George Frideric Handel;Erin Wall,Elizabeth DeShong,Andrew Staples,John Relyea,Toronto Mendelssohn Choir,Toronto Symphony Orchestra,Sir Andrew DavisMessiah

Messiah: Overture (Sinfony). Grave - Allegro moderato

Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people'. Larghetto

Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'. Andante

Messiah: Chorus: 'And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed'. Allegro giocoso - Adagio

Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Thus saith the Lord'. Solenne

Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'But who may abide the day of his coming!'. Larghetto - Prestissimo - Larghetto - Prestissimo - Adagio

Messiah: Chorus: 'And He shall purify the sons of Levi'

Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Behold! A virgin shall conceive'

Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano and Chorus: 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'. Andante

Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'. Andante larghetto

Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'. Larghetto

Messiah: Chorus: 'For unto us a Child is born'. Andante allegro

Messiah: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa). Larghetto

Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: ;There were shepherds abiding in the field'.

Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them'. Andante

Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: 'And the angel said unto them'

Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude...'. Allegro

Messiah: Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'. L'istesso tempo

Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion'. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I

Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd'

Messiah: Duet. Mezzo-soprano and Soprano: 'He shall feed His flock like a shepherd'. Larghetto

Messiah: Chorus: 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!

Messiah: Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'. Largo

Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'He was despised and rejected of men'. Largo

Messiah: Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows'. Largo e staccato

Messiah: Chorus: 'And with His stripes we are healed'. Alle breve moderato

Messiah: Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'. Allegro moderato - Adagio

Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'. Larghetto

Messiah: Chorus: 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'. Allegro

Messiah: Accompagnato. 'Tenor: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart'. Largo

Messiah: Arioso. Tenor: 'Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow'. Largo e piano

Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'He was cut off out of the land of the living'

Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell'. Andante larghetto

Messiah: Chorus: 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates'. A tempo ordinario

Messiah: Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'. Andante allegro

Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace'. Larghetto

Messiah: Air. Bass: 'Who do the nations so furiously rage together'. Allegro

Messiah: Chorus: 'Let us break their bonds asunder'. Allegro e staccato

Messiah: Recitative. Tenor: 'He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn' -

Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron'. Andante

Messiah: Chorus: 'Hallelujah!'. Allegro

Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'. Larghetto

Messiah: Chorus: 'Since by man came death'. Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro

Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery'

Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The trumpet shall sound'. Pomposo, ma non allegro

Messiah: Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain'. Largo - Larghetto - Allegro moderato