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Tracklist
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| Part I | |
| 1-1 | Sinfonia | 3:01 |
| 1-2 | Recitative "Comfort Ye, My People, Saith Your God" | 3:10 |
| 1-3 | Air "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted" | 3:18 |
| 1-4 | Chorus "And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed" | 2:40 |
| 1-5 | Recitative "Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts" | 1:39 |
| 1-6 | Air "But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?" | 4:37 |
| 1-7 | Chorus "And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi" | 2:16 |
| 1-8 | Recitative "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive" - Air "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion" - Chorus "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion, Arise" | 5:56 |
| 1-9 | Recitative "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth" - Air "The People That Walked In Darkness" | 5:42 |
| 1-10 | Chorus "For Unto Us A Child Is Born" | 3:38 |
| 1-11 | Pastoral Symphony | 2:54 |
| 1-12 | Recitative "There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field" - Recitative "And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them" - Recitative "And The Angel Said Unto Them: Fear Not, For Behold" - Chorus "Glory To God In The Highest" | 3:08 |
| 1-13 | Air "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion" | 4:25 |
| 1-14 | Recitative "Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened" - Air "He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd" | 5:59 |
| 1-15 | Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy, And His Burthen Is Light" | 2:17 |
| Part II | |
| 1-16 | Chorus "Behold The Lamb Of God" | 2:19 |
| 1-17 | Air "He Was Despised And Rejected Of Man" | 11:06 |
| 1-18 | Chorus "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs" - Chorus "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray" | 7:18 |
| 2-1 | Recitative "All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn" - Chorus "He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him" | 2:54 |
| 2-2 | Recitative "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart" - Air "Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow" - Recitative "He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living" | 3:55 |
| 2-3 | Air "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell" | 2:30 |
| 2-4 | Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates" | 2:43 |
| 2-5 | Rectitative "Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time" - Chorus "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him" | 1:37 |
| 2-6 | Air "Thou Art Gone Up On High" | 3:04 |
| 2-7 | Chorus "The Lord Gave The World" | 1:14 |
| 2-8 | Air "How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them" | 2:32 |
| 2-9 | Chorus "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands" | 1:15 |
| 2-10 | Air "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together" | 2:40 |
| 2-11 | Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder" | 1:43 |
| 2-12 | Recitative "He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn" - Air "Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron" | 2:12 |
| 2-13 | Chorus "Hallelujah!" | 3:20 |
| Part III | |
| 2-14 | Air "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" | 6:11 |
| 2-15 | Chorus "Since By Man Came Death" | 2:14 |
| 2-16 | Recitative "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery" - Air "The Trumpet Shall Sound" | 9:17 |
| 2-17 | Recitative "Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written" - Duet "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" - Chorus "But Thanks Be To God Who Giveth Us The Victory" | 3:30 |
| 2-18 | Air "If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?" | 4:51 |
| 2-19 | Chorus "Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain" | 3:28 |
| 2-20 | Chorus "Amen" | 3:18 |
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Barcode and Identifiers
Barcode: 794881465422
Label Code: LC 7045
SPARS Code: DDD
Credits
Alto Vocals - Andreas Scholl
Bass Vocals - Nathan Berg
Composed By - Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor - William Christie
Engineer [Sound] - Tim Handley
Ensemble - Les Arts Florissants
Liner Notes - Donald Burrows, Jean-François Labie
Liner Notes [German Translation] - Annegret Fauser
Producer [Direction Artistique] - Nicholas Parker
Soprano Vocals [Angel] - Tommy Williams
Soprano Vocals [Soprano II] - Sandrine Piau
Soprano Vocals [Soprano I] - Barbara Schlick
Tenor Vocals - Mark Padmore
Notes
Recorded December 1993.
Total Playing Time CD1 = 77:00.
Total Playing Time CD2 = 65:40.
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