Christopher Hogwood

Messiah / Athalia / Esther / La Resurrezione

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Release date May 31, 2005

Tracklist

1
Messiah Part 1, no. 1: Sinfony
2:56
2:56
2
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. “Comfort ye my people – Every valley shall be exalted”
6:36
6:36
3
Messiah Part 1, no. 4: Chorus - And the Glory of the Lord
2:51
2:51
4
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. “Thus saith the Lord – But who may abide the day of his coming”
5:31
5:31
5
Messiah Part 1, no. 7: Chorus - And He Shall Purify
2:43
2:43
6
Messiah Part 1, no. 8: Recitative - Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive / no. 9: Song - O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
6:15
6:15
7
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth – The people that walked in the darkness”
5:36
5:36
8
Messiah Part 1, no. 12: Chorus - For Unto Us a Child Is Born
4:15
4:15
9
Messiah Part 1, no. 13: Pifa
0:53
0:53
10
Messiah Part 1, no. 14-17: Recitative - There Were Shepherds / Recitative - And Lo / Recitative - And the Angel / Recitative - And Suddenly， Chorus - Glory to God
3:22
3:22
11
Messiah Part 1, no. 18: Song - Rejoice Greatly, o Daughter of Zion
4:09
4:09
12
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. “Then shall the eyes of the blind – He shall feed his flock”
5:04
5:04
13
Messiah Part 1, no. 21: Chorus - His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burden Is Light
2:39
2:39
14
Messiah Part 2, no. 22: Chorus - Behold the Lamb of God
2:23
2:23
15
Messiah Part 2, no. 23: Song - He Was Despised
10:20
10:20
16
Messiah Part 2, no. 24: Chorus - Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs / no. 25: Chorus - And With His Stripes We Are Healed
3:57
3:57
17
Messiah Part 2, no. 26: Chorus - All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
4:07
4:07
18
Messiah Part 2, no. 27: Recitative - All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn / no. 28: Chorus - He Trusted in God
3:00
3:00
19
Messiah Part 2, no. 29: Recitative - Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart / no. 30: Song - Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow / no. 31: Recitative - He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
3:38
3:38
20
Messiah Part 2, no. 32: Song - But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
2:22
2:22
21
Messiah Part 2, no. 33: Chorus - Lift Up Your Heads, o Ye Gates
3:16
3:16
22
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. “Unto which of the angels said he at any time – Let all the angels of God worship him”
1:44
1:44
23
Messiah Part 2, no. 36: Song - Thou Art Gone Up on High
2:55
2:55
24
Messiah Part 2, no. 37: Chorus - The Lord Gave the Word
1:14
1:14
25
Messiah Part 2, no. 38: Song - How Beautiful Are the Feet
2:05
2:05
26
Messiah Part 2, no. 39: Chorus - Their Sound Is Gone Out
1:22
1:22
27
Messiah Part 2, no. 40: Song - Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together / no. 41: Chorus - Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
3:16
3:16
28
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II. “He that dwelleth in heaven – Thou shalt break them”
2:11
2:11
29
Messiah Part 2, no. 44: Chorus - Hallelujah
3:49
3:49
30
Messiah Part 3, no. 45: Song - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5:35
5:35
31
Messiah Part 3, no. 46: Chorus - Since by Man Came Death
2:03
2:03
32
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery...The Trumpet Shall Sound"
9:00
9:00
33
Messiah Part 3, no. 49: Recitative - Then Shall Be Brought to Pass / no. 50: Duet - O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
1:24
1:24
34
Messiah Part 3, no. 51: Chorus - But Thanks Be to God
2:18
2:18
35
Messiah Part 3, no. 52: Song - If God Be for Us
4:22
4:22
36
Messiah Part 3, no. 53: Chorus - Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
3:45
3:45
37
Messiah Part 3, no. 54: Chorus - Amen
3:37
3:37
38
Athalia: Sinfonia
5:23
5:23
39
Athalia: Blooming virgins, spotless train
4:48
4:48
40
Athalia: The rising world Jehovah crown'd
3:13
3:13
41
Athalia: Tyrants would in impious throngs
3:19
3:19
42
Athalia: When he is in his wrath reveal'd
3:41
3:41
43
Athalia: Your sacred songs awhile forbear
6:41
6:41
44
Athalia: What scenes of horror round me rise!
2:21
2:21
45
Athalia: The gods, who chosen blessings shed
2:29
2:29
46
Athalia: Cheer her, O Baal
3:10
3:10
47
Athalia: Gentle airs, melodious strains!
