HANDEL: Messiah, HWV 56

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Label: BIS

Genre: Choral - Sacred

Period: Baroque

Catalogue No: BIS-CD-891-92

Barcode: 7318598918922

Release Date: 08/1997

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Disc 1

Handel, George Frideric
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist

Messiah, HWV 56: Part I

Majora Canamus: And without controversy (Narrator)

00:36

Symphony

03:07

Accompanied Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor)

02:55

Aria: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor)

03:15

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus)

02:48

Accompanied Recitative: Thus saith the Lord (Bass)

01:27

Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto)

04:20

And He shall purify the sons of Levi (Chorus)

02:27

Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto)

00:29

Aria and Chorus: O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto)

05:36

Accompanied Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)

02:02

Aria: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)

03:47

For unto us a child is born (Chorus)

03:46

Pifa

02:48

Recitative: There were shepherds abiding (Soprano)

00:15

Accompanied Recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord (Soprano)

00:17

Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano)

00:32

Accompanied Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)

00:16

Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)

01:47

Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)

04:12

Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto)

00:31

Duet: He shall feed His flock (Alto, Soprano)

04:49

His yoke is easy, His burthen is light (Chorus)

02:15

Messiah, HWV 56: Part II

Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)

03:11

Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Alto)

11:04

Disc 2

Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus)

01:49

And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)

01:34

All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)

03:57

Accompanied Recitative: All they that see Him laugh (Tenor)

00:46

He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus)

02:18

Accompanied Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)

01:47

Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor)

01:47

Accompanied Recitative: He was cut off out of the land (Soprano)

00:17

Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell (Soprano)

02:10

Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus)

02:59

Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He (Tenor)

00:22

Let all the angels of God worship him (Chorus)

01:26

Aria: Thou art gone up on high (Alto)

02:53

The Lord gave the word (Chorus)

01:11

Aria: How beautiful are the feet of Him (Soprano)

02:18

Their sound is gone out (Chorus)

01:44

Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)

01:22

Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)

01:46

Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor)

00:12

Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)

02:07

Hallelujah! (Chorus)

03:29

Messiah, HWV 56: Part III

Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)

05:31

Since by man came death (Chorus)

02:04

Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)

00:39

Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)

08:48

Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass (Alto)

00:17

Duet: O Death, where is thy sting (Alto, Soprano)

01:45

But thanks be to God (Chorus)

02:09

Aria: If God be for ever (Alto)

04:27

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus)

07:01

Total Playing Time: 02:19:27