Part I: Sinfonia

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Accompanied recitative: Comfort ye, my people (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Aria: Every valley shall be exalted (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Chorus: And the glory of the Lord

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Accompanied recitative: Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (Bass)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Tobias Berndt

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Recitative: But who may abide the day of His coming (Bass)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Tobias Berndt

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Chorus: And He shall purify

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (Alto)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Aria: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Accompanied recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Tobias Berndt

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Aria: The people that walked in darkness (Bass)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Tobias Berndt

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Chorus: For unto us a Child is born

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Pifa

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field (Soprano)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Dorothee Mields

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Accompanied recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord (Soprano)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Dorothee Mields

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Recitative: And the angel said unto them (Soprano)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Dorothee Mields

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Dorothee Mields

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Chorus: Glory to God in the highest

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Aria: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Dorothee Mields

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (Alto)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Aria: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Alto)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part I: Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: Behold, the Lamb of God

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Aria: He was despised and rejected of men (Alto)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Accompanied recitative: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: He trusted in God that He would deliver Him

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Accompanied recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Aria: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Accompanied recitative: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Aria: But thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Recitative: Unto which of the angels said He at any time (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Aria: Thou art gone up on high (Bass)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Tobias Berndt

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: The Lord gave the word

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Aria and Chorus: How beautiful are the feet of Him that preach the gospel of peace (2 Altos)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner, Tobias Knaus

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Aria: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Tobias Berndt

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Recitative: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part II: Chorus: Hallelujah

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Aria: I know that my redeemer liveth (Soprano)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Dorothee Mields

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Chorus: Since by man came death

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Accompanied recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Tobias Berndt

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Aria: The trumpet shall sound (Bass)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Tobias Berndt

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written (Alto)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Recitative: O death, where is thy sting (Alto and Tenor)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner, Benedikt Kristjánsson

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Chorus: But thanks be to God

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Aria: If God is for us, who can be against us (Alto)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Performer: Benno Schachtner

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann

Part III: Chorus: Amen

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Gaechinger Cantorey

Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann