Georg Friedrich Händel – Barbara Schlick, Sandrine Piau, Andreas Scholl, Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie – Messiah (2xCD, Album, RE) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Location: AU-BOX 171R

THESE UNSEALED DISCS ALL HAIL FROM AN IMMENSE CLASSICAL COLLECTION OWNED BY A COLLEGE MUSIC PROFESSOR… ALL THE DISCS FROM THIS COLLECTION ARE NM TO MINT… ALL THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE DISCS ARE FULLY INTACT AND NM TO MINT… SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL… ENJOY !!!

Notes:

harmonia mundi s.a. ℗ 1994, 1999
Made in Germany
Recorded December 1993.
Total Time 2h 22′ 40
Total Playing Time CD1 = 77:00.
Total Playing Time CD2 = 65:40.

. Messiah, Oratorio, HWV 56
. Part I
1-1. Sinfonia 3:01
1-2. Recitative “Comfort Ye, My People, Saith Your God” 3:10
1-3. Air “Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” 3:18
1-4. Chorus “And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed” 2:40
1-5. Recitative “Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts” 1:39
1-6. Air “But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?” 4:37
1-7. Chorus “And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi” 2:16
1-8. Recitative “Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive” – Air “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion” – Chorus “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion, Arise” 5:56
1-9. Recitative “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth” – Air “The People That Walked In Darkness” 5:42
1-10. Chorus “For Unto Us A Child Is Born” 3:38
1-11. Pastoral Symphony 2:54
1-12. Recitative “There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field” – Recitative “And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them” – Recitative “And The Angel Said Unto Them: Fear Not, For Behold” – Chorus “Glory To God In The Highest” 3:08
1-13. Air “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion” 4:25
1-14. Recitative “Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened” – Air “He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd” 5:59
1-15. Chorus “His Yoke Is Easy, And His Burthen Is Light” 2:17
. Part II
1-16. Chorus “Behold The Lamb Of God” 2:19
1-17. Air “He Was Despised And Rejected Of Man” 11:06
1-18. Chorus “Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs” – Chorus “All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray” 7:18
2-1. Recitative “All They That See Him Laugh Him To Scorn” – Chorus “He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him” 2:54
2-2. Recitative “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart” – Air “Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow” – Recitative “He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living” 3:55
2-3. Air “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell” 2:30
2-4. Chorus “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates” 2:43
2-5. Rectitative “Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time” – Chorus “Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him” 1:37
2-6. Air “Thou Art Gone Up On High” 3:04
2-7. Chorus “The Lord Gave The World” 1:14
2-8. Air “How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them” 2:32
2-9. Chorus “Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands” 1:15
2-10. Air “Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together” 2:40
2-11. Chorus “Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder” 1:43
2-12. Recitative “He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn” – Air “Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron” 2:12
2-13. Chorus “Hallelujah!” 3:20
. Part III
2-14. Air “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” 6:11
2-15. Chorus “Since By Man Came Death” 2:14
2-16. Recitative “Behold, I Tell You A Mystery” – Air “The Trumpet Shall Sound” 9:17
2-17. Recitative “Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written” – Duet “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?” – Chorus “But Thanks Be To God Who Giveth Us The Victory” 3:30
2-18. Air “If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?” 4:51
2-19. Chorus “Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain” 3:28
2-20. Chorus “Amen” 3:18

Barcode 794881465422
Label Code LC 7045
SPARS Code DDD
Price Code HM 30×2

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