Messiah HWV 56
Sir David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Benjamin Luxon (Bass), James Bowman (Countertenor), Robert Tear (Tenor)
℗ 1972
Novello Edition, Part I
- 04:09No. 1 Sinfonia
- 03:27No. 2 Accompagnato 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people' (Tenor)
- 03:42No. 3 Aria 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted' (Tenor)
- 03:04No. 4 Chorus 'And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed' (Chorus)
- 01:49No. 5 Accompagnato 'Thus saith the Lord of Host' (Bass)
- 04:38No. 6 Aria 'But who may abide the day of His coming' (Alto)
- 02:41No. 7 Chorus 'And He shall purify' (Chorus)
- 00:31No. 8 Recitative 'Behold, a virgin shall conceive' (Alto)
- 03:56No. 9 Aria and Chorus 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' (Alto)
- 01:43No. 9a Aria and Chorus 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' (Chorus)
- 02:33No. 10 Accompagnato 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth' (Bass)
- 04:13No. 11 Aria 'The people that walked in darkness' (Bass)
- 04:15No. 12 Chorus 'For unto us a Child is born' (Chorus)
- 03:27No. 13 Pifa
- 01:46No. 14-16 Recitative 'There were shepherds abiding' – 'And lo, the angel of the Lord' – 'And suddenly there was with the angel' (Soprano)
- 02:24No. 17 Chorus 'Glory to God in the highest' (Chorus)
- 04:55No. 18 Aria 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' (Soprano)
- 00:30No. 19 Recitative 'Then shall the eyes of the blind' (Alto)
- 04:52No. 20 Duet 'He shall feed his flock' (Soprano, Alto)
- 02:32No. 21 Chorus 'His yoke is easy, His burthen is light' (Chorus)
Novello Edition, Part II
- 03:02No. 22 Chorus 'Behold the Lamb of God' (Chorus)
- 11:09No. 23 Aria 'He was despised' (Alto)
- 02:18No. 24 Chorus 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs' (Chorus)
- 01:58No. 25 Chorus 'And with His stripes we are healed' (Chorus)
- 04:09No. 26 Chorus 'All we like sheep have gone astray' (Chorus)
- 00:54No. 27 Accompagnato 'All they that see Him' (Tenor)
- 02:12No. 28 Chorus 'He trusted in God' (Chorus)
- 01:42No. 29 Accompagnato 'Thy rebuke hath broken His heart' (Tenor)
- 01:38No. 30 Arioso 'Behold, and see if there be any sorrow' (Tenor)
- 00:21No. 31 Accompagnato 'He was cut off out of the land' (Tenor)
- 02:00No. 32 Aria 'But Thou didst not leave His soul' (Tenor)
- 03:15No. 33 Chorus 'Lift up your heads, o ye gates' (Chorus)
- 00:22No. 34 Recitative 'Unto which of the angels' (Tenor)
- 01:34No. 35 Chorus 'Let all the angels of God worship Him' (Chorus)
- 02:54No. 36 Aria 'Thou art gone up on high' (Soprano)
- 01:20No. 37 Chorus 'The Lord gave the word' (Chorus)
- 02:23No. 38 Duet, Chorus and Aria 'How beautiful are the feet' (Soprano)
- 01:33No. 39 Arioso and Chorus 'Their sound is gone out' (Chorus)
- 02:55No. 40 Aria 'Why do the nations so furiously rage' (Bass)
- 01:56No. 41 Chorus 'Let us break their bonds asunder' (Chorus)
- 00:18No. 42 Recitative 'He that dwelleth in heaven' (Tenor)
- 02:19No. 43 Aria 'Thou shalt break them' (Tenor)
- 04:27No. 44 Chorus 'Hallelujah' (Chorus)
Novello Edition, Part III
- 05:58No. 45 Aria 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' (Soprano)
- 02:01No. 46 Chorus 'Since by Man came death' (Chorus)
- 00:43No. 47 Accompagnato 'Behold, I tell you a mystery' (Bass)
- 09:17No. 48 Aria 'The trumpet shall sound' (Bass)
- 00:19No. 49 Recitative 'Then shall be brought to pass' (Alto)
- 01:05No. 50 Duet 'O death, where is thy sting' (Alto, Tenor)
- 02:21No. 51 Chorus 'But thanks be to God' (Chorus)
- 05:07No. 52 Aria 'If God be for us' (Soprano)
- 03:34No. 53 Chorus 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain' (Chorus)
- 03:45No. 53a 'Amen' (Chorus)
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