Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton - Händel: Messiah (2 CD)

Tracklist

1. Part 1 No 01: Symphony
2. Part 1 No 02. Recitative: Comfort ye, my people (tenor)
3. Part 1 No 03. Aria: Every valley shall be exalted (tenor)
4. Part 1 No 04. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
5. Part 1 No 05. Recitative: Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass)
6. Part 1 No 06. Aria: But who may abide the day of his coming? (alto)
7. Part 1 No 07. Chorus: And he shall purify the sons of Levi
8. Part 1 No 08. Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (alto)
9. Part 1 No 09. Aria with chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto)
10. Part 1 No 10. Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass)
11. Part 1 No 11. Aria: The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass)
12. Part 1 No 12. Chorus: For unto us a child is born
13. Part 1 No 13: Pifa 'Pastoral Symphony'
14. Part 1 No 14. Recitative: There were shepherds, abiding in the field (soprano)
15. Part 1 No 15. Recitative: And the angel said unto them, fear not (soprano)
16. Part 1 No 16. Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude (soprano)
17. Part 1 No 17. Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
18. Part 1 No 18. Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano)
19. Part 1 No 19. Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (alto)
20. Part 1 No 20. Aria: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alto/soprano)
21. Part 1 No 21. Chorus: His yoke is easy and his burthen is light
22. Part 2 No 01. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
23. Part 2 No 02. Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (alto)

1. Part 2 No 03. Chorus: Surely he hath borne our griefs
2. Part 2 No 04. Chorus: And with his stripes we are healed
3. Part 2 No 05. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
4. Part 2 No 06. Recitative: All they that see him laugh him to scorn (tenor)
5. Part 2 No 07. Chorus: He trusted in God that he would deliver him
6. Part 2 No 08. Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (tenor)
7. Part 2 No 09. Aria: Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow (tenor)
8. Part 2 No 10. Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (tenor)
9. Part 2 No 11. Aria: But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (soprano/tenor)
10. Part 2 No 12. Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates
11. Part 2 No 13. Recitative: Unto which of the angels said he at any time? (tenor)
12. Part 2 No 14. Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship him
13. Part 2 No 15. Aria: Thou art gone up on high (alto)
14. Part 2 No 16. Chorus: The Lord gave the word
15. Part 2 No 17. Aria: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach (soprano)
16. Part 2 No 18. Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all lands
17. Part 2 No 19. Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (bass)
18. Part 2 No 20. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
19. Part 2 No 21. Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (tenor)
20. Part 2 No 22. Aria: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (tenor)
21. Part 2 No 23. Chorus: Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
22. Part 3 No 01. Aria: I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)
23. Part 3 No 02. Chorus: Since by man came death
24. Part 3 No 03. Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass)
25. Part 3 No 04. Aria: The trumpet shall sound (bass)
26. Part 3 No 05. Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass (alto)
27. Part 3 No 06. Aria: O Death, where is thy sting? (alto/tenor)
28. Part 3 No 07. Chorus: But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory
29. Part 3 No 08. Aria: If God be for us, who can be against us? (soprano)
30. Part 3 No 09. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
31. Part 3 No 10. Chorus: Amen