Handel • Haendel • Le Messie • Messiah • Oiseau-Lyre ‎595045 • Judith Nelson • Emma Kirkby • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood

Description

Messiah, A Sacred Oratorio (Foundling Hospital Version 1754)

First Part
Sinfony
1. Accompagnato (Tenor) : Comfort Ye My People
2. Aria (Tenor) : Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
3. Chorus : And The Glory Of The Lord
4. Accompagnato (Basse/Bass) : Thus Saith The Lord
5. Aria (Basse/Bass) : But Who May Abide
6. Chorus : And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi
7. Recitativo (Alto/Alt) : Behold A Virgin Shall Conceive
8. Aria (Alto/Alt) : O Thou That Tellest
9. Chorus : O Thou That Tellest
10. Accompagnato (Basse/Bass) : For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth
11. Aria (Basse/Bass) : The People That Walk In Darkness
12. Chorus : For Unto Us A Child Is Born
13. Pifa
14. Recitativo, Accompagnato (Soprano/Sopran) : There Were Shepherds
15. Chorus : Glory To God In The Highest
16. Aria (Soprano/Sopran) : Rejoice Greatly
17. Recitativo (Soprano/Sopran) : Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind
18. Aria (Soprano/Sopran) : He Shall Feed His Flock
19. Chorus : His Yoke Is Easy

Second Part
20. Chorus : Behold The Lamb Of God
21. Aria (Alto/Alt) : He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men
22. Chorus : Surely The Hath Borne Our Griefs
23. Chorus : And With His Stripes We Are Healed
24. Chorus : All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
25. Accompagnato (Tenor) : All They That See Him
26. Chorus : He Trusted In God
27. Accompagnato (Soprano/Sopran) : Try Rebuke Has Broken His Heart
28. Arioso (Soprano/Sopran) : Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow
29. Accompagnato (Soprano/Sopran) : He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land
30. Aria (Soprano/Sopran) : But Thou Dist Not Leave His Soul
31. Chorus : Lift Up Your Heads
32. Recitativo (Tenor) : Unto Which Of The Angels
33. Chorus : Let All The Angels Of God
34. Aria (Alto/Alt) : Thou Art Gone Up One High
35. Chorus : The Lord Gave The Word
36. Arie (Soprano/Sopran) : How Beautiful Are The Feet / Their Sound Is Gone Out
38. Aria (Basse/Bass) : Why Do The Nations
39. Chorus : Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
40. Recitativo (Tenor) : He That Dwelleth In Heaven
41. Aria (Tenor) : Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron
42. Chorus : Hallelujah

Third Part
43. Aria (Soprano/Sopran) : I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
44. Chorus : Since By Man Came Death
45. Accompagnato (Basse/Bass) : Behold I Tell You A Mystery
46. Aria (Basse/Bass) : The Trumpet Shall Sound
47. Recitativo (Alto/Alt) : Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
48. Duetto (Alto/Alt, Tenor) : O Death Where Is Thy Sting
49. Chorus : But Thanks Be To God
50. Aria (Soprano/Sopran) : If God Is For Us
51. Chorus : Worthy Is The Lamb
52. Chorus : Amen

Bass Vocals – David Thomas
Contralto Vocals – Carolyn Watkinson
Soprano Vocals [Soprano 1] – Judith Nelson
Soprano Vocals [Soprano 2] – Emma Kirkby
Tenor Vocals – Paul Elliott

Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Daniel Bond, Felix Warnock, Jeremy Ward
Cello – Anthony Pleeth, Mark Caudle, Richard Webb
Double Bass – Keith Marjoram, Peter McCarthy
Oboe – Clare Shanks, Sophia McKenna, Stanley King, Tess Miller
Trumpet – Malcolm Smith, Michael Laird
Viola – Annette Isserlis, Colin Kitching, Joan Brickley, Katherine Hart, Simon Rowland-Jones, Trevor Jones
Violin – Christopher Hirons, Elisabeth Wilcock, John Holloway, Judith Falkus, Julie Miller, Kay Usher, Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding, Monica Huggett, Polly Waterfield, Rachel Isserlis, Robin Stowell, Roy Goodman, Susie Carpenter-Jacobs
Violin, Leader – Catherine Mackintosh

Choir – Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Monteverdi Choir
Chorus Master – Simon Preston

Ensemble – The Academy Of Ancient Music
Conductor – Christopher Hogwood