Handel: Messiah

Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Paul Esswood (countertenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Magnus Lindén (bass)

Stockholm Bach Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Anders Öhrwall

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A 1982 live recording from the Adolf Fredrik Church.

Release date: 1st Jul 2003
Label: Prophone
Catalogue number: SCD1063.64
Length: 2 hours 11 minutes
Genre:
- Oratorios & Passions

Contents and tracklist

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Arr. A. Ohrwall)

Work length2:11:01

Martyn Hill (tenor), Magnus Linden (bass), Paul Esswood (countertenor), Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Stockholm Bach Choir
Anders Öhrwall
Recorded: 13-14 February 1982
Recording Venue: Live recording, Adolf Fredrik Church, Stockholm, Sweden

Part I: Sinfonia: Grave - Allegro moderato

Track length3:02

Part I: Arioso: Comfort ye my people (Tenor)

Track length2:52

Part I: Air: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor)

Track length3:49

Part I: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus)

Track length2:56

Part I: Recitative: Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)

Track length1:27

Part I: Air: But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto)

Track length4:30

Part I: And He shall purify (Chorus)

Track length2:52

Part I: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto)

Track length0:29

Part I: Air: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus)

Track length5:43

Part I: Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)

Track length1:41

Part I: Air: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)

Track length3:29

Part I: For unto us a child is born (Chorus)

Track length4:37

Part I: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

Track length2:42

Part I: Recitative: There were shepherds abiding (Soprano)

Track length1:33

Part I: Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)

Track length2:27

Part I: Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)

Track length4:35

Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Alto)

Track length0:30

Part I: Duet: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Alto, Soprano)

Track length5:27

Part I: His yoke is easy, his burthen is light (Chorus)

Track length2:46

Part II: Behold, the Lamb of God (Chorus)

Track length2:18

Part II: Air: He was despised (Alto)

Track length11:04

Part II: Surely, He hath borne our griefs (Chorus)

Track length1:50

Part II: And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus)

Track length2:18

Part II: All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)

Track length4:15

Part II: Recitative: All they that see Him (Tenor)

Track length0:42

Part II: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus)

Track length2:21

Part II: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Soprano)

Track length2:14

Part II: Arioso: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Soprano)

Track length1:24

Part II: Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor)

Track length0:23

Part II: Air: But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Tenor)

Track length2:33

Part II: Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus)

Track length3:15

Part II: Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He at any time (Tenor)

Track length0:18

Part II: Let all the angels of God worship Him (Chorus)

Track length1:33

Part II: Air: Thou art gone up on high (Alto)

Track length3:07

Part II: The Lord gave the word (Chorus)

Track length1:19

Part II: Air: How beautiful are the feet (Soprano)

Track length2:22

Part II: Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)

Track length1:22

Part II: Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)

Track length1:51

Part II: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor)

Track length0:17

Part II: Air: Thou shalt break them (Tenor)

Track length2:05

Part II: Hallelujah (Chorus)

Track length4:07

Part III: Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)

Track length6:10

Part III: Since by man came death (Chorus)

Track length1:51

Part III: Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)

Track length0:36

Part III: Air: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)

Track length4:18

Part III: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass the saying (Alto)

Track length0:21

Part III: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (Chorus)

Track length3:21

Part III: Amen (Chorus)

Track length3:59

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