Messiah, HWV56 (Handel)
from Handel: Messiah (CKD285)
1 Symphony [3'05]
2 Comfort ye, my people (tenor) [3'16]
3 Every valley shall be exalted (tenor) [3'10]
4 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed [2'50]
5 Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass) [1'17]
6 But who may abide the day of his coming? (alto/bass) [3'13]
7 And he shall purify the sons of Levi [2'22]
8 Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (alto) [0'20]
9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto) [3'38]
10 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion [1'32]
11 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass) [2'03]
12 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass) [3'27]
13 For unto us a child is born [3'44]
14 Pifa 'Pastoral Symphony' [2'46]
15 There were shepherds, abiding in the field (soprano) [0'12]
16 And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (soprano) [0'17]
17 And the angel said unto them, fear not (soprano) [0'28]
18 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude (soprano) [0'16]
19 Glory to God in the highest [1'51]
20 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano) [6'19]
21 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto) [0'23]
22 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alto/soprano) [5'07]
23 His yoke is easy and his burthen is light [2'12]
24 Behold the Lamb of God [3'09]
25 He was despised and rejected of men (alto) [11'30]
26 Surely he hath borne our griefs [1'47]
27 And with his stripes we are healed [1'41]
28 All we like sheep have gone astray [3'27]
29 But who may abide the day of his coming? (bass) [0'27]
30 All they that see him laugh him to scorn (tenor) [0'42]
31 He trusted in God that he would deliver him [2'14]
32 Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (soprano/tenor) [1'52]
33 Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow (soprano/tenor) [1'22]
34 He was cut off out of the land of the living (soprano/tenor) [0'16]
35 But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (soprano/tenor) [2'09]
36 Lift up your heads, O ye gates [3'05]
37 Unto which of the angels said he at any time? (tenor) [0'17]
38 Let all the angels of God worship him [1'26]
39 Thou art gone up on high (alto/bass) [3'00]
40 The Lord gave the word [1'07]
41 How beautiful are the feet of them that preach (alto) [3'34]
42 Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (bass) [1'27]
43 Let us break their bonds asunder [1'48]
44 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn – Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (ten [0'21]
45 Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth [3'56]
46 I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano) [5'12]
47 Since by man came death [2'01]
48 Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass) [0'36]
49 The trumpet shall sound (bass) [8'28]
50 Then shall be brought to pass (alto) [0'13]
51 O Death, where is thy sting? (alto/tenor) [1'00]
52 But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory [2'08]
53 If God be for us, who can be against us? (soprano) [4'27]
54 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain [3'18]
55 Amen [4'20]
56 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (tenor) [0'11]
57 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor) [5'04]
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