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Part One = Erster Teil = Première Partie
1-1	Sinfonia	2:50
1-2	Comfort Ye, Me People - Accompagnato	2:18
1-3	Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted - Aria	3:11
1-4	And The Glory Of The Lord - Coro	2:41
1-5	Thus Saith The Lord - Accompagnato	1:19
1-6	But Who May Abide - Aria	4:19
1-7	And He Shall Purify - Coro	2:16
1-8	Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Recitativo	0:27
1-9	O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Aria / Coro	5:32
1-10	For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth - Accompagnato	1:44
1-11	The People That Walked In Darkness - Aria	3:49
1-12	For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Coro	4:00
1-13	Pifa - Sinfonia Pastorale	2:27
1-14	There Were Shepherds - Recitativo / And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord - Accompagnato / And The Angel Said Unto Them - Recitativo / And Suddenly There Was With The Angel - Accompagnato	1:19
1-15	Glory To God - Coro	1:42
1-16	Rejoice Greatly - Aria	4:08
1-17	Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind - Recitativo	0:19
1-18	He Shall Feed His Flock - Duetto	4:28
1-19	His Yoke Is Easy - Coro	1:58
Part Two = Zweiter Teil = Deuxième Partie
1-20	Behold The Lamb Of God - Coro	2:36
1-21	He Was Despised - Aria	10:10
1-22	Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs - Coro	2:07
1-23	And With His Stripes - Coro	1:52
1-24	All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - Coro	4:04
2-1	All They That See Him - Accompagnato	0:44
2-2	He Trusted In God - Coro	2:16
2-3	Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart - Accompagnato	1:28
2-4	Behold, And See - Arioso	1:32
2-5	He Was Cut Off - Accompagnato	0:12
2-6	But Thou Didst Not Leave - Aria	2:05
2-7	Lift Up Your Heads - Coro	2:55
2-8	Unto Which Of The Angels - Recitativo	0:12
2-9	Let All The Angels Of God - Coro	1:23
2-10	Thou Art Gone Up On High - Aria	3:14
2-11	The Lord Gave The Word - Coro	1:06
2-12	How Beautiful Are The Feet - Aria (Alternative Version)	2:16
2-13	Their Sound Is Gone Out - Coro (Alternative Version)	1:15
2-14	Why Do The Nations - Aria	2:34
2-15	Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - Coro	1:34
2-16	He That Dwelleth In Heaven - Recitativo	0:11
2-17	Thou Shalt Break Them - Aria	1:57
2-18	Hallelujah - Coro	3:46
Part Three = Dritter Teil = Troisième Partie
2-19	I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Aria	6:23
2-20	Since My Man Came Death - Coro	1:56
2-21	Behold, I Tell You A Mistery - Accompagnato	0:28
2-22	The Trumpet Shall Sound - Aria Trumpet [Solo] – Crispian Steele-Perkins	8:16
2-23	Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Recitativo	0:14
2-24	O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? - Duetto	1:19
2-25	But Thanks Be To God - Coro	2:45
2-26	If God Is For Us - Aria Violin [Solo] – Elizabeth Wilcock	5:05
2-27	Worthy Is The Lamb… Amen - Coro	7:26

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Decca Music Group Limited
• Copyright (c) – Decca Classics Productions
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Universal International Music B.V.
• Made By – EDC, Germany – 52321781

