Title: Messiah Choruses Artist: The Sixteen Label: Coro Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 828021621123 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2025-04-18 Number of Discs: 1
Handel's Messiah needs no introduction. This mighty yet majestic masterpiece is the most popular oratorio ever written and includes, arguably, the most famous chorus of all time-the iconic Hallelujah! Handel was a master chorus writer and for Messiah he certainly pulled out all the stops, placing the choir front and centre throughout.Although it has become synonymous with Christmas, Messiah was originally written as an Easter offering, bursting onto the stage of the Musick Hall in Dublin in April 1742. Taken from it's Award-winning 2008 complete recording of Messiah (COR16062), this collection from The Sixteen celebrates the wonderful choruses that have given so many singers, both amateur and professional, such joy and inspired an enduring love for this epic work.
Tracks: 1.1 Messiah~Part 1. Symphony (Instrumental) 1.2 Messiah~Part 1. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed 1.3 Messiah~Part 1. And he shall purify 1.4 Messiah~Part 1. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Air ; Chorus) 1.5 Messiah~Part 1. For unto us a child is born 1.6 Messiah~~Part 1. Glory to God in the highest 1.7 Messiah~Part 1. His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light 1.8 Messiah~Part 2. Behold the Lamb of God 1.9 Messiah~Part 2. Surely he hath borne our griefs 1.10 Messiah~Part 2. And with his stripes we are healed 1.11 Messiah~Part 2. All we like sheep have goen astray 1.12 Messiah~Part 2. He trusted in God that he would deliver him 1.13 Messiah~Part 2. Lift up your heads, O ye gates 1.14 Messiah~Part 2. Let all the angels of God worship him 1.15 Messiah~Part 2. The Lord gave the word 1.16 Messiah~Part 2. Their sound is gone out into all lands 1.17 Messiah~Part 2. Let us break their bonds asunder 1.18 Messiah~Part 2. Hallelujah! 1.19 Messiah~Part 3. Since by man came death 1.20 Messiah~Part 3. But thanks be to God 1.21 Messiah~Part 3. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain 1.22 Messiah~Part 3. Amen
