Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah Highlights (BIS Audio CD)

BIS-CD-1521
Total Time: 78'45 – Release: Aug 2005

EAN 7318590015216


Händel - Messiah Highlights

Georg Friedrich Händel
Messiah, part the First 1. And without controversy (narrator) 0'36
2. Symphony 3'07
3. Comfort ye my people (tenor) 2'55
4. Ev´ry valley shall be exalted (tenor) 3'15
5. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (chorus) 2'48
6. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alto) 0'29
7. O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto, chorus) 5'36
8. For unto us a child is born (chorus) 3'46
9. And suddenly there was with the angel (soprano) 0'16
10. Glory to God in the highest (chorus) 1'47
11. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano) 4'12

Messiah, part the Second 12. Behold the Lamb of God (chorus) 3'11
13. He was despised and rejected of men (alto) 11'04
14. Surely, He hath borne our griefs (chorus) 1'49
15. And with His stripes we are healed (chorus) 1'34
16. All we like sheep have gone astray (chorus) 3'57
17. Hallelujah! (chorus) 3'29

Messiah, part the Third 18. I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano) 5'31
19. Since by man came death (chorus) 2'04
20. Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass) 0'39
21. The trumpet shall sound (bass) 8'48
22. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (chorus) 7'01

Midori Suzuki, soprano
Yoshikazu Mera, alto
John Elwes, tenor/narrator
David Thomas, bass
Bach Collegium Japan, ensemble
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor