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Messiah HWV 56

Text: Charles Jennens
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Westminster Abbey Choir, Westminster Choir, Adele Addison (Soprano), David Lloyd (Tenor), Russell Oberlin (Countertenor), William Warfield (Bass)
1956, New York City

  • Part I - Christmas

    • 1. Symphony. Grave - Allegro moderato
      05:51
    • 2. Accompagnato "Comfort Ye My People"
      03:30
    • 3. Air "Ev'ry Valley Shall be Exalted
      03:28
    • 4. Chorus "And the Glory of the Lord Shall be Revealed"
      03:04
    • 5. Accompagnato "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"
      01:45
    • 6. Air "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming"
      04:24
    • 7. Chorus "And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi"
      02:36
    • 8. Recitative "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"
      00:38
    • 9. Air & Chorus "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"
      05:24
    • 10. Chorus "For Unto Us a Child is Born"
      03:52
    • 11. Pifa - Pastoral Symphony
      03:57
    • 12. Recitative "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field"
      00:20
    • 13. Accompagnato "And Io, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them"
      00:30
    • 14. Recitative "And The Angel Said Unto Them"
      00:49
    • 15. Accompagnato "And Suddenly There Was With The Angel"
      00:16
    • 16. Chorus "Glory to God in the Highest"
      01:51
    • 17. Air "Rejoice Greatly"
      05:10
    • 18. Recitative "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Open'd"
      00:38
    • 19. Part I, No. 17 Air "He Shall Feed His Flock"
      06:41
    • 20. Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates"
      03:03
    • 21. Air "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage"
      02:35
    • 22. Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"
      01:49
    • 23. Recitative "He That Dwelleth in Heaven"
      00:19
    • 24. Air "Thou Shalt Break Them"
      02:07
    • 25. Chorus "Hallelujah!"
      04:48

  • Part II - Easter

    • 1. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"
      04:08
    • 2. Air "He Was Despised"
      06:17
    • 3. Chorus "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
      03:51
    • 4. Chorus "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"
      04:31
    • 5. Accompagnato "All They That See Him"
      00:50
    • 6. Chorus "He Trusted in God"
      02:16
    • 7. Accompagnato "They Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"
      02:00
    • 8. Arioso "Behold, And See, If There Be Any Sorrow"
      02:01
    • 9. Accompagnato "He Was Cut Off Out of the Land"
      00:33
    • 10. Air "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
      08:06
    • 11. Chorus "Since By Man Came Death"
      02:10
    • 12. Recitative "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"
      00:59
    • 13. Air "The Trumpet Shall Sound"
      03:58
    • 14. Chorus "Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain - Amen
      07:17

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