HANDEL: Messiah, HWV 56
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Messiah, HWV 56
1
Majora Canamus: And without controversy (Narrator)
0:36
2
Symphony
3:07
3
Accompanied Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor)
2:55
4
Aria: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor)
3:15
5
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus)
2:48
6
Accompanied Recitative: Thus saith the Lord (Bass)
1:27
7
Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto)
4:20
8
And He shall purify the sons of Levi (Chorus)
2:27
9
Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto)
0:29
10
Aria and Chorus: O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto)
5:36
11
Accompanied Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)
2:02
12
Aria: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)
3:47
13
For unto us a child is born (Chorus)
3:46
14
Pifa
2:48
15
Recitative: There were shepherds abiding (Soprano)
0:15
16
Accompanied Recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord (Soprano)
0:17
17
Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano)
0:32
18
Accompanied Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)
0:16
19
Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)
1:47
20
Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)
4:12
21
Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto)
0:31
22
Duet: He shall feed His flock (Alto, Soprano)
4:49
23
His yoke is easy, His burthen is light (Chorus)
2:15
24
Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)
3:11
25
Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Alto)
11:04
1
Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus)
1:49
2
And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)
1:34
3
All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
3:57
4
Accompanied Recitative: All they that see Him laugh (Tenor)
0:46
5
He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus)
2:18
6
Accompanied Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)
1:47
7
Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor)
1:47
8
Accompanied Recitative: He was cut off out of the land (Soprano)
0:17
9
Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell (Soprano)
2:10
10
Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus)
2:59
11
Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He (Tenor)
0:22
12
Let all the angels of God worship him (Chorus)
1:26
13
Aria: Thou art gone up on high (Alto)
2:53
14
The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
1:11
15
Aria: How beautiful are the feet of Him (Soprano)
2:18
16
Their sound is gone out (Chorus)
1:44
17
Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)
1:22
18
Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
1:46
19
Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor)
0:12
20
Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)
2:07
21
Hallelujah! (Chorus)
3:29
22
Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)
5:31
23
Since by man came death (Chorus)
2:04
24
Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
0:39
25
Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)
8:48
26
Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass (Alto)
0:17
27
Duet: O Death, where is thy sting (Alto, Soprano)
1:45
28
But thanks be to God (Chorus)
2:09
29
Aria: If God be for ever (Alto)
4:27
30
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus)
7:01
Masaaki Suzuki Soloist
Suzuki, Masaaki