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Messiah HWV 56

Text: Charles Jennens
John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Susan Hamilton (Soprano), Annie Gill (Mezzo Soprano), Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (Tenor), Matthew Brook (Bass-baritone), Heather Cairncross (Alto), Edward Caswell (Bass)
2006, Edinburgh, Greyfriars Church
57 Tracks, 2:19:58

  • Part I

    • 1. Sinfonia
      03:04
    • 2. Recit "Comfort Ye"
      03:17
    • 3. Air "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted"
      03:10
    • 4. Chorus "And the Glory of the Lord"
      02:56
    • 5. Recit "Thus Saith the Lord"
      01:18
    • 6. Air "But Who May Abide"
      03:13
    • 7. Chorus "And He Shall Purify"
      02:28
    • 8. Recit "Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive"
      00:19
    • 9. Air "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"
      03:39
    • 10. Chorus "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"
      01:32
    • 11. Recit "For Behold!"
      02:03
    • 12. Air "The People That Walked in Darkness"
      03:27
    • 13. Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
      03:49
    • 14. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
      02:47
    • 15. Recit "There Were Shepherds"
      00:12
    • 16. Recit "And Lo!"
      00:17
    • 17. Recit "And the Angel Said Unto Them"
      00:28
    • 18. Recit "And Suddenly"
      00:16
    • 19. Chorus "Glory to God"
      01:54
    • 20. Air "Rejoice Greatly"
      06:19
    • 21. Recit "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind"
      00:24
    • 22. Air "He Shall Feed His Flock"
      05:07
    • 23. Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy"
      02:18

  • Part II

    • 24. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"
      03:09
    • 25. Air "He Was Despised"
      11:30
    • 26. Chorus "Surely"
      01:47
    • 27. Chorus "And with His Stripes"
      01:41
    • 28. Chorus "All We Like Sheep"
      03:43
    • 29. Recit "But Who May Abide"
      00:26
    • 30. Recit Accomp. "All They That See Him"
      00:42
    • 31. Chorus "He Trusted in God"
      02:14
    • 32. Recit Accomp. Thy Rebuke"
      01:52
    • 33. Air "Behold and See"
      01:23
    • 34. Recit Accomp. "He Was Cut off"
      00:17
    • 35. Air "But Thou Didst Not Leave"
      02:12
    • 36. Chorus "Lift up Your Heads"
      03:07
    • 37. Recit "Unto Which of the Angels"
      00:17
    • 38. Chorus "Let All the Angels"
      01:27
    • 39. Air "Thou Art Gone up"
      03:00
    • 40. Chorus "The Lord Gave the Word"
      01:07
    • 41. Soli and Chorus "How Beautiful Are the Feet"
      03:36
    • 42. Air "Why Do the Nations"
      01:27
    • 43. Chorus "Let Us Break"
      01:48
    • 44. Recit "He That Dwelleth"
      00:21
    • 45. Chorus "Hallelujah"
      04:03

  • Part III

    • 46. Air "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
      05:11
    • 47. Soli and Chorus "Since by Man"
      02:04
    • 48. Recit Accomp. "Behold I Tell You a Mystery"
      00:36
    • 49. Air "The Trumpet Shall Sound"
      08:28
    • 50. Recit "Then Shall Be Brought"
      00:13
    • 51. Duet "O Death Where Is Thy Sting"
      01:00
    • 52. Chorus "But Thanks"
      02:08
    • 53. Air "If God Be for Us"
      04:29
    • 54. Chorus "Worthy Is the Lamb"
      03:18
    • 55. Chorus "Amen"
      04:51
    • 56. Recit "He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn"
      00:11
    • 57. Air "Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron"
      02:03