"For unto us a child is born"

Les Arts Florissants and William Christie & William Christie

Handel: Messiah

3 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS • AUG 22 1994

Album tracklist

1

02:59

2

"Comfort ye, saith your God" (tenor)

03:11

3

"Every valley shall be exalted" (tenor)

03:20

4

"And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"

02:42

5

"Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" (bass)

01:40

6

"But who may abide the day of His coming?" (alto)

04:38

7

"And He shall purify the sons of Levi"

02:17

8

"Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (alto) - "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (alto)

06:01

9

"For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (bass) - "The people that walked in darkness" (bass)

05:46

10

"For unto us a child is born"

03:45

11

Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)

02:55

12

"There were shepherds abiding in the field" (treble) - "Glory to God in the highest"

03:26

13

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (soprano II)

04:28

14

"Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" (soprano I) - "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (alto & soprano I)

06:04

15

"His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light"

02:33

16

"Behold the lamb of God"

02:26

17

"He was despised and rejected of men" (alto)

11:11

18

"Surely He hath borne our griefs" - "All we like sheep have gone astray"

07:29

19

"All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (tenor) - "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"

02:55

20

"Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (tenor) - "Behold and see..." (tenor) - "He was cut off out of the land..." (soprano I)

03:39

21

"But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" (soprano I)

02:48

22

"Lift up your heads, O ye gates"

02:45

23

"Unto which of the angels said He at any time" (tenor) - "Let all the angels of God worship Him"

01:41

24

"Thouart gone up on high" (soprano II)

03:07

25

"The Lord gave the world"

01:19

26

"How beautiful are the feet of them" (soprano I)

02:36

27

"Their sound is gone out into all lands"

01:17

28

"Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (bass)

02:40

29

"Let us break their bonds asunder"

01:46

30

"He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" (tenor) - "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (tenor)

02:16

31

03:34

32

"I know that my redeemer liveth" (soprano I)

06:13

33

"Since by man came death"

02:15

34

"Behold, I tell you a mystery" (bass) - "The trumpet shall sound" (bass)

09:18

35

"Then shall be brought to pass..." (alto) - "O Death, where is thy sting?"(alto & tenor) - "But thanks be to God..."

03:35

36

"If God be for us, who can be against us?" (soprano II)

04:54

37

"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"

03:29

38

03:27

Handel: Messiah

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"For unto us a child is born"

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