The Messiah
19979999
Labels: Reader’s Digest
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Disc1
| 1 | Overture | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 5:08 |
| 2 | Recitative: Comfort Ye My People; Air: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 8:12 |
| 3 | Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 3:47 |
| 4 | Recit.: Thus Saith the Lord; Air: But Who Shall Abide the Day of His Coming? | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 7:12 |
| 5 | Chorus: And He Shall Purify | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 3:01 |
| 6 | Recit.: Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 0:31 |
| 7 | Air: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 7:10 |
| 8 | Recit.: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:54 |
| 9 | Air: The People That Walked in Darkness | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 5:00 |
| 10 | Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 5:09 |
| 11 | Pastoral Symphony; Recits.: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field; And Lo! The Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them; And the Angel Said Unto Them; And Suddenly There Was with the Angel; Chorus: Glory to God | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 8:55 |
| 12 | Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 5:03 |
| 13 | Recit.: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 0:36 |
| 14 | Airs: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd; Come Unto Him | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 5:45 |
| 15 | Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:53 |
| 16 | Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 4:07 |
Disc2
| 1 | Air: He Was Despised | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 5:37 |
| 2 | Choruses: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs; And with His Stripes We Are Healed; All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 10:40 |
| 3 | Recitative: All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 0:50 |
| 4 | Chorus: He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:22 |
| 5 | Recit.: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:05 |
| 6 | Air: Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow; Recit.: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:38 |
| 7 | Air: But Thou Did'st Not Leave His Soul in Hell | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:30 |
| 8 | Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 3:59 |
| 9 | Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1:37 |
| 10 | Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 3:01 |
| 11 | Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:03 |
| 12 | Air: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 3:03 |
| 13 | Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:20 |
| 14 | Recit.: He That Dwelleth in Heaven | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 0:17 |
| 15 | Air: Thou Shalt Break Them | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:15 |
| 16 | Chorus: Hallelujah | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 5:13 |
| 17 | Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 7:07 |
| 18 | Chorus: Since by Man Came Death | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:31 |
| 19 | Recit.: Behold! I Tell You a Mystery | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 0:41 |
| 20 | Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 4:19 |
| 21 | Choruses: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain; Amen | George Frideric Handel; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 9:11 |