‎Handel: Messiah by Freiburger Barockorchester

1. "Sinfony"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester

2:59

2. Accompagnato (tenor) "Comfort Ye, My People, Saith Your God"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

2:59

3. Air (tenor) "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

3:01

4. Chorus "And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed"

René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester

2:34

5. Accompagnato (bass) "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

1:19

6. Air (countertenor) "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?"

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

3:50

7. Chorus "And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi"

Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs

2:23

8. Recitative (alto) 9. Air [alto]

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

5:27

10. Accompagnato (bass) "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

2:18

11. Air (bass) "The People That Walked in Darkness"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

3:41

12. Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

3:57

13. Sinfonia Pastorale (Pifa) - 14a. Recitative (soprano) - 14b. Accompagnato (soprano) - 15. Recitative (soprano) - 16. Accompagnato (soprano)

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

4:41

17. Chorus "Glory to God in the Highest"

Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs

2:04

18. Air (soprano) "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"

René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester

4:33

19. Recitative (alto) "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened" - 20. Air (alto & Countertenor) "He Shall Feed His Flock"

René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester

4:58

21. Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

2:20

22. Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

4:24

23. Air (alto) "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

10:42

24. Chorus "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

1:45

25. Chorus "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

1:42

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

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

3:50

27. Accompagnato (tenor) "All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn"

Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs

0:36

28. Chorus "He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him"

René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester

2:11

29. Accompagnato (tenor) "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

1:30

30. Arioso (tenor) "Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow"

Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs

1:21

31. Accompagnato (soprano) "He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living" - 32. Air (soprano) "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

2:14

33. Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates"

René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester

3:03

34. Recitative (tenor) "Unto Which of the Angels Said He At Any Time"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Kobie van Rensburg

0:14

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

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

1:23

36. Air (countertenor) "Thou Art Gone Up On High"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

2:47

37. Chorus "The Lord Gave the World"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

1:09

38. Air (countertenor) "How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them"

René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester

2:40

39. Chorus "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

1:24

40. Air (bass) "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together"

Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs

2:49

41. Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"

Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs

1:36

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"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

1:59

44. Chorus "Hallelujah"

René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester

3:56

45. Air (soprano) "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester

6:02

46. Chorus "Since By Man Came Death"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester

1:57

47. Accompagnato (bass) "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery" - 48. Air (bass) "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

8:36

49. Recitative (alto) "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying That Is Written" - 50. Duet (alto & Tenor) "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"

René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freiburger Barockorchester

1:16

51. Chorus "But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory"

Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs

2:02

52. Air (countertenor) "If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?"

Freiburger Barockorchester, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs

4:19

53. Chorus "Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain" - 54. Chorus "Amen"

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

6:51

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Freiburger Barockorchester

Orchestra, Ensemble
René Jacobs

Conductor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Choir
Kobie van Rensburg

Tenor

Martin Sauer

Producer
René Möller

Editing Engineer
Frederik Janse

Photography
Peter Kanneberger

Photography
Mats Bäcker

Photography
Jan Provost

Cover Art
Sussie Ahlburg

Photography
William Hogarth

Portraits
Eric Larrayadieu

Photography
Pierre Degott

Liner Notes
Toby Wilkinson

Photography
Ruth Smith

Liner Notes

Handel: Messiah

RECORD LABEL

On This Album

George Frideric Handel

Johann Sebastian Bach

Freiburger Barockorchester

René Jacobs

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Kobie van Rensburg

Production