Offer,Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Joseph Cornwell (tenor), David Thomas (bass), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Margaret Cable (contralto), Emily van Evera (soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Taverner Players, Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott
Contents
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia
- Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1
- Joseph Cornwell (tenor)
- Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye My People"
Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"
Chorus. "And the Glory, the Glory of the Lord"
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2
- David Thomas (bass), James Bowman (countertenor)
- Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Accompagnato. "Thus Saith the Lord"
Aria. "But Who May Abide"
Chorus. "And He Shall Purify"
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3
- David Thomas (bass), Margaret Cable (contralto)
- Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Recitative. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"
Aria and Chorus. "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"
Accompagnato. "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"
Aria. "The People That Walked in Darkness"
Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4
- Emily van Evera (soprano)
- Taverner Players, Taverner Choir
- Andrew Parrott
Pastoral Symphony "Pifa"
Recitative. "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field"
Chorus. "Glory to God"
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5
- Emma Kirkby (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor)
- Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Aria. "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"
Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened"
Aria. "He Shall Feed His Flock"
Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy"
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1
- Margaret Cable (contralto), Joseph Cornwell (tenor)
- Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God"
Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"
Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 2
- Emily van Evera (soprano)
- Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Accompagnato. "He Was Cut Off"
Aria. "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul"
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 3: Chorus. "Lift Up Your Heads"
- Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 4
- Joseph Cornwell (tenor)
- Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
- Andrew Parrott
Recitative. "Unto Which of the Angels"
Chorus. "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"