Quadromania: Händel, Mendelssohn Bartholdy by Various Artists
Disk #1 1.
MESSIAH, oratorio in three parts - PART I. No. 1. Overtureby Handel 3:57 2.
No. 2. Accompagnato (Tenor): Comfort ye my peopleby Handel 3:30 3.
No. 3. Air (Tenor): Ev'ry valley shall be exaltedby Handel 3:28 4.
No. 4. Chorus: And the glory of the Lordby Handel 3:52 5.
No. 5. Accompagnato (Bass): Thus saith the Lordby Handel 1:42 6.
No. 6. Air (Bass): But who may abide the day of His comingby Handel 4:41 7.
No. 7. Chorus: And He shall purifyby Handel 2:43 8.
No. 8. Recitative (Contralto): Behold, the Virgin shall conceiveby Handel 0:37 9.
No. 9. Air (Contralto): O thou that tellest good tidingsby Handel 6:47 10.
No. 10. Accompagnato (Bass): For behold, darkness shall cover the earthby Handel 1:51 11.
No. 11. Air (Bass): The people that walked in darknessby Handel 3:43 12.
No. 12. Chorus: For unto us a Child is bornby Handel 3:48 13.
No. 14. Recitative & Accompagnato (Soprano): There were shepherd - And lo the angel of the Lordby Handel 0:50 14.
No. 15. Recitative (Soprano): And the Angel said unto themby Handel 0:48 15.
No. 16. Accompagnato (Soprano): And suddenly there was with the angelby Handel 0:23 16.
No. 17. Chorus: Glory to Godby Handel 1:56 17.
No. 18. Air (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, o Daughter of Zionby Handel 4:08 18.
No. 19. Recitative (Contralto): Then shall the eyes of the blind be openedby Handel 0:34 19.
No. 20. Air (Contralto & Soprano): He shall feed His flockby Handel 7:04 20.
No. 21. Chorus: His yoke is easyby Handel 2:48 Disk #2 1.
PART II. No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of Godby Handel 3:48 2.
No. 23. Air (Contralto): He was despisedby Handel 5:35 3.
No. 24. Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefsby Handel 2:45 4.
No. 25. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healedby Handel 1:49 5.
No. 26. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astrayby Handel 3:56 6.
No. 27. Accompagnato (Tenor): All they that see Him, laugh Him to scornby Handel 0:49 7.
No. 28. Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Himby Handel 2:11 8.
No. 29. Accompagnato (Tenor): Thy rebuke hath broken His heartby Handel 2:03 9.
No. 30. Air (Tenor): Behold, and see if there by any sorrowby Handel 1:49 10.
No. 31. Accompagnato (Tenor): He was cut off out of the land of the livingby Handel 0:33 11.
No. 32. Air (Tenor): But Thou did'st not leave His soul in hellby Handel 2:56 12.
No. 33. Chorus: Lift up your heads, o ye gatesby Handel 3:19 13.
No. 38. Air (Soprano): How beautiful are the feetby Handel 3:09 14.
No. 40. Air (Bass): Why do the nations so furiously rage together?by Handel 2:36 15.
No. 41. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunderby Handel 1:31 16.
No. 42. Recitative (Tenor): He that dwelleth in Heavenby Handel 0:21 17.
No. 43. Air (Tenor): Thou shalt break themby Handel 1:41 18.
No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah!by Handel 3:40 19.
PART III. No. 45. Air (Soprano): I know that my Redeemer livethby Handel 6:47 20.
No. 46. Chorus: Since by man came deathby Handel 1:51 21.
No. 47. Accompagnato (Bass): Behold, I tell you a mysteryby Handel 0:26 22.
No. 48. Air (Bass): The trumpet shall soundby Handel 3:39 23.
No. 53. Chorus: Worthy is the Lambby Handel 3:21 Disk #4 1.
ELIJAH (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70 - PART I. Introduction. “As God the Lord of Israel liveth” (Elijah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 4:19 2.
Chorus: “Help, Lord! Wilt thou quite destroy us?” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:58 3.
Duet with Chorus: “Lord! Bow Thine ear to your prayer!” (Soprano, Contralto, Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2:14 4.
Recitative: “Ye people, rend your hearts” (Obadiah) ; Aria: “If with all your hearts” (Obadiah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:46 5.
Chorus: “Yet doth the Lord see it not” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 4:15 6.
Recitative: “Elijah! Get thee hence, Elijah” (An Angel) ; Chorus: “For He shall give His angels charge over thee” (Chorus) ; Recitative: “Now Cherith’s brook is dried up” (An Angel)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 4:22 7.
Recitative, Aria, Duet: “What have I to do with thee?” (The Widow, Elijah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 5:55 8.
Chorus: “Blessed are the men who fear Him” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:25 9.
Recitative with Chorus: “As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth” (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:57 10.
Chorus: “Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us!” (Chorus) ; Recitative and Chorus: “Call him louder! for he is a God” (Elijah, Chorus) ; Recitative: “Call him louder, he heareth not!” (Elijah, Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 5:59 11.
Aria: “Draw near, all ye people, come to me! Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel” (Elijah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:31 12.
Quartet: “Cast thy burden upon the Lord” (Angels)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1:35 13.
Recitative with Chorus: “O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits” (Elijah) ; “The fire descends from heav’n!” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2:58 14.
Aria: “Is not His word like a fire?” (Elijah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1:57 15.
Arioso: “Woe unto them who forsake Him!” (Contralto)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2:53 16.
Recitative with Chorus: “O man of God, help thy people!” (Obadiah, Elijah, Chorus, The Youth)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 5:32 17.
Chorus: “Thanks be to God, He leveth the thisty land” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:40 Disk #5 1.
PART II. Aria: “Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh!” (Soprano)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 4:43 2.
Chorus: “Be not afraid, saith God the Lord” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 4:22 3.
Recitative with Chorus: “The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people” (Elijah, The Queen, Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:23 4.
Chorus: “Woe to him! Hhe shall perish” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1:41 5.
Recitative: “Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight!” (Obadiah, Elijah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2:28 6.
Aria: “It is enough, O Lord, now take away my life” (Elijah) ; Recitative: “See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree in the wilderness” (Tenor)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 5:16 7.
Chorus: “Lift thine eyes to the mountains whence cometh help” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1:50 8.
Chorus: “He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:43 9.
Recitative: “Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee” (The Angel, Elijah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1:44 10.
Aria: “O rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him” (The Angel)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:07 11.
Chorus: “He that shall endure to the end shall be saved” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2:18 12.
Recitative: “Night falleth round me, O Lord!” (Elijah, The Angel)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1:42 13.
Chorus: “Behold, God the Lord passed by” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 4:35 14.
Recitative with chorus: “Above him stood the Seraphim: and one cried to another: Holy is God the Lord. Holy is the Lord Sabaoth” (Contralto, Quartet and Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:33 15.
Recitative: “I go on my way in the strength of the Lord” (Elijah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 0:48 16.
Arioso: “For the mountains shall depart” (Elijah)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2:28 17.
Chorus: “Then did Elijah the prophet break forth” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2:05 18.
Aria: “Then shall the righteous shine forth” (Tenor)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2:31 19.
Quartet: “O come every one that thirsteth” (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:45 20.
Chorus: “And then shall your light break forth” (Chorus)by Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3:45