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Messiah HWV 56

Text: Charles Jennens
Helmuth Rilling, Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival Choir, Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Ingeborg Danz (Alto), James Taylor (Tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (Bass)
1997
53 Tracks, 2:13:06
    • 1. Sinfonia: Grave - Allegro moderato
      02:43
    • 2. Accompanied Recitative: Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye my People (Tenor)
      03:09
    • 3. Air: Every Valley Shall be Exalted (Tenor)
      03:09
    • 4. Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord Shall be Revealed
      03:11
    • 5. Accompanied Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
      01:21
    • 6. Air: But who may Abide the Day of his Coming (Alto)
      04:24
    • 7. Chorus: And he Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
      02:31
    • 8. Recitative: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (Alto)
      00:28
    • 9. Air: O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto)
      03:38
    • 10. Chorus: O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
      01:30
    • 11. Accompanied Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass)
      02:03
    • 12. Air: The People that Walked in Darkness (Bass)
      04:28
    • 13. Chorus: For unto us a Child is Born
      03:52
    • 14. Pifa: Pastoral Symphony
      00:52
    • 15. Accompanied Recitative: There were Shepherds Abiding in the Field (Soprano)
      01:24
    • 16. Chorus: Glory to God in the Highest
      01:41
    • 17. Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Soprano)
      04:02
    • 18. Recitative: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened (Alto)
      00:34
    • 19. Air: He Shall Feed his Flock (Alto, Soprano)
      04:35
    • 20. Chorus: His Yoke is Easy
      02:32
    • 1. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
      02:17
    • 2. Air: He was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)
      09:51
    • 3. Chorus: Surely he Hath Borne our Griefs
      02:00
    • 4. Chorus: And with his Stripes we are Healed
      01:37
    • 5. Chorus: All we like Sheep have Gone Astray
      03:43
    • 6. Accompagnato: All they that see him (Tenor)
      00:43
    • 7. Chorus: He Trusted In God
      02:20
    • 8. Accompanied Recitative: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken his Heart (Tenor)
      02:06
    • 9. Arioso: Behold, and see (Tenor)
      01:26
    • 10. Accompanied Recitative: He was Cut off out of the Land of the Living
      00:33
    • 11. Air: But Thou Didst not Leave his Soul in Hell (Tenor)
      01:43
    • 12. Chorus: Lift up your Heads
      02:55
    • 13. Recitative: Unto which of the Angels said he at Any Time (Tenor)
      00:15
    • 14. Chorus: Let all the Angels of God Worship him
      01:22
    • 15. Air: Thou art Gone up on High (Alto)
      02:55
    • 16. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word
      00:58
    • 17. Air: How Beautiful are the Feet of them (Soprano)
      01:50
    • 18. Chorus: Their Sound is Gone out into all Lands
      01:17
    • 19. Air: Why do the Nations so Furiously Rage Together (Bass)
      02:42
    • 20. Chorus: Let us Break their Bonds Asunder
      01:47
    • 21. Recitative: He that Dwelleth in Heaven (Tenor)
      00:12
    • 22. Air: Thou Shalt Break them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor)
      01:59
    • 23. Chorus: Hallelujah
      04:20
    • 1. Air: I Know that my Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)
      04:46
    • 2. Chorus: Since by Man came Death
      01:56
    • 3. Recitative - secco: Behold, I Tell you a Mystery (Bass)
      00:40
    • 4. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)
      08:42
    • 5. Recitative - secco: Then Shall be Brought to Pass (Alto)
      00:15
    • 6. Duet: O Death, Where is Thy Sting? (Alto, Tenor)
      00:55
    • 7. Chorus: But Thanks be to God
      02:02
    • 8. Air: If God is for us (Soprano)
      04:15
    • 9. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb
      03:33
    • 10. Chorus: Amen
      03:04