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Handel: MessiahAcademy of Ancient Music Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood Conductor
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Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Chorus/Choir,
Paul Elliott Tenor,
Carolyn Watkinson Contralto,
Emma Kirkby Soprano,
Judith Nelson Soprano,
Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra,
Christopher Hogwood Conductor
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1 | 1.Sinfonia | 2:57 | $0.99 | |||
2 | 2.Recitative (Tenor): Comfort ye, my people; 3.Aria (Tenor): Every valley shall be exalted | 6:36 | $1.29 | |||
3 | 4.Chorus: And the glory of the Lord | 2:51 | $1.29 | |||
4 | 5.Recitative (Bass): Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; 6.Aria (Bass): But who may abide | 5:31 | $1.29 | |||
5 | 7.Chorus: And He shall purify | 2:43 | $1.29 | |||
6 | 8.Recitative (Alto): Behold, a virgin shall conceive; 9.Aria (Alto) and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion | 6:15 | $1.29 | |||
7 | 10.Recitative (Bass): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth; 11.Aria (Bass): The people that walked in darkness | 5:36 | $1.29 | |||
8 | 12.Chorus: For unto us a Child is born | 4:15 | $1.29 | |||
9 | 13.Pifa: Pastoral Symphony | 0:53 | $1.29 | |||
10 | 14.Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds abiding in the fields; 15-16.Recitative and Arioso (Soprano): And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them; 17.Recitative (Soprano): And the angel said unto them; 18.Recitative (Soprano): And suddenly there was with the angel; 19.Chorus: Glory to God in the highest | 3:22 | $1.29 | |||
11 | 20.Aria (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion | 4:09 | $1.29 | |||
12 | 21.Recitative (Soprano): Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened; 22.Aria (Soprano): He shall feed His flock like a shepherd | 5:04 | $1.29 | |||
13 | 23.Chorus: His yoke is easy, and His burden is light | 2:39 | $1.29 | |||
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Chorus/Choir,
Paul Elliott Tenor,
Carolyn Watkinson Contralto,
Emma Kirkby Soprano,
Judith Nelson Soprano,
Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra,
Christopher Hogwood Conductor
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14 | 24.Chorus: Behold, the Lamb of God | 2:22 | $1.29 | |||
15 | 25.Aria (Alto): He was despised and rejected of men | 10:20 | Album Only |
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1 | 26.Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs; 27.Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed | 3:57 | $1.29 | |||
2 | 28.Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray | 4:07 | $1.29 | |||
3 | 29.Recitative (Tenor): All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn; 30.Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him | 3:00 | $1.29 | |||
4 | 31.Recitative (Tenor): Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; 32.Aria (Tenor): Behold and see if there be any sorrow; 33.Recitative (Tenor): He was cut off out of the land of the living | 3:38 | $1.29 | |||
5 | 34.Aria (Tenor): But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell | 2:22 | $1.29 | |||
6 | 35.Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates | 3:16 | $1.29 | |||
7 | 36.Recitative (Tenor): Unto which of the angels said He; 37.Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him | 1:44 | $1.29 | |||
8 | 38.Aria (Bass or Alto): Thou art gone up on high | 2:55 | $1.29 | |||
9 | 39.Chorus: The Lord gave the Word | 1:14 | $1.29 | |||
10 | 40.Aria (Soprano): How beautiful are the feet | 2:05 | $1.29 | |||
11 | 41.Arioso (Tenor): Their sound is gone out into all lands | 1:21 | $1.29 | |||
12 | 43.Aria (Bass): Why do the nations so furiously rage together?; 44.Chorus: Let us break our bonds asunder | 3:15 | $1.29 | |||
13 | 45.Recitative (Tenor): He that dwelleth in heaven; 46.Aria and Recitative (Tenor): Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron | 2:11 | $1.29 | |||
14 | 47.Chorus: Hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ('Hallelujah Chorus') | 3:49 | $1.29 | |||
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Chorus/Choir,
Paul Elliott Tenor,
Carolyn Watkinson Contralto,
Emma Kirkby Soprano,
Judith Nelson Soprano,
Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra,
Christopher Hogwood Conductor
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15 | 48.Aria (Soprano): I know that my Redeemer liveth | 5:35 | $1.29 | |||
16 | 49.Chorus: Since by man came death | 2:03 | $1.29 | |||
17 | 50.Recitative (Bass): Behold, I tell you a mystery; 51.Aria (Bass): The trumpet shall sound | 9:00 | $0.99 | |||
18 | 52.Recitative (Alto): Then shall be brought to pass; 53.Duet (Alto, Tenor): O death, where is thy sting? | 1:24 | $1.29 | |||
19 | 54.Chorus: But thanks be to God | 2:17 | $1.29 | |||
20 | 55.Aria (Alto): If God be for us | 4:22 | $1.29 | |||
21 | 56.Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb was slain | 3:45 | $1.29 | |||
22 | 57.Chorus: Amen | 3:37 | $1.29 |