Chorus "The Lord Gave the Word"1:05
  12. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVIII. Air (Soprano) "How Beautiful Are the Feet"2:37
  13. Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIX. Chorus "The Sound Is Gone Out"1:23
  14. Messiah, HWV 56: XL. Air (Bass) "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage"2:56
  15. Messiah, HWV 56: XLI. Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"1:48
  16. Messiah, HWV 56: XLII. Recitative (Tenor) "He That Dwelleth in Heaven" - XLIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou Shalt Break Them"2:06
  17. Messiah, HWV 56: XLIV. Chorus "Hallelujah"3:58
  18. Messiah, HWV 56: XLV. Air (Soprano) "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"6:42
  19. Messiah, HWV 56: XLVI. Chorus "Since by Man Came Death"2:20
  20. Messiah, HWV 56: XLVII. Recitative (Bass) "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"0:32
  21. Messiah, HWV 56: XLVIII. Air (Bass) "The Trumpet Shall Sound"8:59
  22. Messiah, HWV 56: XLIX. Recitative (Alto) "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass" - L. Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"1:03
  23. Messiah, HWV 56: LI. Chorus "But Thanks Be to God"2:13
  24. Messiah, HWV 56: LII. Air (Contralto) "If God Be for Us"4:42
  25. Messiah, HWV 56: LIII. Chorus "Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain" - "Amen"7:31