Messiah HWV 56
Eugene Ormandy, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eileen Farrell (Soprano), Martha Lipton (Alto), Davis Cunningham (Tenor), William Warfield (Bass)
℗ 1959
Part I
- 04:27No. 1 Sinfonia. Grave – Allegro moderato
- 03:30No. 2 Accompagnato 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people' (Tenor)
- 03:54No. 3 Aria 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted' (Tenor)
- 03:19No. 4 Chorus 'And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed' (Chorus)
- 01:32No. 5 Accompagnato 'Thus saith the Lord of Host' (Bass)
- 04:33No. 6 Aria 'But who may abide the day of His coming' (Bass or Alto)
- 02:41No. 7 Chorus 'And He shall purify' (Chorus)
- 00:37Recitative 'Behold, a virgin shall conceive' (Alto)
- 07:02No. 8 Aria and Chorus 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' (Alto, Chorus)
- 04:14No. 11 Chorus 'For unto us a Child is born' (Chorus)
- 04:00No. 12 Pifa
- 00:52No. 13 Accompagnato 'And lo, the angel of the Lord' (Soprano)
- 01:12Recitative 'And the angel said unto them' (Soprano)
- 00:28No. 14 Accompagnato 'And suddenly there was with the angel' (Soprano)
- 01:53No. 15 Chorus 'Glory to God in the highest' (Chorus)
- 00:36Recitative 'Then shall the eyes of the blind' (Alto)
- 07:06No. 17 Duet 'He shall feed his flock' (Soprano, Alto)
- 02:48No. 18 Chorus 'His yoke is easy, His burthen is light' (Chorus)
Part II
- 03:51No. 19 Chorus 'Behold the Lamb of God' (Chorus)
- 05:17No. 20 Aria 'He was despised' (Alto)
- 03:05No. 21 Chorus 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs' (Chorus)
- 02:19No. 22 Chorus 'And with His stripes we are healed' (Chorus)
- 04:17No. 23 Chorus 'All we like sheep have gone astray' (Chorus)
- 03:05No. 30 Chorus 'Lift up your heads, o ye gates' (Chorus)
- 02:42No. 36 Aria 'Why do the nations so furiously rage' (Bass)
- 00:23Recitative 'He that dwelleth in heaven' (Tenor)
- 02:16No. 38 Aria 'Thou shalt break them' (Tenor)
- 03:56No. 39 Chorus 'Hallelujah' (Chorus)
Part III
- 07:08No. 40 Aria 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' (Soprano)
- 00:48No. 42 Accompagnato 'Behold, I tell you a mystery' (Bass)
- 06:54No. 43 Aria 'The trumpet shall sound' (Bass)
- 06:33No. 47 Chorus 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain' (Chorus)
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