Messiah / Handel.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Standardized Title:

Messiah

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oratorios.

Genre:

Oratorios.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Berlin, Germany] : Deutsche Grammophon, [2013]

Language Note:

Sung in English.

System Details:

data file

Contents:

Track 1. Symphony (05:53)

Track 2. "Comfort ye, My people" (04:07)

Track 3. "Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted" (03:36)

Track 4. 3. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord (03:00)

Track 5. "Thus saith the Lord" (02:08)

Track 6. "But who may abide the day of his coming" (05:38)

Track 7. Chorus: And He shall purify the sons of Levi (01:57)

Track 8. "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (00:42)

Track 9. "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (06:08)

Track 10. "For behold, darkness shall cover" (03:19)

Track 11. "The people that walked in darkness" (03:51)

Track 12. Chorus: "For unto us a Child is born" (03:22)

Track 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) (03:28)

Track 14. "There were shepherds ... And lo, the angel of the Lord...And the angel said unto them...And suddenly" (01:48)

Track 15. "Glory to God in the highest" (01:51)

Track 16. Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion (04:39)

Track 17. "The shall the eyes of the blind" (00:49)

Track 18. "He shall feed his Flock" (05:54)

Track 19. Chorus: His yoke is easy (03:50)

Track 20. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God (05:17)

Track 21. "He was despised" (14:51)

Track 22. "Surely He hath borne our griefs" (03:45)

Track 23. "And with His stripes we are healed" (03:47)

Track 24. "All we like sheep have gone astray" (04:41)

Track 25. "All they that see Him" (01:40)

Track 26. "He trusted in God" (02:35)

Track 27. "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (01:58)

Track 28. "Behold and see" (01:43)

Track 29. "He was cut off" (00:38)

Track 30. "But thou didst not leave his soul in Hell" (03:19)

Track 31. "Lift up your heads" (03:18)

Track 32. "Unto which of the angels" (00:38)

Track 33. "Let all the angels of God" (01:51)

Track 34. "Thou art gone up on high" (07:29)

Track 35. "The Lord gave the word" (01:30)

Track 36. "How beautiful are the feet" (02:40)

Track 37. "Their sound is gone out" (03:13)

Track 38. "Why do the nations so furiously rage together?" (02:39)

Track 39. "Let us break their bonds asunder" (01:49)

Track 40. "He that dwelleth in heaven" (00:21)

Track 41. "Thou shalt break them" (02:06)

Track 42. "Hallelujah" (03:56)

Track 43. "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (10:28)

Track 44. "Since by man came death" (02:57)

Track 45. "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (00:46)

Track 46. "The trumpet shall sound" (09:42)

Track 47. "Then shall be brought to pass" (00:22)

Track 48. "O death where is thy sting?" (00:55)

Track 49. "But thanks be to God" (02:17)

Track 50. "If God be for us" (09:59)

Track 51. "Worthy is the Lamb... Amen" (13:26).

Participant:

Pierrette Alarie, soprano ; Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano ; Léopold Simoneau, tenor ; Richard Standen, bass ; Vienna Academy Chamber Choir ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra ; Hermann Scherchen, conductor.

Notes:

Streaming audio files.

Title from resource description page (viewed August 9, 2016).

For soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass solo voices, SATB chorus, and orchestra.

Performed Opéra Bastille.

Recorded October 1997.

Other Format:

Original cat. no.: GD 4786175

Original UPC: 28947123224

OCLC:

961281648

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.