DESCRIPTION:
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)

Der Messias / The Messiah / Le Messie, Oratorio, HWV 56

Kathleen Battle, soprano
Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano
John Aler, tenor
Samuel Ramey, bass

Larry Weeks, trumpet
Patricia Kreuger, harpsichord
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
(Elmer Iseler, conductor)
The Toronto Symphony
Condcted by Andrew Davis
1987

Messiah [Boult] Vyvyan, Procter...:http://youtu.be/0GNzi2Pdlxs
Messiah [Leppard] Wattts,Palmer: http://youtu.be/-dZcgCPWJ2E
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First Part:
1. Symphony
2. Accompagnato Tenor: Comfort ye, me people
3. Aria tenor: Every valley shallbe exalted
4. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
5. Acc.bass: Thus saith the Lord
6. Aria bass: But who may abide the day of His coming
6. Rec; alto: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
7-8. Aria alto & chorus: O Thou that tellest good tidings of Zion
11. Aria bass: The people that walked in darkness
12. Chorus: For unto us a child is born
16. Aria soprano: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion
18. Duet soprano/alto: He shall feed His flock
19. Chorus: His yoke is easy

Second Part:
20. Chorus: behold the Lamb of God
21.Aria alto: He was despised and rejected of men
34. Aria bass: Thou art gone up on high
36: Aria soprano: How beautiful are the feet
37: Arioso tenor: Their sound is gone out into all lands
38. Aria bass: Why do the nations
41. Aria tenor: Thou shall break them
42. Chorus: Hallelujah

Third Part:
43. Aria soprano: I know that my Redeemer liveth
46. Aria bass: The trumpet shall sound
47. Rec alto: Then shall be brought to pass
48. Duet alto/tenor: O death, where is thy sting
49. Chorus: But thanks be to God
50. Aria soprano: if God is for us
51. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.. Amen
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