Album · 1956
Messiah
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Sinfonia: Grave
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5:17
2
Accompagnato (Tenor): "Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People..."
Messiah
3:58
3
Air (Tenor): "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted..."
Messiah
3:30
4
Chorus: "And The Glory Of The Lord..."
Messiah
2:47
5
Accompagnato (Bass): "Thus Saith The Lord..."
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2:00
6
Air (Contralto): "But Who May Abide..."
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4:35
7
Chorus: "And He Shall Purify..."
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2:04
8
Recitative (Contralto): "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive..."
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0:46
9
Air (Contralto And Chorus): "O Thou That Tellest..."
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5:22
10
Accompagnato (Bass): "For, Behold, ... Darkness Shall Cover The Earth..."
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4:09
11
Air (Bass): "The People That Walked In Darkness..."
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4:49
12
Chorus: "For Unto Us A Child Is Born..."
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3:25
13
Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
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1:57
14
Recitative (Soprano): "There Were ... Shepherds Abiding In The Field..."
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0:26
15
Accompagnato (Soprano): "And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord..."
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0:54
16
Recitative (Soprano): "And The Angel Said Upon Them..."
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1:03
17
Accompagnato (Soprano): "And Suddenly There Was With The Angel..."
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0:15
18
Chorus: "Glory To God In The Highest..."
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2:15
19
Air (Soprano): "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion..."
Messiah
4:23
20
Recitative (Soprano): "Then Shall The Eyes...."
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0:41
21
Air (Soprano): "He Shall Feed His Flock..."
Messiah
5:45
22
Chorus: "His Yoke Is Easy..."
Messiah
2:16
Disc 2
1
Chorus: "Behold, The Lamb Of God..."
Messiah
4:32
2
Air (Contralto): "He Was Despised..."
Messiah
9:46
3
Chorus: "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs..."
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4:05
4
Chorus: "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
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4:04
5
Chorus: "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"
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5:03
6
Accompagnato (Tenor): "All They That See Him..."
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1:25
7
Chorus: "He Trusted In God..."
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2:14
8
Accompagnato (Tenor): "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart..."
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2:05
9
Arioso (Tenor): "Behold, And See..."
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1:40
10
Accompagnato (Tenor): "He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land..."
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0:26
11
Air (Tenor): "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul..."
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2:53
12
Chorus: "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates..."
Messiah
3:26
13
Recitative (Tenor): "Unto Which Of The Angels..."
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0:27
14
Chorus: "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him"
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1:23
15
Air (Bass): "Thou Art Gone Up On High..."
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5:59
16
Chorus: "The Lord Gave The Word..."
Messiah
1:00
17
Air (Soprano): "How Beautiful Are The Feet..."
Messiah
2:29
18
Chorus: Their Sound Is GOne Out
Messiah
3:07
19
Air (Bass): "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage..."
Messiah
2:33
20
Chorus: "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder..."
Messiah
1:39
21
Recitative (Tenor): "He That Dwelleth In Heaven
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0:21
22
Air (Tenor): "Thou Shalt Break Them"
Messiah
2:07
23
Chorus: "Hallelujah..."
Messiah
3:21
Disc 3
1
Air (Soprano): "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth..."
Messiah
10:03
2
Chorus: "Since By Man Came Death..."
Messiah
2:21
3
Accompagnato (Bass): "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery..."
Messiah
0:47
4
Air (Bass): "The Trumpet Shall Sound..."
Messiah
8:55
5
Recitative (Contralto): "Then Shall Be Brought To Pass..."
Messiah
0:17
6
Duet (Contralto & Tenor): "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"
Messiah
0:53
7
Chorus: "But Thanks Be To God..."
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2:02
8
Air (Soprano): "If God Be For Us..."
Messiah
4:48
9
Chorus: "Worthy Is The Lamb..."
Messiah
10:05
In print
First pressed 1954, still pressed 2004 — 10 pressings across 5 countries.