Messiah

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Disc 1

• 1 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, I. Sinfonia 2:59
• 2 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God" 3:11
• 3 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted" 3:20
• 4 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed" 2:42
• 5 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, V. Recitative (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" 1:40
• 6 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VI. Air (Alto) "But who may abide the day of His coming?" 4:38
• 7 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIa. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi" 2:17
• 8 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" / VIII. Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" 6:01
• 9 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" / X. Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness" 5:46
• 10 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born" 3:45
• 11 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIa. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony" 2:55
• 12 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIb. Recitative (Treble) "There were shepherds", XIII. Accompagnato (Treble): "And lo, the angel of the Lord" / XIV. Accompagnato (Treble) "And suddenly there was with the angel" / XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest" 3:26
• 13 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano II) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" 4:28
• 14 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIb. Recitative (Soprano I) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" / XVII. Duet (Alto & Soprano I) "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" 6:04
• 15 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIII. Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burden is light" 2:33
• 16 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God" 2:26
• 17 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men" 11:11
• 18 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs / XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed" / XXIII. Chorus: "All we like sheep have gone astray" 7:29

Disc 2

• 1 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIV. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" / XXV. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him" 2:55
• 2 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVI. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" / XXVII. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold and see, if there be any sorrow" / XXVIII. Accompagnato (Soprano I): "He was cut off out of the land of the living" 3:39
• 3 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIX. Air (Soprano I) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" 2:48
• 4 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXa. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" 2:45
• 5 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXb. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" / XXXI. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him" 1:41
• 6 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXII. Air (Soprano II) "Thou art gone up on high" 3:07
• 7 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIII. Chorus "The Lord gave the world" 1:19
• 8 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIVa. Air (Soprano I) "How beautiful are the feet of them" 2:37
• 9 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVa. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands" 1:17
• 10 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVI. Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" 2:40
• 11 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIa. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder" 1:46
• 12 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIb. Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" / XXXVIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" 2:17
• 13 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!" 3:34
• 14 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano I) "I know that my Redeemer liveth" 6:14
• 15 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death" 2:15
• 16 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" / XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound" 9:19
• 17 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" / XLIV. Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?" / XLV. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory" 3:35
• 18 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVI. Air (Soprano II) "If God be for us, who can be against us?" 4:54
• 19 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVIIa. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" 3:29
• 20 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVIIb. Chorus "Amen" 3:27

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