Messiah HWV 56
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Charles Brett (Countertenor), Catherine Robbin (Mezzo-soprano), Saul Quirke (Boy Soprano), Margaret Marshall (Soprano), Robert Hale (Bass)
℗ 1983
Part I
- 02:22No. 2 Accompagnato 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people' (Tenor)
- 03:11No. 3 Aria 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted' (Tenor)
- 02:43No. 4 Chorus 'And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed' (Chorus)
- 04:20No. 6 Aria 'But who may abide the day of His coming' (Bass or Alto)
- 02:18No. 7 Chorus 'And He shall purify' (Chorus)
- 00:28Recitative 'Behold, a virgin shall conceive' (Alto)
- 05:36No. 8 Aria and Chorus 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' (Alto, Chorus)
- 04:25Recitative 'There were shepherds abiding' - No. 13 Accompagnato 'And lo, the angel of the Lord' (Soprano)
- 02:34No. 15 Chorus 'Glory to God in the highest' (Chorus)
- 04:12No. 16 Aria 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' (Soprano)
- 04:30No. 17 Duet 'He shall feed his flock' (Soprano, Alto)
Part II
- 02:38No. 36 Aria 'Why do the nations so furiously rage' (Bass)
- 02:11No. 38 Aria 'Thou shalt break them' (Tenor)
- 03:49No. 39 Chorus 'Hallelujah' (Chorus)
Part III
- 06:25No. 40 Aria 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' (Soprano)
Novello Edition, Part III
- 04:16No. 53a 'Amen' (Chorus)
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