Handel: Oratorio Highlights

1

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Aria. Why do the nations so furiously rage together
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Christopher Purves, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

73 bpm

B Maj

02:40

2

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Let us break their bonds asunder
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

131 bpm

B Maj

01:35

3

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Recitative. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

N/A

N/A

00:14

4

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Aria. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

110 bpm

G# min

02:04

5

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Hallelujah!
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

112 bpm

C# Maj

03:39

6

Joshua, HWV 64, Act II: Glory to God!
George Frideric Handel, Mark Le Brocq, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jurgen Budday, Maulbronn Chamber Choir

106 bpm

C# Maj

05:43

7

Joshua, HWV 64, Act III: Aria. Shall I in mamre's fertile plain
George Frideric Handel, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jurgen Budday

81 bpm

D Maj

02:51

8

Joshua, HWV 64, Act III: For all these mercies we will sing
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronn Chamber Choir

164 bpm

D Maj

02:24

9

Joshua, HWV 64, Act III: Aria. Oh! Had I Jubal's lyre
George Frideric Handel, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jurgen Budday

119 bpm

G# Maj

02:30

10

Joshua, HWV 64, Act III: The great Jehovah Is our awful theme
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronn Chamber Choir

83 bpm

C# Maj

01:54

11

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. I: Your harps and cymbals sound
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

126 bpm

A Maj

03:24

12

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

120 bpm

A Maj

02:15

13

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Air and Chorus. Music, spread thy voice around
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

132 bpm

F# Maj

03:02

14

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Air. Now a diff'rent measure try
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

120 bpm

C# Maj

00:29

15

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Shake the Dome
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

121 bpm

G# Maj

01:17

16

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Recitative. Then at once
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

78 bpm

G Maj

00:32

17

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Draw the tear from hopeless love
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

108 bpm

B min

03:05

18

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Recitative. Next the tortur'd soul release
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

172 bpm

A Maj

00:16

19

Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Air and Chorus. Thus rolling surges rise
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

119 bpm

D Maj

03:22

20

Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I: Chorus. By slow degress the wrath of God
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

125 bpm

F# Maj

04:57

21

Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Recitative. Where Is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?
George Frideric Handel, Mark Le Brocq, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jurgen Budday

80 bpm

G# Maj

00:44

22

Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Chorus - Recitative. Help, help the king!
George Frideric Handel, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jurgen Budday

116 bpm

B min

02:24

23

Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Recitative. Ye sages, welcome always to your king
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

109 bpm

E Maj

00:39

24

Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Chorus. Alas, too hard a task the king imposes
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

140 bpm

F# min

00:27

25

Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Chorus. Oh, misery! Oh terror, hopeless grief!
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

45 bpm

A min

01:59

26

Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III: Tell it out among the heathen
George Frideric Handel, Mark Le Brocq, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Patrick Van Goethem, Andre Morsch, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jurgen Budday

118 bpm

F# Maj

01:59

27

Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Recitative. Already see the Daughters of the Land
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

160 bpm

F# Maj

00:17

28

Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Chorus. Welcome, welcome, mighty King!
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

102 bpm

B Maj

01:46

29

Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Accompagnato. What do I hear?
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

84 bpm

C Maj

00:26

30

Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Chorus. David his Ten Thousands slew
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

109 bpm

B Maj

00:37

31

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II: Accompagnato. First perish thou
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

77 bpm

A# min

00:32

32

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II: Arioso. Let other creatures die
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

126 bpm

F# Maj

01:51

33

Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Chorus. Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

112 bpm

C# Maj

01:51

34

Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Return, O God of hosts
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

77 bpm

D Maj

04:11

35

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. II: Duet. Sion now her head shall raise
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Musica Florea

119 bpm

F# Maj

01:32

36

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. II: Tune your harps to song of praise
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

130 bpm

F# Maj

04:28

37

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. II: Sound an alarm!
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavriel Lipkind

81 bpm

C# Maj

03:53

38

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. III: Sing unto God
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Musica Florea

107 bpm

C# Maj

02:38

39

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. III: Hallelujah, Amen
George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Musica Florea

110 bpm

C# Maj

02:18