Conductor(s): Suzuki, Masaaki
Orchestra(s): Bach Collegium Japan
Label: BIS
Genre: Choral - Sacred
Period: Baroque
Catalogue No: BIS-CD-891-92
Barcode: 7318598918922
Release Date: 08/1997

HANDEL: Messiah, HWV 56

Tracklist

Disc 1
Handel, George Frideric
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
1 Majora Canamus: And without controversy (Narrator) 00:36
2 Symphony 03:07
3 Accompanied Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor) 02:55
4 Aria: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor) 03:15
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus) 02:48
6 Accompanied Recitative: Thus saith the Lord (Bass) 01:27
7 Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto) 04:20
8 And He shall purify the sons of Levi (Chorus) 02:27
9 Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto) 00:29
10 Aria and Chorus: O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto) 05:36
11 Accompanied Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass) 02:02
12 Aria: The people that walked in darkness (Bass) 03:47
13 For unto us a child is born (Chorus) 03:46
14 Pifa 02:48
15 Recitative: There were shepherds abiding (Soprano) 00:15
16 Accompanied Recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord (Soprano) 00:17
17 Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano) 00:32
18 Accompanied Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano) 00:16
19 Glory to God in the highest (Chorus) 01:47
20 Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano) 04:12
21 Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto) 00:31
22 Duet: He shall feed His flock (Alto, Soprano) 04:49
23 His yoke is easy, His burthen is light (Chorus) 02:15
24 Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus) 03:11
25 Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Alto) 11:04
Disc 2
1 Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus) 01:49
2 And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus) 01:34
3 All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus) 03:57
4 Accompanied Recitative: All they that see Him laugh (Tenor) 00:46
5 He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus) 02:18
6 Accompanied Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor) 01:47
7 Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor) 01:47
8 Accompanied Recitative: He was cut off out of the land (Soprano) 00:17
9 Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell (Soprano) 02:10
10 Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus) 02:59
11 Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He (Tenor) 00:22
12 Let all the angels of God worship him (Chorus) 01:26
13 Aria: Thou art gone up on high (Alto) 02:53
14 The Lord gave the word (Chorus) 01:11
15 Aria: How beautiful are the feet of Him (Soprano) 02:18
16 Their sound is gone out (Chorus) 01:44
17 Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass) 01:22
18 Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus) 01:46
19 Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor) 00:12
20 Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor) 02:07
21 Hallelujah! (Chorus) 03:29
22 Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano) 05:31
23 Since by man came death (Chorus) 02:04
24 Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass) 00:39
25 Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass) 08:48
26 Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass (Alto) 00:17
27 Duet: O Death, where is thy sting (Alto, Soprano) 01:45
28 But thanks be to God (Chorus) 02:09
29 Aria: If God be for ever (Alto) 04:27
30 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus) 07:01

Total Playing Time: 02:19:27