Handel: Messiah
Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
May 2013•38 Songs
Tracks
- 1Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: SinfoniaLes Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 2Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Comfort ye, saith your God" (tenor)Mark Padmore, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 3Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Every valley shall be exalted" (tenor)Mark Padmore, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 4Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 5Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" (bass)Nathan Berg, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 6Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "But who may abide the day of His coming?" (alto)Andreas Scholl, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 7Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 8Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (alto) - "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (alto)Andreas Scholl, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 9Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (bass) - "The people that walked in darkness" (bass)Nathan Berg, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 10Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "For unto us a child is born"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 11Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 12Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (treble) - "Glory to God in the highest"Tommy Williams, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 13Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (soprano II)Sandrine Piau, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 14Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" (soprano I) - "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (alto & soprano I)Barbara Schlick, Andreas Scholl, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 15Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: "His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 16Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Behold the lamb of God"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 17Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "He was despised and rejected of men" (alto)Andreas Scholl, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 18Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Surely He hath borne our griefs" - "All we like sheep have gone astray"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 19Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (tenor) - "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"Mark Padmore, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 20Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (tenor) - "Behold and see..." (tenor) - "He was cut off out of the land..." (soprano I)Mark Padmore, Barbara Schlick, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 21Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" (soprano I)Barbara Schlick, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 22Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 23Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" (tenor) - "Let all the angels of God worship Him"Mark Padmore, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 24Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Thouart gone up on high" (soprano II)Sandrine Piau, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 25Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "The Lord gave the world"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 26Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "How beautiful are the feet of them" (soprano I)Barbara Schlick, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 27Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Their sound is gone out into all lands"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 28Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (bass)Nathan Berg, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 29Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Let us break their bonds asunder"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 30Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" (tenor) - "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (tenor)Mark Padmore, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 31Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "Hallelujah!"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 32Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: "I know that my redeemer liveth" (soprano I)Barbara Schlick, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 33Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "Since by man came death"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 34Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (bass) - "The trumpet shall sound" (bass)Nathan Berg, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 35Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "Then shall be brought to pass..." (alto) - "O Death, where is thy sting?"(alto & tenor) - "But thanks be to God..."Andreas Scholl, Mark Padmore, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 36Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "If God be for us, who can be against us?" (soprano II)Sandrine Piau, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 37Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"Les Arts Florissants and William Christie
- 38Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: AmenLes Arts Florissants and William Christie
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