Lucy Crowe, soprano ; Tim Mead, alto ; Andrew Staples, tenor ; Christopher Purves, bass ; Le Concert d'Astrée, Chœur et Orchestre ; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia. Grave - Allegro moderato (3:33) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye, My People" (2:48) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" (3:20) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "And the Glory of the Lord" (2:29) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts" (1:25) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?" (4:18) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "And He Shall Purify" (2:24) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive" (0:25) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria and Chorus. "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion" (5:06) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "For Behold" (1:49) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "The People That Walked in Darkness" (3:23) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born" (4:05) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Pifa. Larghetto e mezzo piano (2:31) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "There Were Shepherds" (0:16) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them" (0:18) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "And the Angel Said Unto Them" (0:29) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative and Accompagnato. "And Suddenly" (0:15) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "Glory to God in the Highest" (1:49) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Aria. "Rejoice Greatly" (4:25) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd" (0:28) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Duet. "He Shall Feed His Flock" (4:50) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy" (2:14) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God" (3:36) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "He Was Despised" (10:35) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs" (2:12) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "And with His Stripes" (2:11) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "All We, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray" (3:48) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn" (0:40) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "He Trusted in God" (2:05) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart" (1:53) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Behold, and See" (1:31) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative. "He Was Cut off out of the Land of the Living" (0:16) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell" (2:13) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Lift Up Your Heads" (2:57) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative. "Unto Which of the Angels He at Any Time" (0:13) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him" (1:29) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High" (3:10) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "The Lord Gave the Word" (1:04) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet" (1:01) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Break Forth into Joy" (2:09) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Their Sound Is Gone out into All Lands" (1:26) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Why Do the Nations" (2:50) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder" (1:34) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative. "He That Dwelleth in Heaven" (0:10) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "Thou Shalt Break Them" (1:59) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Hallelujah" (3:43) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" (5:40) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Since by Man Came Death" (2:07) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Accompagnato. "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery" (0:40) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Aria. "The Trumpet Shall Sound" (8:46) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Recitative. "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying" (0:17) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Duet. "O Death" (1:36) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "But Thanks Be to God" (2:03) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Aria. "If God Be for Us" (4:40) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Chorus. "Worthy Is the Lamb" (7:24) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?" (3:13) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Arioso. "But Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them" (1:37) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "Rejoice Greatly" (6:05) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High" (3:11) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High" (Alternate Version) (2:58) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet" (4:50) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: Aria. "How Beautiful Are the Feet" (Alternate Version) (3:12) -- Messiah, HWV 56, Appendix: "Their Sound Is Gone out into All Lands" (1:08)