Handel: Messiah

1. 1
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 1. Symphony
   3:22
2. 2
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Recit. Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)
   3:19
3. 3
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)
   3:22
4. 4
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 4, Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
   2:52
5. 5
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 5, Recit. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)
   1:23
6. 6
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 6, Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (Alto/Bass)
   4:57
7. 7
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
   2:39
8. 8
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 8, Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Alto)
   0:25
9. 9
   Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, Aria with Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto)
   5:20
10. 10
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, Recit. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass)
    2:28
11. 11
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 11, Aria. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (Bass)
    3:08
12. 12
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
    4:10
13. 13
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 13. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"
    0:59
14. 14
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14a, Recit. There Were Shepherds, Abiding in the Field (Soprano)
    0:17
15. 15
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14b, Recit. And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them (Soprano)
    0:20
16. 16
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 15, Recit. And the Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not (Soprano)
    0:34
17. 17
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 16, Recit. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel a Multitude (Soprano)
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18. 18
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 17, Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest
    2:03
19. 19
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 18, Aria. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Soprano)
    4:01
20. 20
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 19, Recit. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Alto)
    0:26
21. 21
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 20, Aria. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Alto/Soprano)
    5:23
22. 22
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 21, Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy and His Burthen Is Light
    2:19
23. 23
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 22, Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God
    3:04
24. 24
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 23, Aria. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)
    10:32
25. 25
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 24, Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne our Griefs
    1:52
26. 26
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 25, Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed
    1:38
27. 27
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 26, Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
    3:52
28. 28
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 27, Recit. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor)
    0:47
29. 29
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 28, Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
    2:16
30. 30
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 29, Recit. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Soprano/Tenor)
    1:55
31. 31
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 30, Aria. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Soprano/Tenor)
    1:27
32. 32
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 31, Recit. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Soprano/Tenor)
    0:18
33. 33
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 32, Aria. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Soprano/Tenor)
    2:31
34. 34
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 33, Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
    2:56
35. 35
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 34 Recit. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time? (Tenor)
    0:14
36. 36
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 35, Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him
    1:23
37. 37
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 36, Aria. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Alto/Bass)
    3:24
38. 38
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 37, Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word
    1:02
39. 39
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 38, Aria. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach (Soprano)
    2:25
40. 40
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands
    1:21
41. 41
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 40, Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Bass)
    2:50
42. 42
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 41, Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
    1:46
43. 43
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 42, Recit. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (Tenor)
    0:14
44. 44
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 43, Aria. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor)
    2:13
45. 45
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth
    3:48
46. 46
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)
    6:05
47. 47
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 46, Chorus. Since By Man Came Death
    2:12
48. 48
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 47, Recit. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Bass)
    0:34
49. 49
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 48, Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)
    8:44
50. 50
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 49, Recit. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (Alto)
    0:15
51. 51
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 50, Aria. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Alto/Tenor)
    1:16
52. 52
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 51, Chorus. But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory
    2:18
53. 53
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 52, Aria. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (Soprano)
    4:43
54. 54
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53a, Chorus. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
    3:25
55. 55
    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53b, Chorus. Amen
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