Messiah

Tracklist

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Disc 1

• 1 Overture 4:05
• 2 Tenor Recitative / Comfort Ye My People 3:00
• 3 Tenor Aria / Every Valley Shall Be Exalted 3:47
• 4 Chorus / And the Glory of the Lord 3:05
• 5 Bass Recitative / Thus Saith the Lord 1:37
• 6 Bass Aria / But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? 5:07
• 7 Chorus / And He Shall Purify 2:42
• 8 Contralto Recitative / Behold, A Virgin Shall Concieve 0:25
• 9 Contralto Aria and Chorus / Oh Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion 6:23
• 10 Bass Recitative / For, Behold, A Darkness Shall Cover the Earth 2:17
• 11 Bass Aria / The People That Walked In Darkness 4:07
• 12 Chorus / For Unto Us a Child is Born 4:33
• 13 Pastoral Symphony 3:38
• 14 Soprano Recitative / There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field 0:44
• 15 Soprano Recitative / And the Angel Said Unto Them 0:41
• 16 Soprano Recitative / And Suddenly There Was with the Angel 0:18
• 17 Chorus / Glory to God 2:07
• 18 Soprano Aria / Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion 4:41
• 19 Contralto Recitative / Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened 0:28
• 20 Contralto Aria and Soprano Aria / He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd 6:01
• 21 Chorus / His Yoke is Easy, And His Burthen is Light 2:25
• 22 Chorus / Behold The Lamb of God 3:21
• 23 Contralto Aria / He Was Despised 4:55

Disc 2

• 1 Chorus / Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs 2:12
• 2 Chorus / And With His Stripes We Are Healed 2:37
• 3 Chorus / All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray 3:46
• 4 Tenor Recitative / All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn 0:47
• 5 Chorus / He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him 2:20
• 6 Tenor Recitative / Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart 1:50
• 7 Tenor Arioso / Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow 1:35
• 8 Tenor Recitative / He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land of the Living 0:21
• 9 Tenor Aria / But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell 2:47
• 10 Chorus / Live Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates 3:37
• 11 Soprano Aria / How Beautiful Are The Feet of Them 2:45
• 12 Chorus / Their Sound is Gone Out Into All Lands 1:55
• 13 Bass Aria / Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage? 3:14
• 14 Chorus / Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder 1:51
• 15 Tenor Recitative / He That Dwelleth in Heaven 0:17
• 16 Tenor Aria / Thou Shalt Break Them 2:09
• 17 Chorus / Hallelujah! 4:12
• 18 Soprano Aria / I Know That My Redeemer Liveth 7:20
• 19 Chorus / Since By Man Came Death 2:06
• 20 Bass Recitative / Behold, I Tell You A Mystery 0:36
• 21 Bass Aria / The Trumpet Shall Sound 4:16
• 22 Contralto Recitative / Then Shall Be Brought to Pass 0:17
• 23 Contralto And Tenor Duet / O Death, Where is Thy Sting? 1:04
• 24 Chorus / But Thanks Be to God 2:15
• 25 Soprano Aria / If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? 5:16
• 26 Chorus / Worthy Is The Lamb 8:39

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