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Reader's Digest Music: Handel's Messiah

Summary

Overture, Recitative: Comfort Ye My People; Air: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted, Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord, Recit.: Thus Saith the Lord; Air: But Who Shall Abide the Day of His Coming?, Chorus: And He Shall Purify, Recit.: Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive, Air: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion, Recit.: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth, Air: The People That Walked in Darkness, Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born, Pastoral Symphony; Recits.: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field; And Lo! The Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them; And the Angel Said Unto Them; And Suddenly There Was With The Angel, Chorus: Glory , Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion, Recit.: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened, Airs: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd; Come Unto Him, Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light, Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God, Air: He Was Despised, Choruses: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs; And With His Stripes We Are Healed; All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray, Recitative: All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn, Chorus: He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him, Recit.: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart, Air: Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow; Recit.: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living, Air: But Thou Did'st Not Leave His Soul in Hell, Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates, Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word, Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them, Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands, Air: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together, Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder, Recit.: He That Dwelleth in Heaven, Air: Thou Shalt Break Them, Chorus: Hallelujah, Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, Chorus: Since By Man Came Death, Recit.: Behold! I Tell You a Mystery, Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound, Choruses: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain; Amen

Songs

1 Overture 00:05:08
2 Air: He Was Despised 00:05:36
3 Recitative: Comfort Ye My People; Air: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted 00:08:12
4 Choruses: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs; And With His Stripes We Are Healed; All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray 00:10:40
5 Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord 00:03:47
6 Recitative: All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn 00:00:50
7 Recit.: Thus Saith the Lord; Air: But Who Shall Abide the Day of His Coming? 00:07:12
8 Chorus: He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him 00:02:22
9 Chorus: And He Shall Purify 00:03:01
10 Recit.: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart 00:02:05
11 Recit.: Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive 00:00:31
12 Air: Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow; Recit.: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living 00:02:37
13 Air: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion 00:07:10
14 Air: But Thou Did'st Not Leave His Soul in Hell 00:02:30
15 Recit.: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth 00:02:54
16 Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates 00:03:58
17 Air: The People That Walked in Darkness 00:05:00
18 Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word 00:01:36
19 Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born 00:05:09
20 Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them 00:03:01
21 Pastoral Symphony; Recits.: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field; And Lo! The Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them; And the Angel Said Unto Them; And Suddenly There Was With The Angel, Chorus: Glory 00:08:55
22 Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands 00:02:02
23 Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion 00:05:03
24 Air: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together 00:03:02
25 Recit.: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened 00:00:36
26 Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder 00:02:20
27 Airs: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd; Come Unto Him 00:05:45
28 Recit.: He That Dwelleth in Heaven 00:00:17
29 Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light 00:02:53
30 Air: Thou Shalt Break Them 00:02:14
31 Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God 00:04:07
32 Chorus: Hallelujah 00:05:12
33 Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth 00:07:06
34 Chorus: Since By Man Came Death 00:02:30
35 Recit.: Behold! I Tell You a Mystery 00:00:40
36 Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound 00:04:18
37 Choruses: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain; Amen 00:09:11

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