Messiah, HWV56 (Handel)
from Handel: Messiah (CDA66251/2)
1 Symphony [3'22]
2 Comfort ye, my people (tenor) [3'19]
3 Every valley shall be exalted (tenor) [3'22]
4 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed [2'52]
5 Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass) [1'23]
6 But who may abide the day of his coming? (alto/bass) [4'57]
7 And he shall purify the sons of Levi [2'39]
8 Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (alto) [0'25]
9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto) [5'20]
10 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass) [2'28]
11 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass) [3'08]
12 For unto us a child is born [4'10]
13 Pifa 'Pastoral Symphony' [0'59]
14 There were shepherds, abiding in the field (soprano) [0'17]
15 And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (soprano) [0'20]
16 And the angel said unto them, fear not (soprano) [0'34]
17 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude (soprano) [0'18]
18 Glory to God in the highest [2'03]
19 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano) [4'01]
20 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto) [0'26]
21 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alto/soprano) [5'23]
22 His yoke is easy and his burthen is light [2'19]
23 Behold the Lamb of God [3'04]
24 He was despised and rejected of men (alto) [10'32]
25 Surely he hath borne our griefs [1'52]
26 And with his stripes we are healed [1'38]
27 All we like sheep have gone astray [3'52]
28 All they that see him laugh him to scorn (tenor) [0'47]
29 He trusted in God that he would deliver him [2'16]
30 Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (soprano/tenor) [1'55]
31 Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow (soprano/tenor) [1'27]
32 He was cut off out of the land of the living (soprano/tenor) [0'18]
33 But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (soprano/tenor) [2'31]
34 Lift up your heads, O ye gates [2'56]
35 Unto which of the angels said he at any time? (tenor) [0'14]
36 Let all the angels of God worship him [1'23]
37 Thou art gone up on high (alto/bass) [3'24]
38 The Lord gave the word [1'02]
39 How beautiful are the feet of them that preach (soprano) [2'25]
40 Their sound is gone out into all lands [1'21]
41 Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (bass) [2'50]
42 Let us break their bonds asunder [1'46]
43 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (tenor) [0'14]
44 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor) [2'13]
45 Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth [3'48]
46 I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano) [6'05]
47 Since by man came death [2'12]
48 Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass) [0'34]
49 The trumpet shall sound (bass) [8'44]
50 Then shall be brought to pass (alto) [0'15]
51 O Death, where is thy sting? (alto/tenor) [1'16]
52 But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory [2'18]
53 If God be for us, who can be against us? (soprano) [4'43]
54 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain [3'25]
55 Amen [3'13]
140 minutes 38 seconds 55 tracks
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