Handel: Messiah

Described by librettist Charles Jennens with typical English understatement as “a fine entertainment”, Handelʼs Messiah was initially controversial as a biblical oratorio written…

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Songs

  • Messiah: Overture
  • Messiah: Recit, "Comfort Ye"
  • Messiah: Chorus, "And the Glory of the Lord"
  • Messiah: Recit, "Thus Saith the Lord"
  • Messiah: "And He Shall Purify"
  • Messiah: Recit, "Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive"
  • Messiah: Recit, "For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"
  • Messiah: Chorus, "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
  • Messiah: Pastoral Symphony
  • Messiah: "Rejoice Greatly"