Handel - Messiah

TRACKS

Part I

1-1 No. 1. Symphony

1-2 Nos. 2-3. Recitative Air Tenor. "Comfort Ye My People... Every Valley Shall Be Exalted"

1-3 No. 4. Chorus. "And The Glory Of The Lord"

1-4 Nos. 5-6. Recitative Air Bass. "Thus Saith The Lord... But Who May Abide"

1-5 No. 7. Chorus. "And He Shall Purify"

1-6 Nos. 8-9. Recitative Air Alto Chorus. "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive... O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion"

1-7 Nos. 10-11. Recitative Air Bass. "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth... The People That Walked In Darkness"

1-8 No. 12. Chorus. "For Unto Us A Child Is Born"

1-9 No. 13. Pifa

1-10 Nos. 14-16. Recitative Soprano. "There Were Shepherds, Abiding In The Field... And Lo! The Angel Of The Lord Come Upon Them... And The Angel Said Unto Them... And Suddenly There Was With The Angel"

1-11 No. 17. Chorus. "Glory To God In The Highest"

1-12 No. 18. Air Soprano. "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion"

1-13 Nos. 19-20. Recitative And Aria Alto. "Then Shall The Eyes... He Shall Feed Is Flock"

1-14 No. 21. Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy"

Part II

1-15 No. 22. Chorus ."Behold The Lamb Of God"

1-16 No. 23. Air Alto: He Was Despised"

CD2

2-1 No. 24. Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"

2-2 No. 25. Chorus. "And With His Stripes"

2-3 No. 26. Chorus. "All We Like Sheep"

2-4 Nos. 27-28. Recitative Tenor Chorus. "All They That See Him... He Trusted In God"

2-5 Nos. 29-30. Recitative Arioso Soprano. "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart... Behold And See"

2-6 Nos. 31-32. Recitative Air Tenor. "He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living..."

2-7 No. 33. Chorus. "Lift Up You Heads"

2-8 Nos. 34-35. Recitative Tenor Chorus. "Unto Which Of The Angels..."

2-9 No. 36. Air Bass. "Thou Art Gone Up On High"

2-10 No. 37. Chorus. "The Lord Gave The World"

2-11 No. 38. Duet Soprano Alto, Chorus. "How Beautiful Are The Feet..."

2-12 No. 39. Arioso Tenor. "Their Sound Is Gone Out"

2-13 Nos. 40-41. Air Bass Chorus. "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together..."

2-14 Nos. 42-43. Recitative Air Tenor. "He That Dwelleth In Heaven..."

2-15 Part II, No. 44. Chorus. "Hallelujah"

Part III

2-16 No. 45. Air Soprano: "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

2-17 No. 46. Chorus. "Since By Man Came Death"

2-18 Nos. 47-48. Recitative Air Bass. "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery..."

2-19 Nos. 49-51. Recitative Alto, Duet Alto Tenor, Chorus. "Then Shall Be Brought To Pass..."

2-20 No. 52. Air Alto. "If God Be For Us"

2-21 No. 53. Chorus. "Worthy Is The Lamb... Amen"

NOTE

2 × CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Handel, Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, Gwynne Howell, Academy* Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, Neville Marriner