Messiah HWV 56
Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Midori Suzuki (Soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (Countertenor), John Elwes (Tenor), David Thomas (Bass)
℗ 1997
- 00:40Majora Canamus: And without controversy (Narrator)
- 03:071. Symphony
- 02:562. Accompanied Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor)
- 03:163. Aria: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor)
- 02:484. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus)
- 01:275. Accompanied Recitative: Thus saith the Lord (Bass)
- 04:206. Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto)
- 02:287. And He shall purify the sons of Levi (Chorus)
- 00:308. Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto)
- 05:389. Aria and Chorus: O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto)
- 02:0310. Accompanied Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)
- 03:4811. Aria: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)
- 03:4812. For unto us a child is born (Chorus)
- 02:4913. Pifa
- 00:1514. Recitative: There were shepherds abiding (Soprano)
- 00:1715. Accompanied Recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord (Soprano)
- 00:3216. Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano)
- 00:1617. Accompanied Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)
- 01:4818. Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)
- 04:1319. Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)
- 00:3120. Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto)
- 04:4921. Duet: He shall feed His flock (Alto, Soprano)
- 02:3122. His yoke is easy, His burthen is light (Chorus)
- 03:131. Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)
- 11:132. Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Alto)
- 01:523. Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus)
- 01:344. And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)
- 03:595. All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
- 00:466. Accompanied Recitative: All they that see Him laugh (Tenor)
- 02:187. He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus)
- 01:478. Accompanied Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)
- 01:479. Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor)
- 00:1710. Accompanied Recitative: He was cut off out of the land (Soprano)
- 02:1111. Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell (Soprano)
- 03:0112. Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus)
- 00:2313. Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He (Tenor)
- 01:2614. Let all the angels of God worship him (Chorus)
- 02:5315. Aria: Thou art gone up on high (Alto)
- 01:1216. The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
- 02:2017. Aria: How beautiful are the feet of Him (Soprano)
- 01:4518. Their sound is gone out (Chorus)
- 01:2219. Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)
- 01:4620. Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
- 00:1321. Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor)
- 02:0722. Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)
- 03:4623. Hallelujah! (Chorus)
- 05:341. Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)
- 02:062. Since by man came death (Chorus)
- 00:403. Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
- 08:494. Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)
- 00:185. Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass (Alto)
- 01:456. Duet: O Death, where is thy sting (Alto, Soprano)
- 02:107. But thanks be to God (Chorus)
- 04:278. Aria: If God be for ever (Alto)
- 07:319. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus)
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