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Disc 1
1
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, I. Sinfonia
Messiah
2:55
2
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, II. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"
Messiah
2:20
3
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, III. Air (Tenor): "Every valley shall be exalted"
Messiah
3:11
4
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IV. Chorus: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
Messiah
2:40
5
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, V. Recitative (Bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"
Messiah
1:19
6
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VI. Air (Alto) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"
Messiah
4:19
7
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIa. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
Messiah
2:18
8
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"
Messiah
0:28
9
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, VIII. Air (Alto) "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
Messiah
5:36
10
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
Messiah
1:46
11
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, X. Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness"
Messiah
3:50
12
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XI. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"
Messiah
4:02
13
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIa. Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"
Messiah
2:26
14
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XIIb. Recitative (Treble) "There were shepherds" / XIII. Accompagnato (Treble): "And lo, the angel of the Lord" / XIV. Accompagnato (Treble) "And suddenly there was with the angel"
Messiah
1:20
15
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XV. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
Messiah
1:43
16
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIa. Air (Soprano II) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
Messiah
4:11
17
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIb. Recitative (Soprano I) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"
Messiah
0:21
18
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVII. Duet (Alto & Soprano I) "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"
Messiah
4:27
19
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, XVIII. Chorus "His yoke is easy, His burden is light"
Messiah
2:02
20
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XIX. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"
Messiah
2:39
21
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XX. Air (Alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"
Messiah
10:13
22
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXI. Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs"
Messiah
2:08
23
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXII. Chorus "And with His stripes"
Messiah
1:52
24
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIII. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"
Messiah
4:11
Disc 2
1
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIV. Accompagnato (Tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"
Messiah
0:47
2
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXV. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"
Messiah
2:16
3
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVI. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"
Messiah
1:31
4
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVII. Arioso (Tenor) "Behold and see, if there be any sorrow"
Messiah
1:33
5
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXVIII. Accompagnato (Soprano I): "He was cut off out of the land of the living"
Messiah
0:14
6
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXIX. Air (Soprano I) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"
Messiah
2:07
7
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXa. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
Messiah
2:57
8
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXb. Recitative (Tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"
Messiah
0:13
9
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXI. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"
Messiah
1:26
10
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXII. Air (Soprano II) "Thou art gone up on high"
Messiah
3:16
11
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIII. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"
Messiah
1:09
12
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIVa. Air (Soprano I) "How beautiful are the feet of them"
Messiah
2:16
13
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVa. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
Messiah
1:15
14
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVI. Air (Bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"
Messiah
2:34
15
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIa. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
Messiah
1:35
16
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIIb. Recitative (Tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn"
Messiah
0:12
17
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXVIII. Air (Tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"
Messiah
1:59
18
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, XXXIX. Chorus "Hallelujah!"
Messiah
3:51
19
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XL. Air (Soprano I) "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
Messiah
6:26
20
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLI. Chorus "Since by man came death"
Messiah
1:59
21
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLII. Accompagnato (Bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
Messiah
0:29
22
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIa. Air (Bass) "The trumpet shall sound"
Messiah
8:17
23
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIIIb. Recitative (Alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written"
Messiah
0:15
24
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLIV. Duet (Alto & Tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?"
Messiah
1:20
25
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLV. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"
Messiah
2:47
26
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVI. Air (Soprano II) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"
Messiah
5:05
27
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, XLVII. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain", Chorus "Amen"
Messiah
7:32
In print

First pressed 1983, still pressed 1984 — 17 pressings across 7 countries.

Credits
George Frideric Handel
Composer
Vitale da Bologna
Illustration
Alastair Mitchell
Instrument · bassoon
Alastair Ross
Instrument · organ, harpsichord
Alison Bury
Instrument · violin [1st]
Alison Townley
Instrument · violin [2nd]
Amanda McNamara
Instrument · double bass
Andrew Watts
Instrument · bassoon
Angela East
Instrument · cello
Annette Isserlis
Instrument · viola
Bill Turnell
Instrument · violin [2nd]
Crispian Steele‐Perkins
Instrument · trumpet
David Staff
Instrument · trumpet
Desmond Heath
Instrument · violin [1st]
Elizabeth Wilcock
Instrument · violin [1st]
Graham Cracknell
Instrument · violin [2nd]
Helen Orsler
Instrument · violin [1st]
Hildburg Williams
Instrument · violin [1st]
Jan Schlapp
Instrument · viola
Joan Brickley
Instrument · viola
Julie Lehwalder
Instrument · cello
Julie Miller (2)
Instrument · violin [2nd]
Katherine Hart
Instrument · viola
Madeline Thorner
Instrument · cello
Miles Golding
Instrument · violin [1st]
Richard Earle
Instrument · oboe
Robin Canter
Instrument · oboe
Roy Goodman
Instrument · violin [2nd]
Sophia McKenna
Instrument · oboe
Timothy Mason
Instrument · cello
Valerie Botwright
Instrument · double bass
Valerie Darke
Instrument · oboe
Nicholas Kenyon
Liner Notes
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Liner Notes
Wilfried Sczepan
Liner Notes
English Baroque Soloists
Performing Orchestra
Michael Evans
Photography
Sophie Baker
Photography
Alan Brafield
Vocal · bass vocals [choir]
Andrew Murgatroyd
Vocal · tenor vocals [choir]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Vocal · tenor vocals
Benjamin Odom
Vocal · bass vocals [choir]
Carol Hall
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Catherine Kroll
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Catherine Robbin
Vocal · mezzo-soprano vocals
Charles Stewart (2)
Vocal · bass vocals [choir]
Christopher Green
Vocal · bass vocals [choir]
Colin Mair
Vocal · tenor vocals [choir]
Geoffrey Dolton
Vocal · bass vocals [choir]
Gill Ross
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Jane Fairfield
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Jean Knibbs
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Jenny Hill
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
John-Huw Thomas
Vocal · tenor vocals [choir]
Lucinda Houghton
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Lyn Parkyns
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Margaret Marshall
Vocal · soprano vocals
Marilyn Troth
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Mary Seers
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
Monteverdi Choir
Vocal · choir
Nicolas Robertson
Vocal · tenor vocals [choir]
Paul Harrhy
Vocal · tenor vocals [choir]
Philip Pettifor
Vocal · tenor vocals [choir]
Richard Lloyd Morgan
Vocal · bass vocals [choir]
Robert Hale
Vocal · bass vocals
Saul Quirke
Vocal · soprano vocals [boy soprano]
Simon Oberst
Vocal · bass vocals [choir]
Suzanne Flowers
Vocal · soprano vocals [choir]
William Pool
Vocal · tenor vocals [choir]