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René Jacobs & Freiburger Barockorchester

Handel: Messiah

René Jacobs & Freiburger Barockorchester

43 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 17 MINUTES • AUG 15 2007

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Part 1, 2. Accompagnato (tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"
02:59
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Part 1, 3. Air (tenor) "Every valley shall be exalted"
03:01
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Part 1, 4. chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
02:34
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Part 1, 5. Accompagnato (bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"
01:19
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Part 1, 6. Air (countertenor) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"
03:51
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Part 1, 7. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
02:24
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Part 1, 8. Recitative (alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" - 9. Air (alto) & Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, arise"
05:27
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Part 1, 10. Accompagnato (bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
02:18
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Part 1, 11. Air (bass) "The people that walked in darkness"
03:41
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Part 1, 12. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"
03:57
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Part 1, 13. Sinfonia pastorale -14a."There were shepherds"-14b. "And lo, the angel of the Lord"-15. "And the angel said"-16. "And suddenly there was"
04:41
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Part 1, 17. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
02:04
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Part 1, 18. Air (soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
04:33
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Part 1, 19. Recitative (alto) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" - 20. Air (alto & countertenor) "He shall feed His flock"
04:58
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Part 1, 21. Chorus "His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light"
02:20
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Part 2, 24. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"
01:45
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Part 2, 25. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"
01:42
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Part 2, 26. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"
03:50
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Part 2, 27. Accompagnato (tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"
00:36
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Part 2, 28. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"
02:11
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Part 2, 29. Accompagnato (tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"
01:30
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Part 2, 30. Arioso (tenor) "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"
01:21
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Part 2, 31."He was cut off out of the land of the living" - 32."But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"
02:14
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Part 2, 33. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
03:03
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Part 2, 34. Recitative (tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"
00:14
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Part 2, 35. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"
01:23
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Part 2, 36. Air (countertenor) "Thou art gone up on high"
02:47
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Part 2, 38. Air (countertenor) "How beautiful are the feet of them"
02:40
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Part 2, 39. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
01:24
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Part 2, 40. Air (bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"
02:49
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Part 2, 41. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
01:36
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Part 2, 42. Recitative (tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" - 43. Air (tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"
01:59
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Part 3, 45. Air (soprano) "I know that my redeemer liveth"
06:02
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Part 3, 47. Accompagnato (bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" - 48. Air (bass) "The trumpet shall sound"
08:36
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Part 3, 49. Recitative (alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" - 50. Duet (alto & tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?"
01:16
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Part 3, 51. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"
02:03
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Part 3, 52. Air (countertenor) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"
04:19
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Part 3, 53. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" - 54. Chorus "Amen"
06:51
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