Name: Messiah HWV 56 | George Frideric Handel | Harry Christophers, The Sixteen (2008)
Duration: 2 h 25 min 40 s
Description: Listen to George Frideric Handel’s Messiah HWV 56, performed by Harry Christophers, The Sixteen. Discover and compare alternative recordings.

- Part 1, Symphony
  03:10
- Part 1, Comfort ye, my people (Accompagnato, Tenor)
  03:11
- Part 1, Every valley shall be exalted (Air, Tenor)
  03:33
- Part 1, And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus)
  03:00
- Part 1, Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Accompagnato, Bass)
  01:23
- Part 1, But who may abide? (Air, Alto)
  04:24
- Part 1, And He shall purify (Chorus)
  02:30
- Part 1, Behold a virgin shall conceive (Recitative, Alto)
  00:31
- Part 1, O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Air, Alto - Chorus)
  05:08
- Part 1, For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Accompagnato, Bass)
  02:36
- Part 1, The people that walked in darkness (Air, Bass)
  03:15
- Part 1, For unto us a child is born (Chorus)
  04:02
- Part 1, Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
  02:51
- Part 1, There were shepherds abiding in the field (Recitative, Soprano)
  00:19
- Part 1, And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Accompagnato, Soprano)
  00:23
- Fear not (Recitative, Soprano)
  00:31
- Part 1, And suddenly there was with the angel (Accompagnato, Soprano)
  00:17
- Part 1, Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)
  01:56
- Part 1, Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Air, Soprano)
  04:11
- Part 1, Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (Recitative, Alto)
  00:33
- Part 1, He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Air, Alto and Soprano)
  05:39
- Part 1, His yoke is easy and His burthen is light (Chorus)
  02:19
- Part 2, Behold the lamb of God (Chorus)
  03:09
- Part 2, He was despised and rejected of men (Air, Alto)
  11:34
- Part 2, Surely He hath borne our griefs (Chorus)
  02:01
- Part 2, And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)
  01:54
- Part 2, All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
  04:12
- Part 2, All they that see Him laugh Him (Accompagnato, Tenor)
  00:51
- Part 2, He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus)
  02:21
- Part 2, Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Accompagnato, Tenor)
  02:07
- Part 2, Behold and see if there be any sorrow (Arioso, Tenor)
  01:34
- Part 2, He was cut off out of the land of the living (Accompagnato, Tenor)
  00:18
- Part 2, But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Air, Tenor)
  02:23
- Part 2, Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus)
  02:58
- Part 2, Unto which of the angels said He at any time (Recitative, Tenor)
  00:17
- Part 2, Let all the angels of God worship Him (Chorus)
  01:29
- Part 2, Thou art gone up on high (Air, Alto)
  03:08
- Part 2, The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
  01:10
- Part 2, How beautiful are the feet of them (Air, Soprano)
  02:08
- Part 2, Their sound is gone out into all lands (Chorus)
  01:24
- Part 2, Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (Air, Bass)
  02:46
- Part 2, Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
  01:53
- Part 2, He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (Recitative, Tenor)
  00:16
- Part 2, Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Air, Tenor)
  02:16
- Part 2, Hallelujah! (Chorus)
  03:58
- Part 3, I know that my redeemer liveth (Air, Soprano)
  06:20
- Part 3, Since by man came death (Chorus)
  02:32
- Part 3, Behold, I tell you a mystery (Accompagnato, Bass)
  00:41
- Part 3, The trumpet shall sound (Air, Bass)
  08:33
- Part 3, Then shall be bought to pass (Recitative, alto)
  00:18
- Part 3, O Death, where is thy sting? (Duet, alto and tenor)
  01:05
- Part 3, But thanks be to God (Chorus)
  02:11
- Part 3, If God be for us, who can be against us? (Air, soprano)
  04:53
- Part 3, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus)
  03:31
- Part 3, Amen (Chorus)
  03:47