Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - Handel: Messiah (1983)

Tracklist:

CD 1
Part One - Erster Teil - Première Partie
1 Sinfonia 2:50
2 Comfort Ye, Me People - Accompagnato 2:18
3 Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted - Aria 3:11
4 And The Glory Of The Lord - Coro 2:41
5 Thus Saith The Lord - Accompagnato 1:19
6 But Who May Abide - Aria 4:19
7 And He Shall Purify - Coro 2:16
8 Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Recitativo 0:27
9 O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Aria / O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Coro 5:32
10 For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth - Accompagnato 1:44
11 The People That Walked In Darkness - Aria 3:49
12 For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Coro 4:00
13 Pifa - Sinfonia Pastorale 2:27
14 There Were Shepherds - Recitativo / And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord - Accompagnato / And The Angel Said Unto Them - Recitativo / And Suddenly There Was With The Angel - Accompagnato 1:19
15 Glory To God - Coro 1:42
16 Rejoice Greatly - Aria 4:08
17 Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind - Recitativo 0:19
18 He Shall Feed His Flock - Duetto 4:28
19 His Yoke Is Easy - Coro 1:58
Part Two - Zweiter Teil - Deuxième Partie
20 Behold The Lamb Of God - Coro 2:36
21 He Was Despised - Aria 10:10
22 Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs - Coro 2:07
23 And With His Stripes - Coro 1:52
24 All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - Coro 4:04

CD 2
1 All They That See Him - Accompagnato 0:44
2 He Trusted In God - Coro 2:16
3 Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart - Accompagnato 1:28
4 Behold, And See - Arioso 1:32
5 He Was Cut Off - Accompagnato 0:12
6 But Thou Didst Not Leave - Aria 2:05
7 Lift Up Your Heads - Coro 2:55
8 Unto Which Of The Angels - Recitativo 0:12
9 Let All The Angels Of God - Coro 1:23
10 Thou Art Gone Up On High - Aria 3:14
11 The Lord Gave The Word - Coro 1:06
12 How Beautiful Are The Feet - Aria (Alternative Version) 2:16
13 Their Sound Is Gone Out - Coro (Alternative Version) 1:15
14 Why Do The Nations - Aria 2:34
15 Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - Coro 1:34
16 He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Recitativo 0:11
17 Thou Shalt Break Them - Aria 1:57
18 Hallelujah - Coro 3:46
Part Three - Dritter Teil - Troisième Partie
19 I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Aria 6:23
20 Since My Man Came Death - Coro 1:56
21 Behold, I Tell You A Mistery - Accompagnato 0:28
22 The Trumpet Shall Sound - Aria
Trumpet [Solo] – Crispian Steele-Perkins
8:16
23 Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Recitativo 0:14
24 O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Duetto 1:19
25 But Thanks Be To God - Coro 2:45
26 If God Is For Us - Aria
Violin [Solo] – Elizabeth Wilcock
5:05
27 Worthy Is The Lamb… Amen. - Coro 7:26

Performers:
Bass Vocals – Robert Hale (2)
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Alan Brafield, Benjamin Odom, Charles Stewart (2), Christopher Green, Geoffrey Dolton, Richard Lloyd Morgan, Simon Oberst
Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Andrew Watts (2)
Cello – Angela East, Julie Lehwalder, Madeline Thorner, Timothy Mason
Choir – Monteverdi Choir
Concertmaster – Elizabeth Wilcock
Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
Countertenor Vocals – Charles Brett
Countertenor Vocals [Choir] – Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon (2), David Cole (7), Julian Clarkson, Matthew Bright, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin
Double Bass – Amanda MacNamara*, Valerie Botwright
Liner Notes – John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Kenyon
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Wilfried Sczepan
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Catherine Robbin
Oboe – Richard Earle, Robin Canter, Sophia McKenna, Valerie Darke
Orchestra – English Baroque Soloists*
Organ, Harpsichord – Alastair Ross
Soprano Vocals – Margaret Marshall
Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Saul Quirke
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Carol Hall (2), Catherine Kroll, Gill Ross, Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Jenny Hill, Lucinda Houghton, Lyn Parkyns, Marilyn Troth, Mary Seers, Suzanne Flowers
Tenor Vocals – Anthony Rolfe-Johnson*
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Andrew Murgatroyd, Colin Mair, John-Huw Thomas, Nicholas Robertson*, Paul Harrhy, Philip Pettifor, William Pool
Timpani – Charles Fullbrook
Trumpet – Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Staff
Viola – Annette Isserlis, Jan Schlapp, Joan Brickley, Katherine Hart
Violin [1st] – Alison Bury, Desmond Heath, Elizabeth Wilcock, Helen Orsler, Hildburg Williams, Miles Golding
Violin [2nd] – Alison Townley, Bill Turnell, Graham Cracknell, Julie Miller (2), Roy Goodman