BIS-CD-891/92
Total Time: 140'00 – Release: Aug 1997

EAN 7318598918922


Händel - Messiah
Rosette Penguin Guide
CD 1:
Georg Friedrich Händel
Part the First 1. Majora Canamus (narrator) - And without controversy 0'36
2. Symphony 3'07
3. Accompagnato (tenor) - Comfort ye my people 2'55
4. Air (tenor) - Ev´ry valley shall be exalted 3'15
5. Chorus - And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed 2'48
6. Acc. (bass) - Thus saith the Lord 1'27
7. Air (alto) - But who may abide the day of His coming 4'20
8. Chorus - And He shall purify the sons of Levi 2'27
9. Recitative (alto) - Behold, a virgin shall conceive 0'29
10. Air and Chorus - O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion 5'36
11. Acc. (bass) - For behold, darkness shall cover the earth 2'02
12. Air (bass) - The people that walked in darkness 3'47
13. Chorus - For unto us a child is born 3'46
14. Pifa 2'48
15. Recitative (soprano) - There were shepherds abiding 0'15
16. Acc. (soprano) - And lo, the angel of the Lord 0'17
17. Recitative (soprano) - And the angel said unto them 0'32
18. Acc. (soprano) - And suddenly there was with the angel 0'16
19. Chorus - Glory to God in the hughest 1'47
20. Air (soprano) - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion 4'12
21. Recitative (alto) - Then shall the eyes of the blind be open´d 0'31
22. Duet (alto, soprano) - He shall feed His flock 4'49
23. Chorus - His yoke is easy, His burthen is light 2'15

Part the Second 24. Chorus - Behold the Lamb of God 3'11
25. Air (alto) - He was despised and rejected of men 11'04

CD 2:
1. Chorus - Surely, He hath borne our griefs 1'49
2. Chorus - And with His stripes we are healed 1'34
3. Chorus - All we like sheep have gone astray 3'57
4. Acc. (tenor) - All they that see Him laugh 0'46
5. Chorus - He trusted in God that He would deliver Him 2'18
6. Acc. (tenor) - Thy rebuke hath broken His heart 1'47
7. Arioso (tenor) - Behold, and see if there be any sorrow 1'47
8. Acc. (soprano) - He was cut off out of the land 0'17
9. Air (soprano) - But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell 2'10
10. Chorus - Lift up your heads, O ye gates 2'59
11. Recitative (tenor) - Unto which of the angels said He 0'22
12. Chorus - Let all the angels of God worship him 1'26
13. Air (alto) - Thou art gone up on high 2'53
14. Chorus - The Lord gave the word 1'11
15. Air (soprano) - How beautiful are the feet of Him 2'18
16. Chorus - Their sound is gone out 1'44
17. Air (bass) - Why do the nations so furiously rage together 1'22
18. Chorus - Let us break their bonds asunder 1'46
19. Recitative (tenor) - He that dwelleth in heaven 0'12
20. Air (tenor) - Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron 2'07
21. Chorus - Hallelujah! 3'29

Part the Third 22. Air (soprano) - I know that my Redeemer liveth 5'31
23. Chorus - Since by man came death 2'04
24. Acc. (bass) - Behold, I tell you a mystery 0'39
25. Air (bass) - The trumpet shall sound 8'48
26. Recitative (alto) - Then shall be brought to pass 0'17
27. Duet (alto, soprano) - O Death, where is the sting 1'45
28. Chorus - But thanks be to God 2'09
29. Air (alto) - If God be for ever 4'27
30. Chorus - Worthy is the Lamb that was slain 7'01

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