Messiah, HWV56 (Handel)
from Handel: Messiah (LSO0607)
1 Symphony [3'44]
2 Comfort ye, my people (tenor) [3'00]
3 Every valley shall be exalted (tenor) [3'34]
4 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed [2'45]
5 Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass) [1'31]
6 But who may abide the day of his coming? (alto/bass) [4'17]
7 And he shall purify the sons of Levi [2'21]
8 Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (alto) [0'23]
9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto) [3'56]
10 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion [1'44]
11 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass) [2'26]
12 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass) [3'10]
13 For unto us a child is born [4'06]
14 Pifa 'Pastoral Symphony' [3'08]
15 There were shepherds, abiding in the field (soprano) [1'54]
16 Glory to God in the highest [1'39]
17 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano) [4'38]
18 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto) [0'27]
19 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alto/soprano) [4'59]
20 His yoke is easy and his burthen is light [2'17]
21 Behold the Lamb of God [3'28]
22 He was despised and rejected of men (alto) [9'56]
23 Surely he hath borne our griefs [2'20]
24 And with his stripes we are healed [2'30]
25 All we like sheep have gone astray [4'10]
26 All they that see him laugh him to scorn (tenor) [0'51]
27 He trusted in God that he would deliver him [2'29]
28 Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (soprano/tenor) [2'27]
29 Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow (soprano/tenor) [1'27]
30 He was cut off out of the land of the living (soprano/tenor) [0'21]
31 But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (soprano/tenor) [2'29]
32 Lift up your heads, O ye gates [3'12]
33 Unto which of the angels said he at any time? (tenor) [0'14]
34 Let all the angels of God worship him [1'27]
35 Thou art gone up on high (alto/bass) [3'22]
36 The Lord gave the word [1'11]
37 How beautiful are the feet of them that preach (soprano) [2'25]
38 Their sound is gone out into all lands [1'36]
39 Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (bass) [2'40]
40 Let us break their bonds asunder [1'45]
41 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (tenor) [0'16]
42 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor) [2'06]
43 Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth [3'45]
44 I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano) [5'59]
45 Since by man came death [2'18]
46 Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass) [0'36]
47 The trumpet shall sound (bass) [8'38]
48 Then shall be brought to pass (alto) [0'18]
49 O Death, where is thy sting? (alto/tenor) [1'09]
50 But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory [2'05]
51 If God be for us, who can be against us? (soprano) [4'50]
52 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain [3'28]
53 Amen [4'08]
145 minutes 55 seconds 53 tracks
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