Handel: Messiah

Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia & Stephen Layton

2009-11-01 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 1, Symphony
  3:23
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Recit. Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)
  2:45
• 3
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
  3:07
• 4
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 4, Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
  2:50
• 5
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 5, Recit. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
  1:21
• 6
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 6, Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (Alto/Bass)
  4:13
• 7
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
  2:36
• 8
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 8, Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Alto)
  0:24
• 9
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, Aria with Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto)
  5:01
• 10
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, Recit. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass)
  2:03
• 11
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 11, Aria. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (Bass)
  3:58
• 12
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
  3:48
• 13
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 13. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"
  0:55
• 14
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14, Recit. There Were Shepherds, Abiding in the Field (Soprano)
  0:27
• 15
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 15, Recit. And the Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not (Soprano)
  0:25
• 16
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 16, Recit. And Suddenly There Was With the Angel a Multitude (Soprano)
  0:17
• 17
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 17, Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest
  1:53
• 18
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 18, Aria. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Soprano)
  4:08
• 19
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 19, Recit. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Alto)
  0:24
• 20
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 20, Aria. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Alto/Soprano)
  4:55
• 21
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 21, Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy and His Burthen Is Light
  2:15
• 22
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 22, Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God
  2:42
• 23
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 23, Aria. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)
  10:37
• 1
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 24, Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
  1:51
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 25, Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed
  1:52
• 3
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 26, Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
  4:02
• 4
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 27, Recit. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor)
  0:44
• 5
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 28, Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
  2:15
• 6
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 29, Recit. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Soprano/Tenor)
  1:53
• 7
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 30, Aria. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Soprano/Tenor)
  1:20
• 8
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 31, Recit. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Soprano/Tenor)
  0:13
• 9
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 32, Aria. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Soprano/Tenor)
  2:15
• 10
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 33, Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
  3:03
• 11
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 34, Recit. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time? (Tenor)
  0:13
• 12
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 35, Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
  1:27
• 13
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 36, Aria. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Alto/Bass)
  3:03
• 14
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 37, Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word
  0:58
• 15
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 38, Aria. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach (Soprano)
  2:09
• 16
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands
  1:15
• 17
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 40, Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Bass)
  2:33
• 18
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 41, Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
  1:47
• 19
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 42, Recit. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (Tenor)
  0:11
• 20
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 43, Aria. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor)
  1:59
• 21
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth
  3:44
• 22
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)
  6:01
• 23
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 46, Chorus. Since By Man Came Death
  2:21
• 24
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 47, Recit. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Bass)
  0:29
• 25
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 48, Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)
  5:49
• 26
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 49, Recit. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (Alto)
  0:15
• 27
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 50, Aria. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Alto/Tenor)
  1:05
• 28
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 51, Chorus. But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory
  2:15
• 29
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 52, Aria. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (Soprano)
  4:54
• 30
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53a, Chorus. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
  3:20
• 31
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53b, Chorus. Amen
  4:15