Haendel: Messiah, Adrian Boult and Thomas Beecham (2 Versions) – Adrian Boult, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: No. 1, Sinfony

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

5:11

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: No. 2, "Comfort Ye My People"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Kenneth McKellar & George Frideric Handel

3:38

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: No. 3, "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Kenneth McKellar & George Frideric Handel

3:35

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: No. 4, "And the Glory of the Lord"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

3:13

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: No. 5, "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"

David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:03

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: No. 6, "But Who May Abide"

David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

5:02

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: No. 7, "And He Shall Purify"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:46

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 8, "Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive" - "Oh Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & Grace Bumbry

7:23

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 10, "For Behold Darkness Shall Cover"

Adrian Boult, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

2:32

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 11, "The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light"

Adrian Boult, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

4:49

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 12, "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

4:31

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: No. 13, Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

3:40

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: No. 14, "There Were Shepherds" - "And the Angel Said Unto Them"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Adrian Boult

2:05

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: No. 17, "Glory to God in the Highest"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Adrian Boult

2:11

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: No. 18, "Rejoice Greatly O Daughter"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

4:41

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: No. 19, "Then Shall the Eyes" - "He Shall Feed His Lock"

Grace Bumbry, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

6:47

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: No. 21, "His Yoke Is Easy"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:38

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 22, "Behold the Lamb of God"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

3:42

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 23, "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Grace Bumbry & George Frideric Handel

12:24

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 24, "Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:30

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 25, "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:35

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 26, "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

4:25

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 27, "All They That See Him"

Jon Vickers, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

0:54

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 28, "He Trusted in God"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:21

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 29, "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:25

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 30, "Behold and See If There Be"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Jon Vickers & George Frideric Handel

1:48

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 2: No. 31, "He Was Cut Out of the Land" - "But Thou Didst Not Leave"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Jon Vickers & George Frideric Handel

2:59

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 3: No. 33, "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

3:31

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 4: No. 34, "Unto Which of the Angels" - "Let All the Angels of God"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & Kenneth McKellar

2:09

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: No. 36, "Thou Art Gone Up On High"

David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

3:04

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: No. 37, The Lord Gave the Word"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

1:48

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: No. 38, "How Beautiful Are the Feet"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:40

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: No. 39, "Their Sound Is Gone Out"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

1:44

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: No. 40, "Why Do the Nations so Furiously Rage Together"

Adrian Boult, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

2:54

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: No. 41, "Let Us Break Their Bonds"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

1:50

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: No. 42, "He That Dwelleth in Heaven"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:27

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: No. 44, "Hallelujah"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & David Ward

4:42

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: No. 45, "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

7:12

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: No. 46, "Since By Man Came Death"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

2:22

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: No. 47, "Behold I Tell You a Mystery"

Adrian Boult, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

5:56

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: No. 48, "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

Adrian Boult, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

3:16

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: No. 49, "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass" - "O Death Where Is Thy Sting?"

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Adrian Boult & Grace Bumbry

4:31

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: No. 52, "If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

4:52

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 4: No. 53, "Worthy Is the Lamb"

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult, London Symphony Chorus & George Frideric Handel

9:24

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: No. 1, Sinfony

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

4:52

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: No. 2, "Comfort Ye My People"

Jon Vickers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:39

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: No. 3, "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted"

Jon Vickers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:35

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: No. 4, "And the Glory of the Lord"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:38

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: No. 5, "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts"

Giorgio Tozzi, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

1:53

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: No. 6, "But Who May Abide"

Giorgio Tozzi, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

5:06

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: No. 7, "And He Shall Purify"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:14

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 8, "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"

Monica Sinclair, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

0:45

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 9, "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"

Monica Sinclair, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Thomas Beecham

7:25

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 10, "For Behold Darkness Shall Cover"

Giorgio Tozzi, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:01

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 11, "The People That Walked in Drakness"

Giorgio Tozzi, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

4:57

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: No. 12, "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

4:52

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: No. 13, Pifa "Pastoral Symphony"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

4:39

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: No. 14, "There Were Shepherds"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

1:00

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: No. 15, "And the Angel Said Unto Them"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

0:54

60

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: No. 16, "And Suddenly There Was With the Angel"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

0:21

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: No. 17, "Glory to God"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

2:19

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: No. 18, "Rejoice Greatly O Daughter"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

4:38

63

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: No. 19, "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened"

Monica Sinclair, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

0:32

64

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: No. 20, "He Shall Feed His Lock"

Monica Sinclair, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & Jennifer Vyvyan

6:16

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: No. 21, "His Yoke Is Easy"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:04

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 22, "Behold the Lamb of God"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

4:11

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 23, "He Was Despised"

Monica Sinclair, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

6:08

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 24, "Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:00

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 25, "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

2:22

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 26, "And We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

4:04

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 27, "All They That See Him"

Jon Vickers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

0:54

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 28, "He Trusted in God"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

2:27

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 29, "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"

Jon Vickers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

2:40

74

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: No. 30, "Behold and See If There Be"

Jon Vickers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

2:04

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 2: No. 31, "He Was Cut Out of the Land"

Jon Vickers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

0:28

76

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 2: No. 32, "But Thou Didst Not Leave"

Jon Vickers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:27

77

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 3: No. 33, "Lift Up Your Heads"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:15

78

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: No. 38, "How Beautiful Are the Feet"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Jennifer Vyvyan & George Frideric Handel

3:06

79

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: No. 39, "Their Sound Is Gone Out"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

1:44

80

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: No. 40, "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Giorgio Tozzi & George Frideric Handel

2:53

81

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: No. 41, "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

1:52

82

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: No. 42, "He That Dwelleth In Heaven"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

0:22

83

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: No. 43, "Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

2:13

84

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: No. 44, "Hallelujah"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:38

85

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: No. 45, "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Jennifer Vyvyan & George Frideric Handel

7:46

86

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: No. 46, "Since By Man Came Death"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

2:31

87

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: No. 47, "Behold I Tell You a Mystery"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Giorgio Tozzi & George Frideric Handel

0:43

88

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: No. 48, "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Giorgio Tozzi & George Frideric Handel

4:22

89

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 4: No. 53, "Worthy Is the Lamb"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

7:54

90

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 4: No. 34, "Unto Which of the Angels"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Jon Vickers & George Frideric Handel

0:26

91

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 4: No. 35, "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

1:38

92

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: No. 36, "Thou Art Gone Up On High"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Giorgio Tozzi & George Frideric Handel

4:01

93

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: No. 37, "The Lord Gave the Word"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Giorgio Tozzi & George Frideric Handel

1:14

94

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: No. 49, "Then Shall Be Brought to Pass"

Giorgio Tozzi, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

0:22

95

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: No. 50, "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting"

Monica Sinclair, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & Giorgio Tozzi

1:24

96

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: No. 51, "But Thanks Be to God"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

2:24

97

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: No. 52, "If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us"

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

5:36