Messiah 1754

by George Frideric Handel; Sandrine Piau, Katherine Watson, Anthea Pichanick, Rupert Charlesworth, Andreas Wolf, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

Tracklist

Digital Media 1

  1. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 1: Sinfonia Grave-Allegro Moderato2:41
  2. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 2: Accompagnato “Comfort ye, my people”2:17
  3. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 3: Air “Every valley shall be exalted”3:11
  4. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 4: Chorus “And the glory of the lord”2:18
  5. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 5: Accompagnato “Thus saith the lord of hosts”1:15
  6. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 6: Air “But who may abide”4:01
  7. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 7: Chorus “And he shall purify” / No. 8: Recitative “Behold, a virgin shall conceive”2:38
  8. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 9: Air & Chorus “O thou thet tellest”5:10
  9. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 10: Recitative “For behold”1:35
  10. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 11: Air “The people that walked”2:51
  11. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 12: Chorus “For unto us a child is born”3:57
  12. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 13: Pifa (Sinfonia Pastorale) / No. 14 Recitative “There were shepherds”0:49
  13. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 14B: Recitative “And lo, the angel of the lord” / No. 15 Recitative “And the angel said unto them”0:47
  14. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 16: Recitative & Accompagnato “And suddenly”0:17
  15. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 17: Chorus “Glory to god in the highest”2:01
  16. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 18: Air “Rejoice greatly” / No. 19 Recitative “Then shall the eyes of the blind”4:27
  17. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 20: Air “He shall feed his flock”3:51
  18. Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 21: Chorus “His yoke is easy”2:26

Digital Media 2

  1. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 22: Chorus “Behold the Lamb of God”2:01
  2. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 23: Air “He was despised”7:22
  3. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 24: Chorus “Surely he hath borne our griefs”1:25
  4. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 25 Chorus “And with his stripes”1:42
  5. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 26 Chorus “All we like sheep”3:26
  6. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 27: Recitative & Accompagnato “All they that see him”0:34
  7. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 28: Chorus “He trusted in God”1:52
  8. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 29: Recitative “They rebuke hath broken his heart”1:05
  9. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 30: Air “Behold, and see”1:07
  10. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 31: Recitative “He was cut off out”0:14
  11. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 32: Air “But thou didst not leave his soul in hell”2:10
  12. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 33: Chorus “Lift up your heads” / No. 34: Recitative “Unto which of the angels”3:09
  13. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 35: Chorus “Let all the angels of God”1:28
  14. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 36: Air “Thou art gone up on high”2:54
  15. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 37: Chorus “The Lord gave the word”1:11
  16. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 38: Air “How beautiful are the feet”2:02
  17. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 39: Chorus “Their sound is gone out”1:10
  18. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 40: Air “Why do the nations”1:17
  19. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 41: Chorus “Let us break their bonds asunder” / No. 42: Recitative “He that dwelleth in heaven”1:45
  20. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 43: Air “Thou shalt break them”1:50
  21. Messiah HWV 56: Part II: No. 44: Chorus “Hallelujah”3:23
  22. Messiah HWV 56: Part III: No. 45: Air “I know that my redeemer liveth”5:06
  23. Messiah HWV 56: Part III: No. 46: Chorus “Since by man came death”1:45
  24. Messiah HWV 56: Part III: No. 47: Recitative “Behold, I tell you a mystery”0:24
  25. Messiah HWV 56: Part III: No. 48: Air “The trumpet shall sound” / No. 49: Recitative “Then shall be brought to pass”3:58
  26. Messiah HWV 56: Part III: No. 50: Duet “O Death”1:09
  27. Messiah HWV 56: Part III: No. 51: Chorus “But thanks to be god”2:39
  28. Messiah HWV 56: Part III: No. 52: Air “If God be for us”4:19
  29. Messiah HWV 56: Part III: No. 53: Chorus “Worthy is the Lamb”6:31