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Messiah HWV 56

Text: Charles Jennens
Yehudi Menuhin, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir, Algirdas Janutas (Tenor), Benno Schollum (Bass), Lilia Bizimeche-Eisinger (Alto), Susan Roberts (Soprano)
℗ 2003
56 Tracks, 2:10:12

  • Part I

    • Symphony
      03:03
    • 1. "Comfort Ye" [Tenor]
      02:37
    • 2. "Ev'ry valley" [Tenor]
      02:59
    • 3. "And the Glory of the Lord" [Chorus]
      02:31
    • 4. "Thus saith the Lord" [Bass]
      01:30
    • 5. "But who may abide?" [Alto]
      03:44
    • 6. "And He shall purify" [Chorus]
      02:24
    • 7. "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" [Alto]
      00:26
    • 8. "O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" [Alto]
      03:30
    • 9. "O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" [Chorus]
      01:34
    • 10. "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" [Bass]
      02:14
    • 11. "The people that walked in darkness" [Bass]
      03:06
    • 12. "For unto us a child is born" [Chorus]
      04:04
    • 13. Pastoral Symphony
      02:55
    • 14. "There were shepherds abiding in the fields" [Soprano]
      00:18
    • 15. "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" [Soprano]
      00:20
    • 16. "And the angel said unto them" [Soprano]
      00:38
    • 17. "And suddenly there was with the angel" [Soprano]
      00:15
    • 18. "Glory to God" [Chorus]
      01:54
    • 19. "Rejoice greatly" [Soprano]
      04:23
    • 20. "Then shall the eyes of the blind" [Alto]
      00:26
    • 21. "He shall feed his flock" [Alto, Soprano]
      04:49
    • 22. "His yoke is easy" [Chorus]
      02:25

  • Part II

    • 1. "Behold the Lamb of God" [Chorus]
      02:26
    • 2. "He was despised" [Alto]
      08:05
    • 3. "Surely He has borne our griefs" [Chorus]
      01:31
    • 4. "And with His stripes" [Chorus]
      01:53
    • 5. "All we like sheep have gone astray" [Chorus]
      03:38
    • 6. "All they that saw Him, laugh Him to scorn" [Tenor]
      00:40
    • 7. "He trusted in God" [Chorus]
      02:23
    • 8. "Thy rebuke has broken His heart" [Tenor]
      02:00
    • 9. "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow" [Tenor]
      01:16
    • 10. "He was cut off out of the land of the living" [Tenor]
      00:17
    • 11. "But thou didst not leave his soul in hell" [Tenor]
      01:55
    • 12. "Lift up your heads O ye gates" [Chorus]
      02:56
    • 13. "Unto which of the angels" [Tenor]
      00:18
    • 14. "Let all the angels of God worship him" [Chorus]
      01:24
    • 15. "Thou art gone up on high" [Alto]
      03:12
    • 16. "The Lord gave the word" [Chorus]
      01:10
    • 17. "How beautiful are the feet" [Soprano]
      02:11
    • 18. "Their sound is gone out" [Chorus]
      01:27
    • 19. "Why do the nations?" [Bass]
      02:58
    • 20. "Let us break their bonds asunder" [Chorus]
      01:52
    • 21. "He that dwelleth in heaven" [Tenor]
      00:12
    • 22. "Thou shalt break them" [Tenor]
      01:51
    • 23. "Hallelujah" [Chorus]
      03:38

  • Part III

    • 1. "I know that my Redeemer liveth" [Soprano]
      05:40
    • 2. "Since by man came death" [Chorus]
      02:09
    • 3. "Behold, I tell you a mystery" [Bass]
      00:28
    • 4. "The trumpet shall sound" [Bass]
      05:56
    • 5. "Then shall be brought to pass" [Alto]
      00:15
    • 6. "O Death, where is thy sting" [Alto, Tenor]
      00:48
    • 7. "But thanks be to God" [Chorus]
      01:49
    • 8. "If God be for us" [Soprano]
      04:40
    • 9. "Worthy is the lamb that was slain" [Chorus]
      03:21
    • 10. "Amen" [Chorus]
      03:48