Handel: Messiah / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh / Bernarda Fink / Dorothea Röschmann / Susan Gritton / Neal Davies
Disc 1
Part The First
1-1 1. Sinfonia (Grave - Allegro Moderato) 3:22
1-2 2. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): Comfort Ye My People 3:36
1-3 3. Song (Tenor): Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted 3:04
1-4 4. Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed 2:51
1-5 5. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts 1:19
1-6 6. Song (Soprano II): But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming 3:51
1-7 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi 2:22
1-8 8. Recitative (Contralto): Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive 0:26
1-9 9. Song (Contralto) And Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion 4:47
1-10 10. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth 2:14
1-11 11. Song (Bass): The People That Walked In Darkness 3:58
1-12 12. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born 3:36
1-13 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) 0:38
1-14 14. Recitative (Soprano I): There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field - Recitative, Accompanied (Soprano I) - Recitative (Soprano I) And Io, The Angel Of The Lord 1:02
1-15 17. Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest 1:41
1-16 18. Song (Soprano I): Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion 3:46
1-17 19. Recitative (Soprano I): Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind 0:20
1-18 20. Song (Soprano I): He Shall Feed His Flock 4:17
1-19 21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy 2:03
Part The Second
1-20 22. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God 3:09
1-21 23. Song (Contralto): He Was Despised 12:11
1-22 24. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs 1:38
1-23 25. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed 1:43
1-24 26. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray 3:17
1-25 27. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): All They That See Him 0:39
1-26 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God 2:03
1-27 29. Recitative, Accompanied (Tenor): Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart 2:03
1-28 30. Song (Tenor): Behold, And See 1:30
1-29 31. Recitative, Accompanied (Soprano I): He Was Cut Off 0:14
1-30 32. Song (Soprano I): But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell 2:03
Disc 2
2-1 33. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads 2:46
2-2 34. Recitative (Tenor). Unto Which Of The Angels 0:15
2-3 35. Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him 1:21
2-4 36. Song (Soprano II): Thou Art Gone Up On High 2:46
2-5 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave The World 1:05
2-6 38. Song (Soprano I): How Beautiful Are The Feet 2:00
2-7 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out 1:17
2-8 40. Song (Bass): Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together? 1:14
2-9 41. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Assunder 1:37
2-10 42. Recitative (Tenor): He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Song (Tenor): Thou Shalt Break Them 2:06
2-11 44. Chorus: Hallelujah 3:34
Part The Third
2-12 45. Song (Soprano II): I Know That My Redeemer Liveth 6:23
2-13 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death 2:03
2-14 47. Recitative, Accompanied (Bass): Behold, I Tell You A Mystery 0:32
2-15 48. Song (Bass): The Trumpet Shall Sound 8:19
2-16 49. Recitative (Contralto): Then Shall Be Brought To Pass 0:14
2-17 50. Duet (Contralto & Tenor): O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? 0:53
2-18 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be To God 1:57
2-19 52. Song (Soprano I): If God Be For Us 4:13
2-20 53. Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain - Amen 7:34
Bass Vocals – Neal Davies
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Paul McCreesh
Contralto Vocals – Bernarda Fink
Edited By – Reinhild Schmidt
Engineer [Recording] – Jürgen Bulgrin
Engineer [Sound] – Andrew Wedman
Ensemble – Gabrieli Consort
Executive-Producer – Peter Czornyj
Liner Notes – Paul McCreesh, Ruth Smith
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Horst Leuchtmann
Producer [Recording] – Christopher Alder
Soprano Vocals [Soprano I] – Dorothea Röschmann
Soprano Vocals [Soprano II] – Susan Gritton
Tenor Vocals – Charles Daniels
Recording: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, 12/1996.
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