G.F. Handel - 《Messiah》 oratorio, HWV 56 [London version] / William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

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*Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)*

*《Messiah》 oratorio, HWV 56 [1741]*
(London covent garden version in 1743)
Barbara Schlick (soprano I)
Sandrine Piau (soprano II)
Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Nathan Berg (bass)

Les Arts Florissants
*William Christie* (conductor)
(Recorded in 1993)
*Part I*

Scene 1
[Isaiah's Prophecy of Salvation]
1.Oveture - 0:00:00
2.recitative accompagnato: "Comfort ye my people" (tenor) - 0:02:57
3.air: "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (tenor) - 0:06:08
4.chorus: "And the glory of the Lord" - 0:09:29

Scene 2
[The Coming Judgment]
5.recitative accompagnato: "Thus saith the Lord of hosts" (bass) - 0:12:12
6.air: "But who may abide the day of His coming" (alto) - 0:13:52
7.chorus: "And he shall purify the sons of Levi" - 0:18:30

Scene 3
[The Prophecy of Christ's Birth]
8.recitative: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (alto) - 0:20:48
9.air & chorus: "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (alto & choir) - 0:21:15
10.recitative accompagnato: "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (bass) - 0:26:49
11.air: "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light" (bass) - 0:28:42
12.chorus: "For unto us a child is born" - 0:32:36

Scene 4
[The Annunciation to the Shepherds]
13.Pifa (pastorale) - 0:36:23
14.recitative: "There were shepherds abiding in the fields" (soprano) - 0:39:17
15.recitative accompagnato: "And lo, the angel of the Lord" (soprano) - 0:39:31
16.recitative: "And the angel said unto them" (soprano) - 0:39:53
17.recitative accompagnato: "And suddenly there was with the angel" (soprano) - 0:40:27
18.chorus: "Glory to God in the highest" - 0:40:44

Scene 5
[Christ's Healing and Redemption]
19.air: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (soprano) - 0:42:45
20.recitative: "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" (soprano) - 0:47:13
21.air: "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd" (alto & soprano) - 0:47:45
22.chorus: "His yoke is easy" - 0:53:17
*Part II*

Scene 1
[Christ's Passion]
23.chorus: "Behold the Lamb of God" - 0:55:51
24.air: "He was despised and rejected of men" (alto) - 0:58:17
25.chorus: "Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows" - 1:09:28
26.chorus: "And with his stripes we are healed" - 1:11:34
27.chorus: "All we like sheep have gone astray" - 1:13:10
28.recitative accompagnato: "All they that see him laugh him to scorn" (tenor) - 01:17:03
29.chorus: "He trusted in God that he would deliver him" - 1:17:42
30.recitative accompagnato: "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart" (tenor) - 1:19:53
31.arioso: "Behold and see if there be any sorrow" (tenor) - 1:21:46

Scene 2
[Christ's Death and Resurrection]
32.recitative accompagnato: "He was cut off" (soprano) - 1:23:31
33.air: "But thou didst not leave his soul in hell" (soprano) - 1:23:48

Scene 3
[Christ's Ascension]
34.chorus: "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" - 1:26:20

Scene 4
[Christ's Reception in Heaven]
35.recitative: "Unto which of the angels" (tenor) - 01:29:06
36.chorus: "Let all the angels of God worship Him" - 1:29:22

Scene 5
[The Beginnings of Gospel Preaching]
37.air: "Thou art gone up on high" (soprano) - 1:30:48
38.chorus: "The Lord gave the word" - 1:33:56
39.air: "How beautiful are the feet" (soprano) - 1:35:15
40.chorus: "Their sound is gone out" - 1:37:52

Scene 6
[The World's Rejection of the Gospel]
41.air: "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (bass) - 01:39:09
42.chorus: "Let us break their bonds asunder" - 1:41:50
43.recitative: "He that dwelleth in heaven" (tenor) - 1:43:38

Scene 7
[God's Ultimate Victory]
44.air: "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (tenor) - 1:43:52
45.chorus: "Hallelujah" - 1:45:55
*Part III*

Scene 1
[The Promise of Eternal Life]
46.air: "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (soprano) - 1:49:29
47.chorus: "Since by man came death" - 1:55:43

Scene 2
[The Day of Judgment]
48.recitative accompagnato: "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (bass) - 1:57:58
49.air "The trumpet shall sound" (bass) - 1:58:33

Scene 3
[The Final Conquest of Sin]
50.recitative: "Then shall be brought to pass" (alto) - 2:07:17
51.duet air: "O death, where is thy sting" (alto & tenor) - 2:07:35
52.chorus: "But thanks be to God" - 2:08:37
53.air: "If God be for us, who can be against us" (soprano) - 2:10:53

Scene 4
[The Acclamation of the Messiah]
54.chorus: "Worthy is the Lamb" - 2:15:48
55.chorus: "Amen" - 2:19:16
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