1357722447
George Frederic Handel
Felicity Lott / Felicity Palmer
Messiah
- Type CD
- Label Signum Classics
- UPC 0635212007426
- Catalog number SIGCD 074
- Release date 01 March 2006
About the album
A stellar line-up of soloists, conductor, choir and orchestra combine forces in the re-mastered 2 CD set of Mozart's arrangement of Handel's much loved 'Messiah'.
In April 1742, shortly after the first performance of Messiah in Dublin for the city's Charitable Musical Society, the Dublin Journal reported that the oratorio "was allowed by the greatest of Judges to be the finest Compostion of Musick that was ever heard".
Sir Charles Mackerras continues the constantly evolving performance history of one of the world's most enduring masterpieces.
"an appealing tribute that translates the music's idiom from Baroque to Classical, with many graceful and imaginative touches"
- BBC Music Magazine
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11Overture
01:27 -
12Allegro moderato
02:13 -
13Recitative Comfort ye (tenor)
03:13 -
14Aria Every Valley (tenor)
03:25 -
15Chorus And the Glory of the Lord
02:54 -
16Recitative Thus saith the Lord (bass)
01:28 -
17Aria But who may abide (bass)
04:30 -
18Chorus And He shall purify
02:33 -
19Recitative Behold! A Virgin (alto)
00:23 -
110Aria O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto)
05:38 -
111Recitative For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass)
02:10 -
112Aria The people that walked in darkness (bass)
03:24 -
113Chorus For unto us a Child is born
04:00 -
114Pastoral Symphony Recitative There were shepherds (soprano)
03:17 -
115Accompagnato And lo!, the Angel (soprano)
00:23 -
116Recitative And the Angel said unto them (soprano)
00:34 -
117Accompagnato And suddenly there was with the Angel (soprano)
00:16 -
118Chorus Glory to God
01:49 -
119Aria Rejoice greatly (soprano)
04:35 -
120Recitative Then shall the eyes of the blind (alto)
00:22 -
121Aria He shall feed His flock Aria Come unto him (soprano)
05:41 -
122Chorus His yoke is easy
02:29 -
21Chorus Behold the Lamb of God
02:38 -
22Aria He was despised (alto)
12:42 -
23Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs
01:59 -
24Chorus And with his Stripes
01:46 -
25Chorus All we like sheep have gone astray
03:56 -
26Recitative All they that see Him (tenor)
00:43 -
27Chorus He trusted in God
02:07 -
28Recitative Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (tenor)
01:55 -
29Aria Behold, and see (tenor)
01:27 -
210Recitative He was cut off (tenor)
00:15 -
211Aria But Thou didst not leave (tenor)
02:30 -
212Chorus Lift up your heads
02:56 -
213Chorus The Lord gave the Word
01:12 -
214Aria How beautiful are the feet of them (soprano)
02:17 -
215Aria Why do the nations (bass)
02:47 -
216Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder
01:44 -
217Recitative He that dwelleth in Heaven (tenor
00:13 -
218Aria Thou shalt break them (tenor)
02:09 -
219Chorus Hallelujah!
03:42 -
220Aria I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
07:01 -
221Chorus Since by man came death
02:08 -
222Recitative Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass)
00:31 -
223Aria The trumpet shall sound (bass)
03:53 -
224Chorus Worthy is the Lamb
03:39 -
225Chorus Amen
03:34
Georg Friedrich Händel (composer)