Messiah HWV 56
Ton Koopman, The Sixteen, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Marjanne Kweksilber (Soprano), James Bowman (Countertenor), Paul Elliott (Tenor), Gregory Reinhart (Bass)
1983, Rimini, Castello Malatestiano
Part I
- 03:09No. 1 Sinfonia. Grave – Allegro moderato
- 03:03No. 2 Accompagnato 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people' (Tenor)
- 03:34No. 3 Aria 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted' (Tenor)
- 03:04No. 4 Chorus 'And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed' (Chorus)
- 01:28No. 5 Accompagnato 'Thus saith the Lord of Host' (Bass)
- 04:18No. 6 Aria 'But who may abide the day of His coming' (Bass or Alto)
- 02:37No. 7 Chorus 'And He shall purify' (Chorus)
- 00:20Recitative 'Behold, a virgin shall conceive' (Alto)
- 03:34No. 8.1 Aria and Chorus 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' (Alto) –
- 01:34No. 8.2 Aria and Chorus 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' (Chorus)
- 01:57No. 9 Accompagnato 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth' (Bass)
- 03:16No. 10 Aria 'The people that walked in darkness' (Bass)
- 04:10No. 11 Chorus 'For unto us a Child is born' (Chorus)
- 02:32No. 12 Pifa
- 02:31Recitative '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)
- 01:54No. 15 Chorus 'Glory to God in the highest' (Chorus)
- 04:25No. 16 Aria 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' (Soprano)
- 00:26Recitative 'Then shall the eyes of the blind' (Alto)
- 04:31No. 17 Duet 'He shall feed his flock' (Soprano, Alto)
- 02:29No. 18 Chorus 'His yoke is easy, His burthen is light' (Chorus)
Part II
- 02:37No. 19 Chorus 'Behold the Lamb of God' (Chorus)
- 09:42No. 20 Aria 'He was despised' (Alto)
- 01:50No. 21 Chorus 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs' (Chorus)
- 02:02No. 22 Chorus 'And with His stripes we are healed' (Chorus)
- 04:04No. 23 Chorus 'All we like sheep have gone astray' (Chorus)
- 00:48No. 24 Accompagnato 'All they that see Him' (Tenor)
- 02:29No. 25 Chorus 'He trusted in God' (Chorus)
- 01:17No. 26 Accompagnato 'Thy rebuke hath broken His heart' (Tenor or Soprano)
- 01:29No. 27 Arioso 'Behold, and see if there be any sorrow' (Tenor or Soprano)
- 00:16No. 28 Accompagnato 'He was cut off out of the land' (Tenor)
- 02:34No. 29 Aria 'But Thou didst not leave His soul' (Tenor)
- 03:08No. 30 Chorus 'Lift up your heads, o ye gates' (Chorus)
- 00:19Recitative 'Unto which of the angels' (Tenor)
- 01:26No. 31 Chorus 'Let all the angels of God worship Him' (Chorus)
- 02:50No. 32 Aria 'Thou art gone up on high' (Soprano)
- 01:12No. 33 Chorus 'The Lord gave the word' (Chorus)
- 04:54No. 34 Duet, Chorus and Aria 'How beautiful are the feet' (Soprano) – No. 35 Arioso and Chorus 'Their sound is gone out' (Chorus)
- 02:42No. 36 Aria 'Why do the nations so furiously rage' (Bass)
- 01:51No. 37 Chorus 'Let us break their bonds asunder' (Chorus)
- 00:15Recitative 'He that dwelleth in heaven' (Tenor)
- 02:03No. 38 Aria 'Thou shalt break them' (Tenor)
- 03:39No. 39 Chorus 'Hallelujah' (Chorus)
Part III
- 05:12No. 40 Aria 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' (Soprano)
- 02:12No. 41 Chorus 'Since by Man came death' (Chorus)
- 00:29No. 42 Accompagnato 'Behold, I tell you a mystery' (Bass)
- 08:39No. 43 Aria 'The trumpet shall sound' (Bass)
- 00:16Recitative 'Then shall be brought to pass' (Alto)
- 01:55No. 44 Duet 'O death, where is thy sting' (Alto, Tenor)
- 02:21No. 45 Chorus 'But thanks be to God' (Chorus)
- 04:42No. 46 Aria 'If God be for us' (Soprano)
- 03:34No. 47 Chorus 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain' (Chorus)
- 03:10No. 48 Chorus 'Amen' (Chorus)
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