Handel
Messiah (English Baroque Soloists feat. conductor: John Eliot Gardiner)
1992

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, I. Sinfonia 2:55
2 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God" 2:20
3 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted" 3:11
4 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed" 2:40
5 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, V. Recitative (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" 1:19
6 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VI. Air (Alto) "But who may abide the day of His coming?" 4:19
7 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIa. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi" 2:18
8 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" 0:28
9 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIII. Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" 5:36
10 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" 1:46
11 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, X. Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness" 3:50
12 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born" 4:02
13 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIa. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony" 2:26
14 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIb. Recitative (Treble) "There were shepherds" / XIII. Accompagnato (Treble): "And lo, the angel of the Lord" / XIV. Accompagnato (Treble) "And suddenly there was with the angel" 1:20
15 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest" 1:43
16 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano II) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" 4:11
17 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIb. Recitative (Soprano I) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" 0:21
18 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVII. Duet (Alto & Soprano I) "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" 4:27
19 Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIII. Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burden is light" 2:02
20 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God" 2:39
21 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men" 10:13
22 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs" 2:08
23 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes" 1:52
24 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIII. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray" 4:11
Total time 72:17
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIV. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" 0:47
2 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXV. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him" 2:16
3 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVI. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" 1:31
4 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVII. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold and see, if there be any sorrow" 1:33
5 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVIII. Accompagnato (Soprano I): "He was cut off out of the land of the living" 0:14
6 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIX. Air (Soprano I) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" 2:07
7 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXa. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" 2:57
8 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXb. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" 0:13
9 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXI. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him" 1:26
10 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXII. Air (Soprano II) "Thou art gone up on high" 3:16
11 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIII. Chorus "The Lord gave the world" 1:09
12 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIVa. Air (Soprano I) "How beautiful are the feet of them" 2:16
13 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVa. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands" 1:15
14 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVI. Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" 2:34
15 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIa. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder" 1:35
16 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIb. Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" 0:12
17 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" 1:59
18 Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!" 3:51
19 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano I) "I know that my Redeemer liveth" 6:26
20 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death" 1:59
21 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" 0:29
22 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound" 8:17
23 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" 0:15
24 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIV. Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?" 1:20
25 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLV. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory" 2:47
26 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVI. Air (Soprano II) "If God be for us, who can be against us?" 5:05
27 Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVII. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain", Chorus "Amen" 7:32
Total time 65:19



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