Messiah Highlights: A Sacred Oratorio
Messiah Highlights: A Sacred Oratorio (2003), CD, on Antipodes. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by Antony Walker, Sara Macliver, Teddy Tahu Rhodes; 25 tracks.
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Tracklist
Messiah: No. 2 Accompanied Recitative: Comfort Ye
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Recitativo “Comfort Ye” (Tenor)
Messiah: No. 3 Air: Ev'ry Valley
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted” (Tenor)
Messiah: No. 4 Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
Messiah: No. 5 Accompanied Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 5. Recitative “Thus saith the Lord” (Bass)
Messiah: No. 6 Air: But Who May Abide
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 6. Air “But who may abide”
Messiah: No. 12 Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
Messiah: No. 14 (a) Recitative: There Were Shepherds
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14. Recitative “There were shepherds, abiding in the field… And lo! the angel of the Lord come upon them” (Soprano)
Messiah: No. 14 (b) Accompanied Recitative: And Lo, the Angel of the Lord
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14. Recitative “There were shepherds, abiding in the field… And lo! the angel of the Lord come upon them” (Soprano)
Messiah: No. 15 Recitative: And the Angel Said Unto Them
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 15. Recitative “And the angel said unto them” (Soprano)
Messiah: No. 16 Accompanied Recitative: And Suddenly There Was With the Angel
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 16. Recitative “And suddenly there was with the angel” (Soprano)
Messiah: No. 17 Chorus: Glory to God
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus “Glory to God in the highest”
Messiah: No. 18 Air: Rejoice Greatly
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 18: Air “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” (Soprano)
Messiah: No. 19 Recitiative: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Recitativo “Then shall the eyes of the blind” (Contralto)
Messiah: No. 20 Duet: He Shall Feed His Flock
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 20. Air “He Shall Feed His Flock” (Soprano, Contralto)
Messiah: No. 23 Air: He Was Despised (De Capo)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)
Messiah: No. 24 Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 24. Chorus “Surely he hath borne our griefs”
Messiah: No. 40 Air: Why Do Nations
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air “Why do the nations” (Bass)
Messiah: No. 41 Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Chorus “Let us Break Their Bonds Asunder”
Messiah: No. 44 Chorus: Hallelujah
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
Messiah: No. 45 Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)
Messiah: No. 47 Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 47. Recitativo “Behold, I tell you a mystery” (Bass)
Messiah: No. 48 Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 48. Air “The trumpet shall sound” (Bass)