Handel: Messiah Edition
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Stockholm Kammerkoren, Concentus Musicus Wien, Marjana LipovšekCD1
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 Symphony
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people" [Tenor]
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" [Mezzo-Soprano]
- Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
- Acc.(Basso): Thus saith the Lord
- Air (Alto): But who may abide the day of His coming
- Chorus: And he shall purify
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" [Mezzo-Soprano]
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" [Mezzo-Soprano]
- Acc.(Basso): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
- Air (Basso): The people that walked in darkness
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "For unto us a child is born" [Chorus]
- Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
- Rec.(Soprano): These were sheperds abiding
- Acc.(Soprano): And lo, the angel of the Lord came upom them
- Rec.(Soprano): And the angel said unto them
- Acc.(Soprano): And suddenly there was the angel
- Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion" [Soprano]
- Rec.(Alto): The shall the eyes of the blind be open'd..
- Duet (Alto,Soprano): He shall feed His flock like a sheperd
- Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light
- Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
- Air (Alto): He was dispised
CD2
- Chorus: Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows
- Chorus: And with tripes we are healed
- Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
- Acc.(Tenore): All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
- Chorus: He trusted in God
- Acc.(Soprano): Thy rebuke hath His heart
- Arioso (Soprano): Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
- Acc.(Tenore): He was cut off out of the land of living
- Air (Tenore): But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell
- Chorus: Lift up our heads
- Rec.(Tenore): Unto which of the angels said He at any time
- Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
- Air (Alto): Thou art gone on high
- Chorus: The Lord gave the word
- Air (Soprano): How beautiful are the feet of them
- Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all lands
- Air (Basso): Why do the nations so furiously rage together
- Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
- Rec.(Tenore): He that dwelleth in heaven
- Air (Tenore): Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 2 "Hallelujah" [Chorus]
- Messiah HWV56 : Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" [Mezzo-Soprano]
- Chorus: Since by man came death
- Acc.(Basso): Behold, I tell you a mystery
- Air (Basso): The trumpet shall sound..
- Rec.(Alto): Then shall be brought to pass
- Duet (Alto,Tenore): O death where is thy sting ?
- Chorus: But thanks be to God
- Air (Soprano): If God be for us who can be against us
- Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain