Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"

John Nelson feat. Alex Potter & The English Concert

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56

26 SECONDS • NOV 24 2023

Album tracklist

1

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia. Grave - Allegro moderato

03:34

2

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye, My People"

02:49

3

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"

03:20

4

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "And the Glory of the Lord"

02:29

5

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"

01:25

6

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?"

04:19

7

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "And He Shall Purify"

02:25

8

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"

00:26

9

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria and Chorus. "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"

05:07

10

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "For Behold"

01:50

11

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "The People That Walked in Darkness"

03:24

12

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

04:06

13

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Pifa. Larghetto e mezzo piano

02:32

14

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "There Were Shepherds"

00:17

15

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them"

00:19

16

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "And the Angel Said Unto Them"

00:30

17

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative and Accompagnato. "And Suddenly"

00:16

18

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "Glory to God in the Highest"

01:50

19

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "Rejoice Greatly"

04:26

20

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd"

00:28

21

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Duet. "He Shall Feed His Flock"

04:51

22

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy"

02:15

23

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God"

03:37

24

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "He Was Despised"

10:36

25

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"

02:13

26

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "And with His Stripes"

02:12

27

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "All We, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray"

03:49

28

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn"

00:41

29

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "He Trusted in God"

02:06

30

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"

01:53

31

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Behold, and See"

01:31

32

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative. "He Was Cut off out of the Land of the Living"

00:17

33

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell"

02:14

34

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Lift Up Your Heads"

02:58

35

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative. "Unto Which of the Angels He at Any Time"

00:14

36

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"

01:29

37

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High"

03:10

38

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "The Lord Gave the Word"

01:04

39

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet"

01:02

40

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Break Forth into Joy"

02:10

41

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Their Sound Is Gone out into All Lands"

01:27

42

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Why Do the Nations"

02:51

43

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"

01:35

44

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative. "He That Dwelleth in Heaven"

00:11

45

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Thou Shalt Break Them"

01:59

46

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Hallelujah"

03:44

47

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

05:40

48

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Since by Man Came Death"

02:08

49

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Accompagnato. "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"

00:40

50

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Aria. "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

08:46

51

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Recitative. "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying"

00:17

52

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Duet. "O Death"

01:37

53

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "But Thanks Be to God"

02:04

54

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Aria. "If God Be for Us"

04:41

55

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Worthy Is the Lamb"

07:25

56

Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?"

03:14

57

Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Arioso. "But Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them"

01:37

58

Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "Rejoice Greatly"

06:05

59

Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High"

03:12

60

Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High" (Alternate Version)

02:59

61

Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet"

04:51

62

Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet" (Alternate Version)

03:12

63

Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: "Their Sound Is Gone out into All Lands"

01:09

64

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"

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