Haendel: The Messiah

Der Messias HWV 56 (Oratorium) (Gesamtaufnahme)
Sinfonie (Teil 1)
Rezitativ: Comfort ye my people…
Arie: Ev’ry valley shall be exalted
Chor: And the glory of the Lord…
Rezitativ: Thues saith the Lord…
Arie: But who may abide the day…
Chor: And He shall purify…
Rezitativ: Behold, a virgin shall conceive…
Arie: O thou that tellest good things to Zion…
Rezitativ: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth…
Arie: The people that walked in darkness…
Chor: For unto us a child is born…
Pifa
Rezitativ: There were shepherds abiding in the field…
Chor: Glory to God in the highest…
Arie: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion, shout, o daughter of Jerusalem…
Rezitativ: The shall the eyes of the blind be open’d…
Arie: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd…
Chor: His yoke is easy, his burthen is light
Chor: Behold the Lamb of God, that taken away the sin of the world (Teil 2)
Arie: He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief
Chor: Surely, he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows…
Chor: And with his stripes are healed
Chor: All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned ev’ry one to his own way
Rezitativ: All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn
Chor: He trusted in God that he would deliver Him…
Rezitativ: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart
Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow!
Rezitativ: He was cut off out of the land of the living
Arie: But thou didst not leave His soul in hell…
Chor: Lift up your heads, o ye gates…
Rezitativ: Unto which of the angels said he at any time
Chor: Let all the angels of God worship Him
Arie: Thou art gone up high, Thou hast led captivity captive…
Chor: The Lord gave the word…
Duett: How beatiful are the feet of Him…
Arie: Why do the nations so furiously rage together…
Chor: Let us break their bonds asunder…
Rezitativ: He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn…
Arie: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
Chor: Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! Hallelujah!
Arie: I know that my Redeemer liveth… (Teil 3)
Chor: Since by man came death
Rezitativ: Behold, I tell you a mystery
Arie: The trumpet shall sound…
Rezitativ: Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written…
Duett: O death, where is thy sting, o grave, where is thy victory?
Arie: If God be for us, who can be against us?
Chor: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain…

David Van Asch, The Scholars Baroque Ensemble