Harnoncourt conducts Handel

Concentus Musicus Wien & Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2009-06-01 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 Symphony
  3:39
• 2
  Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people" [Tenor]
  3:02
• 3
  Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" [Mezzo-Soprano]
  3:47
• 4
  Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "For unto us a child is born" [Chorus]
  5:07
• 5
  Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion" [Soprano]
  4:44
• 6
  Messiah HWV56 : Part 2 "Hallelujah" [Chorus]
  3:45
• 7
  Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" [Mezzo-Soprano]
  6:01
• 8
  Giulio Cesare HWV17 : Act 3 "Ritorni omai nel nostro core" [Chorus, Cesare, Cleopatra]
  3:28
• 9
  Giulio Cesare HWV17 : Act 3 "Da tempeste il legno infranto" [Cleopatra]
  6:15
• 10
  Concerto grosso in C major HWV318, 'Alexander's Feast' : I Allegro
  3:39
• 11
  Alexander's Feast HWV75 : Part 1 "The many rend the skies with loud applause" [Chorus]
  3:55
• 12
  Samson HWV57, 'A Dead March' : Act 3 "The body comes, we'll meet it on the way" [Micah, Manoa]
  3:43
• 13
  Samson HWV57 : Act 3 "Glorious hero, may thy grave" [Chorus of Israelites]
  5:13
• 14
  Samson HWV57 : Act 3 "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row" [Israelite Woman]
  3:14
• 15
  Samson HWV57 : Act 3 "Let their celestial concerts all unite" [Chorus of Israelites]
  3:19
• 16
  Concerto grosso No.5 in D major Op.6 HWV323 : I Overture - Larghetto e staccato
  2:03
• 17
  Concerto grosso No.5 in D major Op.6 HWV323 : II Allegro
  2:00
• 18
  Concerto grosso No.5 in D major Op.6 HWV323 : III Presto
  4:06
• 19
  Concerto grosso No.5 in D major Op.6 HWV323 : IV Largo
  2:33
• 20
  Concerto grosso No.5 in D major Op.6 HWV323 : V Allegro
  2:32
• 21
  Concerto grosso No.5 in D major Op.6 HWV323 : VI Menuet - Un poco larghetto
  3:04
• 22
  Organ Concerto No.3 in G minor Op.4 No.3 HWV291 : I Adagio
  3:18
• 23
  Organ Concerto No.3 in G minor Op.4 No.3 HWV291 : II Allegro
  3:42
• 24
  Organ Concerto No.3 in G minor Op.4 No.3 HWV291 : III Adagio
  0:43
• 25
  Organ Concerto No.3 in G minor Op.4 No.3 HWV291 : IV Allegro
  1:54
• 26
  Saul HWV53 : Act 1 "Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless" [David]
  3:20
• 27
  Saul HWV53 : Act 3 Dead March
  3:07
• 28
  Saul HWV53 : Act 3 "Gird on thy sword" [Chorus]
  5:43
• 29
  Suite in F major HWV348, 'Water Music' : VIII Hornpipe
  3:50
• 30
  Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : III "What passion cannot Music raise and quell" [Soprano]
  8:43
• 31
  Theodora HWV68 : Act 1 "And draw a blessing down on his imperial crown" [Chorus]
  2:19
• 32
  Theodora HWV68 : Act 1 "Kind Heav'n, kind heav'n if virtue be the care" [Didymus]
  2:42
• 33
  Theodora HWV68 : Act 3 "Oh Love divine" [Chorus]
  2:59
• 34
  Te Deum HWV278, 'Utrecht' : I "We praise Thee, O God"
  2:33
• 35
  Apollo e Dafne HWV122 : "Mie piante correte" [Apollo]
  3:06
• 36
  Belshazzar HWV61 : Act 1 "Oh sacred oracles" [Daniel]
  5:22
• 37
  Belshazzar HWV61 : Act 2 "See from his post" "Why, faithless river" "Euphrates hath his task" "Of things on earth" [Chorus]
  6:31
• 38
  Concerto No.6 in D major - minor Op.3 No.6 HWV317 : I Vivace
  3:04
• 39
  Concerto No.6 in D major - minor Op.3 No.6 HWV317 : II Ad libitum [Adagio, improvised]
  1:10
• 40
  Concerto No.6 in D major - minor Op.3 No.6 HWV317 : III Allegro
  3:23
• 41
  Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice" [Chorus]
  3:26
• 42
  Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 "When his loud voice in thunder spoke" [Chorus]
  4:29