The Messiah
~ Release by George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (see all versions of this release, 5 available)
Annotation
CD reissue of a 1965 LP. Release includes a 24-page booklet with text of the Oratorio.
Tracklist
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|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Overture
| 5:08 | |
| 2 | Recitative: Comfort Ye My People; Air: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
| 8:12 | |
| 3 | Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord
| 3:47 | |
| 4 | Recit.: Thus Saith the Lord; Air: But Who Shall Abide the Day of His Coming?
| 7:12 | |
| 5 | Chorus: And He Shall Purify
| 3:01 | |
| 6 | Recit.: Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive
| 0:31 | |
| 7 | Air: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
| 7:10 | |
| 8 | Recit.: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
| 2:54 | |
| 9 | Air: The People That Walked in Darkness
| 5:00 | |
| 10 | Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
| 5:09 | |
| 11 | Pastoral Symphony; Recits.: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field; And Lo! The Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them; And the Angel Said Unto Them; And Suddenly There Was with the Angel; Chorus: Glory to God
| 8:55 | |
| 12 | Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
| 5:03 | |
| 13 | Recit.: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened
| 0:36 | |
| 14 | Airs: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd; Come Unto Him
| 5:45 | |
| 15 | Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light
| 2:53 | |
| 16 | Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
| 4:07 | |
| 2CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Air: He Was Despised
| 5:37 | |
| 2 | Choruses: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs; And with His Stripes We Are Healed; All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
| 10:40 | |
| 3 | Recitative: All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn
| 0:50 | |
| 4 | Chorus: He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
| 2:22 | |
| 5 | Recit.: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
| 2:05 | |
| 6 | Air: Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow; Recit.: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
| 2:38 | |
| 7 | Air: But Thou Did'st Not Leave His Soul in Hell
| 2:30 | |
| 8 | Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
| 3:59 | |
| 9 | Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word
| 1:37 | |
| 10 | Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them
| 3:01 | |
| 11 | Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands
| 2:03 | |
| 12 | Air: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together
| 3:03 | |
| 13 | Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
| 2:20 | |
| 14 | Recit.: He That Dwelleth in Heaven
| 0:17 | |
| 15 | Air: Thou Shalt Break Them
| 2:15 | |
| 16 | Chorus: Hallelujah
| 5:13 | |
| 17 | Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
| 7:07 | |
| 18 | Chorus: Since by Man Came Death
| 2:31 | |
| 19 | Recit.: Behold! I Tell You a Mystery
| 0:41 | |
| 20 | Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound
| 4:19 | |
| 21 | Choruses: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain; Amen
| 9:11 | |
Credits
Release
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/12471136 [info] |
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Release group
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/713243 [info] |
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