Handel: Messiah

Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

1994-08-22 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Sinfonia
  2:60
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Comfort ye, saith your God" (tenor)
  3:12
• 3
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Every valley shall be exalted" (tenor)
  3:20
• 4
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
  2:43
• 5
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" (bass)
  1:40
• 6
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "But who may abide the day of His coming?" (alto)
  4:38
• 7
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
  2:18
• 8
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (alto) - "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (alto)
  6:02
• 9
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (bass) - "The people that walked in darkness" (bass)
  5:46
• 10
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "For unto us a child is born"
  3:46
• 11
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
  2:55
• 12
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (treble) - "Glory to God in the highest"
  3:27
• 13
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (soprano II)
  4:28
• 14
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" (soprano I) - "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (alto & soprano I)
  6:04
• 15
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light"
  2:33
• 16
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Behold the lamb of God"
  2:26
• 17
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "He was despised and rejected of men" (alto)
  11:11
• 18
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Surely He hath borne our griefs" - "All we like sheep have gone astray"
  7:29
• 1
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (tenor) - "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"
  2:55
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (tenor) - "Behold and see..." (tenor) - "He was cut off out of the land..." (soprano I)
  3:39
• 3
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" (soprano I)
  2:48
• 4
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
  2:46
• 5
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" (tenor) - "Let all the angels of God worship Him"
  1:41
• 6
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Thouart gone up on high" (soprano II)
  3:07
• 7
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "The Lord gave the world"
  1:19
• 8
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "How beautiful are the feet of them" (soprano I)
  2:37
• 9
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
  1:18
• 10
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (bass)
  2:41
• 11
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Let us break their bonds asunder"
  1:46
• 12
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" (tenor) - "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (tenor)
  2:17
• 13
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Hallelujah!"
  3:35
• 14
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "I know that my redeemer liveth" (soprano I)
  6:14
• 15
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "Since by man came death"
  2:15
• 16
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (bass) - "The trumpet shall sound" (bass)
  9:19
• 17
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "Then shall be brought to pass..." (alto) - "O Death, where is thy sting?"(alto & tenor) - "But thanks be to God..."
  3:36
• 18
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "If God be for us, who can be against us?" (soprano II)
  4:55
• 19
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
  3:29
• 20
  Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Amen
  3:28