The Sixteen
Messiah
1987

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Messiah: Part I. I. Symphony 3:22
2 Messiah: Part I. II. Tenor recitative "Comfort ye, My people" 3:20
3 Messiah: Part I. III. Tenor aria "Every valley shall be exhalted" 3:23
4 Messiah: Part I. IV. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord" 2:52
5 Messiah: Part I. V. Bass recitative "Thus saith the Lord of hosts" 1:23
6 Messiah: Part I. VI. Countertenor aria "But who may abide the days of his coming?" 4:57
7 Messiah: Part I. VII. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi" 2:40
8 Messiah: Part I. VIII. Contralto recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" 0:26
9 Messiah: Part I. IX. Contralto aria and Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings" 5:20
10 Messiah: Part I. X. Bass recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" 2:28
11 Messiah: Part I. XI. Bass aria "The people that walked in darkness" 3:09
12 Messiah: Part I. XII. Chrous "For unto us a child is born" 4:11
13 Messiah: Part I. XIII. Pifa 0:59
14 Messiah: Part I. XIVa. Soprano recitative "There were shepherds abiding in a field" 0:18
15 Messiah: Part I. XIVb. Soprano recitative "And lo, the angel of the Lord" 0:20
16 Messiah: Part I. XV. Soprano recitative "And the angel said unto them, fear not" 0:35
17 Messiah: Part I. XVI. Soprano recitative "And suddently there was with the angel" 0:18
18 Messiah: Part I. XVII. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest" 2:03
19 Messiah: Part I. XVIII. Soprano aria "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" 4:02
20 Messiah: Part I. XIX. Contralto recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" 0:26
21 Messiah: Part I. XX. Contralto aria "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" / Soprano aria "Come unto Him all ye that labour" 5:24
22 Messiah: Part I. XXI. Chorus "His yoke is easy and his burthen is light" 2:20
23 Messiah: Part II. XXII. Chrous "Behold the Lamb of God" 3:04
24 Messiah: Part II. XXIII. Contralto aria "He was despised and rejected of men" 10:32
Total time 67:54
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Messiah: Part II. XXIV. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs" 1:53
2 Messiah: Part II. XXV. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed" 1:39
3 Messiah: Part II. XXVI. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray" 3:53
4 Messiah: Part II. XXVII. Tenor recitative "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" 0:48
5 Messiah: Part II. XXVIII. Chorus "He trusted in God" 2:17
6 Messiah: Part II. XXIX. Tenor recitative "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" 1:55
7 Messiah: Part II. XXX. Tenor aria "Behold and see if there be any sorrow" 1:27
8 Messiah: Part II. XXXI. Tenor recitative "He was cut off out of the land" 0:18
9 Messiah: Part II. XXXII. Tenor aria "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" 2:31
10 Messiah: Part II. XXXIII. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" 2:57
11 Messiah: Part II. XXXIV. Tenor recitative "Unto which of the angels said He" 0:15
12 Messiah: Part II. XXXV. Chrous "Let all the angels of God worship Him" 1:24
13 Messiah: Part II. XXXVI. Countertenor aria "Thou art gone up on high" 3:24
14 Messiah: Part II. XXXVII. Chorus "The Lord gave the word" 1:02
15 Messiah: Part II. XXXVIII. Soprano aria "How beautiful are the feet" 2:26
16 Messiah: Part II. XXXIX. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands" 1:21
17 Messiah: Part II. XL. Bass aria "Why do the nations so furiously rage" 2:51
18 Messiah: Part II. XLI. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder" 1:47
19 Messiah: Part II. XLII. Tenor recitative "He that dwelleth in Heaven" 0:14
20 Messiah: Part II. XLIII. Tenor aria "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" 2:13
21 Messiah: Part II. XLIV. Chorus "Hallelujah" 3:48
22 Messiah: Part III. XLV. Soprano aria "I know that my Redeener liveth" 6:06
23 Messiah: Part III. XLVI. Chorus "Since by man came death" 2:13
24 Messiah: Part III. XLVII. Bass recitative "Behold, I tell you a mystery" 0:34
25 Messiah: Part III. XLVIII. Bass aria "The trumpet shall sound" 8:45
26 Messiah: Part III. XLIX. Countertenor recitative "Then shall be brought to pass" 0:16
27 Messiah: Part III. L. Countertenor/tenor aria "O Death, where is thy sting?" 1:17
28 Messiah: Part III. LI. Chorus "But thanks be to God" 2:18
29 Messiah: Part III. LII. Soprano aria "If God be for us, who can be against us" 4:44
30 Messiah: Part III. LIIIa. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" 3:25
31 Messiah: Part III. LIIIb. Chorus "Amen" 3:13
Total time 73:13



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