Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Messiah

Featuring
Release date 2004

Tracklist

1
Messiah: Part I. No. 1 Sinfonia: Grave - Allegro moderato
3:20
3:20
2
Messiah: Part I. No. 2 Accompagnato: “Comfort ye my people” (tenor)
3:04
3:04
3
Messiah: Part I. No. 3 Air: “Ev'ry valley shall be exalted” (tenor)
3:48
3:48
4
Messiah: Part I. No. 4 Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
2:33
2:33
5
Messiah: Part I. No. 5 Accompagnato: “Thus saith the Lord” (bass)
1:33
1:33
6
Messiah: Part I. No. 6 Air: “But who may abide the day of His coming” (alto)
4:09
4:09
7
Messiah: Part I. No. 7 Chorus “And He shall purify” / Recitative: “Behold, a virgin shall conceive” (alto)
3:18
3:18
8
Messiah: Part I. No. 8 Air: “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (alto, chorus)
5:49
5:49
9
Messiah: Part I. No. 9 Accompagnato: “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth” (bass)
1:53
1:53
10
Messiah: Part I. No. 10 Air: “The people that walked in darkness” (bass)
3:24
3:24
11
Messiah: Part I. No. 11 Chorus: “For unto us a Child is born”
4:53
4:53
12
Messiah: Part I. No. 12 Pifa - Recitative: “There were shepherds” (soprano)
1:04
1:04
13
Messiah: Part I. No. 13 Accompagnato: “And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them” (soprano) / Recitative: “And the angel said unto them” (soprano)
1:04
1:04
14
Messiah: Part I. No. 14 Accompagnato: “And suddenly there was with the angel” (soprano)
0:16
0:16
15
Messiah: Part I. No. 15 Chorus: “Glory to God in the highest”
2:12
2:12
16
Messiah: Part I. No. 16 Air: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” (soprano) / Recitative: “Then shall the eyes of the blind” (alto)
5:17
5:17
17
Messiah: Part I. No. 17 Duet: “He shall feed His flock” (alto, soprano)
5:34
5:34
18
Messiah: Part I. No. 18 Chorus: “His yoke is easy”
3:00
3:00
19
Messiah: Part II. No. 19 Chorus: “Behold the Lamb of God”
2:47
2:47
20
Messiah: Part II. No. 20 Air: “He was despised” (alto)
10:44
10:44
21
Messiah: Part II. No. 21 Chorus: “Surely He hath borne our griefs”
2:02
2:02
22
Messiah: Part II. No. 22 Chorus: “And with His stripes we are healed”
1:50
1:50
23
Messiah: Part II. No. 23 Chorus: “All we like sheep have gone astray”
3:40
3:40
24
Messiah: Part II. No. 24 Accompagnato: “All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn” (tenor)
0:43
0:43
25
Messiah: Part II. No. 25 Chorus: “He trusted in God”
2:21
2:21
26
Messiah: Part II. No. 26 Accompagnato: “Thy rebuke hath broken His heart” (soprano)
1:39
1:39
27
Messiah: Part II. No. 27 Arioso: “Behold, and see if there be any sorrow” (soprano)
1:18
1:18
28
Messiah: Part II. No. 28 Accompagnato: “He was cut off out of the land of the living” (tenor)
0:22
0:22
29
Messiah: Part II. No. 29 Air: “But Thou didst not leave” (tenor)
2:17
2:17
30
Messiah: Part II. No. 30 Chorus: “Lift up your heads, O ye gates” / Recitative: “Unto which of the angels” (tenor)
3:22
3:22
31
Messiah: Part II. No. 31 Chorus: “Let all the angels of God worship Him”
1:37
1:37
32
Messiah: Part II. No. 32 Air: “Thou art gone up on high” (alto)
3:09
3:09
33
Messiah: Part II. No. 33 Chorus: “The Lord gave the word”
1:16
1:16
34
Messiah: Part II. No. 34a Air: “How beautiful are the feet” (soprano)
2:01
2:01
35
Messiah: Part II. No. 35a Chorus: “Their sound is gone out”
1:19
1:19
36
Messiah: Part II. No. 36 Air: “Why do the nations so furiously rage together?” (bass)
2:57
2:57
37
Messiah: Part II. No. 37 Chorus: “Let us break their bonds asunder” / Recitative: “He that dwelleth in Heaven” (tenor)
1:59
1:59
38
Messiah: Part II. No. 38 Air: “Thou shalt break them” (tenor)
2:05
2:05
39
Messiah: Part II. No. 39 Chorus: “Hallelujah!”
4:06
4:06
40
Messiah: Part III. No. 40 Air: “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (soprano)
5:57
5:57
41
Messiah: Part III. No. 41 Chorus: “Since by man came death”
1:46
1:46
42
Messiah: Part III. No. 42 Accompagnato: “Behold, I tell you a mystery” (bass)
0:41
0:41
43
Messiah: Part III. No. 43 Air: “The trumpet shall sound” (bass)
8:36
8:36
44
Messiah: Part III. No. 43 Recitative: “Then shall be brought to pass” (alto) / No. 44 Duet: “O death, where is they sting?” (alto, tenor)
0:58
0:58
45
Messiah: Part III. No. 45 Chorus: “But thanks be to God”
2:08
2:08
46
Messiah: Part III. No. 46 Air: “If God be for us” (soprano)
4:46
4:46
47
Messiah: Part III. No. 47 Chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb”
6:40
6:40