Performer: Handel
Genre: Classical
Album: Messiah
Released: 1997
Style: Baroque, Oratorio
MP3 version ZIP size: 1737 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1191 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1282 mb
Rating: 4.7
Votes: 841
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Tracklist

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
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

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
• Copyright (c) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
• Printed By – Münstermann-Druck

Credits

• 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

Notes

Recording: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, 12/1996.
56 page booklet with English, German and French notes and sung text.

Please note that pages 5/6 are missung from my booklet so if any changes are required on tracks 1-16 to 2-11 please feel free to correct.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 28945 34642 7
• Label Code: LC 0113
• Other (Cat.no CD 1): 453 465-2
• Other (Cat.no CD 2): 453 466-2
• SPARS Code: DDD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
477 066-2	Handel* - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh	Handel* - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh - Messiah ‎(2xSACD, Multichannel)	Archiv Produktion	477 066-2	Europe	1997
477 9574, 00289 477 9575	Handel* - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh	Handel* - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh - Messiah ‎(2xCD, Album)	Archiv Produktion, Archiv Produktion	477 9574, 00289 477 9575	Europe	1997