Messiah
Producer: John BickleyProducer: Nick Flower
Producer: Edward Perry
19970999
Labels: Hyperion
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Disc1
| 1 | Messiah: Part I. I. Symphony | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:22 |
| 2 | Messiah: Part I. II. Tenor recitative "Comfort ye, My people" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:19 |
| 3 | Messiah: Part I. III. Tenor aria "Every valley shall be exhalted" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:22 |
| 4 | Messiah: Part I. IV. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:52 |
| 5 | Messiah: Part I. V. Bass recitative "Thus saith the Lord of hosts" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:23 |
| 6 | Messiah: Part I. VI. Countertenor aria "But who may abide the days of his coming?" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 4:57 |
| 7 | Messiah: Part I. VII. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:39 |
| 8 | Messiah: Part I. VIII. Contralto recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:25 |
| 9 | Messiah: Part I. IX. Contralto aria and Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 5:20 |
| 10 | Messiah: Part I. X. Bass recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:28 |
| 11 | Messiah: Part I. XI. Bass aria "The people that walked in darkness" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:08 |
| 12 | Messiah: Part I. XII. Chorus "For unto us a child is born" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 4:10 |
| 13 | Messiah: Part I. XIII. Pifa | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:59 |
| 14 | Messiah: Part I. XIVa. Soprano recitative "There were shepherds abiding in a field" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:17 |
| 15 | Messiah: Part I. XIVb. Soprano recitative "And lo, the angel of the Lord" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:20 |
| 16 | Messiah: Part I. XV. Soprano recitative "And the angel said unto them, fear not" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:34 |
| 17 | Messiah: Part I. XVI. Soprano recitative "And suddently there was with the angel" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:18 |
| 18 | Messiah: Part I. XVII. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:03 |
| 19 | Messiah: Part I. XVIII. Soprano aria "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 4:01 |
| 20 | Messiah: Part I. XIX. Contralto recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:26 |
| 21 | Messiah: Part I. XX. Contralto aria "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" / Soprano aria "Come unto Him all ye that labour" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 5:23 |
| 22 | Messiah: Part I. XXI. Chorus "His yoke is easy and his burthen is light" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:19 |
| 23 | Messiah: Part II. XXII. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:04 |
| 24 | Messiah: Part II. XXIII. Contralto aria "He was despised and rejected of men" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 10:32 |
Disc2
| 1 | Messiah: Part II. XXIV. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:52 |
| 2 | Messiah: Part II. XXV. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:38 |
| 3 | Messiah: Part II. XXVI. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:52 |
| 4 | Messiah: Part II. XXVII. Tenor recitative "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:47 |
| 5 | Messiah: Part II. XXVIII. Chorus "He trusted in God" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:16 |
| 6 | Messiah: Part II. XXIX. Tenor recitative "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:55 |
| 7 | Messiah: Part II. XXX. Tenor aria "Behold and see if there be any sorrow" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:27 |
| 8 | Messiah: Part II. XXXI. Tenor recitative "He was cut off out of the land" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:18 |
| 9 | Messiah: Part II. XXXII. Tenor aria "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:31 |
| 10 | Messiah: Part II. XXXIII. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:56 |
| 11 | Messiah: Part II. XXXIV. Tenor recitative "Unto which of the angels said He" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:14 |
| 12 | Messiah: Part II. XXXV. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:23 |
| 13 | Messiah: Part II. XXXVI. Countertenor aria "Thou art gone up on high" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:24 |
| 14 | Messiah: Part II. XXXVII. Chorus "The Lord gave the word" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:02 |
| 15 | Messiah: Part II. XXXVIII. Soprano aria "How beautiful are the feet" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:25 |
| 16 | Messiah: Part II. XXXIX. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:21 |
| 17 | Messiah: Part II. XL. Bass aria "Why do the nations so furiously rage" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:50 |
| 18 | Messiah: Part II. XLI. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:46 |
| 19 | Messiah: Part II. XLII. Tenor recitative "He that dwelleth in Heaven" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:14 |
| 20 | Messiah: Part II. XLIII. Tenor aria "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:13 |
| 21 | Messiah: Part II. XLIV. Chorus "Hallelujah" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:48 |
| 22 | Messiah: Part III. XLV. Soprano aria "I know that my Redeener liveth" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 6:05 |
| 23 | Messiah: Part III. XLVI. Chorus "Since by man came death" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:12 |
| 24 | Messiah: Part III. XLVII. Bass recitative "Behold, I tell you a mystery" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:34 |
| 25 | Messiah: Part III. XLVIII. Bass aria "The trumpet shall sound" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 8:44 |
| 26 | Messiah: Part III. XLIX. Countertenor recitative "Then shall be brought to pass" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 0:15 |
| 27 | Messiah: Part III. L. Countertenor/tenor aria "O Death, where is thy sting?" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1:16 |
| 28 | Messiah: Part III. LI. Chorus "But thanks be to God" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 2:18 |
| 29 | Messiah: Part III. LII. Soprano aria "If God be for us, who can be against us" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 4:43 |
| 30 | Messiah: Part III. LIIIa. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:25 |
| 31 | Messiah: Part III. LIIIb. Chorus "Amen" | Georg Friedrich Händel | 3:13 |