{"product_id":"edward-higginbottom-messiah","title":"Edward Higginbottom: Messiah - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMessiah\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eEdward Higginbottom\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eNaxos\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e747313013173\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2006-10-31\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e2\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Handel' most popular and joyous oratorio, a work of unfailing melodic invention and dramatic expressiveness, has become almost a British national institution, regularly performed by all manner of choirs and orchestras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Sinfonia \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Accompanied Recitative: Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Aria: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Accompanied Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass) \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Aria: But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming (Countertenor) \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Chorus: And He Shall Purify \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Recitative: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive, and Bear a Son (Countertenor) \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Aria (Countertenor) and Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings of Zion \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Accompanied Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (Bass) \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Aria: The People That Walked in Darkness (Bass) \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Pifa \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Accompanied Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field (Trebles: Henry Jenkinson and Robert Brooks) \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Chorus: Glory to God in the Highest \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Aria: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e1.17 Recitative: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Countertenor) \u003cbr\u003e1.18 Aria: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (Countertenor; Treble: Otta Jones) \u003cbr\u003e1.19 Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light \u003cbr\u003e1.20 Chorus: Behold, the Lamb of God \u003cbr\u003e1.21 Aria: He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (Countertenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows \u003cbr\u003e2.2 Chorus: And with His Stripes We Are Healed \u003cbr\u003e2.3 Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Accompanied Recitative: All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.5 Chorus: He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him \u003cbr\u003e2.6 Accompanied Recitative: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.7 Aria: Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.8 Accompanied Recitative: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Treble: Henry Jenkinson) \u003cbr\u003e2.9 Aria: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Treble: Henry Jenkinson) \u003cbr\u003e2.10 Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates \u003cbr\u003e2.11 Recitative: Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Chorus: Let All the Angels of God Worship Him \u003cbr\u003e2.13 Aria: Thou Art Gone Up on High (Countertenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.14 Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word \u003cbr\u003e2.15 Aria: How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach the Gospel of Peace (Treble: Otta Jones) \u003cbr\u003e2.16 Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands \u003cbr\u003e2.17 Aria: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together (Bass) \u003cbr\u003e2.18 Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder \u003cbr\u003e2.19 Recitative: He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.20 Aria: Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.21 Chorus: Hallelujah \u003cbr\u003e2.22 Aria: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Treble: Henry Jenkinson) \u003cbr\u003e2.23 Chorus: Since By Man Came Death \u003cbr\u003e2.24 Accompanied Recitative: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (Bass) \u003cbr\u003e2.25 Aria: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Bass) (Trumpet: David Blackadder) \u003cbr\u003e2.26 Recitative: Then Shall Be Brought to Pass the Saying That Is Written (Countertenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.27 Duet: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting (Countertenor and Tenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.28 Chorus: But Thanks Be to God \u003cbr\u003e2.29 Aria: If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us (Countertenor) \u003cbr\u003e2.30 Chorus: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain \u003cbr\u003e2.31 Chorus: Amen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. 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