Messiah, HWV 56: No. 21, Chorus. 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra & Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

Handel: Messiah

2 MINUTES AND 24 SECONDS • NOV 01 2016

Album tracklist

1

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 1, Overture (Sinfony)

03:28

2

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 2, Accompagnato "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people" (Tenor)

02:33

3

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 3, Air "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)

03:22

4

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 4, Chorus "And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed"

02:35

5

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 5, Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord" (Bass)

01:31

6

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 6, Air "'But who may abide the day of his coming!" (Mezzo-soprano)

04:01

7

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 7, Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"

02:31

8

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 8, Recitative "Behold! A virgin shall conceive" (Mezzo-soprano)

00:30

9

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 9, Air "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Mezzo-soprano and Chorus)

05:08

10

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 10, Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass)

02:20

11

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 11, Air "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light" (Bass)

03:09

12

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 12, Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"

04:04

13

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 13, Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)

00:53

14

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 14a, Recitative "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (Soprano)

00:14

15

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 14b, Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" (Soprano)

00:21

16

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 15, Recitative "And the angel said unto them" (Soprano)

00:39

17

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 16, Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude..." (Soprano)

00:18

18

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 17, Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"

02:04

19

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 18, Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Soprano)

04:45

20

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 19, Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd" (Mezzo-soprano)

00:28

21

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 20, Duet . "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (Mezzo-soprano and Soprano)

05:21

22

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 21, Chorus. 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!

02:24

23

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 22, Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God"

02:57

24

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 23, Air "He was despised and rejected of men" (Mezzo-soprano)

05:12

25

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 24, Chorus "Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"

01:55

26

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 25, Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"

01:49

27

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 26, Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"

03:57

28

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 27, Accompagnato "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (Tenor)

00:44

29

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 28, Chorus. 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'.

02:21

30

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 29, Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart" (Tenor)

01:43

31

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 30, Arioso "Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow" (Tenor)

01:16

32

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 31, Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living" (Tenor)

00:16

33

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 32, Air "But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell" (Tenor)

02:08

34

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 33, Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"

03:14

35

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 37, Chorus "The Lord gave the word"

01:01

36

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 38, Air "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace" (Soprano)

02:08

37

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 40, Air "Who do the nations so furiously rage together" (Bass)

02:52

38

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 41, Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"

01:48

39

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 42, Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" (Tenor)

00:15

40

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 43, Air "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (Tenor)

01:56

41

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 44, Chorus "Hallelujah!"

03:59

42

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 45, Air "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Soprano)

06:17

43

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 46, Chorus "Since by man came death"

02:07

44

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 47, Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (Bass)

00:36

45

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 48, Air "The trumpet shall sound" (Bass)

04:11

46

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 53, Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"

06:58

47

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