| Disc I |
| Part I |
| 1 | Sinfonia (Overture) Grave | | 1.42 |
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| 2 | Allegro moderato | | 2.09 |
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| 3 | Recitative - Comfort ye my people | | 3.18 |
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| 4 | Aria (tenor) - Ev’ry valley shall be exalted | | 3.28 |
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| 5 | Chorus - And the glory of the Lord | | 2.35 |
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| 6 | Recitative - Thus saith the Lord | | 1.23 |
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| 7 | Aria (counter-tenor) - But who may abide the day of his coming? | | 4.30 |
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| 8 | Chorus - And he shall purify | | 2.49 |
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| 9 | Recitative - Behold, a virgin shall conceive | | 0.27 |
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| 10 | Aria (counter-tenor) - O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion | | 4.06 |
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| 11 | Chorus - O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion | | 1.37 |
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| 12 | Recitative - For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | 1.55 |
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| 13 | Aria (baritone) - The people that walked in darkness | | 3.37 |
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| 14 | Chorus - For unto us a child is born | | 4.26 |
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| 15 | Pifa (‘Pastoral Symphony’) | | 1.06 |
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| 16 | Recitative - There were shepherds abiding in the field | | 0.13 |
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| 17 | Recitative - And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them | | 0.21 |
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| 18 | Recitative - And the angel said unto them | | 0.38 |
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| 19 | Recitative - And suddenly there was with the angel | | 0.17 |
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| 20 | Chorus - Glory to God | | 1.54 |
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| 21 | Aria (soprano) - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion | | 5.01 |
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| 22 | Recitative - Then shall the eyes of the blind | | 0.34 |
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| 23 | Aria (counter-tenor, soprano) - He shall feed his flock | | 5.19 |
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| 24 | Chorus - His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light | | 2.42 |
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| Part II |
| 25 | Chorus - Behold the Lamb of God | | 3.25 |
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| 26 | Aria (counter-tenor) - He was despised | | 10.40 |
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| Disc II |
| 1 | Chorus - Surely he hath borne our griefs | | 1.53 |
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| 2 | Chorus - And with his stripes we are healed | | 1.47 |
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| 3 | Chorus - And we like sheep have gone astray | | 3.59 |
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| 4 | Recitative - All they that see him laugh him to scorn | | 0.46 |
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| 5 | Chorus - He trusted in God | | 2.15 |
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| 6 | Recitative - Thy rebuke hath broken his heart | | 2.03 |
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| 7 | Aria (soprano) - Behold, and see if there be any sorrow | | 1.23 |
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| 8 | Recitative - He was cut off out of the land of the living | | 0.23 |
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| 9 | Aria (tenor) - But thou didst not leave his soul in hell | | 2.20 |
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| 10 | Chorus - Lift up your heads, O ye gates | | 3.04 |
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| 11 | Recitative - Unto which of the angels said he at any time | | 0.20 |
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| 12 | Chorus - Let all the angels of God worship him | | 1.25 |
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| 13 | Aria (counter-tenor) - Thou art gone up on high | | 3.16 |
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| 14 | Chorus - The Lord gave the word | | 1.10 |
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| 15 | Aria (soprano) - How beautiful are the feet | | 2.03 |
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| 16 | Chorus - Their sound is gone out | | 1.26 |
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| 17 | Aria (baritone) - Why do the nations so furiously rage together? | | 3.01 |
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| 18 | Chorus - Let us break their bonds asunder | | 1.56 |
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| 19 | Recitative - He that dwelleth in heaven | | 0.16 |
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| 20 | Aria (tenor) - Thou shalt break them | | 2.14 |
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| 21 | Chorus - Hallelujah | | 3.48 |
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| Part III |
| 22 | Aria (soprano) - I know that my redeemer liveth | | 6.02 |
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| 23 | Chorus - Since by man came death | | 1.53 |
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| 24 | Recitative - Behold, I tell you a mystery | | 0.43 |
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| 25 | Aria (baritone) - The trumpet shall sound | | 9.07 |
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| 26 | Recitative - Then shall be brought to pass | | 0.20 |
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| 27 | Duet (counter-tenor, tenor) - O death, where is thy sting? | | 0.55 |
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| 28 | Chorus - But thanks be to God | | 2.04 |
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| 29 | Aria (soprano) - If God be for us | | 4.41 |
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| 30 | Chorus - Worthy is the Lamb that was slain | | 9.07 |
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| 31 | Chorus - Amen | | 3.56 |
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| Using the Watkins Shaw edition |
| Recorded by Nimbus Records at Wyastone, Monmouth, UK on 17th, 18th May 2003 |
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