3:38
3:38
48
Athalia: Softest sounds no more can ease me
4:31
4:31
49
Athalia: The traitor if you there descry
1:57
1:57
50
Athalia: Faithful cares in vain extended
5:52
5:52
51
Athalia: Gloomy tyrants, we disdain
4:49
4:49
52
Athalia: The mighty pow'r
5:57
5:57
53
Athalia: Through the land so lovely blooming
8:22
8:22
54
Athalia: Ah, canst thou but prove me!
5:31
5:31
55
Athalia: Will God, whose mercies ever flow
3:18
3:18
56
Athalia: My vengeance awakes me
4:52
4:52
57
Athalia: My spirits fail, I faint, I die!
4:12
4:12
58
Athalia: Cease thy anguish, smile once more
6:35
6:35
59
Athalia: The clouded scene begins to clear
3:54
3:54
60
Athalia: What sacred horrors shake my breast!
1:29
1:29
61
Athalia: Unfold, great seer, what heav'n imparts
0:52
0:52
62
Athalia: Let harmony breathe soft around
4:15
4:15
63
Athalia: With firm united hearts
0:56
0:56
64
Athalia: Soothing tyrant, falsely smiling!
2:21
2:21
65
Athalia: Around let acclamations ring
2:40
2:40
66
Athalia: Oppression, no longer I dread thee
1:52
1:52
67
Athalia: Hark! His thunders round me roll
2:43
2:43
68
Athalia: To darkness eternal
1:05
1:05
69
Athalia: Now, Josabeth, thy fears are o'er!
2:36
2:36
70
Athalia: Give glory to his awful name
2:10
2:10
71
Esther, Scene 1: Ouverture / Recitative - Tis Greater Far to Spare
7:46
7:46
72
Esther, Scene 1: Aria - Pluck Root and Branch From Out the Land
2:10
2:10
73
Esther, Scene 1: Chorus - Shall We the God of Israel Fear?
1:55
1:55
74
Esther, Scene 2: Aria - Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains
3:56
3:56
75
Esther, Scene 2: Chorus - Shall We of Servitude Complain
1:26
1:26
76
Esther, Scene 2: Aria - Praise the Lord With Cheerful Noise
6:08
6:08
77
Esther, Scene 2: Aria - Sing Songs of Praise, Bow Down the Knee / Scene 3: Recitative - How Have Our Sins Provoked the Lord!
6:12
6:12
78
Esther, Scene 3: Chorus - Ye Sons of Israel Mourn
2:06
2:06
79
Esther, Scene 3: Aria - O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide / Scene 4: Recitative - Why Sits That Sorrow on Thy Brow?
9:35
9:35
80
Esther, Scene 4: Aria - Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger
3:46
3:46
81
Esther, Scene 4: Aria - Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving
3:01
3:01
82
Esther, Scene 4: Chorus - Save Us, O Lord
1:32
1:32
83
Esther, Scene 5: Recitative - Who Dares Intrude Into Our Presence
1:08
1:08
84
Esther, Scene 5: Duet - Who Calls My Parting Soul From Death? Awake, My Soul, My Life, My Breath!
2:35
2:35
85
Esther, Scene 5: Aria - O Beauteous Queen, Recitative - If I Find Favour in Thy Sight
7:39
7:39
86
Esther, Scene 5: Aria - How Can I Stay When Love Invites
3:54
3:54
87
Esther, Scene 5: Chorus - Virtue, Truth and Innocence
2:34
2:34
88
Esther, Scene 5: Arioso - Jehovah, Crown'd With Glory Bright / Chorus - He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes / Scene 6, Recitative - Now, o Queen, Thy Suit Declare
6:59
6:59
89
Esther, Scene 6: Arioso - Turn Not, o Queen, Thy Face Away
2:11
2:11
90
Esther, Scene 6: Aria - Flatt'Ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee! Recitative - Guards, Seize the Traitor
5:12
5:12
91
Esther, Scene 6: Aria - How Art Thou Fall'n From Thy Height!
