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George Frideric Handel

HWV 56

Messiah

Oratorio 1741. Time: 150'00.

Note that the numbering of the parts of the Messiah is not everywhere the same. Händel regularly changed small parts of the work, so there is no definitive version.

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I	Part I	-
1	Sinfony (Grave -- Allegro moderato)	3:30
2	Comfort ye my people	3:30
3	Ev'ry valley shall be exalted	3:30

4	And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed	3:00
5	Thus saith the Lord of Hosts	1:30
6	But who may abide the day of his coming	5:00
7	And he shall purify (chorus)	2:30

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Akademisk Orkester og Kor

42 Hallelujah (Chorus)

3'46 m128

Carter, Jay

6 But who may abide the day of his coming (Alto - Air)

4'39 m128

Ensemble vox humana

42 Hallelujah (Chorus)

4'23 m128

Kaidja, Leonald

Come unto him (with Renate Maria Tivas (Mezzo Soprano))

3'34 m160

Kennedy, Michael

3 Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor - Air)

4'40 m128

Lapeer County Concert Choir

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,

68'36 m96/16

PCCA

2-4,6-10,12,15,18,19,42

38'46

m128/13

Peabody Concert Orchestra

Part I

56'45 m192/15

Sankt Thomas choirs München

1-12

35'52 m192/12

Scarlata, Randall

38 Why do the nations so furiously rage (Air - Bass)

2'49 m128

Trinity choir

19 His yoke is easy, his burthen is light (Chorus)

2'10 m192

Vasileva, Irina

16,36,43

12'35 m128/3

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Coro Cantabile

42 Hallelujah (Chorus)

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St. Matthew's Choir

24,42,51

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