Messiah

Georg Friedrich Händel, Julia Doyle, Iestyn Davies, Allan Clayton, Andrew Foster-Williams, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Released: 2009 Classical

Tracklist

Part One

1-1 Symphony

3:23

1-2 (Recit) Comfort Ye, My People

2:44

1-3 (Aria) Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted

3:06

1-4 (Chorus) And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed

2:49

1-5 (Recit) Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts

1:20

1-6 (Aria) But Who May Abide?

4:12

1-7 (Chorus) And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levy

2:35

1-8 (Recit) Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive

0:23

1-9 (Aria/Chorus) O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings

5:01

1-10 (Recit) For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth

2:03

1-11 (Aria) The People That Walked In The Darkness

3:58

1-12 (Chorus) For Unto Us A Child Is Born

3:47

1-13 Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"

0:54

1-14 (Recit) There Were Shepherds, Abiding In The Field

0:26

1-15 (Recit) And The Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not

0:25

1-16 (Recit) And Suddenly There Was With The Angel

0:16

1-17 (Chorus) Glory To God In The Highest

1:52

1-18 (Aria) Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion

4:07

1-19 (Recit) Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened

0:26

1-20 (Aria) He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd

4:55

1-21 (Chorus) His Yoke Is Easy And His Burthen Is Light

2:15

Part Two

1-22 (Chorus) Behold The Lamb Of God

2:42

1-23 (Aria) He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men

10:36

2-1 (Chorus) Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs

1:51

2-2 (Chorus) And With His Stripes We Are Healed

1:52

2-3 (Chorus) All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

4:02

2-4 (Recit) All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn

0:44

2-5 (Chorus) He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him

2:14

2-6 (Recit) Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart

1:53

2-7 (Aria) Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow

1:19

2-8 (Recit) He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living

0:13

2-9 (Aria) But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell

2:14

2-10 (Recit) Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates

3:03

2-11 (Recit) Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time

0:13

2-12 (Chorus) Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him

1:26

2-13 (Aria) Thou Art Gone Up High

3:02

2-14 (Chorus) The Lord Gave The Word

0:57

2-15 (Aria) How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them That Preach

2:09

2-16 (Chorus) Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands

1:14

2-17 (Aria) Why Do The Nations So Furiosly Rage Together?

2:32

2-18 (Chorus) Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder

1:47

2-19 (Recit) He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh

0:10

2-20 (Aria) Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron

1:58

2-21 (Chorus) Hallelujah, For The Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth

3:43

Part Three

2-22 (Aria) I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

6:00

2-23 (Chorus) Since By Man Came Death

2:20

2-24 (Recit) Behold, I Tell You A Mystery

0:29

2-25 (Aria) The Trumpet Shall Sound

5:49

2-26 (Recit) Then Shall Be Brought To Pass

0:15

2-27 (Aria) O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?

1:05

2-28 (Chorus) But Thanks Be To God Who Giveth Us The Victory

2:15

2-29 (Aria) If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?

4:54

2-30 (Chorus) Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain

3:20

2-31 (Chorus) Amen

4:15