Messiah by George Frideric Handel + Barbara Schlick + Sandrine Piau + Andreas Scholl + Mark Padmore + Nathan Berg + Les Arts Florissants + William Christie
2Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"3:11
3Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted"3:20
4Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"2:42
5Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, V. Recitative (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"1:40
6Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VI. Air (Alto) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"4:38
7Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIa. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"2:17
8Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" / VIII. Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"6:01
9Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" / X. Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness"5:46
10Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"3:45
11Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIa. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"2:55
12Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIb. Recitative (Treble) "There were shepherds", XIII. Accompagnato (Treble): "And lo, the angel of the Lord" / XIV. Accompagnato (Treble) "And suddenly there was with the angel" / XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"3:26
13Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano II) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"4:28
14Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIb. Recitative (Soprano I) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" / XVII. Duet (Alto & Soprano I) "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"6:04
15Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIII. Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burden is light"2:33
16Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"2:26
17Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"11:11
18Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs / XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed" / XXIII. Chorus: "All we like sheep have gone astray"7:29
1Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIV. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" / XXV. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"2:55
2Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVI. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" / XXVII. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold and see, if there be any sorrow" / XXVIII. Accompagnato (Soprano I): "He was cut off out of the land of the living"3:39
3Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIX. Air (Soprano I) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"2:48
4Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXa. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"2:45
5Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXb. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" / XXXI. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"1:41
6Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXII. Air (Soprano II) "Thou art gone up on high"3:07
7Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIII. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"1:19
8Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIVa. Air (Soprano I) "How beautiful are the feet of them"2:37
9Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVa. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"1:17
10Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVI. Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"2:40
11Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIa. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"1:46
12Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIb. Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" / XXXVIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"2:17
13Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!"3:34
14Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano I) "I know that my Redeemer liveth"6:14
15Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death"2:15
16Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" / XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound"9:19
17Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" / XLIV. Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?" / XLV. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"3:35
18Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVI. Air (Soprano II) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"4:54
19Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVIIa. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"3:29
20Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVIIb. Chorus "Amen"3:27
