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| George Frideric
HANDEL (1685-1759) |
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| Messiah |
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137' 44" |
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| Libretto:
Charles Jennens, compiled from
Biblical texts - Foundling Hospital
version, 15 May 1754 |
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| Part the First |
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52' 50" |
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Nr. 1 - Sinfony |
2' 57" |
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A1
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Nr. 2 - Recitative: "Comfort ye my
people" - tenor |
6' 36" |
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A2
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Nr. 3 - Song: "Every valley shall be
exalted" - tenor |
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Nr. 4 - Chorus: "And the glory of
the Lord" |
2' 51" |
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A3
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Recitative: "Thus saith the Lord"
- bass |
5' 31" |
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A4
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| - Nr. 6 - Air:
"But who may abide the day of His
coming?" - soprano II |
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| - Nr. 7 - Chorus:
"And he shall purify the sons of
Levi" |
2' 43" |
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A5
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Nr. 8 - Recitative: "Behold, a
virgin shall conceive" - contralto |
6' 15" |
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B1
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Nr. 9 - Air: "O thou that tellest
good tidings to Zion" - contralto,
chorus |
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Nr. 10 - Recitative: "For behold,
darkness shall cover the earth" - bass |
5' 36" |
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B2
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Nr. 11 - Song: "The people that
walked in darkness" - bass |
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Nr. 12 - Chorus: "For unto us a
child is born" |
4' 15" |
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B3
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Nr. 13 - Pifa |
0' 53" |
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B4
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Nr. 14a - Recitative: "There were
shepherds, abiding in the field" - soprano
I |
3' 22"
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B5
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| - Nr. 14b -
Recitative: "And lo, the angel of
the Lord came upon them" - soprano
I |
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Recitative: "And the angel said
unto them" - soprano I |
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| - Nr. 16 -
Recitative: "And suddenly there
was with the angel" - soprano
I |
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| - Nr. 17 - Chorus:
"Glory to God in the highest" |
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| - Nr. 18 - Song:
"Rejoice greatly, o daughter of
Zion" - soprano I |
4' 09" |
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C-1
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| - Nr. 19 -
Recitative: "Then shall the eyes
of the blind be opened" - soprano
I |
5' 04" |
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C-2
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| - Nr. 20 - Song:
"He shall feed his flock like a
shepherd" - soprano |
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| - Nr. 21 - Chorus:
"His yoke is easy, and his burden
is light" |
2' 38" |
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C-3
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| Part the Second |
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51' 41" |
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| - Nr. 22 - Chorus:
"Behold the Lamd of God" |
2' 22" |
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C-4
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| - Nr. 23 - Song:
"He was despised and rejected" - contralto |
10' 22" |
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C-5
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| - Nr. 24 - Chorus:
"Surely he hath borne our griefs" |
3' 57" |
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D-1
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| - Nr. 25 - Chorus:
"And with His stripes we are
healed" |
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| - Nr. 26 - Chorus:
"All we like sheep have gone
astray" |
4' 07" |
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D-2 |
| - Nr. 27 -
Recitative: "All they that see Him
laugh him to scorn" - tenor |
2' 59" |
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D-3 |
| - Nr. 28 - Chorus:
"He trusted in God that he would
deliver him" |
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| - Nr. 29 -
Recitative: "Thy rebuke hath
broken his heart" - tenor |
3' 38" |
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D-4 |
| - Nr. 30 - Air:
"Behold and see if there be any
sorrow" - tenor |
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| - Nr. 31 -
Recitative: "He was cut off out of
the land of the living" - soprano
I |
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| - Nr. 32 - Song:
"But Thou didst not leave his soul
in hell" - soprano I |
2' 23" |
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D-5 |
| - Nr. 33 - Chorus:
"Lift up your heads, o ye gates" |
3' 15" |
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D-6 |
| - Nr. 34 -
Recitative: "Unto which of the
angels said he at any time" - tenor |
1' 44" |
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D-7 |
| - Nr. 35 - Chorus:
"Let all the angels of God worship
Him" |
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| - Nr. 36 - Song:
"Thou art gone up on high" - soprano
II |
2' 54" |
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D-8 |
| - Nr. 37 - Chorus:
"The Lord gave the word" |
1' 14" |
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E-1 |
| - Nr. 38 - Song:
"How beautiful are the feet of
them" - soprano I |
2' 05" |
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E-2 |
| - Nr. 39 - Chorus:
"Their sound is gone out into all
lands" |
1' 21" |
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E-3 |
| - Nr. 40 - Song:
"Why do the nations so furiously
rage together?" - bass |
3' 15" |
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E-4 |
| - Nr. 41 - Chorus:
"Let us break their bonds asunder" |
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| - Nr. 42 -
Recitative: "He that dwelleth in
heaven" - tenor |
2' 11" |
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E-5 |
| - Nr. 43 - Song:
"Thou shalt break them with a rod
of iron" - tenor |
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| - Nr. 44 - Chorus:
"Hallelujah" |
3' 54" |
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E-6 |
| Part the Third |
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32' 05"
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| - Nr. 45 - Song:
"I know that my Redeemer liveth" -
sopran |
5' 39" |
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E-7 |
| - Nr. 46 - Chorus:
"Since by man came death" |
2' 02" |
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E-8 |
| - Nr. 47 -
Recitative: "Behold, I tell you a
mystery" - bass |
9' 00" |
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F-1 |
| - Nr. 48 - Song:
"The trumpet shall sound" - bass |
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| - Nr. 49 -
Recitative: "Then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is
written" - contralto |
1' 24" |
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F-2 |
| - Nr. 50 - Duet:
"O death, where is thy sting?" - contralto,
tenor |
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| - Nr. 51 - Chorus:
"But thanks to be God" |
2' 18" |
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F-3 |
| - Nr. 52 - Air:
"If God be for us" - soprano
II |
4' 22" |
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F-4 |
| - Nr. 53 - Chorus:
"Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain" |
3' 45" |
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F-5 |
| - Nr. 54 - Chorus:
"Amen" |
3' 35" |
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F-6 |
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