Messiah HWV 56

• Part I

  • No. 1 Sinfonia
    02:41
  • No. 2 Accompagnato 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people' (Tenor)
    03:11
  • No. 3 Aria 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted' (Tenor)
    03:08
  • No. 4 Chorus 'And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed' (Chorus)
    03:10
  • No. 5 Accompagnato 'Thus saith the Lord of Host' (Bass)
    01:22
  • No. 6 Aria 'But who may abide the day of His coming' (Bass or Alto)
    04:24
  • No. 7 Chorus 'And He shall purify' (Chorus)
    02:31
  • Recitative 'Behold, a virgin shall conceive' (Alto)
    00:29
  • No. 8.1 Aria and Chorus 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' (Alto) –
    03:38
  • No. 8.2 Aria and Chorus 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' (Chorus)
    01:28
  • No. 9 Accompagnato 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth' (Bass)
    02:05
  • No. 10 Aria 'The people that walked in darkness' (Bass)
    04:26
  • No. 11 Chorus 'For unto us a Child is born' (Chorus)
    03:51
  • No. 12 Pifa
    00:54
  • Recitative 'There were shepherds abiding' - No. 13 Accompagnato 'And lo, the angel of the Lord' - No. 14 Accompagnato 'And suddenly there was with the angel' (Soprano)
    01:24
  • No. 15 Chorus 'Glory to God in the highest' (Chorus)
    01:39
  • No. 16 Aria 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' (Soprano)
    04:02
  • Recitative 'Then shall the eyes of the blind' (Alto)
    00:36
  • No. 17 Duet 'He shall feed his flock' (Soprano, Alto)
    04:33
  • No. 18 Chorus 'His yoke is easy, His burthen is light' (Chorus)
    02:27

• Part II

  • No. 19 Chorus 'Behold the Lamb of God' (Chorus)
    02:22
  • No. 20 Aria 'He was despised' (Alto)
    09:53
  • No. 21 Chorus 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs' (Chorus)
    01:59
  • No. 22 Chorus 'And with His stripes we are healed' (Chorus)
    01:37
  • No. 23 Chorus 'All we like sheep have gone astray' (Chorus)
    03:42
  • No. 24 Accompagnato 'All they that see Him' (Tenor)
    00:45
  • No. 25 Chorus 'He trusted in God' (Chorus)
    02:17
  • No. 26 Accompagnato 'Thy rebuke hath broken His heart' (Tenor or Soprano)
    02:08
  • No. 27 Arioso 'Behold, and see if there be any sorrow' (Tenor or Soprano)
    01:25
  • No. 28 Accompagnato 'He was cut off out of the land' (Tenor)
    00:34
  • No. 29 Aria 'But Thou didst not leave His soul' (Tenor)
    01:41
  • No. 30 Chorus 'Lift up your heads, o ye gates' (Chorus)
    02:56
  • Recitative 'Unto which of the angels' (Tenor)
    00:15
  • No. 31 Chorus 'Let all the angels of God worship Him' (Chorus)
    01:21
  • No. 32 Aria 'Thou art gone up on high' (Soprano)
    02:55
  • No. 33 Chorus 'The Lord gave the word' (Chorus)
    00:58
  • No. 34 Duet, Chorus and Aria 'How beautiful are the feet' (Soprano)
    01:50
  • No. 35 Arioso and Chorus 'Their sound is gone out' (Chorus)
    01:18
  • No. 36 Aria 'Why do the nations so furiously rage' (Bass)
    02:43
  • No. 37 Chorus 'Let us break their bonds asunder' (Chorus)
    01:46
  • Recitative 'He that dwelleth in heaven' (Tenor)
    00:14
  • No. 38 Aria 'Thou shalt break them' (Tenor)
    01:58
  • No. 39 Chorus 'Hallelujah' (Chorus)
    04:12

• Part III

  • No. 40 Aria 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' (Soprano)
    04:54
  • No. 41 Chorus 'Since by Man came death' (Chorus)
    01:54
  • No. 42 Accompagnato 'Behold, I tell you a mystery' (Bass)
    00:42
  • No. 43 Aria 'The trumpet shall sound' (Bass)
    08:41
  • Recitative 'Then shall be brought to pass' (Alto)
    00:18
  • No. 44 Duet 'O death, where is thy sting' (Alto, Tenor)
    00:55
  • No. 45 Chorus 'But thanks be to God' (Chorus)
    02:00
  • No. 46 Aria 'If God be for us' (Soprano)
    04:16
  • No. 47 Chorus 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain' (Chorus)
    03:35
  • No. 48 Chorus 'Amen' (Chorus)
    03:04

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