Handel - Messiah
- Part 1 No 3, Aria: Every valley shall be exalted
- Part 1 No 4, Chorus: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
- Part 1 No 12, Chorus: For unto us a child is born
- Part 1 No 14, Recitative: There were shepherds, abiding in the field
- Part 1 No 16, Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude
- Part 1 No 20, Aria: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd
- Part 2 No 5, Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
- Part 2 No 17, Aria: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach
- Part 2 No 23, Chorus: Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
- Part 3 No 4, Aria: The trumpet shall sound
- Part 3 No 9, Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
Handel - Messiah
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah
Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Ascension (2000) by Laila Shawa (b1940)
Private Collection / Bridgeman Art Library, London
CDA67800
Recording details: December 2008
St John's, Smith Square, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: November 2009
Total duration: 133 minutes 30 seconds