Christiane Karg - Messiah New College Choir Oxford/Higginbottom

Part One

1.1. Sinfonia 3:04

1.2. Accompained Recitative: “Comfort Ye My People” (Tenor) 3:16

1.3. Aria : “Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” (Tenor) 3:19

1.4. Chorus: “And The Glory Of The Lord” 2:32

1.5. Accompained Recitative: “Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts” (Bass) 1:27

1.6. Aria: “But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming” (Countertenor) 4:31

1.7. Chorus: “And He Shall Purify” 2:32

1.8. Recitative: “Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive, And Bear A Son” (Countertenor) 0:24

1.9. Aria: “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion” (Countertenor) 5:41

1.10. Accompained Recitative: “For Behold, Darkness Shall Over The Earth" (Bass) 2:11

1.11. Aria (Bass): “The People That Walked In Darkness” 3:34

1.12. Chorus: “For Unto Us A Child Is Born” 3:52

1.13. Pifa 2:14

1.14. Accompained Recitative: ”There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field” (Trebles) 1:10

1.15. Chorus: “Glory To God In The Highest” 1:37

1.16. Aria: “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion” (Tenor) 4:06

1.17. Recitative: “Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened” (Countertenor) 0:24

1.18. Aria: “He Shall Feed His Flock Like Sheperd (Countertenor, Treble) 4:54

1.19. Chorus: “His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light” 2:14

Part Two

1.20. Chorus: “Behold The Lamb Of God” 2:55

1.21. Aria: “He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men” (Countertenor) 12:21

Part Two Cont.

2.1. Chorus: “Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs ANd Carried Our Sorrows” 2:03

2.2. Chorus: “And With His Stripes We Are Healed” 1:55

2.3. Chorus: “All We, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray” 3:34

2.4. Accompained Recitative: ” All They That See Him” (Tenor) 0:42

2.5. Chorus: “He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him” 2:20

2.6. Accompained Recitative: “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart” (Tenor) 1:47

2.7. Aria (Tenor): “Behold, And See, If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow” 1:33

2.8. Accompained Recitative: “He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living” (Treble) 0:18

2.9. Aria: “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell” (Treble) 1:59

2.10. Chorus: “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates” 3:09

2.11. Recitative: "Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time" (Tenor) 0:19

2.12. Chorus: "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him" 1:40

2.13. Aria: "Thou Art Gone Up On High" (Countertenor) 3:10

2.14. Chorus: "The Lord Gave The Word" 1:12

2.15. Aria: “How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them That Preach The Gospel Of Peace" (Treble) 2:18

2.16. Chorus: "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands" 1:32

2.17. Aria: “Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together” (Bass) 2:49

2.18. Chorus: “Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder” 1:53

2.19. Recitative: “He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn” (Tenor) 0:10

2.20. Aria: “Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron" (Tenor) 2:17

2.21. Chorus: “Hallelujah!” 3:58

Part Three

2.22. Aria: “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” (Treble) 5:49

2.23. Chorus: “Since By Man Came Death” 2:04

2.24. Accompained Recitative: “Behold, I Tell You A Mystery” (Bass) 0:38

2.25. Aria: “The Trumpet Shall Sound” (Bass) 8:38

2.26. Recitative: “Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written” (Countertenor) 0:16

2.27. Duet: “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?” (Countertenor And Tenor) 1:06

2.28. Chorus: “But Thanks Be To God” 2:11

2.29. Aria: “If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us” (Countertenor) 4:52

2.30. Chorus: “Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain” 3:18

2.31. Chorus: “Amen” 3:35