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Messiah

Lynne Dawson, Hillary Summers, John Mark, Ainsley, Alastair Miles, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury

CD1

1. Sinfonia (Ouverture) 3’02

2. Recitative (Tenor): Comfort ye my people 2’50

3. Air (Tenor): Ev'ry valley shall be exalted 3’20

4. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed 2’51

5. Recitative (Bass): Thus said the Lord of Hosts 1’19

6. Air (Alto): But who may abide 4’04

7. Chorus: And He shall purify 2’29

8. Recitative (Alto): Behold, a virgin shall conceive 0’23

9. Air (Alto & Chorus): O thou that tellest 5’26

10. Recitative (Bass): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth 2’01

11. Air (Bass): The people that walked in darkness 3’17

12. Chorus: For unto us a Child is born 4’04

13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) 2’30

14. Recitative (Soprano): There were shepherds 0’30

15. Recitative (Soprano): And the angel said unto them 0’31

16. Recitative (Soprano): And suddenly there was with the angel 0’16

17. Chorus: Glory to God in the highest 1’52

18. Air (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion 4’16

19. Recitative (Alto): Then shall the eyes of the blind 0’24

20. Duet (Alto & Soprano): He shall feed His flock 4’34

21. Chorus: His yoke is easy 2’20

PART 2

22. Chorus: Behold, the Lamb of God 2’21

23. Air (Tenor): He was despised and rejected of men 9’50

Total: 64’40

CD2

1. Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs 1’42

2. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed 1’47

3. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray 3’43

4. Recitative (Tenor): All they that see Him 0’40

5. Chorus: He trusted in God 2’18

6. Recitative (Tenor): Thy rebuke hath broken His heart 1’48

7. Air (Tenor): Behold, and see if there be any sorrow 1’21

8. Recitative (Tenor): He was cut off out of the land 0’17

9. Air (Soprano): But Thou didst not leave 2’20

10. Chorus: Lift up your heads 2’58

11. Recitative (Tenor): Unto which of the angels 0’18

12. Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him 1’27

13. Air (Alto): Thou art gone up on high 3’11

14. Chorus: The Lord gave the word 1’04

15. Air (Soprano): How beautiful are the feet 2’02

16. Chorus: Their sound is gone out 1’29

17. Air (Bass): Why do the nations? 1’25

18. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder 1’43

19. Recitative (Tenor): He that dwelleth in heaven 0’11

20. Air (Tenor): Thou shalt break them 1’58

21. Chorus: Hallelujah! 3’35

PART 3

22. Air (Soprano): I know that my Redeemer 5’47

23. Chorus: Since by man came death 2’02

24. Recitative (Bass): Behold, I tell you a mystery 0’34

25. Air (Bass): The trumpet shall sound 8’30

26. Recitative (Alto): Then shall be brought to pass 0’16

27. Duet (Alto & Tenor): O death, where is thy sting? 1’02

28. Chorus: But thanks be to God 2’02

29. Air (Soprano): If God be for us 5’06

30. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb... Amen 6’49

Total: 69’37

DVD

The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

Brandenburg Consort leader: Roy Goodman

Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

Lynne Dawson - soprano

Hillary Summers - alto

John Mark Ainsley - tenor

Alastair Miles - bass

Crispian Steele Perkins - trumpet

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