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BATTLE, KATHLEEN
Handel: Messiah
2 Compact Disc
6 Oct 2008
Ordercode: 2176452
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
Other participants: Kathleen Battle * Florence Quivar * John Aler * Samuel Ramey * Toronto Mendelssohn Choir * Toronto Symphony Orchestra * Andrew Davis, Dir.
Audio sample & Tracklisting
| Disc 1 | |
| 01 | Sinfony: Grave - Allegro moderato: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 02 | Comfort ye my people (tenor): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 03 | Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (tenor): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 04 | And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 05 | Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (bass): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 06 | But who may abide the day of His coming (counter-tenor): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 07 | And he shall Purify: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 08 | Behold a virgin shall conceive (alto): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 09 | O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto/chorus): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 10 | For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 11 | The people that walked in darkness (bass): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 12 | For unto us a child is born: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 13 | Pifa (Pastoral Symphony): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 14 | There were shepards: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 15 | And lo, the Angel of the Lord: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 16 | And the angel said unto them: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 17 | And suddenly there was with the angel: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 18 | Glory to God in the highest: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 19 | Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano I): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 20 | Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (counter-tenor): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 21 | He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (counter-tenor/soprano I): Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 22 | His yoke is easy, his burthen is light: Messiah, Part One - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 23 | Behold, The Lamb of God: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 24 | He was despised (alto): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| Disc 2 | |
| 01 | Surely, He hath borne our griefs: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 02 | And with His stipes we are healed: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 03 | All we like sheep have gone astray: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 04 | All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn (tenor): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 05 | He trusted in God: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 06 | Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (tenor): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 07 | Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (tenor): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 08 | He was cut off out of the land of the living (soprano II): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 09 | But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell (soprano II): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 10 | Lift up your heads, O ye gates: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 11 | Unto which of the Angels (tenor): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 12 | Let all the angels of God worship Him: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 13 | Thou art gone up on high (counter-tenor): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 14 | The Lord gave the word: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 15 | How beautiful are the feet (soprano I): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 16 | Their sound is gone out into all lands: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 17 | Why do the nations so furiously rage together (bass): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 18 | Let us break their bonds asunder: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 19 | He that dwelleth in heaven (tenor): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 20 | Thou shalt break them (tenor): Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 21 | Hallelujah: Messiah, Part Two - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 22 | I know that my redeemer liveth (soprano I): Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 23 | Since by man came death: Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 24 | Behold, I tell you a mystery (bass): Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 25 | The trumpet shall sound (bass): Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 26 | Then shall be brought to pass the saying (counter-tenor): Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 27 | O death, where is thy sting (counter-tenor/tenor): Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 28 | But thanks be to God: Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 29 | If God be for us (alto): Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |
| 30 | Worthy is Lamb that was slain ... Amen: Messiah, Part Three - Andrew Davis, The Toronto Symphony, Kathleen Battl |