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Messiah HWV 56

Text: Charles Jennens
Christophe Rousset, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Ana Veira Leite (Soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (Mezzo Soprano), Andrew Staples (Tenor), William Thomas (Bass)
2025, London, St Martin-in-the-Fields Church
47 Tracks, 2:12:07
    • 1. Symphony
      02:47
    • 2. Recitative. 'Comfort Ye, My People'
      02:40
    • 3. Air. 'Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted'
      03:20
    • 4. Chorus. 'And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed'
      02:31
    • 5. Accompagnato. 'Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts'
      01:18
    • 6. Air. 'But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming'
      04:03
    • 7. Chorus. 'And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi — Recitative. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive'
      02:49
    • 8. Air. 'O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion'
      04:55
    • 9. Accompagnato. 'For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth'
      01:53
    • 10. Air. 'The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light'
      03:16
    • 11. Chorus. 'For Unto Us a Child Is Born'
      04:01
    • 12. Pifa. "Pastoral Symphony" — Recitative. 'There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field'
      02:43
    • 13. Accompagnato. 'And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them' — Recitative. 'And the Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not'
      00:54
    • 14. Accompagnato. 'And Suddenly There Was with the Angel'
      00:16
    • 15. Chorus. 'Glory to God in the Highest'
      01:46
    • 16. Air. 'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion' — Recitative. 'Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd'
      04:35
    • 17. Air. 'He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd'
      04:31
    • 18. Chorus. 'His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light'
      02:13
    • 1. Chorus. 'Behold the Lamb of God'
      02:50
    • 2. Air. 'He Was Despised and Rejected of Men'
      10:15
    • 3. Chorus. 'Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs'
      01:59
    • 4. Chorus. 'And With His Stripes We Are Healed'
      01:42
    • 5. Chorus. 'All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray'
      03:53
    • 6. Accompagnato. 'All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn'
      00:43
    • 7. Chorus. 'He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him'
      02:18
    • 8. Accompagnato. 'Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart'
      01:35
    • 9. Arioso. 'Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow'
      01:27
    • 10. Accompagnato. 'He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living'
      00:18
    • 11. Air. 'But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell'
      02:00
    • 12. Chorus. 'Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates' — Recitative. 'Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time'
      03:08
    • 13. Chorus. 'Let All the Angels of God Worship Him'
      01:24
    • 14. Air. 'Thou Art Gone Up On High'
      03:13
    • 15. Chorus. 'The Lord Gave the Word'
      00:58
    • 16. Air. 'How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach the Gospel of Peace'
      02:02
    • 17. Chorus. 'Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands'
      01:14
    • 18. Air. 'Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together'
      01:24
    • 19. Chorus. 'Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder' — Recitative. 'He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn'
      01:47
    • 20. Air. 'Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron'
      01:49
    • 21. Chorus. Hallelujah!
      03:42
    • 1. Air. 'I Know That My Redeemer Liveth'
      05:35
    • 2. Chorus. 'Since By Man Came Death'
      02:10
    • 3. Accompagnato. 'Behold, I Tell You a Mystery'
      00:28
    • 4. Air. 'The Trumpet Shall Sound' — Recitative. 'Then Shall Be Brought to Pass'
      08:44
    • 5. Duet. 'O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?'
      01:35
    • 6. Chorus. 'But Thanks Be to God'
      01:56
    • 7. Air. 'If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?'
      04:43
    • 8. Chorus. 'Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain. Amen'
      06:44