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Handel - Messiah / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki / BIS Audio CD 1997 / BIS-CD-891/92

UPC 7318598918922

Bach Collegium Japan [String Ensemble],
Bach Collegium Japan Orchestra [Ensemble],
David Thomas [bass] [Bass],
John Elwes [Narrator, Tenor],
Masaaki Suzuki [Conductor],
Midori Suzuki [Soprano],
Yoshikazu Mera [Alto]

Label: BIS - BIS-CD-891/92

Format: CD

Released: 1997

Genre: Classical

Tracklist:

Messiah

Disc 1

Georg Friedrich Händel
Part the First		54'17
01	Majora Canamus (narrator) - And without controversy	0'36
02	Symphony	3'07
03	Accompagnato (tenor) - Comfort ye my people	2'55
04	Air (tenor) - Ev´ry valley shall be exalted	3'15
05	Chorus - And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed	2'48
06	Acc. (bass) - Thus saith the Lord	1'27
07	Air (alto) - But who may abide the day of His coming	4'20
08	Chorus - And He shall purify the sons of Levi	2'27
09	Recitative (alto) - Behold, a virgin shall conceive	0'29
10	Air and Chorus - O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion	5'36
11	Acc. (bass) - For behold, darkness shall cover the earth	2'02
12	Air (bass) - The people that walked in darkness	3'47
13	Chorus - For unto us a child is born	3'46
14	Pifa	2'48
15	Recitative (soprano) - There were shepherds abiding	0'15
16	Acc. (soprano) - And lo, the angel of the Lord	0'17
17	Recitative (soprano) - And the angel said unto them	0'32
18	Acc. (soprano) - And suddenly there was with the angel	0'16
19	Chorus - Glory to God in the highest	1'47
20	Air (soprano) - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion	4'12
21	Recitative (alto) - Then shall the eyes of the blind be open´d	0'31
22	Duet (alto, soprano) - He shall feed His flock	4'49
23	Chorus - His yoke is easy, His burthen is light	2'15

Part the Second		52'29
24	Chorus - Behold the Lamb of God	3'11
25	Air (alto) - He was despised and rejected of men	11'04

Disc 2
01	Chorus - Surely, He hath borne our griefs	1'49
02	Chorus - And with His stripes we are healed	1'34
03	Chorus - All we like sheep have gone astray	3'57
04	Acc. (tenor) - All they that see Him laugh	0'46
05	Chorus - He trusted in God that He would deliver Him	2'18
06	Acc. (tenor) - Thy rebuke hath broken His heart	1'47
07	Arioso (tenor) - Behold, and see if there be any sorrow	1'47
08	Acc. (soprano) - He was cut off out of the land	0'17
09	Air (soprano) - But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell	2'10
10	Chorus - Lift up your heads, O ye gates	2'59
11	Recitative (tenor) - Unto which of the angels said He	0'22
12	Chorus - Let all the angels of God worship him	1'26
13	Air (alto) - Thou art gone up on high	2'53
14	Chorus - The Lord gave the word	1'11
15	Air (soprano) - How beautiful are the feet of Him	2'18
16	Chorus - Their sound is gone out	1'44
17	Air (bass) - Why do the nations so furiously rage together	1'22
18	Chorus - Let us break their bonds asunder	1'46
19	Recitative (tenor) - He that dwelleth in heaven	0'12
20	Air (tenor) - Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron	2'07
21	Chorus - Hallelujah!	3'29

Part the Third		32'41
22	Air (soprano) - I know that my Redeemer liveth	5'31
23	Chorus - Since by man came death	2'04
24	Acc. (bass) - Behold, I tell you a mystery	0'39
25	Air (bass) - The trumpet shall sound	8'48
26	Recitative (alto) - Then shall be brought to pass	0'17
27	Duet (alto, soprano) - O Death, where is the sting	1'45
28	Chorus - But thanks be to God	2'09
29	Air (alto) - If God be for ever	4'27
30	Chorus - Worthy is the Lamb that was slain	7'01