Messiah

by George Frideric Handel; Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Messiah: I, No. 1: Sinfony - Grave - Allegro moderato3:29
  2. Messiah: I, No. 2: Accompagnato "Comfort ye my people"2:50
  3. Messiah: I, No. 3: Air "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"3:21
  4. Messiah: I, No. 4: Chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"2:58
  5. Messiah: I, No. 5: Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"1:22
  6. Messiah: I, No. 6: Air "But who may abide the day of His coming"4:30
  7. Messiah: I, No. 7: Chorus "And He shall purify"2:38
  8. Messiah: I, No. 8: Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"0:24
  9. Messiah: I, No. 9: Air "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"3:43
  10. Messiah: I, No. 10: Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"1:36
  11. Messiah: I, No. 11: Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"1:57
  12. Messiah: I, No. 12: Air "The people that walked in darkness"3:27
  13. Messiah: I, No. 13: Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"3:59
  14. Messiah: I, No. 14: Pifa - Larghetto e mezzo piano2:40
  15. Messiah: I, No. 15: Recitative "There were shepherds" - No. 16: Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord" - No. 17: Recitative "And the angel said unto them"1:21
  16. Messiah: I, No. 18: Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel" - No. 19: Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"2:09
  17. Messiah: I, No. 20: Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"4:29
  18. Messiah: I, No. 21: Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd"0:32
  19. Messiah: I, No. 22: Air "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"5:10
  20. Messiah: I, No. 23: Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burthen is light"2:25
  21. Messiah: II, No. 1: Chorus "Behold, the Lamb of God"2:38
  22. Messiah: II, No. 2: Air "He was despised"11:41

CD 2

  1. Messiah: II, No. 3: (a) Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"1:43
  2. Messiah: II, No. 3: (b) Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"1:49
  3. Messiah: II, No. 4: Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"3:44
  4. Messiah: II, No. 5: Accompagnato "All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn"0:40
  5. Messiah: II, No. 6: Chorus "He trusted in God"2:23
  6. Messiah: II, No. 7: Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"1:55
  7. Messiah: II, No. 8: Arioso "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow"1:17
  8. Messiah: II, No. 9: Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living"0:14
  9. Messiah: II, No. 10: Air "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"2:14
  10. Messiah: II, No. 11: Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"3:06
  11. Messiah: II, No. 12: Recitative "Unto which of the angels"0:16
  12. Messiah: II, No. 13: Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"1:29
  13. Messiah: II, No. 14: Air "Thou art gone up on high"3:10
  14. Messiah: II, No. 15: Chorus "The Lord gave the word"1:02
  15. Messiah: II, No. 16: (a) Air "How beautiful are the feet"2:20
  16. Messiah: II, No. 16: (b) Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"1:29
  17. Messiah: II, No. 17: Air "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"2:55
  18. Messiah: II, No. 18: Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"1:44
  19. Messiah: II, No. 19: Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven"0:11
  20. Messiah: II, No. 20: Air "Thou shalt break them"2:03
  21. Messiah: II, No. 21: Chorus "Hallelujah!"3:52
  22. Messiah: III, No. 1: Air "I know that my Redeemer liveth"6:08
  23. Messiah: III, No. 2: Chorus "Since by man came death"2:04
  24. Messiah: III, No. 3: Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery"0:31
  25. Messiah: III, No. 4: Air "The trumpet shall sound" (feat. trumpet: David Blackadder)8:45
  26. Messiah: III, No. 5: Recitative "Then shall be brought to pass the saying"0:17
  27. Messiah: III, No. 6: Duet "O death, where is thy sting"1:58
  28. Messiah: III, No. 7: Chorus "But thanks be to God"2:20
  29. Messiah: III, No. 8: Air "If God be for us"5:14
  30. Messiah: III, No. 9: Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"3:25
  31. Messiah: III, No. 10: Chorus "Amen"3:57