tracks

Sinfonia
Accompained Recitative: “Comfort Ye My People” (Tenor)
Aria : “Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” (Tenor)
Chorus: “And The Glory Of The Lord”
Accompained Recitative: “Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts” (Bass)
Aria: “But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming” (Countertenor)
Chorus: “And He Shall Purify”
Recitative: “Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive, And Bear A Son” (Countertenor)
Aria: “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion” (Countertenor)
Accompained Recitative: “For Behold, Darkness Shall Over The Earth" (Bass)
Aria (Bass): “The People That Walked In Darkness”
Chorus: “For Unto Us A Child Is Born”
Pifa
Accompained Recitative: ”There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field” (Trebles)
Chorus: “Glory To God In The Highest”
Aria: “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion” (Tenor)
Recitative: “Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Opened” (Countertenor)
Aria: “He Shall Feed His Flock Like Sheperd (Countertenor, Treble)
Chorus: “His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light”
Chorus: “Behold The Lamb Of God”
Aria: “He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men” (Countertenor)
Chorus: “Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs ANd Carried Our Sorrows”
Chorus: “And With His Stripes We Are Healed”
Chorus: “All We, Like Sheep, Have Gone Astray”
Accompained Recitative: ” All They That See Him” (Tenor)
Chorus: “He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him”
Accompained Recitative: “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart” (Tenor)
Aria (Tenor): “Behold, And See, If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow”
Accompained Recitative: “He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land Of The Living” (Treble)
Aria: “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell” (Treble)
Chorus: “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates”
Recitative: "Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time" (Tenor)
Chorus: "Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him"
Aria: "Thou Art Gone Up On High" (Countertenor)
Chorus: "The Lord Gave The Word"
Aria: “How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them That Preach The Gospel Of Peace" (Treble)
Chorus: "Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands"
Aria: “Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together” (Bass)
Chorus: “Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder”
Recitative: “He That Dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn” (Tenor)
Aria: “Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron" (Tenor)
Chorus: “Hallelujah!”
Aria: “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” (Treble)
Chorus: “Since By Man Came Death”
Accompained Recitative: “Behold, I Tell You A Mystery” (Bass)
Aria: “The Trumpet Shall Sound” (Bass)
Recitative: “Then Shall Be Brought To Pass The Saying That Is Written” (Countertenor)
Duet: “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?” (Countertenor And Tenor)
Chorus: “But Thanks Be To God”
Aria: “If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us” (Countertenor)
Chorus: “Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain”
Chorus: “Amen”

notes

Recorded at St. John's, Square, London, UK from 3rd to 8th January, 2006

Made in the EU.

credits

Bass Vocals – Eamonn Dougan
Chorus – New College Oxford Choir,
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Edward Higginbottom
Countertenor Vocals – Iestyn Davies
Engineer – Jonathan Stokes
Liner Notes – Simon Heighes
Orchestra – The Academy Of Ancient Music
Painting – Lodovico Carracci
Photography By – Simon Tottman
Producer – Adrian Hunter
Producer [Post-Production] – Adrian Hunter, Edward Higginbottom, Nick Parker,
Tenor Vocals – Toby Spence
Treble Vocals – Henry Jenkinson (tracks: 1-14, 2-8, 2-9, 2-22), Otta Jones (tracks: 1-18, 2-15), Robert Brooks (7) (tracks: 1-14)
Trumpet – David Blackadder (tracks: 2-25)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Naxos Rights International Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Naxos Rights International Ltd.
Recorded At – St. John's, Smith Square

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