Handel: Messiah (1751 Version)

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Messiah, HWV 56 (1751 Version) (more info)
Performed by: Academy of Ancient Music
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Edward Higginbottom
Eamonn Dougan, bass
Otta Jones,
Robert Brooks,
Henry Jenkinson,
Toby Spence, tenor
Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Recording date: 03 - 08 January 2006


1.   Part I: Sinfonia - 3:04
2.   Part I: Accompanied recitative: Comfort ye, my people (Tenor) - 3:16
3.   Part I: Aria: Every valley shall be exalted (Tenor) - 3:19
4.   Part I: Chorus: And the glory of the Lord - 2:32
5.   Part I: Accompanied recitative: Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass) - 1:27
6.   Part I: Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Countertenor) - 4:31
7.   Part I: Chorus: And He shall purify - 2:32
8.   Part I: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (Countertenor) - 0:24
9.   Part I: Aria and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Countertenor) - 5:41
10.   Part I: Accompanied recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass) - 2:11
11.   Part I: Aria: The people that walked in darkness (Bass) - 3:34
12.   Part I: Chorus: For unto us a Child is born - 3:52
13.   Part I: Pifa - 2:14
14.   Part I: Accompanied recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field (Trebles) - 1:28
15.   Part I: Chorus: Glory to God in the highest - 2:15
16.   Part I: Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Tenor) - 4:06
17.   Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (Countertenor) - 0:24
18.   Part I: Aria: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Countertenor, Treble) - 4:54
19.   Part I: Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light - 2:14
20.   Part II: Chorus: Behold, the Lamb of God - 2:55
21.   Part II: Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Countertenor) - 12:21

Messiah, HWV 56 (1751 Version) (more info)
Performed by: Academy of Ancient Music
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Edward Higginbottom
Eamonn Dougan, bass
Otta Jones,
Robert Brooks,
Henry Jenkinson,
Toby Spence, tenor
Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Recording date: 03 - 08 January 2006


1.   Part II: Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows - 2:03
2.   Part II: Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed - 1:55
3.   Part II: Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray - 3:34
4.   Part II: Accompanied recitative: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn (Tenor) - 0:42
5.   Part II: Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him - 2:20
6.   Part II: Accompanied recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor) - 1:47
7.   Part II: Aria: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow (Tenor) - 1:33
8.   Part II: Accompanied recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Treble) - 0:18
9.   Part II: Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Treble) - 1:59
10.   Part II: Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates - 3:09
11.   Part II: Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He at any time (Tenor) - 0:19
12.   Part II: Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him - 1:40
13.   Part II: Aria: Thou art gone up on high (Countertenor) - 3:10
14.   Part II: Chorus: The Lord gave the word - 1:12
15.   Part II: Aria: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace (Treble) - 2:18
16.   Part II: Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all lands - 1:32
17.   Part II: Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass) - 2:49
18.   Part II: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder - 1:53
19.   Part II: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (Tenor) - 0:10
20.   Part II: Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor) - 2:17
21.   Part II: Chorus: Hallelujah - 3:58
22.   Part III: Aria: I know that my redeemer liveth (Treble) - 5:49
23.   Part III: Chorus: Since by man came death - 2:04
24.   Part III: Accompanied recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass) - 0:38
25.   Part III: Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass) - 8:38
26.   Part III: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written (Countertenor) - 0:16
27.   Part III: Duet: O death, where is thy sting (Countertenor and Tenor) - 1:06
28.   Part III: Chorus: But thanks be to God - 2:11
29.   Part III: Aria: If God is for us, who can be against us (Countertenor) - 4:52
30.   Part III: Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain - 3:18
31.   Part III: Chorus: Amen - 3:35

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