Handel: Messiah – Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 1, Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:55

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Recit. Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

2:20

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Aria. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

3:12

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 4, Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:41

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 5, Recit. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)

Robert Hale, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

1:20

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 6, Aria. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (Alto)

Charles Brett, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

4:19

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:18

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 8, Recit. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Alto)

Catherine Robbin, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

0:29

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, Aria & Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus)

Catherine Robbin, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

5:35

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, Recit. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass)

Robert Hale, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

1:46

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 11, Aria. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (Bass)

Robert Hale, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

3:50

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

4:02

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:26

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14, Recit. There Were Shepherds – And Lo, the Angel of the Lord – No. 15, And the Angel Said Unto Them – No. 16, And Suddenly (Soprano) – No. 17, Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest

Saul Quirke, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 17, Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

1:44

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 18, Aria. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Soprano, 12/8 Version)

Margaret Marshall, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

4:11

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 19, Recit. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Alto)

Catherine Robbin, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

0:22

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 20, Duet. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Alto, Soprano)

Catherine Robbin, Margaret Marshall, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

4:28

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 21, Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy and His Burthen Is Light

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:00

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 22, Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:39

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 23, Aria. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (Alto)

Catherine Robbin, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

10:13

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 24, Chorus. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:08

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 25, Chorus. And with His Stripes We Are Healed

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

1:53

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 26, Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

4:12

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 27, Recit. All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

0:47

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 28, Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:16

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 29, Recit. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

1:31

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 30, Aria. Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

1:33

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 31, Recit. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

0:14

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 32, Aria. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Soprano)

Margaret Marshall, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 33, Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:57

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 34, Recit. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time? (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

0:14

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 35, Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

1:26

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 36, Aria. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Alto)

Charles Brett, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

3:16

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 37, Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

1:09

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 38, Aria. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach (Soprano)

Margaret Marshall, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:17

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out into All Lands

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

1:16

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 40, Aria. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? (Bass)

Robert Hale, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:35

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 41, Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

1:36

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 42, Recit. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

0:12

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 43, Aria. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

1:59

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Hallelujah Chorus

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

3:49

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)

Margaret Marshall, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

6:26

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 46, Chorus. Since By Man Came Death

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

1:59

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 47, Recit. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Bass)

Robert Hale, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

0:30

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 48, Aria. The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass)

Robert Hale, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

8:17

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 49, Recit. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (Alto)

Charles Brett, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

0:16

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 50, Duet. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Alto, Tenor)

Charles Brett, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists

1:20

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 51, Chorus. But Thanks Be to God Who Giveth Us the Victory

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

2:47

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 52, Aria. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (Alto)

Charles Brett, Elizabeth Wilcock, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

5:05

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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 53, Chorus. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain – Amen

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

7:32

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