handel - messiah, cd 2

[Part II]
1. Chorus: Surely he hath borne our griefs
Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
2. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
3. Recitative: All they that see him laugh him to scorn
Chorus: He trusted in God
4. Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken his heart
Song: Behold and see if there be any sorrow
Recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living
5. Song:  But thou didst not leave his soul in hell
6. Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates
7. Recitative: Unto which of the angels said he at any time
Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship him
8. Song: Thou art gone up on high
9. Chorus: The Lord gave the word
10. Song: How beautiful are the feet
11. Chorus: Their sound is gone out
12. Song: Why do the nations so furiously rage together?
Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
13. Recitative: He hath dwelleth in heaven
Song: Thou shalt break them
14. Chorus: Hallelujah

Part III
15. Song: I know that my Redeemer liveth
16. Chorus: Since by man came death
17. Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery
Song: The trumpet shall sound
18. Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass
Duet: O death, where is thy sting?
19. Chorus: But thanks be to God
20. Song: If God be for us
21. Chorus: Worthy is the lamb that was slain
22. Chorus: Amen


Handel - Messiah, CD 2  

Foundling Hospital Version 1754

Judith Nelson, Soprano
Emma Kirkby, Soprano
Carolyn Watkinson, Contralto
Paul Elliott, Tenor
David Thomas, Bass

Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
directed by Simon Preston

The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood