Messiah
Andrew Parrott · Taverner Consort and Players · Taverner Players · Emma Kirkby · David Thomas · Emily Van Evera · James Bowman
Messiah (2002), CD, on Virgin Veritas. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort and Players, Taverner Players, Emma Kirkby; 20 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Messiah: Part I: Sinfony: Grave – Allegro moderato
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 1. Symphony
Messiah: Part I: Comfort Ye My People
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Recitativo “Comfort Ye” (Tenor)
Messiah: Part I: Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted” (Tenor)
Messiah: Part I: And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
Messiah: Part I: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 9. Air “O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Alto, Chorus)
Messiah: Part I: 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: Part I: Pifa: Larghetto e mezzo piano
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
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)
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort and Players, Emily Van Evera
Messiah: Part I: Glory to God in the Highest
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus “Glory to God in the highest”
Messiah: Part I: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 18: Air “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” (Soprano)
Messiah: Part I: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 20. Air “He Shall Feed His Flock” (Soprano, Contralto)
Messiah: Part II: Behold, the Lamb of God
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 22. Chorus “Behold the Lamb of God”
Disc 2
Messiah: Part II: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air “Why do the nations” (Bass)
Messiah: Part II: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Chorus “Let us Break Their Bonds Asunder”
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort and Players, Taverner Players
Messiah: Part III: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)