Handel Messiah Christie 2CD HM

Tracklist

Messiah, Oratorio, Hwv 56
Part I
1-1. Sinfonia (3:01)
1-2. Recitative "Comfort Ye, My People, Saith Your God" (3:10)
1-3. Air "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted" (3:18)
1-4. Chorus "And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed" (2:40)
1-5. Recitative "Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts" (1:39)
1-6. Air "But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?" (4:37)
1-7. Chorus "And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi" (2:16)
1-8. Recitative "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive" - Air "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion" - Chorus "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion, Arise" (5:56)
1-9. Recitative "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth" - Air "The People That Walked In Darkness" (5:42)
1-10. Chorus "For Unto Us A Child Is Born" (3:38)
1-11. Pastoral Symphony (2:54)
1-12. Recitative "There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field" - Recitative "And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them" - Recitative "And The Angel Said Unto Them: Fear Not, For Behold" - Chorus "Glory To God In The Highest" (3:08)
1-13. Air "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion" (4:25)
1-14. Recitative "Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened" - Air "He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd" (5:59)
1-15. Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy, And His Burthen Is Light" (2:17)
Part II
1-16. Chorus "Behold The Lamb Of God" (2:19)
1-17. Air "He Was Despised And Rejected Of Man" (11:06)
1-18. Chorus "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs" - Chorus "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray" (7:18)
2-1. Recitative "All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn" - Chorus "He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him" (2:54)
2-2. Recitative "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart" - Air "Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow" - Recitative "He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living" (3:55)
2-3. Air "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell" (2:30)
2-4. Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates" (2:43)
2-5. Rectitative "Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time" - Chorus "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him" (1:37)
2-6. Air "Thou Art Gone Up On High" (3:04)
2-7. Chorus "The Lord Gave The World" (1:14)
2-8. Air "How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them" (2:32)
2-9. Chorus "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands" (1:15)
2-10. Air "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together" (2:40)
2-11. Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder" (1:43)
2-12. Recitative "He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn" - Air "Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron" (2:12)
2-13. Chorus "Hallelujah!" (3:20)
Part III
2-14. Air "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" (6:11)
2-15. Chorus "Since By Man Came Death" (2:14)
2-16. Recitative "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery" - Air "The Trumpet Shall Sound" (9:17)
2-17. Recitative "Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written" - Duet "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" - Chorus "But Thanks Be To God Who Giveth Us The Victory" (3:30)
2-18. Air "If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?" (4:51)
2-19. Chorus "Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain" (3:28)
2-20. Chorus "Amen" (3:18)