‎Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 by Various Artists

Overture

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

5:10

Recitative "Comfort Ye, My People"

London Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth McKellar, Adrian Boult

3:37

Air "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"

Kenneth McKellar, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

3:34

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

London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

3:12

Recitative "Thus Saith the Lord"

David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

2:02

Air "But Who May Abide"

David Ward, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

5:01

Chorus "And He Shall Purify"

London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

2:45

Air "Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow" / Aria "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"

Adrian Boult, Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

7:22

Recitative "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"

David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

2:31

Air "The People That Walked in Darkness"

David Ward, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

4:49

Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Has Born"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult

4:30

Pifa

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

3:39

Recitative "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field... And Lo, the Angel of the Lord ... And the Angel Said Unto Them ... And Suddenly There Was with the Angel"

London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult, Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra

2:04

Chorus "Glory to God in the Highest"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

2:10

Air "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"

Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

4:40

Recitative and Duet "Then Shall the Eyes ... He Shall Feed His Flock"

Adrian Boult, Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Grace Bumbry

6:46

Chorus "His Yoke Is Easy"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

2:37

Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

3:41

Air "He Was Despised"

Adrian Boult, Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Orchestra

12:23

Chorus "Surely He Had Borne Our Griefs"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

2:29

Chorus "And With His Stripes"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

2:34

Chorus "All We Like Sheep"

London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

4:24

Recitative and Chorus "All They That See Him ... He Trusted in God"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult, Kenneth McKellar

3:14

Recitative "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"

Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

2:24

Airioso "Behold and See"

Adrian Boult, Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra

1:47

Recitative and Air "He Was Cut Off ... But Thou Didst Not Leave"

Kenneth McKellar, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

2:58

Chorus "Lift Up Your Heads"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

3:30

Recitative and Chorus "Unto Which of the Angels ... Let All the Angels of God"

Kenneth McKellar, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

2:08

Air "Thou Art Gone Up on High"

London Symphony Chorus, David Ward, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

3:03

Chorus "The Lord Gave the Word"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

1:47

Air "Thou Art Gone Up on High" II

Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

2:39

Chorus "Their Sound Is Gone Out"

London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

1:43

Air "Why Do the Nations"

Adrian Boult, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra

2:53

Chorus "Let Us Break Their Bonds"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

1:50

Recitative and Air "He That Dwelleth in Heaven ... Thou Shalt Break Them"

London Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth McKellar, Adrian Boult

2:26

Chorus "Hallelujah"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Chorus, David Ward

4:40

Air "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

Adrian Boult, Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra

7:10

Chorus "Since By Man Came Death"

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

2:20

Recitative and Air "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery ... The Trumpet Shall Sound"

David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Alan Stringer

9:10

Recitative and Duet and Chorus "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass ... Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting? ... But Thanks Be to God"

Grace Bumbry, Adrian Boult, Kenneth McKellar, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

4:30

Air "If God Be for Us"

Adrian Boult, Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra

4:51

Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb ... Amen"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult

9:29

Jephtha "Deeper, and Deeper still ... Waft Her, Angels"

London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

8:38

Judas Maccabaeus "Thanks to My Brethren ... How Vain Is Man'"

London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult

7:23

Judas Maccabaeus "My Arms! ... Sound an Alarm"

Adrian Boult, Kenneth McKellar, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

4:02

Samson "With Plaintive Note"

Joan Sutherland, Adrian Boult, Richard Bonynge, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London

5:13

Samson "Let the Bright Seraphim"

Joan Sutherland, Harry Dilley, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

5:54

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Adrian Boult

Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth McKellar

Tenor
London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra, Ensemble, Choir

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56

RECORD LABEL

On This Album