G. F. Handel Messiah oratorio, HWV 56 1752 version , Stephen Cleobury The Brandenburg Consort

. Georg Friedrich Händel (16851759) Messiah oratorio, HWV 56 1741 (Edition of the 1752 version I) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Hillary Summers (contralto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) Crispian SteelePerkins (baroque trumpet) The Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman (leader) The Choir of King s College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury (conductor) (Recorded live in 1993) Part I Scene 1 Isaiah s Prophecy of Salvation 1. Oveture 0:00:03 2. recitative accompagnato: Comfort ye my people (tenor) 0:03:06 3. air: Ev ry valley shall be exalted (tenor) 0:05:56 4. chorus: And the glory of the Lord 0:09:16 Scene 2 The Coming Judgment 5. recitative accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass) 0:12:08 6. air: But who may abide the day of His coming (alto) 0:13:27 7. chorus: And he shall purify