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Messiah

Georg Friedrich Händel

Messiah

Harry Christophers / Handel and Haydn Society

COR 16125 - 0828021612527

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Handel’s ever-popular Messiah was recorded live in the superb acoustic of Boston’s Symphony Hall, to mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Handel and Haydn Society, America’s longest-standing performing arts organization.
Messiah was first performed in Dublin in 1742 and H H gave the first complete performance of the work in the USA in 1818. It has been performed annually in Boston as part of the H H concert season every year since 1854.
Harry Christophers was appointed Artistic Director of Boston’s internationally acclaimed Handel and Haydn Society in
2008.

Tracklisting

1

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Sinfony

03:05

2

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Accompagnato. 'Comfort Ye, My People'

02:39

3

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Air. 'Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted.'

03:10

4

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Chorus. 'And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed'

02:53

5

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Accompagnato. 'Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts'

01:21

6

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Air. 'But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?'

04:21

7

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Chorus. 'And He Shall Purify'

02:30

8

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Recitative. 'Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son'

00:27

9

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Air and Chorus. 'O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion'

04:55

10

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Accompagnato. 'For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth'

02:15

11

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Air. 'The People that Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light'

03:02

12

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Chorus. 'For Unto Us a Child is Born'

03:52

13

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)

02:38

14

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Recitative. 'There Were Shepherds' - Accompagnato. 'And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them' - Recitative. 'And The Angel

01:05

15

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Accompagnato. 'And Suddenly There Was With the Angel' - Chorus. 'Glory to God in the Highest'

02:09

16

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Air. 'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion'

04:11

17

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Recitative. 'Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened'

00:30

18

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Air. 'He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd'

04:59

19

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: Chorus. 'His Yoke Is Easy and His Burden is Light'

02:14

20

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'Behold the Lamb of God'

02:44

21

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Air. 'He was Despised and Rejected of Men'

09:41

22

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs'

01:46

23

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'And With His Stripes We Are Healed'

01:44

24

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray'

03:59

1

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Accompagnato. 'All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn'

00:47

2

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him'

02:12

3

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Accompagnato. 'Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart'

01:50

4

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Arioso. 'Behold and See if There Be Any Sorrow'

01:14

5

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Accompagnato. 'He Was Cut off Out of the Land of the Living'

00:15

6

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Air. 'But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell'

02:07

7

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'Lift Up Your Heads'

02:50

8

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Recitative. 'Unto Which of the Angels' - Chorus. 'Let All the Angels of God Worship Him'

01:36

9

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Air. 'Thou Art Gone Up on High'

03:10

10

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'The Lord Gave the Word'

01:01

11

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Air. 'How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach'

02:04

12

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'Their Sound is Gone Out Into All Lands'

01:19

13

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Air. 'Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?'

02:39

14

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder' - Recitative. 'He That Dwelleth in Heaven'

01:54

15

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Air. 'Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron'

02:01

16

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Chorus. 'Hallelujah!'

03:55

17

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Air. 'I Know that My Redeemer Liveth'

05:29

18

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Chorus. 'Since by Man Came Death'

02:03

19

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Accompagnato. 'Behold, I Tell You a Mystery'

00:35

20

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Air. 'The Trumpet Shall Sound'

08:25

21

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Recitative. 'Then Shall Be Brought to Pass'

00:16

22

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Duet. 'O Death, Where is Thy Sting?'

01:02

23

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Chorus. 'But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory'

02:04

24

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Air. 'If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against US?'

04:44

25

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Chorus. 'Worthy is the Lamb That Was Slain'

03:07

26

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. III: Chorus. 'Amen'

04:24