CD 1
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| HÄNDEL, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759) | |
| Messiah | |
| 1. | Part 1, Symphony | 3:09 | |
| 2. | Part 1, Comfort ye, my people (Accompagnato, Tenor) | 3:11 | |
| 3. | Part 1, Every valley shall be exalted (Air, Tenor) | 3:33 | |
| 4. | Part 1, And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus) | 3:00 | |
| 5. | Part 1, Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Accompagnato, Bass) | 1:23 | |
| 6. | Part 1, But who may abide? (Air, Alto) | 4:24 | |
| 7. | Part 1, And He shall purify (Chorus) | 2:30 | |
| 8. | Part 1, Behold a virgin shall conceive (Recitative, Alto) | 0:30 | |
| 9. | Part 1, O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Air, Alto - Chorus) | 5:08 | |
| 10. | Part 1, For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Accompagnato, Bass) | 2:35 | |
| 11. | Part 1, The people that walked in darkness (Air, Bass) | 3:15 | |
| 12. | Part 1, For unto us a child is born (Chorus) | 4:01 | |
| 13. | Part 1, Pastoral Symphony (Pifa) | 2:51 | |
| 14. | Part 1, There were shepherds abiding in the field (Recitative, Soprano) | 0:19 | |
| 15. | Part 1, And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Accompagnato, Soprano) | 0:22 | |
| 16. | Part 1, And the angel said unto them: Fear not (Recitative, Soprano) | 0:31 | |
| 17. | Part 1, And suddenly there was with the angel (Accompagnato, Soprano) | 0:16 | |
| 18. | Part 1, Glory to God in the highest (Chorus) | 1:56 | |
| 19. | Part 1, Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Air, Soprano) | 4:10 | |
| 20. | Part 1, Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (Recitative, Alto) | 0:32 | |
| 21. | Part 1, He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Air, Alto and Soprano) | 5:38 | |
| 22. | Part 1, His yoke is easy and His burthen is light (Chorus) | 2:19 | |
| 23. | Part 2, Behold the lamb of God (Chorus) | 3:08 | |
| 24. | Part 2, He was despised and rejected of men (Air, Alto) | 11:34 | |
CD 2
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| 1. | Part 2, Surely He hath borne our griefs (Chorus) | 2:00 | |
| 2. | Part 2, And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus) | 1:53 | |
| 3. | Part 2, All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus) | 4:12 | |
| 4. | Part 2, All they that see Him laugh Him (Accompagnato, Tenor) | 0:50 | |
| 5. | Part 2, He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus) | 2:21 | |
| 6. | Part 2, Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Accompagnato, Tenor) | 2:06 | |
| 7. | Part 2, Behold and see if there be any sorrow (Arioso, Tenor) | 1:33 | |
| 8. | Part 2, He was cut off out of the land of the living (Accompagnato, Tenor) | 0:18 | |
| 9. | Part 2, But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Air, Tenor) | 2:22 | |
| 10. | Part 2, Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus) | 2:58 | |
| 11. | Part 2, Unto which of the angels said He at any time (Recitative, Tenor) | 0:17 | |
| 12. | Part 2, Let all the angels of God worship Him (Chorus) | 1:28 | |
| 13. | Part 2, Thou art gone up on high (Air, Alto) | 3:08 | |
| 14. | Part 2, The Lord gave the word (Chorus) | 1:10 | |
| 15. | Part 2, How beautiful are the feet of them (Air, Soprano) | 2:08 | |
| 16. | Part 2, Their sound is gone out into all lands (Chorus) | 1:24 | |
| 17. | Part 2, Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (Air, Bass) | 2:46 | |
| 18. | Part 2, Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus) | 1:53 | |
| 19. | Part 2, He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (Recitative, Tenor) | 0:15 | |
| 20. | Part 2, Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Air, Tenor) | 2:15 | |
| 21. | Part 2, Hallelujah! (Chorus) | 3:57 | |
| 22. | Part 3, I know that my redeemer liveth (Air, Soprano) | 6:20 | |
| 23. | Part 3, Since by man came death (Chorus) | 2:32 | |
| 24. | Part 3, Behold, I tell you a mystery (Accompagnato, Bass) | 0:40 | |
| 25. | Part 3, The trumpet shall sound (Air, Bass) | 8:33 | |
| 26. | Part 3, Then shall be bought to pass (Recitative, alto) | 0:17 | |
| 27. | Part 3, O Death, where is thy sting? (Duet, alto and tenor) | 1:04 | |
| 28. | Part 3, But thanks be to God (Chorus) | 2:11 | |
| 29. | Part 3, If God be for us, who can be against us? (Air, soprano) | 4:53 | |
| 30. | Part 3, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus) | 3:31 | |
| 31. | Part 3, Amen (Chorus) | 3:47 | |
| Special Edition Bonus CD | |
| 32. | Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba | 3:09 | |
| 33. | The Lord our enemy has slain (Chorus) | 11:04 | |
| 34. | Nell dolce dell'obblio | 7:27 | |
| Harp concerto Op.4, No, 6 in B flat | |
| 35. | Allegro | 6:23 | |
| 36. | Larghetto | 4:15 | |
| 37. | Allegro moderato | 2:50 | |
| 38. | Sinfonia to Act 2 (from Ariodante) | 1:29 | |
| 39. | Recit and Aria: Scherza infida (from Ariodante) | 12:21 | |
| 40. | Let the Bright Seraphim (Air and Chorus) | 6:26 | |
CD 3
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“What a winning combination: Handel’s Messiah, the most popular oratorio ever written, sung by The Sixteen, the most richly sonorous of the early music choirs”
The Daily Telegraph
