‎Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 by John Nelson

Sinfonia. Grave - Allegro moderato

John Nelson, The English Concert

3:33

Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye, My People"

The English Concert, John Nelson, Michael Spyres

2:48

Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"

Michael Spyres, The English Concert, John Nelson

3:20

Chorus. "And the Glory of the Lord"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

2:29

Accompagnato. "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"

John Nelson, Matthew Brook, The English Concert

1:25

Aria. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?"

The English Concert, Alex Potter, John Nelson

4:18

Chorus. "And He Shall Purify"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

2:24

Recitative. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"

John Nelson, The English Concert, Alex Potter

0:25

Aria and Chorus. "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"

The English Concert, Alex Potter, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

5:06

Accompagnato. "For Behold"

The English Concert, Matthew Brook, John Nelson

1:49

Aria. "The People That Walked in Darkness"

John Nelson, The English Concert, Matthew Brook

3:23

Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

4:05

Pifa. Larghetto e mezzo piano

John Nelson, The English Concert

2:31

Recitative. "There Were Shepherds"

The English Concert, John Nelson, Lucy Crowe

0:16

Recitative. "And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them"

Lucy Crowe, The English Concert, John Nelson

0:18

Recitative. "And the Angel Said Unto Them"

Lucy Crowe, The English Concert, John Nelson

0:29

Recitative and Accompagnato. "And Suddenly"

John Nelson, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert

0:15

Chorus. "Glory to God in the Highest"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

1:49

Aria. "Rejoice Greatly"

John Nelson, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert

4:25

Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd"

The English Concert, Alex Potter, John Nelson

0:28

Duet. "He Shall Feed His Flock"

John Nelson, The English Concert, Alex Potter, Lucy Crowe

4:50

Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

2:14

Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

3:36

Aria. "He Was Despised"

The English Concert, Alex Potter, John Nelson

10:35

Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

2:12

Chorus. "And with His Stripes"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

2:11

Chorus. "All We, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

3:48

Accompagnato. "All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn"

Michael Spyres, The English Concert, John Nelson

0:40

Chorus. "He Trusted in God"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

2:05

Accompagnato. "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"

John Nelson, The English Concert, Michael Sypres

1:53

Aria. "Behold, and See"

The English Concert, John Nelson, Michael Spyres

1:31

Recitative. "He Was Cut off out of the Land of the Living"

The English Concert, Michael Spyres, John Nelson

0:16

Aria. "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell"

Michael Spyres, The English Concert, John Nelson

2:13

Chorus. "Lift Up Your Heads"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

2:57

Recitative. "Unto Which of the Angels He at Any Time"

John Nelson, Michael Spyres, The English Concert

0:13

Chorus. "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

1:29

Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High"

The English Concert, Alex Potter, John Nelson

3:10

Chorus. "The Lord Gave the Word"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

1:04

Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet"

The English Concert, Alex Potter, John Nelson, Rory McCleery

1:01

Chorus. "Break Forth into Joy"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

2:09

Chorus. "Their Sound Is Gone out into All Lands"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

1:26

Aria. "Why Do the Nations"

John Nelson, The English Concert, Matthew Brook

2:50

Chorus. "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

1:34

Recitative. "He That Dwelleth in Heaven"

Michael Spyres, John Nelson, The English Concert

0:10

Aria. "Thou Shalt Break Them"

Michael Spyres, John Nelson, The English Concert

1:59

Chorus. "Hallelujah"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

3:43

Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

John Nelson, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert

5:40

Chorus. "Since by Man Came Death"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

2:07

Accompagnato. "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"

John Nelson, Matthew Brook, The English Concert

0:40

Aria. "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

John Nelson, Matthew Brook, The English Concert

8:46

Recitative. "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying"

John Nelson, The English Concert, Alex Potter

0:17

Duet. "O Death"

John Nelson, Michael Spyres, The English Concert, Alex Potter

1:36

Chorus. "But Thanks Be to God"

John Nelson, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir

2:03

Aria. "If God Be for Us"

John Nelson, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert

4:40

Chorus. "Worthy Is the Lamb"

The English Concert, John Nelson, The English Concert Choir

7:24

Aria. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?"

The English Concert, Matthew Brook, John Nelson

3:13

Arioso. "But Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them"

Lucy Crowe, The English Concert, John Nelson

1:37

Aria. "Rejoice Greatly"

Lucy Crowe, The English Concert, John Nelson

6:05

Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High"

The English Concert, John Nelson, Matthew Brook

3:11

Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High" (Alternate Version)

Lucy Crowe, John Nelson, The English Concert

2:58

Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet"

Lucy Crowe, John Nelson, The English Concert

4:50

Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet" (Alternate Version)

The English Concert, Alex Potter, John Nelson

3:12

"Their Sound Is Gone out into All Lands"

John Nelson, Michael Spyres, The English Concert

1:08

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
John Nelson

Conductor
The English Concert

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Spyres

Tenor

Olivier Rosset

Mastering Engineer

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56

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George Frideric Handel

Johann Sebastian Bach

John Nelson

The English Concert

Michael Spyres

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