Tracklist
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| Messiah HWV 56 | |
| Part One | |
1-1 | 1. Sinfonia (Grave - Allegro Moderato) | 3:22 |
1-2 | 2. Accompagnato (Tenor): Comfort Ye My People | 3:26 |
1-3 | 3. Air (Tenor): Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted | 3:32 |
1-4 | 4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed | 2:51 |
1-5 | 5. Accompagnato (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts | 1:36 |
1-6 | 6. Air (Alto): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming | 4:45 |
1-7 | 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify | 2:25 |
1-8 | 8. Recitative (Contralto): Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive | 0:30 |
1-9 | 9. Air (Contralto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings | 5:30 |
1-10 | 10. Accompagnato (Bass): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover | 3:03 |
1-11 | 11. Air (Bass): The People That Walked In Darkness | 3:56 |
1-12 | 12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born | 4:04 |
1-13 | 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) | 1:11 |
1-14a | 14. Recitative (Soprano): There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field. Accompagnato (Soprano): And Io, The Angel Of The Lord | 0:38 |
1-14b | 15. Recitative (Soprano): And The Angel Said Unto Them | 0:37 |
1-14c | 16. Accompagnato (Soprano): And Suddenly There Was With The Angel | 0:18 |
1-15 | 17. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest | 1:58 |
1-16 | 18. Air (Soprano): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion | 4:48 |
1-17 | 19. Recitative (Contralto): Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind | 0:21 |
1-18 | 20. Air (Contralto & Soprano): He Shall Feed His Flock | 6:09 |
1-19 | 21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light | 2:17 |
| Part Two | |
1-20 | 22. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God | 3:17 |
1-21 | 23. Air (Contralto): He Was Despised | 13:16 |
2-1 | 24. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs | 2:28 |
2-2 | 25. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed | 1:53 |
2-3 | 26. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray | 3:54 |
2-4 | 27. Accompagnato (Tenor): All They That See Him | 0:47 |
2-5 | 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God | 2:33 |
2-6 | 29. Accompagnato (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart | 1:50 |
2-7 | 30. Arioso (Tenor): Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow | 2:00 |
2-8 | 31. Accompagnato (Soprano): He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land | 0:15 |
2-9 | 32. Air (Soprano): But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul | 2:09 |
2-10 | 33. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates | 3:05 |
2-11 | 34. Recitative (Tenor). Unto Which Of The Angels | 0:12 |
2-12 | 35. Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him | 1:30 |
2-13 | 36. Air (Alto): Thou Art Gone Up On High | 3:11 |
2-14 | 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word | 1:05 |
2-15 | 38. Air (Soprano): How Beautiful Are The Feet | 2:37 |
2-16 | 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out | 1:23 |
2-17 | 40. Air (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage | 2:56 |
2-18 | 41. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder | 1:48 |
2-19 | 42. Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth In Heaven | 0:11 |
2-20 | 43. Air (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them | 2:06 |
2-21 | 44. Chorus: Hallelujah | 3:57 |
| Part Three | |
2-22 | 45. Air (Soprano): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth | 6:42 |
2-23 | 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death | 2:20 |
2-24 | 47. Recitative (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mystery | 0:32 |
2-25 | 48. Air (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound | 8:59 |
2-26 | 49. Recitative (Alto): Then Shall Be Brought To Pass | 0:17 |
2-27 | 50. Duet (Alto & Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? | 1:03 |
2-28 | 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God | 2:13 |
2-29 | 52. Air (Contralto): If God Be For Us | 4:41 |
2-30 | 53. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain - Amen | 7:31 |
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Barcode and Identifiers
Barcode: 0 28942 36302 1 Label Code: LC 0113 Cat.no CD 1: 423 631-2 Cat.no CD 2: 423 632-2 SPARS Code: DDD
Credits Alto Vocals [Soloist] - Michael Chance Art Direction - Lutz Bode Bass Vocals [Choir] - Christopher Purves, Donald Greig, Mark Peterson, Richard Wistreich, Simon Birchall, Simon Grant, Stephen Alder, Stephen Charlesworth Bass Vocals [Soloist] - John Tomlinson Bassoon - Alastair Mitchell, Alberto Grazzi Booklet Editor - David Butchart Cello - Christopher Poffley, Suki Towb, Timothy Kraemer Cello [Continuo] - Jane Coe Choir - The English Concert Choir Composed By - Georg Friedrich Händel Conductor, Harpsichord [Continuo] - Trevor Pinnock Contralto Vocals [Choir] - Penny Vickers, Sandra Schulze Contralto Vocals [Soloist] - Anne Sofie Von Otter Countertenor Vocals [Choir] - Ashley Stafford, Graeme Curry, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Nicholas Clapton Double Bass - Amanda McNamara, Peter McCarthy Edited By - Ulrich Vette Engineer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann Horn - Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford Libretto By - Charles Jennens Liner Notes - Carole Boudreault, Donald Burrows Liner Notes [French Translation] - Carole Boudreault Liner Notes [German Translation] - Horst Leuchtmann Liner Notes [Italian Translation] - Olimpio Cescatti Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Choir] - Caroline Trevor Music Cons - Maurice Cochrane
Notes ℗ 1988 Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg
Recording: London, Abbey Road Studios 1/1988
Cover: Painting by Fra Angelico (Detail), Church of San Dommenica, Fiesole, Italy
75 page booklet with English, German, French and Italian notes and libretto
Printed in West Germany by Münstermann-Druck Hanover
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