Messiah HWV 56
Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Brandenburg Consort, Lynne Dawson (Soprano), Hillary Summers (Alto), John Mark Ainsley (Tenor), Alastair Miles (Bass)
℗ 2015
- 03:03Sinfonia (Ouverture)
- 02:51Recitative (Tenor) Comfort Ye My People
- 03:20Air (Tenor) Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
- 02:52Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
- 01:19Recitative (Bass) Thus Said the Lord of Hosts
- 04:05Air (Alto) But Who May Abide
- 02:30Chorus. And He Shall Purify
- 00:23Recitative (Alto) Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive
- 05:27Air (Alto & Chorus) O Thou That Tellest
- 02:01Recitative (Bass) For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
- 03:17Air (Bass) The People That Walked in Darkness
- 04:05Chorus. For Unto Us a Child is Born
- 02:31Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
- 00:31Recitative (Soprano) There Were Shepherds
- 00:31Recitative (Soprano) And the Angel Said Unto Them
- 00:17Recitative (Soprano) And Suddenly There Was with the Angel
- 01:52Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest
- 04:17Air (Soprano) Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
- 00:24Recitative (Alto) Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind
- 04:35Duet (Alto & Soprano) He Shall Feed His Flock
- 02:20Chorus. His Yoke is Easy
- 02:22Chorus. Behold, the Lamb of God
- 09:51Air (Tenor) He Was Despised and Rejected of Men
- 01:43Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
- 01:47Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed
- 03:43Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
- 00:40Recitative (Tenor) All They That See Him
- 02:19Chorus. He Trusted in God
- 01:48Recitative (Tenor) Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
- 01:22Air (Tenor) Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow
- 00:17Recitative (Tenor) He Was Cut off Out of the Land
- 02:20Air (Soprano) But Thou Didst Not Leave
- 02:58Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads
- 00:19Recitative (Tenor) Unto Which of the Angels
- 01:28Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
- 03:12Air (Alto) Thou Art Gone up on High
- 01:04Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word
- 02:03Air (Soprano) How Beautiful Are the Feet
- 01:30Chorus. Their Sound is Gone Out
- 01:26Air (Bass) Why Do the Nations?
- 01:43Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
- 00:12Recitative (Tenor) He That Dwelleth in Heaven
- 01:59Air (Tenor) Thou Shalt Break Them
- 03:35Chorus. Hallelujah!
- 05:48Air (Soprano) I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
- 02:02Chorus. Since by Man Came Death
- 00:34Recitative (Bass) Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
- 08:31Air (Bass) The Trumpet Shall Sound
- 00:17Recitative (Alto) Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
- 01:03Duet (Alto & Tenor) O Death, Where is Thy Sting?
- 02:02Chorus. But Thanks Be to God
- 05:06Air (Soprano) If God Be for Us
- 06:49Chorus. Worthy is the Lamb... Amen
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