1Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - Symphony
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
2Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "Comfort ye, My people... Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted"
Keith Lewis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
3Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "And the glory of the Lord"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
4Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "Thus saith the Lord...But who may abide the day of His coming"
Anne Gjevang, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
5Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
6Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "Behold, a Virgin shall conceive...O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
Anne Gjevang, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
7Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth...The people that walked in darkness"
Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
8Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "For unto us a Child is born"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
9Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
10Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "There were shepherds abiding in the field...Glory to God"
Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
11Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion"
Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
12Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened...He shall feed his flock"
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
13Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "His yoke is easy"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
14Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "Behold the Lamb of God"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
15Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "He was despised...Surely he hath borne our grief"
Anne Gjevang, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
16Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "And with his stripes...All we like sheep"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
17Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "All they that see him...He trusted in God"
Keith Lewis, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
18Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart...But thou didst not leave His soul in hell"
Keith Lewis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
19Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "Lift up your heads...Unto which of the angels said he at any time"
Keith Lewis, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
20Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "Thou art gone up on high"
Anne Gjevang, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
21Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "The Lord gave the word"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
22Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "How beautiful are the feet...Their sound is gone out"
Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
23Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "Why do the nations....Thou shalt break them them"
Keith Lewis, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
24Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "Hallelujah"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
25Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
26Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "Since by man came death"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
27Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "Behold, I tell you a mystery...The Trumpet shall sound"
Gwynne Howell, Adolph Herseth, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
28Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "Then shall be brought to pass...O death were is thy sting...But thanks be to God"
Anne Gjevang, Keith Lewis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
29Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "If God be for us"
Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
30Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "Worthy is the Lamb...Blessing and honour"
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & George Frideric Handel
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