4:16
4:16
92
Esther, Scene 6: Chorus - The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain / For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name / Solo - Let Israel Songs of Joy Repeat / Chorus - For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name / Duet - The Lord His People Shall Restore / Chorus - For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name / Duet - Mount Lebanon His First Resigns / Chorus - For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name
10:46
10:46
93
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Part I - Sonata
3:18
3:18
94
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 3 Aria: "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno" (Angelo)
5:33
5:33
95
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 2b Recitativo accompagnato: "Qual'insolita luce" (Lucifero); No. 1 Aria: "Caddi, è ver (Lucifero)
4:49
4:49
96
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 4 Recitativo accompagnato: "Ma, che veggio?" (Lucifero, Angelo); Recitativo: "Chi sei?" (Lucifero, Angelo)
1:32
1:32
97
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 5 Aria: "D'amor fu consiglio" (Angelo); Recitativo: "E ben, questio tuo Nume" (Lucifero, Angelo)
3:59
3:59
98
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 6 Aria: "O voi, dell'Erebo" (Lucifero)
3:28
3:28
99
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 7 Recitativo accompagnato: "Notte, notte funesta" (Maddalena); No. 8 Aria: "Ferma l'ali" (Maddalena); Recitativo: "Concedi, o Maddalena, quale tregua al martire" (Cleofe, Maddalena)
6:56
6:56
100
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 9 Aria: "Piangete, sì, piangete" (Cleofe); Recitativo: "Ahi, dolce mio Signore" (Maddalena, Cleofe)
4:31
4:31
101
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 10 Duetto: "Dolci chiodi, amate spine" (Maddalena, Cleofe); Recitativo: "O Cleofe, o Maddalena" (S. Giovanni, Maddalena)
5:21
5:21
102
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 11 Aria: "Quando è parto dell'affetto" (S. Giovanni); Recitativo: "Ma dimmi, e sarà vero che risorga Gesù" (Cleofe, S. Giovanni, Maddalena)
4:43
4:43
103
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 12 Aria: "Naufragando va per l'onde" (Cleofe); Recitativo: "Itene pure, o fide amiche donne" (S. Giovanni, Maddalena)
6:05
6:05
104
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 13 Aria: "Così la tortorella" (S. Giovanni); Recitativo: "Se Maria dunque spera" (Maddalena)
4:34
4:34
105
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 14 Aria: "Ho un non so che nel cor" (Maddalena); Recitativo: "Uscite pure, uscite dall'oscura prigione" (Angelo)
4:10
4:10
106
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Part I - Coro: Il Nume vincitor
2:22
2:22
107
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 16 Introduction / Recitativo: "Di quai nuovi portenti ha la terra oggi ancora il sen fecondo?" (S. Giovanni)
2:25
2:25
108
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 17 Aria: "Ecco il sol, ch'esce dal mare" (S. Giovanni) / Recitativo: "Ma ove Maria dimora" (S. Giovanni)
5:13
5:13
109
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 18 Aria: "Risorga il mondo" (Angelo)
2:34
2:34
110
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 19 Recitativo accompagnato: "Di rabbia indarno freme" (Angelo) / "Misero! ho pure udito?" (Lucifero, Angelo)
1:46
1:46
111
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 20 Aria: "Per celare il nuovo scorno" (Lucifero) / Recitativo: "O come cieco il tuo furor delira!" (Angelo)
2:28
2:28
112
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 21 Duetto: "Impedirlo io saprò" (Lucifero, Angelo) / Recitativo: "Amica, troppo tardo fu il nostro piè" (Maddalena, Cleofe)
1:22
1:22
113
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 22 Aria: "Per me già di morire" (Maddalena) / Recitativo: "Ahi, abborrito nome!" (Lucifero)
5:34
5:34
114
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 23 Aria: "Vedo il Ciel che più sereno" (Cleofe) / Recitativo: "Cleofe, siam giunte al luogo" (Maddalena, Cleofe)
5:36
5:36
115
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 24 Aria: "Se per colpa di donna infelice" (Angelo) / Recitativo: "Mio Gesù, mio Signore, già che risorto sei" (Maddalena)
3:04
3:04
116
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 25 Aria: "Del ciglio dolente" (Maddalena) / Recitativo: "Sì, sì, cerchiamo pure l'orme del nostro amor" (Cleofe)
2:51
2:51
117
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 26 Aria: "Augelletti, ruscelletti" (Cleofe) / Recitativo: "Dove sì frettolosi, Cleofe, rivolgi i passi?" (Giovanni, Cleofe)
4:04
4:04
118
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 27 Aria: "Caro Figlio!" (S. Giovanni) / Recitativo: "Cleofe, Giovanni, udite" (Maddalena, S. Giovanni, Cleofe)
5:42
5:42
119
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 28 Aria: "Se impassibile, immortale" (Maddalena): Recitativo: "Sì, sì, col Redentore sorga il mondo redento!" (S. Giovanni, Cleofe, Maddalena)
4:10
4:10
120
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 29 Coro: "Diasi lode in Cielo, in terra" (Coro)
1:28
1:28