Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Messiah: No. 1 - Symphony 5:10
  • 2 Messiah: No. 2 Recitative "Comfort ye my people" 3:37
  • 3 Messiah: No. 3 - Air "Every valley shall be exalted" 3:34
  • 4 Messiah: No. 4 Chorus "And the glory of the Lord" 3:12
  • 5 Messiah: No. 5 - Recitative "Ghus saith the Lord" 2:02
  • 6 Messiah: No. 6 - Air "But who may abide" 5:01
  • 7 Messiah: No. 7 - Chorus "And he shall purify" 2:45
  • 8 Messiah: No. 8 Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"/Air "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" 7:22
  • 9 Messiah: No. 10 - Recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" 2:31
  • 10 Messiah: No. 11 - Air "The people that walked in darkness" 4:49
  • 11 Messiah: No. 12 - Chorus "For unto us a child is born" 4:30
  • 12 Messiah: No. 13 Pifa 3:39
  • 13 Messiah: No. 14 - 16 Recitative "there were shepherds.." "And lo the angel..." " And suddenly there was.." 2:04
  • 14 Messiah: No. 17 - Chorus "Glory to God in the highest" 2:10
  • 15 Messiah: No. 18 - Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" 4:40
  • 16 Messiah: No. 19 - 20 - Recitative and Duet " Then shall the eyes..He shall feed his floch" 6:46
  • 17 Messiah: No. 21 - Chorus "His yoke is easy" 2:37

Disc 2

  • 1 Messiah: No. 22 - Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God" 3:41
  • 2 Messiah: No. 23 - Air "He was despised" 12:23
  • 3 Messiah: No. 24 - Chorus "Surely he hath borne our griefs" 2:29
  • 4 Messiah: No. 25 - Chorus "And with his stripes" 2:34
  • 5 Messiah: No. 26 - Chorus "All we like sheep" 4:24
  • 6 Messiah: No. 27/28 - Recitative & Chorus "All they that see him.. He trusted in God" 3:14
  • 7 Messiah: No. 29 - Recitative "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart" 2:24
  • 8 Messiah: No. 30 - Arioso "Behold and see" 1:47
  • 9 Messiah: No. 31/32 - Recitative and Air "He was cut off..But thour didst not leave" 2:58
  • 10 Messiah: No. 33 - Chorus "lift up your heads" 3:30
  • 11 Messiah: No 34/35 - Recitative & Chorus "unto which of the angels...Let all the angels of God" 2:08
  • 12 Messiah: No. 36 - Air "Thou art gone up on high" 3:03
  • 13 Messiah: No. 37 - Chorus "The Lord gave the word" 1:47
  • 14 Messiah: No. 38 - Air "How beauriful are the feet" 2:39
  • 15 Messiah: No. 39 - Chorus "Their sound is gone out" 1:43
  • 16 Messiah: No. 40 - Air "Why do the nations" 2:53
  • 17 Messiah: No. 41 - Chorus "Let us break their bonds" 1:50
  • 18 Messiah: No. 42/43 Recitative & Air "He that dwelleth in heaven..Thou shalt break them" 2:26
  • 19 Messiah: No. 44 - Chorus "Hallelujah" 4:41

Disc 3

  • 1 Messiah: No 45 Air "I know that my Redeemer liveth" 7:10
  • 2 Messiah: No 46 Chorus "Since by man came death" 2:20
  • 3 Messiah: No 47-48 Recitative & Air "Behold, I tell you a mystery...The trumpet shall sound" 9:10
  • 4 Messiah: No 49-51 Recitative, Duet & Chorus "Then shall be brought to pass...O Death...But thanks be" 4:30
  • 5 Messiah: No 52 Air "If God be for us" 4:51
  • 6 Messiah: No 53 Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb" 9:29
  • 7 Jephtha: Aria "Deeper, and deeper still" 8:38
  • 8 Judas Maccabaeus: Aria "Thanks to my brethren" 7:23
  • 9 Judas Maccabaeus: Aria "My arms!" 4:02
  • 10 Samson: Aria "With plaintive note and am'rous moan" 5:13
  • 11 Samson: Aria "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row" 5:54

Reference: MusicBrainz