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BI 0891
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
HANDEL: Messiah, HWV 56
Label Catalogue Number:
BIS-CD-891-92
BIS-CD-891-92
Running Time: 139:27
Digital UPC: 7318598918922
Release Date: August 1997
Originally recorded in 1997
Release Date: August 1997
Originally recorded in 1997
Composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
Solo Soloist
Masaaki Suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki
Orchestra
Bach Collegium Japan
Bach Collegium Japan
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HANDEL: Messiah, HWV 56
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Messiah, HWV 56
1.
Majora Canamus: And without controversy (Narrator)
0:36
2.
Symphony
3:07
3.
Accompanied Recitative: Comfort ye my people (Tenor)
2:55
4.
Aria: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor)
3:15
5.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus)
2:48
6.
Accompanied Recitative: Thus saith the Lord (Bass)
1:27
7.
Aria: But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto)
4:20
8.
And He shall purify the sons of Levi (Chorus)
2:27
9.
Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto)
0:29
10.
Aria and Chorus: O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto)
5:36
11.
Accompanied Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)
2:02
12.
Aria: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)
3:47
13.
For unto us a child is born (Chorus)
3:46
14.
Pifa
2:48
15.
Recitative: There were shepherds abiding (Soprano)
0:15
16.
Accompanied Recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord (Soprano)
0:17
17.
Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano)
0:32
18.
Accompanied Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)
0:16
19.
Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)
1:47
20.
Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)
4:12
21.
Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto)
0:31
22.
Duet: He shall feed His flock (Alto, Soprano)
4:49
23.
His yoke is easy, His burthen is light (Chorus)
2:15
24.
Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)
3:11
25.
Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Alto)
11:04
1.
Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus)
1:49
2.
And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)
1:34
3.
All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
3:57
4.
Accompanied Recitative: All they that see Him laugh (Tenor)
0:46
5.
He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus)
2:18
6.
Accompanied Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)
1:47
7.
Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor)
1:47
8.
Accompanied Recitative: He was cut off out of the land (Soprano)
0:17
9.
Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell (Soprano)
2:10
10.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus)
2:59
11.
Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He (Tenor)
0:22
12.
Let all the angels of God worship him (Chorus)
1:26
13.
Aria: Thou art gone up on high (Alto)
2:53
14.
The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
1:11
15.
Aria: How beautiful are the feet of Him (Soprano)
2:18
16.
Their sound is gone out (Chorus)
1:44
17.
Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)
1:22
18.
Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
1:46
19.
Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor)
0:12
20.
Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)
2:07
21.
Hallelujah! (Chorus)
3:29
22.
Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)
5:31
23.
Since by man came death (Chorus)
2:04
24.
Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
0:39
25.
Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)
8:48
26.
Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass (Alto)
0:17
27.
Duet: O Death, where is thy sting (Alto, Soprano)
1:45
28.
But thanks be to God (Chorus)
2:09
29.
Aria: If God be for ever (Alto)
4:27
30.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus)
7:01
Solo: Masaaki Suzuki Soloist
Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan
Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
