Handel: Messiah by Sylvia McNair

Handel: Messiah

by Sylvia McNair

Released: November 1, 2016

Track Listing

1		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 1, Overture (Sinfony)
2		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 2, Accompagnato "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people" (Tenor)
3		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 3, Air "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)
4		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 4, Chorus "And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed"
5		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 5, Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord" (Bass)
6		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 6, Air "'But who may abide the day of his coming!" (Mezzo-soprano)
7		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 7, Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
8		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 8, Recitative "Behold! A virgin shall conceive" (Mezzo-soprano)
9		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 9, Air "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Mezzo-soprano and Chorus)
10		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 10, Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass)
11		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 11, Air "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light" (Bass)
12		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 12, Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"
13		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 13, Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
14		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 14a, Recitative "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (Soprano)
15		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 14b, Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" (Soprano)
16		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 15, Recitative "And the angel said unto them" (Soprano)
17		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 16, Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude..." (Soprano)
18		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 17, Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
19		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 18, Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Soprano)
20		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 19, Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd" (Mezzo-soprano)
21		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 20, Duet . "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (Mezzo-soprano and Soprano)
22		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 21, Chorus. 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!
23		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 22, Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"
24		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 23, Air "He was despised and rejected of men" (Mezzo-soprano)
25		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 24, Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"
26		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 25, Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"
27		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 26, Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"
28		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 27, Accompagnato "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (Tenor)
29		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 28, Chorus. 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'.
30		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 29, Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart" (Tenor)
31		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 30, Arioso "Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow" (Tenor)
32		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 31, Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living" (Tenor)
33		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 32, Air "But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell" (Tenor)
34		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 33, Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
35		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 37, Chorus "The Lord gave the word"
36		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 38, Air "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace" (Soprano)
37		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 40, Air "Who do the nations so furiously rage together" (Bass)
38		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 41, Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
39		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 42, Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" (Tenor)
40		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 43, Air "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (Tenor)
41		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 44, Chorus "Hallelujah!"
42		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 45, Air "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Soprano)
43		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 46, Chorus "Since by man came death"
44		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 47, Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (Bass)
45		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 48, Air "The trumpet shall sound" (Bass)
46		Messiah, HWV 56: No. 53, Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"