Messiah is unquestionably Handel's most popular work and has been called by the German musicologist Hugo Leichtentritt "one of those mysterious marvels of great art that appear but once in a century!' George Bernard Shaw, as a music critic in the last decade of the nineteenth century wrote "My favorite oratorio is the Messiah, with which I have spent many of the hours which others give to Shakespeare, or Scott, or Dickens." These highlights from Messiah are offered, in the words of Leonard Bernstein, "in the spirit of deep love for the music and reverence for its textual significance.
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01. Air - Every valley shall be exaulted (3:31)
02. Chorus - And the Glory of the Lord (3:08)
03. Chorus - And He shall purify (2:40)
04. Air - O thou that tellest good tidings to zion (5:26)
05. Chorus - For unto us a Child is born (3:56)
06. Air - He shall feed His flock (6:42)
07. Chorus - Lift up your heads (3:09)
08. Chorus - Hallelujah! (4:49)
09. Air - I know my redeemer liveth (8:08)
10. Air - The trumpet shall sound (4:01)
11. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb - Blessing and honour - Amen (7:17)
02. Chorus - And the Glory of the Lord (3:08)
03. Chorus - And He shall purify (2:40)
04. Air - O thou that tellest good tidings to zion (5:26)
05. Chorus - For unto us a Child is born (3:56)
06. Air - He shall feed His flock (6:42)
07. Chorus - Lift up your heads (3:09)
08. Chorus - Hallelujah! (4:49)
09. Air - I know my redeemer liveth (8:08)
10. Air - The trumpet shall sound (4:01)
11. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb - Blessing and honour - Amen (7:17)
Chorus - And the Glory of the Lord
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