BBC Music, Volume 6, Number 4: Messiah, Part 1
Harry Christophers · BBC Philharmonic · Huddersfield Choral Society · David Wilson-Johnson · Thomas Randle · Catherine Wyn-Rogers
BBC Music, Volume 6, Number 4: Messiah, Part 1 (1997), CD, on BBC Music Magazine. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by Harry Christophers, BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society, David Wilson-Johnson; 19 tracks.
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Messiah: Overture: Grave; Allegro moderato
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 1. Symphony
Messiah: Accompagnato: Comfort ye (tenor)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Recitativo “Comfort Ye” (Tenor)
Messiah: Aria: Ev'ry valley (tenor)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted” (Tenor)
Messiah: Chorus: And the glory
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
Harry Christophers, BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society
Messiah: Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord (bass)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 5. Recitative “Thus saith the Lord” (Bass)
Messiah: Aria: But who may abide (bass)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 6. Air “But who may abide”
Messiah: Chorus: And he shall purify
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 7. Chorus “And he shall purify”
Harry Christophers, BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society
Messiah: Recit: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (contralto)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 8. Recitative “Behold, a virgin shall conceive” (Alto)
Messiah: Aria & Chorus: O thou that tellest (contralto)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 9. Air “O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Alto, Chorus)
Harry Christophers, BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society
Messiah: Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. Recitative “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth” (Bass)
Messiah: Aria: The people that walked (bass)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 11. Air “The people that walked in darkness” (Bass)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
Harry Christophers, BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society
Messiah: Pastoral Symphony: Larghetto e mezzo-piano
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
Messiah: Recit: There were shepherds (soprano)
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)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus “Glory to God in the highest”
Harry Christophers, BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society
Messiah: Aria: Rejoice greatly (tenor)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 18: Air “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” (Soprano)
Messiah: Recit: Then shall the eyes (soprano)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Recitativo “Then shall the eyes of the blind” (Contralto)