Description

Haendel: El Mesías - Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Imants Kokars, "Ave Sol" Choir / Star Records Audio CD

5996473008634

Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.

Label:	Star Records – none
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Spain
Released:	1998
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Baroque, Oratorio

Tracklist:

	Part I
1	Sinfony	3:13
2	1. Accompagnato (Tenor) "Comfort Ye, My People"	2:38
3	2. Aria (Tenor): "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted"	3:41
4	6. Chorus: "And He Shall Purity The Sons Of Levi"	2:36
5	8. Aria (Alto): "O Thou That Telllest Good Tidings To Zion" (Attaca)	3:51
6	9. Chorus: "O Thou That Telllest Good Tidings To Zion"	1:42
7	12. Chorus: "For Unto Us A Child Is Bom"	4:10
8	13. Pita (Pastoral Symphony)	2:55
9	14. Recitativo (Soprano): "There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field"	1:58
10	15. Chorus: "Glory To God In The Highest"	2:02
11	18a. Duetto (Soprano, Alto): "He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd"	4:54
	Part II
12	24. Chorus: "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"	3:59
13	27. Accompagnato (Tenor): "Thy Rebuke Has Broken His Heart"	1:50
14	28. Arioso (Tenor): "Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow"	1:46
15	35. Chorus: "The Lord Gave The Word"	1:08
16	38. Aria (Bass): "Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage"	2:59
17	42. Chorus: "Hallelujah"	3:41
	Part III
18	43. Aria (Soprano): "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"	5:41
19	52. Chorus: "Amen"	4:06