Album lyrics Handel: Messiah by Sir Andrew Davis

Handel: Messiah

Sir Andrew Davis

2016 46 songs

1. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 1, Overture (Sinfony)

2. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 2, Accompagnato "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people" (Tenor)

3. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 3, Air "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)

4. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 4, Chorus "And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed"

5. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 5, Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord" (Bass)

6. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 6, Air "'But who may abide the day of his coming!" (Mezzo-soprano)

7. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 7, Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"

8. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 8, Recitative "Behold! A virgin shall conceive" (Mezzo-soprano)

9. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 9, Air "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Mezzo-soprano and Chorus)

10. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 10, Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass)

11. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 11, Air "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light" (Bass)

12. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 12, Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"

13. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 13, Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)

14. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 14a, Recitative "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (Soprano)

15. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 14b, Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" (Soprano)

16. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 15, Recitative "And the angel said unto them" (Soprano)

17. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 16, Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude..." (Soprano)

18. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 17, Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"

19. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 18, Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Soprano)

20. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 19, Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd" (Mezzo-soprano)

21. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 20, Duet . "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (Mezzo-soprano and Soprano)

22. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 21, Chorus. 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!

23. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 22, Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"

24. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 23, Air "He was despised and rejected of men" (Mezzo-soprano)

25. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 24, Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"

26. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 25, Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"

27. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 26, Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"

28. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 27, Accompagnato "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (Tenor)

29. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 28, Chorus. 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'.

30. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 29, Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart" (Tenor)

31. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 30, Arioso "Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow" (Tenor)

32. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 31, Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living" (Tenor)

33. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 32, Air "But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell" (Tenor)

34. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 33, Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"

35. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 37, Chorus "The Lord gave the word"

36. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 38, Air "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace" (Soprano)

37. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 40, Air "Who do the nations so furiously rage together" (Bass)

38. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 41, Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"

39. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 42, Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" (Tenor)

40. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 43, Air "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (Tenor)

41. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 44, Chorus "Hallelujah!"

42. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 45, Air "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Soprano)

43. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 46, Chorus "Since by man came death"

44. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 47, Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (Bass)

45. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 48, Air "The trumpet shall sound" (Bass)

46. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 53, Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"

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