Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) - Der Messias (2 CD)

1 Sinfonia (1. Teil)
2 Rezitativ: Comfort ye, my people, saith your God
3 Arie: Every valley shall be exalted
4 Chor: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
5 Rezitativ: Thus saith the Lord of hosts
6 Arie: But who may abide the day of his coming?
7 Chor: And he shall purify the sons of Levi
8 Rezitativ: Behold, a virgin shall conceive - Arie: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion - Chor: O thou that tellest
9 Rezitativ: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth - Arie: The people that walked in darkness
10 Chor: For unto us a child is born
11 Pastoral Symphony
12 Rezitativ: There were shepherds abiding in the field - Rezitativ: And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them - ...
13 Arie: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion
14 Rezitativ: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened - Arie: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd
15 Chor: His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light
16 Chor: Behold the lamb of God (2. Teil)
17 Arie: He was despised and rejected of men
18 Chor: Surely he hath borne our griefs - Chor: All we like sheep have gone astray
1 Rezitativ: All they that see him laugh him to scorn - Chor: He trusted in God that he would deliver him
2 Rezitativ: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart - Arie: Behold and see if there be any sorrow - Rezitativ: He was cut off...
3 Arie: But thou didst not leave his soul in hell
4 Chor: Lift up your hands, o ye gates
5 Rezitativ: Unto which of the angels said he at any time - Chor: Let all the angels of God worship him
6 Arie: Thou art gone up on high
7 Chor: The Lord gave the world
8 Arie: How beautiful are the feet of them
9 Chor: Their sound is gone out into all lands
10 Arie: Why do the nations so furiously rage together
11 Chor: Let us break their bonds asunder
12 Rezitativ: He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn - Arie: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
13 Chor: Hallelujah!
14 Arie: I know that my redeemer liveth
15 Chor: Since by man came death
16 Rezitativ: Behold, I tell you a mistery - Arie: The trumpet shall sound
17 Rezitativ: Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written - Duett: O death, where is thy sting? - ...
18 Arie: If God be for us, who can be against us?
19 Chor: Worthy is the lamb that was slain
20 Chor: Amen