George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Messiah, HWV 56 (1988)
Cover Front Album
Composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Conductor Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra / Ensemble I The English Concert
Length 149:42
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Oratorio
Chorus I The English Concert Choir
Index 241
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Auger; von Otter; Chance; Crook; Tomlinson
Credits
Producer Andreas Holschneider
Label Archiv
Track List
73:50
01 Part One: No. 1: Symphony 03:23
02 Part One: No. 2: Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye my people" 03:25
03 Part One: No. 3: Air (Tenor) "Ev'ry vally shall be exalted" 03:31
04 Part One: No. 4: Chorus "And the glory of the Lord" 02:51
05 Part One: No. 5: Accompagnato (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord" 01:35
06 Part One: No. 6: Air (Alto) "But who may abide" 04:45
07 Part One: No. 7: Chorus "And he shall purify" 02:25
08 Part One: No. 8: Recitative (Contralto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" 00:29
09 Part One: No. 9: Air (Contralto) and Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" 05:30
10 Part One: No. 10: Accompagnato (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" 03:03
11 Part One: No. 11: Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness" 03:55
12 Part One: No. 12: Chorus "For unto us a child is born" 04:04
13 Part One: No. 13: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony" 01:10
14 Part One: No. 14: Recitative (Soprano) "There were shepherds abiding in the field; Accompagnato (Soprano) "And lo, the angel said unto them"; Part Three: No. 15: Recitative (Soprano) "And the angel said unto them"; Part Three: No. 16: Accompagnato (Soprano) "And suddenly there was with the angel" 01:34
15 Part One: No. 17: Chorus "Glory to God" 01:59
16 Part One: No. 18: Air (Soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" 04:48
17 Part One: No. 19: Recitative (Contralto) "Then shall the eyes of the blind" 00:21
18 Part One: No. 20: Air (Contralto & Soprano) "He shall feed his flock" 06:09
19 Part One: No. 21: Chorus "His yoke is easy, his burthen light" 02:21
20 Part Two: No. 22: Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God" 03:17
21 Part Two: No. 23: Air (Contralto) "He was despised" 13:15
75:52
01 Part Two: No. 24: Chorus "Surely he hath borne our griefs" 02:27
02 Part Two: No. 25: Chorus "And with his stripes we are healed" 01:52
03 Part Two: No. 26: Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray" 03:54
04 Part Two: No. 27: Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see him" 00:46
05 Part Two: No. 28: Chorus "He trusted in God" 02:33
06 Part Two: No. 29: Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart" 01:49
07 Part Two: No. 30: Arioso (Tenor) "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow" 01:59
08 Part Two: No. 31: Accompagnato (Soprano) "He was cut off out of the land" 00:14
09 Part Two: No. 32: Air (Soprano) "But thou didst not leave his soul" 02:08
10 Part Two: No. 33: Chorus "Lift up your heads" 03:04
11 Part Two: No. 34: Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels" 00:12
12 Part Two: No. 35: Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship him" 01:29
13 Part Two: No. 36: Air (Alto) "Thou art gone up on high" 03:10
14 Part Two: No. 37: Chorus "The Lord gave the word" 01:05
15 Part Two: No. 38: Air (Soprano) "How beautiful are the feet" 02:37
16 Part Two: No. 39: Chorus "Their sound is gone out" 01:22
17 Part Two: No. 40: Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" 02:56
18 Part Two: No. 41: Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder" 01:48
19 Part Two: No. 42: Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven" 00:10
20 Part Two: No. 43: Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them" 02:05
21 Part Two: No. 44: Chorus "Hallelujah" 03:58
22 Part Three: No. 45: Air (Soprano) "I know thay my Redeemer liveth" 06:42
23 Part Three: No. 46: Chorus "Since by man came death" 02:20
24 Part Three: No. 47: Recitative (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" 00:31
25 Part Three: No. 48: Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound" 08:59
26 Part Three: No. 49: Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass) 00:16
27 Part Three: No. 50: Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O death, where is thy sting?" 01:03
28 Part Three: No. 51: Chorus "But thanks be to God" 02:12
29 Part Three: No. 52: Air (Contralto) "If God be for us" 04:41
30 Part Three: No. 53: Chorus "Worth is the Lamb that was slain...Amen" 07:30
Personal
Purchase Date 12/16/1997
Value $34.50
Store BMG
Condition 100%
Librettist Charles Jennens
Nationality German
Language English
Period Baroque
Details
Studio Abbey Road, London
Catalog Number 423 630-2
Live No
Recording Date 1/1/1988
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Arleen Auger: Soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter: Contralto
Michael Chance: Alto
Howard Crook: Tenor
John Tomlinson: Bass

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