Handel: Messiah

Tracklisting

Disc 1

Side 1

• 1. Sinfonia
• 2. Accompanied Recitative: Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)
• 3. Aria: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
• 4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord
• 5. Accompanied Recitative: Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts (Bass)
• 6. Aria: But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming (Countertenor)
• 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify
• 8. Recitative: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive, And Bear A Son (Countertenor)
• 9. Aria (Countertenor) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings Of Zion
• 10. Accompanied Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth (Bass)
• 11. Aria: The People That Walked In Darkness (Bass)
• 12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
• 13. Pifa
• 14. Accompanied Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field (Trebles: Henry Jenkinson And Robe
• 15. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest
• 16. Aria: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion (Tenor)
• 17. Recitative: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened (Countertenor)
• 18. Aria: He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd (Countertenor; Treble: Otta Jones)
• 19. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light
• 20. Chorus: Behold, The Lamb Of God
• 21. Aria: He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men (Countertenor)

Disc 2

• 1. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs And Carried Our Sorrows
• 2. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
• 3. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
• 4. Accompanied Recitative: All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn (Tenor)
• 5. Chorus: He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him
• 6. Accompanied Recitative: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor)
• 7. Aria: Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Tenor)
• 8. Accompanied Recitative: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living (Treble: Henry Jenkinson)
• 9. Aria: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell (Treble: Henry Jenkinson)
• 10. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
• 11. Recitative: Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time (Tenor)
• 12. Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
• 13. Aria: Thou Art Gone Up On High (Countertenor)
• 14. Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word
• 15. Aria: How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them That Preach The Gospel Of Peace (Treble: Otta Jones)
• 16. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands
• 17. Aria: Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together (Bass)
• 18. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
• 19. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn (Tenor)
• 20. Aria: Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron (Tenor)
• 21. Chorus: Hallelujah
• 22. Aria: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Treble: Henry Jenkinson)
• 23. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death
• 24. Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass)
• 25. Aria: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass) (Trumpet: David Blackadder)
• 26. Recitative: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written (Countertenor)
• 27. Duet: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting (Countertenor And Tenor)
• 28. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God
• 29. Aria: If God Is For Us, Who Can Be Against Us (Countertenor)
• 30. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
• 31. Chorus: Amen