Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performer: Maldwyn Davies, David James, Catherine Denley, Lynne Dawson, Michael George
Orchestra: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA66251/2
Release: 1987
Size: 543 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Messiah, HWV 56
CD 01
Part 1
01. No. 1. Symphony
02. No. 2, Recit. Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)
03. No. 3, Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
04. No. 4, Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
05. No. 5, Recit. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
06. No. 6, Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (Alto/Bass)
07. No. 7, Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
08. No. 8, Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Alto)
09. No. 9, Aria with Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto)
10. No. 10, Recit. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass)
11. No. 11, Aria. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (Bass)
12. No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
13. No. 13. Pifa “Pastoral Symphony”
14. No. 14a, Recit. There Were Shepherds, Abiding in the Field (Soprano)
15. No. 14b, Recit. And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them (Soprano)
16. No. 15, Recit. And the Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not (Soprano)
17. No. 16, Recit. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel a Multitude (Soprano)
18. No. 17, Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest
19. No. 18, Aria. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Soprano)
20. No. 19, Recit. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Alto)
21. No. 20, Aria. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Alto/Soprano)
22. No. 21, Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy and His Burthen Is Light
Part 2
23. No. 22, Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God
24. No. 23, Aria. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)
CD 02
Part 2
01. No. 24, Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne our Griefs
02. No. 25, Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed
03. No. 26, Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
04. No. 27, Recit. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor)
05. No. 28, Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
06. No. 29, Recit. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Soprano/Tenor)
07. No. 30, Aria. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Soprano/Tenor)
08. No. 31, Recit. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Soprano/Tenor)
09. No. 32, Aria. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Soprano/Tenor)
10. No. 33, Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
11. No. 34 Recit. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time? (Tenor)
12. No. 35, Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
13. No. 36, Aria. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Alto/Bass)
14. No. 37, Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word
15. No. 38, Aria. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach (Soprano)
16. No. 39, Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands
17. No. 40, Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Bass)
18. No. 41, Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
19. No. 42, Recit. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (Tenor)
20. No. 43, Aria. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor)
21. No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth
Part 3
22. No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)
23. No. 46, Chorus. Since By Man Came Death
24. No. 47, Recit. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Bass)
25. No. 48, Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)
26. No. 49, Recit. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (Alto)
