Georg Friedrich Händel : Messiah

Le Concert d'Astrée - Emmanuelle Haïm

• Released on 24/10/2014 by Erato - Warner Classics
• Main artists: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Genre: Sacred Vocal Music

Digital booklet

Messiah, HWV 56

1 Part 1: Grave - Allegro moderato

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:55

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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2 Part 1: "Comfort ye my people" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:02:52

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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3 Part 1: "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:03:04

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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4 Part 1: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:30

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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5 Part 1: "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts" (Bass)

Christopher Purves 00:01:25

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Purves, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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6 Part 1: "But who may abide the day of His coming?" (Alto)

Tim Mead 00:04:11

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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7 Part 1: "And he shall purify" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:25

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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8 Part 1: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" (Alto)

Tim Mead 00:00:25

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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9 Part 1: "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Alto, Chorus)

Tim Mead 00:04:54

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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10 Part 1: "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass)

Christopher Purves 00:02:16

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Purves, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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11 Part 1: "The people that walked in darkness" (Bass)

Christopher Purves 00:03:37

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Purves, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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12 Part 1: "For unto us a child is born" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:03:53

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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13 Part 1: Larghetto e mezzo piano

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:34

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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14 Part 1: "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (Soprano)

Lucy Crowe 00:00:10

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Lucy Crowe, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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15 Part 1: "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" (Soprano)

Lucy Crowe 00:00:16

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Lucy Crowe, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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16 Part 1: "And the angel said unto them" (Soprano)

Lucy Crowe 00:00:30

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Lucy Crowe, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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17 Part 1: "And suddenly there was with the angel" (Soprano)

Lucy Crowe 00:00:17

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Lucy Crowe, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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18 Part 1: "Glory to God in the highest" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:01:53

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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19 Part 1: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" (Soprano)

Lucy Crowe 00:04:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Lucy Crowe, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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20 Part 1: "Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd" (Alto)

Tim Mead 00:00:24

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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21 Part 1:"He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (Alto, Soprano)

Lucy Crowe 00:05:17

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Lucy Crowe, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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22 Part 1: "His yoke is easy, His burthen is light" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:19

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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23 Part 2: "Behold the Lamb of God" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:31

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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24 Part 2: "He was despised" (Alto)

Tim Mead 00:10:08

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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25 Part 2: "Surely He hath borne our griefs" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:01:46

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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26 Part 2: "And with His stripes we are healed" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:05

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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27 Part 2: "All we, like sheep, have gone astray" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:03:24

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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28 Part 2: "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:00:41

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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29 Part 2: "He trusted in God" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:20

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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30 Part 2: "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:01:22

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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31 Part 2: "Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:01:29

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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32 Part 2: "He was cut off out of the land of the living" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:00:15

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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33 Part 2: "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:02:09

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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34 Part 2: "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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35 Part 2: "Unto which of the angels said He at any time" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:00:14

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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36 Part 2: "Let all the angels of God worship Him" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:01:29

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

37 Part 2: "Thou art gone up on high" (Alto)

Tim Mead 00:02:52

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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38 Part 2: "The Lord gave the word" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:01:06

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

39 Part 2: "How beautiful are the feet" (Soprano)

Lucy Crowe 00:02:20

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Lucy Crowe, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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40 Part 2: "Their sound is gone out into all lands" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:01:23

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

41 Part 2: "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (Bass)

Christopher Purves 00:02:43

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Purves, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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42 Part 2: "Let us break their bonds asunder" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:01:40

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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43 Part 2: "He that dwelleth in heaven" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:00:10

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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44 Part 2: "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (Tenor)

Andrew Staples 00:01:50

Andrew Staples, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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45 Part 2: "Hallelujah!" (Chorus) (Chorus)

Choeur du Concert d'Astrée 00:03:38

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Choeur du Concert d'Astrée, Choir, FeaturedArtist

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46 Part 3: "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Soprano)

Lucy Crowe 00:05:59

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet - Lucy Crowe, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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47 Part 3: "Since by man came death" (Chorus)

Le Concert d'Astrée 00:02:00

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

48 Part 3: "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (Bass)

Christopher Purves 00:00:38

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Purves, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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49 Part 3: "The trumpet shall sound" (Bass)

Christopher Purves 00:08:43

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Purves, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

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50 Part 3: "Then shall be brought to pass the saying" (Alto)

Tim Mead 00:00:15

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Le Concert d'Astrée, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuelle Haim, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Jennens, Poet

© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 54 track(s)
• Total length: 02:15:02
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artists: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
• Label: Erato - Warner Classics
• Genre: Classical Sacred Vocal Music
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