G.F. Handel (Dir. W. Christie) – Messiah ( 2 CD) – CD

Tracklist

Messiah, Oratorio, HWV 56 

Part I  

1-1                  Sinfonia           3:01

1-2                  Recitative “Comfort Ye, My People, Saith Your God”          3:10

1-3                  Air “Every Valley Shall Be Exalted”   3:18

1-4                  Chorus “And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed”      2:40

1-5                  Recitative “Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts”    1:39

1-6                  Air “But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?” 4:37

1-7                  Chorus “And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi”        2:16

1-8                  Recitative “Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive” – Air “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion” – Chorus “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion, Arise”  5:56

1-9                  Recitative “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth” – Air “The People That Walked In Darkness”            5:42

1-10                Chorus “For Unto Us A Child Is Born”            3:38

1-11                Pastoral Symphony     2:54

1-12                Recitative “There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field” – Recitative “And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them” – Recitative “And The Angel Said Unto Them: Fear Not, For Behold” – Chorus “Glory To God In The Highest”   3:08

1-13                Air “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion”   4:25

1-14                Recitative “Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened” – Air “He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd”       5:59

1-15                Chorus “His Yoke Is Easy, And His Burthen Is Light” 2:17

Part II 

1-16                Chorus “Behold The Lamb Of God”   2:19

1-17                Air “He Was Despised And Rejected Of Man”          11:06

1-18                Chorus “Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs” – Chorus “All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray”       7:18

2-1                  Recitative “All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn” – Chorus “He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him”   2:54

2-2                  Recitative “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart” – Air “Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow” – Recitative “He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living”          3:55

2-3                  Air “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell”       2:30

2-4                  Chorus “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates”     2:43

2-5                  Rectitative “Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time” – Chorus “Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him” 1:37

2-6                  Air “Thou Art Gone Up On High”       3:04

2-7                  Chorus “The Lord Gave The World”  1:14

2-8                  Air “How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them”  2:32

2-9                  Chorus “Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands”     1:15

2-10                Air “Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together”       2:40

2-11                Chorus “Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder”            1:43

2-12                Recitative “He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn” – Air “Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron”   2:12

2-13                Chorus “Hallelujah!”  3:20

Part III

2-14                Air “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth”        6:11

2-15                Chorus “Since By Man Came Death”            2:14

2-16                Recitative “Behold, I Tell You A Mystery” – Air “The Trumpet Shall Sound”           9:17

2-17                Recitative “Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written” – Duet “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?” – Chorus “But Thanks Be To God Who Giveth Us The Victory”        3:30

2-18                Air “If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?”      4:51

2-19                Chorus “Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain”          3:28

2-20                Chorus “Amen”           3:18