Credits

• Bass Vocals – Robert Hale
• Bass Vocals [Choir] – Alan Brafield, Benjamin Odom, Charles Stewart , Christopher Green, Geoffrey Dolton, Richard Lloyd Morgan, Simon Oberst
• Bassoon – Alastair Mitchell, Andrew Watts
• Cello – Angela East, Julie Lehwalder, Madeline Thorner, Timothy Mason
• Choir – Monteverdi Choir*
• Composed By – Händel*
• Concertmaster – Elizabeth Wilcock
• Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
• Countertenor Vocals – Charles Brett
• Countertenor Vocals [Choir] – Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon , David Cole , Julian Clarkson, Matthew Bright, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin
• Double Bass – Amanda MacNamara*, Valerie Botwright
• Illustration [14th Century "The Crucifixion" (Detail)] – Vitale da Bologna
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Catherine Robbin
• Oboe – Richard Earle, Robin Canter, Sophia McKenna, Valerie Darke
• Orchestra – English Baroque Soloists*
• Organ, Harpsichord – Alastair Ross
• Soprano Vocals – Margaret Marshall
• Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Saul Quirke
• Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Carol Hall , Catherine Kroll, Gill Ross, Jane Fairfield, Jean Knibbs, Jenny Hill, Lucinda Houghton, Lyn Parkyns, Marilyn Troth, Mary Seers, Suzanne Flowers
• Tenor Vocals – Anthony Rolfe-Johnson*
• Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Andrew Murgatroyd, Colin Mair, John-Huw Thomas, Nicholas Robertson*, Paul Harrhy, Philip Pettifor, William Pool
• Timpani – Charles Fullbrook
• Trumpet – Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Staff
• Viola – Annette Isserlis, Jan Schlapp, Joan Brickley, Katherine Hart
• Violin [1st] – Alison Bury, Desmond Heath, Elizabeth Wilcock, Helen Orsler, Hildburg Williams, Miles Golding
• Violin [2nd] – Alison Townley, Bill Turnell, Graham Cracknell, Julie Miller , Roy Goodman

Notes

On back cover:
on period instruments = auf originalinstrumenten = sur instruments anciens
Total playing-time: 2.17'08"
Recorded = Aufnahme = Enregistrement: London 11/1982
Decca regt trade mark DECCA MUSIC GROUP LIMITED London, England
a Universal Music company
© 1992 Decca Classics Productions
Printed in Germany = Imprimé en Allemagne
Made in Germany

On CD:
Decca Music Group Limited
℗ 1983 Universal International Music BV
Made in the EU

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (As on release): 0 28943 42972 6
• Barcode (String): 028943429726
• Label Code: LC 00171
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Price Code: DG 927
• Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM
• Other (CD1): 434 298-2
• Other (In boxes next to catalog number on back cover): D H 2
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 0126
• Matrix / Runout: ['Universal' logo x 4] 00289 434 298-2 01 ✳ 52321781 MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6769 107	The Monteverdi Choir Conducted By John Eliot Gardiner Composed By George Friederic Handel* With The English Baroque Soloists	The Monteverdi Choir Conducted By John Eliot Gardiner Composed By George Friederic Handel* With The English Baroque Soloists - Messiah ‎(Box, Album + 3xLP, Album)	Philips	6769 107	Netherlands	1983
7 29 104	Händel* - Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Hale , Charles Brett, Saul Quirke, Monteverdi Choir*, English Baroque Soloists*, John Eliot Gardiner	Händel* - Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Hale , Charles Brett, Saul Quirke, Monteverdi Choir*, English Baroque Soloists*, John Eliot Gardiner - Der Messias = Messiah = La Messie ‎(LP, RE)	ETERNA	7 29 104	German Democratic Republic (GDR)	1990
725 104	Georg Friedrich Händel, John Eliot Gardiner, The English Baroque Soloists	Georg Friedrich Händel, John Eliot Gardiner, The English Baroque Soloists - Messiah - Der Messias ‎(LP)	ETERNA	725 104	German Democratic Republic (GDR)	1987
SLPDL 12817-19	The Monteverdi Choir Conducted By John Eliot Gardiner Composed By Georg Friedrich Händel With The English Baroque Soloists	The Monteverdi Choir Conducted By John Eliot Gardiner Composed By Georg Friedrich Händel With The English Baroque Soloists - Messiás ‎(3xBox, Album, Dig)	Hungaroton, Philips	SLPDL 12817-19	Hungary	1983
411 041-2	Händel* - John Eliot Gardiner, Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson*, Robert Hale , Charles Brett, Saul Quirke, Monteverdi Choir*, English Baroque Soloists*	Händel* - John Eliot Gardiner, Margaret Marshall, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson*, Robert Hale , Charles Brett, Saul Quirke, Monteverdi Choir*, English Baroque Soloists* - MessiaH / Der Messias / Le Messie ‎(3xCD + Box)	Philips	411 041-2	Germany	1983