Otto Klemperer
Messiah Oratorio Lyrics
Disc 1
- Messiah: Sinfony
- Messiah: Accompagnato: 'Comfort ye My people'
- Messiah: Air: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
- Messiah: Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
- Messiah: Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord
- Messiah: Air: But who may abide the day of His coming?
- Messiah: Chorus: And he shall purify
- Messiah: Recitative: 'Behold, a virgin shall conceive'
- Messiah: Air: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
- Messiah: Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
- Messiah: Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
- Messiah: Air: The people that walked in darkness
- Messiah: Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
- Messiah: Pifa
- Messiah: Recitative: 'There were shepherds abiding in the fields'
- Messiah: Chorus: Glory to God
- Messiah: Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter to Zion
- Messiah: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd
- Messiah: Air: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd
- Messiah: Chorus: His yoke is easy, His burthen is light
Disc 2
- Messiah: Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
- Messiah: Air: He was despised and rejected of men
- Messiah: Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs
- Messiah: Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
- Messiah: Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
- Messiah: Recitative: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn
- Messiah: Chorus: He trusted in God
- Messiah: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
- Messiah: Arioso: Behold and see if there be any sorrow
- Messiah: Recitative: He was cut off of the land of the living
- Messiah: Air: But Thou didst not leave his soul in hell
- Messiah: Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates
- Messiah: Chorus: The Lord gave the word
- Messiah: Air: How beautiful are the feet
- Messiah: Chorus: Their sound is gone out into all lands
- Messiah: Air: Why do the nations so furiously rage together
- Messiah: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
- Messiah: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven
- Messiah: Air: Thos shalt break them with a rod of iron
- Messiah: Chorus: Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth
- Messiah: Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
- Messiah: Chorus: Since by man came death
- Messiah: Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery
- Messiah: Air: The trumpet shall sound
- Messiah: Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb
- Messiah: Chorus: Amen
