Part 2, 22. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"

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

Handel: Messiah

4 MINUTES AND 24 SECONDS

Album tracklist

1

Part 1, 1. "Sinfony"

02:59

2

Part 1, 2. Accompagnato (tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"

02:59

3

Part 1, 3. Air (tenor) "Every valley shall be exalted"

03:01

4

Part 1, 4. chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"

02:34

5

Part 1, 5. Accompagnato (bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"

01:19

6

Part 1, 6. Air (countertenor) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"

03:51

7

Part 1, 7. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"

02:24

8

Part 1, 8. Recitative (alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" - 9. Air (alto) & Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, arise"

05:27

9

Part 1, 10. Accompagnato (bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"

02:18

10

Part 1, 11. Air (bass) "The people that walked in darkness"

03:41

11

Part 1, 12. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"

03:57

12

Part 1, 13. Sinfonia pastorale -14a."There were shepherds"-14b. "And lo, the angel of the Lord"-15. "And the angel said"-16. "And suddenly there was"

04:41

13

Part 1, 17. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"

02:04

14

Part 1, 18. Air (soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"

04:33

15

Part 1, 19. Recitative (alto) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" - 20. Air (alto & countertenor) "He shall feed His flock"

04:58

16

Part 1, 21. Chorus "His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light"

02:20

17

Part 2, 22. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"

04:24

18

Part 2, 23. Air (alto) "He was despised and rejected of men"

10:42

19

Part 2, 24. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"

01:45

20

Part 2, 25. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"

01:42

21

Part 2, 26. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"

03:50

22

Part 2, 27. Accompagnato (tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"

00:36

23

Part 2, 28. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"

02:11

24

Part 2, 29. Accompagnato (tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"

01:30

25

Part 2, 30. Arioso (tenor) "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"

01:21

26

Part 2, 31."He was cut off out of the land of the living" - 32."But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"

02:14

27

Part 2, 33. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"

03:03

28

Part 2, 34. Recitative (tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"

00:14

29

Part 2, 35. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"

01:23

30

Part 2, 36. Air (countertenor) "Thou art gone up on high"

02:47

31

Part 2, 37. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"

01:09

32

Part 2, 38. Air (countertenor) "How beautiful are the feet of them"

02:40

33

Part 2, 39. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"

01:24

34

Part 2, 40. Air (bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"

02:49

35

Part 2, 41. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"

01:36

36

Part 2, 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"

01:59

37

Part II, Sc. 6, Hallelujah!

03:56

38

Part 3, 45. Air (soprano) "I know that my redeemer liveth"

06:02

39

Part 3, 46. Chorus "Since by man came death"

01:57

40

Part 3, 47. Accompagnato (bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" - 48. Air (bass) "The trumpet shall sound"

08:36

41

Part 3, 49. Recitative (alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" - 50. Duet (alto & tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?"

01:16

42

Part 3, 51. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"

02:03

43

Part 3, 52. Air (countertenor) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"

04:19

44

Part 3, 53. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" - 54. Chorus "Amen"

06:51

Handel: Messiah

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Part 2, 22. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"

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