Handel: Messiah

1

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

03:23

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

2

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

02:44

Allan Clayton, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Tenor: Allan Clayton - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

3

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

03:06

Allan Clayton, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Tenor: Allan Clayton - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

4

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

02:49

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Polyphony

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

5

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

01:20

Andrew Foster-Williams, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Bass (Vocal): Andrew Foster-Williams - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

6

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

04:12

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Iestyn Davies

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

7

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

02:35

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Polyphony

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

8

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

00:23

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Iestyn Davies

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

9

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

05:01

Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Iestyn Davies, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

10

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

02:03

Andrew Foster-Williams, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Bass (Vocal): Andrew Foster-Williams - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - 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)

03:58

Andrew Foster-Williams, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Bass (Vocal): Andrew Foster-Williams - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

12

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

03:47

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Polyphony

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

13

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

00:54

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

14

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

00:26

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Julia Doyle

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Soprano: Julia Doyle - Composer: George Frideric Handel

15

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

00:25

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Julia Doyle

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Soprano: Julia Doyle - Composer: George Frideric Handel

16

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

00:16

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Julia Doyle

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Soprano: Julia Doyle - Composer: George Frideric Handel

17

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

01:52

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Polyphony

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

18

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

04:07

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Julia Doyle

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Soprano: Julia Doyle - Composer: George Frideric Handel

19

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

00:23

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Iestyn Davies

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

20

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

04:55

Julia Doyle, Iestyn Davies, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Soprano: Julia Doyle - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

21

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

02:15

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Polyphony

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

22

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

02:42

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Polyphony

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

23

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

10:36

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Iestyn Davies

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

24

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

01:51

Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony, Stephen Layton

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Choir: Polyphony - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

25

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

01:52

Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony, Stephen Layton

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Choir: Polyphony - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

26

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

04:02

Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

27

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

00:44

Allan Clayton, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Tenor: Allan Clayton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

28

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

02:14

Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

29

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

01:53

Allan Clayton, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Tenor: Allan Clayton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

30

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

01:19

Allan Clayton, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Tenor: Allan Clayton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

31

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

00:13

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Allan Clayton

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Tenor: Allan Clayton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

32

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

02:14

Julia Doyle, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Soprano: Julia Doyle - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

33

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

03:03

Polyphony, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Choir: Polyphony - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

34

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

00:13

Allan Clayton, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Tenor: Allan Clayton - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

35

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

01:26

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Polyphony

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

36

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

03:02

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Iestyn Davies

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

37

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

00:57

Polyphony, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Choir: Polyphony - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

38

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

02:09

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Julia Doyle

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Soprano: Julia Doyle - Composer: George Frideric Handel

39

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

01:14

Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

40

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

02:32

Andrew Foster-Williams, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Bass (Vocal): Andrew Foster-Williams - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

41

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

01:47

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

42

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

00:10

Allan Clayton, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Tenor: Allan Clayton - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

43

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

01:58

Allan Clayton, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Tenor: Allan Clayton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

44

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

03:43

Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

45

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

06:00

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Julia Doyle

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Soprano: Julia Doyle - Composer: George Frideric Handel

46

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

02:20

Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

47

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

00:29

Andrew Foster-Williams, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia

Bass (Vocal): Andrew Foster-Williams - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

48

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

05:49

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Andrew Foster-Williams

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Bass (Vocal): Andrew Foster-Williams - Composer: George Frideric Handel

49

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

00:15

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Iestyn Davies

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Composer: George Frideric Handel

50

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

01:05

Stephen Layton, Iestyn Davies, Britten Sinfonia, Allan Clayton

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Counter-Tenor: Iestyn Davies - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Tenor: Allan Clayton - Composer: George Frideric Handel

51

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

02:15

Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton, Polyphony

Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Composer: George Frideric Handel

52

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

04:54

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Julia Doyle

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Soprano: Julia Doyle - Composer: George Frideric Handel

53

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

03:20

Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia

Conductor: Stephen Layton - Choir: Polyphony - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Composer: George Frideric Handel

54

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

04:15

Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton

Choir: Polyphony - Chamber Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia - Conductor: Stephen Layton - Composer: George Frideric Handel