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Duration
142 Min
Handel: Messiah
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Duration
142 Min
George Frideric Handel
1
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 1. Symphony
03:22
2
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Recit. Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
03:20
3
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
03:23
4
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 4, Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
02:52
5
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 5, Recit. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
Michael George
01:23
6
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 6, Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (Alto/Bass)
David James
04:57
7
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
02:40
8
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 8, Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Alto)
Catherine Denley
00:26
9
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, Aria with Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto)
Catherine Denley
05:20
10
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, Recit. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass)
Michael George
02:28
11
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 11, Aria. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (Bass)
Michael George
03:09
12
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
04:11
13
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 13. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"
00:59
14
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14a, Recit. There Were Shepherds, Abiding in the Field (Soprano)
Lynne Dawson
00:18
15
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14b, Recit. And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them (Soprano)
Lynne Dawson
00:20
16
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 15, Recit. And the Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not (Soprano)
Lynne Dawson
00:35
17
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 16, Recit. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel a Multitude (Soprano)
Lynne Dawson
00:18
18
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 17, Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest
02:03
19
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 18, Aria. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Soprano)
Lynne Dawson
04:02
20
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 19, Recit. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Alto)
Catherine Denley
00:26
21
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 20, Aria. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Alto/Soprano)
Catherine Denley, Lynne Dawson
05:24
22
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 21, Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy and His Burthen Is Light
02:20
23
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 22, Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God
03:04
24
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 23, Aria. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)
Catherine Denley
10:32
25
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 24, Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne our Griefs
01:53
26
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 25, Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed
01:39
27
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 26, Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
03:53
28
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 27, Recit. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
00:48
29
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 28, Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
02:17
30
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 29, Recit. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Soprano/Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
01:55
31
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 30, Aria. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Soprano/Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
01:27
32
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 31, Recit. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Soprano/Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
00:18
33
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 32, Aria. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Soprano/Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
02:31
34
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 33, Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
02:57
35
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 34 Recit. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time? (Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
00:15
36
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 35, Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
01:24
37
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 36, Aria. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Alto/Bass)
David James
03:24
38
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 37, Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word
01:02
39
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 38, Aria. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach (Soprano)
Lynne Dawson
02:26
40
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands
01:21
41
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 40, Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Bass)
Michael George
02:51
42
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 41, Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
01:47
43
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 42, Recit. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
00:14
44
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 43, Aria. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor)
Maldwyn Davies
02:13
45
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth
03:48
46
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)
Lynne Dawson
06:06
47
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 46, Chorus. Since By Man Came Death
02:13
48
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 47, Recit. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Bass)
Michael George
00:34
49
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 48, Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)
Michael George
08:45
50
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 49, Recit. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (Alto)
David James
00:16
51
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 50, Aria. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Alto/Tenor)
David James, Maldwyn Davies
01:17
52
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 51, Chorus. But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory
02:18
53
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 52, Aria. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (Soprano)
Lynne Dawson
04:44
54
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53a, Chorus. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
03:25
55
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53b, Chorus. Amen
03:13
Artists
Harry Christophers
Conductor
The Sixteen
Choir
Composers
George Frideric Handel
Composer
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