Handel: Messiah

1

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 1. Symphony

03:22

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

2

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Recit. Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)

03:19

Maldwyn Davies, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

3

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)

03:22

Harry Christophers, Maldwyn Davies, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

4

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 4, Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed

02:52

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

5

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 5, Recit. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)

01:23

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Michael George

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Bass (Vocal): Michael George - Composer: George Frideric Handel

6

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 6, Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (Alto/Bass)

04:57

David James, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Counter-Tenor: David James - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

7

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi

02:39

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

8

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 8, Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Alto)

00:25

Harry Christophers, Catherine Denley, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Contralto: Catherine Denley - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

9

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, Aria with Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto)

05:20

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Catherine Denley

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Contralto: Catherine Denley - Composer: George Frideric Handel

10

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, Recit. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass)

02:28

Harry Christophers, Michael George, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Bass (Vocal): Michael George - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

11

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 11, Aria. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (Bass)

03:08

Harry Christophers, Michael George, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Bass (Vocal): Michael George - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

12

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born

04:10

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

13

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 13. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"

00:59

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

14

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14a, Recit. There Were Shepherds, Abiding in the Field (Soprano)

00:17

Harry Christophers, Lynne Dawson, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

15

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14b, Recit. And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them (Soprano)

00:20

Harry Christophers, Lynne Dawson, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

16

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 15, Recit. And the Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not (Soprano)

00:34

Harry Christophers, Lynne Dawson, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

17

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 16, Recit. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel a Multitude (Soprano)

00:18

Harry Christophers, Lynne Dawson, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

18

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 17, Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest

02:03

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

19

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 18, Aria. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Soprano)

04:01

Harry Christophers, Lynne Dawson, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

20

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 19, Recit. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Alto)

00:26

Catherine Denley, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Contralto: Catherine Denley - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

21

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 20, Aria. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Alto/Soprano)

05:23

Catherine Denley, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Lynne Dawson

Contralto: Catherine Denley - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Composer: George Frideric Handel

22

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 21, Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy and His Burthen Is Light

02:19

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

23

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 22, Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God

03:04

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

24

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 23, Aria. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)

10:32

Harry Christophers, Catherine Denley, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Contralto: Catherine Denley - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

25

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 24, Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne our Griefs

01:52

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

26

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 25, Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed

01:38

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

27

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 26, Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

03:52

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

28

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 27, Recit. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor)

00:47

Harry Christophers, Maldwyn Davies, The Sixteen

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

29

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 28, Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him

02:16

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

30

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 29, Recit. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Soprano/Tenor)

01:55

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Maldwyn Davies

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

31

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 30, Aria. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Soprano/Tenor)

01:27

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Maldwyn Davies

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

32

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 31, Recit. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Soprano/Tenor)

00:18

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Maldwyn Davies

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

33

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 32, Aria. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Soprano/Tenor)

02:31

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Maldwyn Davies

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

34

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 33, Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates

02:56

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

35

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 34 Recit. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time? (Tenor)

00:14

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Maldwyn Davies

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

36

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 35, Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him

01:23

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

37

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 36, Aria. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Alto/Bass)

03:24

David James, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Counter-Tenor: David James - Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

38

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 37, Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word

01:02

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

39

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 38, Aria. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach (Soprano)

02:25

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Lynne Dawson

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Composer: George Frideric Handel

40

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands

01:21

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

41

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 40, Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Bass)

02:50

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Michael George

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Bass (Vocal): Michael George - Composer: George Frideric Handel

42

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 41, Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder

01:46

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

43

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 42, Recit. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (Tenor)

00:14

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Maldwyn Davies

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

44

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 43, Aria. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor)

02:13

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Maldwyn Davies

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

45

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth

03:48

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

46

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)

06:05

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Lynne Dawson

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Composer: George Frideric Handel

47

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 46, Chorus. Since By Man Came Death

02:12

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

48

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 47, Recit. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Bass)

00:34

Michael George, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Bass (Vocal): Michael George - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Composer: George Frideric Handel

49

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 48, Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)

08:44

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Michael George

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Bass (Vocal): Michael George - Composer: George Frideric Handel

50

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 49, Recit. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (Alto)

00:15

David James, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Counter-Tenor: David James - Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

51

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 50, Aria. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Alto/Tenor)

01:16

David James, The Sixteen, Maldwyn Davies, Harry Christophers

Counter-Tenor: David James - Choir: The Sixteen - Tenor: Maldwyn Davies - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

52

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 51, Chorus. But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory

02:18

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

53

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 52, Aria. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (Soprano)

04:43

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, Lynne Dawson

Conductor: Harry Christophers - Choir: The Sixteen - Soprano: Lynne Dawson - Composer: George Frideric Handel

54

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53a, Chorus. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain

03:25

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel

55

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53b, Chorus. Amen

03:13

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Choir: The Sixteen - Conductor: Harry Christophers - Composer: George Frideric Handel