Handel: Messiah

Handel and Haydn Society / Harry Christophers

1 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Sinfony Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 3:04

2 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye, My People" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 2:39

3 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Air. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted." Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 3:10

4 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. "And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:52

5 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Sumner Thompson 1:20

6 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Air. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor 4:20

7 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. "And He Shall Purify" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:29

8 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Recitative. "Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor 0:27

9 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Air and Chorus. "O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor 4:55

10 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Sumner Thompson 2:15

11 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Air. "The People that Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Sumner Thompson 3:01

12 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child is Born" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 3:52

13 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa) Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:38

14 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Recitative. "There Were Shepherds" - Accompagnato. "And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them" - Recitative. "And The Angel Said Unto Them: Fear Not" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Gillian Keith 1:04

15 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. "And Suddenly There Was With the Angel" - Chorus. "Glory to God in the Highest" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Gillian Keith 2:08

16 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Air. "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Gillian Keith 4:11

17 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor 0:30

18 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Air. "He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor Gillian Keith 4:58

19 Messiah HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. "His Yoke is Easy and His Burden is Light" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:13

20 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:44

21 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Air. "He was Despised and Rejected of Men" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor 9:41

22 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 1:46

23 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "And With His Stripes We Are Healed" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 1:44

24 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 3:58

1 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. "All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 0:46

2 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:12

3 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 1:49

4 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Arioso. "Behold and See if There Be Any Sorrow" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 1:14

5 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. "He Was Cut off Out of the Land of the Living" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 0:15

6 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Air. "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 2:07

7 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "Lift Up Your Heads" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:50

8 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Recitative. "Unto Which of the Angels" - Chorus. "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 1:35

9 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Air. "Thou Art Gone Up on High" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor 3:10

10 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "The Lord Gave the Word" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 1:00

11 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Air. "How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Gillian Keith 2:03

12 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "Their Sound is Gone Out Into All Lands" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 1:19

13 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Air. "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Sumner Thompson 2:39

14 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder" - Recitative. "He That Dwelleth in Heaven" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 1:53

15 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Air. "Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Tom Randle 2:00

16 Messiah HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. "Hallelujah!" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 3:54

17 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Air. "I Know that My Redeemer Liveth" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Gillian Keith 5:28

18 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. "Since by Man Came Death" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:02

19 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Accompagnato. "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Sumner Thompson 0:34

20 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Air. "The Trumpet Shall Sound" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Sumner Thompson 8:25

21 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Recitative. "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor 0:16

22 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Duet. "O Death, Where is Thy Sting?" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Daniel Taylor Tom Randle 1:02

23 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. "But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 2:04

24 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Air. "If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against US?" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra Gillian Keith 4:44

25 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. "Worthy is the Lamb That Was Slain" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 3:06

26 Messiah HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. "Amen" Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra 4:24