Messiah

Tracklist

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Disc 1

• 1 Messiah: Overture (Sinfony). Grave - Allegro moderato 3:28
• 2 Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people'. Larghetto 2:33
• 3 Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'. Andante 3:21
• 4 Messiah: Chorus: 'And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed'. Allegro giocoso - Adagio 2:35
• 5 Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Thus saith the Lord'. Solenne 1:31
• 6 Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'But who may abide the day of his coming!'. Larghetto - Prestissimo - Larghetto - Prestissimo - Adagio 4:01
• 7 Messiah: Chorus: 'And He shall purify the sons of Levi' 2:31
• 8 Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Behold! A virgin shall conceive' 0:29
• 9 Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano and Chorus: 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'. Andante 5:07
• 10 Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'. Andante larghetto 2:20
• 11 Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'. Larghetto 3:09
• 12 Messiah: Chorus: 'For unto us a Child is born'. Andante allegro 4:04
• 13 Messiah: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa). Larghetto 0:53
• 14 Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: ;There were shepherds abiding in the field'. 0:14
• 15 Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them'. Andante 0:21
• 16 Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: 'And the angel said unto them' 0:38
• 17 Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude...'. Allegro 0:18
• 18 Messiah: Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'. L'istesso tempo 2:04
• 19 Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion'. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I 4:45
• 20 Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd' 0:28
• 21 Messiah: Duet. Mezzo-soprano and Soprano: 'He shall feed His flock like a shepherd'. Larghetto 5:21
• 22 Messiah: Chorus: 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce! 2:26

Disc 2

• 1 Messiah: Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'. Largo 2:57
• 2 Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'He was despised and rejected of men'. Largo 5:11
• 3 Messiah: Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows'. Largo e staccato 1:54
• 4 Messiah: Chorus: 'And with His stripes we are healed'. Alle breve moderato 1:49
• 5 Messiah: Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'. Allegro moderato - Adagio 3:56
• 6 Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'. Larghetto 0:43
• 7 Messiah: Chorus: 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'. Allegro 2:20
• 8 Messiah: Accompagnato. 'Tenor: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart'. Largo 1:42
• 9 Messiah: Arioso. Tenor: 'Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow'. Largo e piano 1:16
• 10 Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'He was cut off out of the land of the living' 0:16
• 11 Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell'. Andante larghetto 2:07
• 12 Messiah: Chorus: 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates'. A tempo ordinario 3:13
• 13 Messiah: Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'. Andante allegro 1:00
• 14 Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace'. Larghetto 2:07
• 15 Messiah: Air. Bass: 'Who do the nations so furiously rage together'. Allegro 2:52
• 16 Messiah: Chorus: 'Let us break their bonds asunder'. Allegro e staccato 1:48
• 17 Messiah: Recitative. Tenor: 'He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn' - 0:15
• 18 Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron'. Andante 1:55
• 19 Messiah: Chorus: 'Hallelujah!'. Allegro 3:58
• 20 Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'. Larghetto 6:16
• 21 Messiah: Chorus: 'Since by man came death'. Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro 2:07
• 22 Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery' 0:35
• 23 Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The trumpet shall sound'. Pomposo, ma non allegro 4:10
• 24 Messiah: Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain'. Largo - Larghetto - Allegro moderato 7:00

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