Artist: Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan Title: Handel: Messiah Year Of Release: 2026 Label: Linn Records Genre: Classical Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-192kHz Total Time: 02:07:55 Total Size: 4.35 GB Tracklist: 1. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 1, Sinfonia (2:40) 2. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Comfort Ye My People (2:43) 3. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (3:00) 4. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 4, And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed (2:27) 5. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 5, Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (1:20) 6. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 6, But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (4:00) 7. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, And He Shall Purify (2:26) 8. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 8, Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (0:26) 9. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (4:51) 10. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (1:55) 11. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 11, The People That Walked in Darkness (3:39) 12. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, For unto Us a Child Is Born (3:44) 13. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 13, Pifa "Pastoral Symphony" (1:32) 14. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 14, There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field (0:12) 15. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 15, And Lo, the Angel of the Lord (0:16) 16. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 16, And the Angel Said unto Them (0:31) 17. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 17, And Suddenly There Was with the Angel (0:16) 18. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 18, Glory to God in the Highest (1:43) 19. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 19, Rejoice Greatly (4:10) 20. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 20, Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind (0:23) 21. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 21, He Shall Feed His Flock like a Shepherd (4:55) 22. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 22, His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light (2:10) 23. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 1, Behold the Lamb of God (2:48) 24. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 2. He Was Despised (10:12) 25. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 3, Surely he Hath Borne Our Griefs (1:39) 26. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 4, And With His Stripes (1:42) 27. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 5, All We Like Sheep (3:23) 28. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 6, All They That See Him (0:35) 29. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 7, He Trusted in God (2:02) 30. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 8, Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (1:44) 31. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 9, Behold and See (1:13) 32. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 10, He Was Cut Off (0:12) 33. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 11, But Thou Didst Not Leave (2:05) 34. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 12, Lift Up Your Heads (2:48) 35. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 13, Unto Which of the Angels (0:15) 36. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 14, Let All the Angels of God (1:22) 37. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 15, Thou Art Gone Up on High (3:08) 38. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 16, The Lord Gave the Word (1:03) 39. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 17, How Beautiful Are the Feet (3:08) 40. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 18, Why Do the Nations (1:13) 41. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 19, Let Us Break Their Bonds (1:41) 42. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 20, He That Dwelleth in Heaven (0:10) 43. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 21, Thou Shalt Break Them (1:50) 44. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 22, Hallelujah (3:51) 45. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 1, I Know That My Redeemer (5:19) 46. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 2, Since by Man Came Death (1:28) 47. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 3, Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (0:36) 48. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 4, The Trumpet Shall Sound (8:21) 49. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 5, Then Shall Be Brought (0:13) 50. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 6, O Death (0:58) 51. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 7, But Thanks Be to God (1:58) 52. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 8, If God Be for Us (4:58) 53. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 9, Worthy Is the Lamb (3:01) 54. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No, 10. Amen (4:10) For the first time, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and its Artistic Director Peter Whelan have recorded what can be considered the ensemble’s signature work, Handel’s Messiah, an annual touring highlight in the IBO calendar. Surprisingly this is the first recording on historical instruments by an Irish ensemble – given the work, a staple of oratorio music, was premiered in Dublin in 1742. That year, a struggling Handel came to the second biggest city in the British Isles to rekindle his fortune. After the premiere (700-strong attendance, the ladies were asked to come without hoop-framed skirts and the gentlemen without their swords), Handel left Dublin a much richer man. The Irish Baroque Choir and an array of first-class singers (Hilary Cronin, Helen Charlston, Alexander Chance, Nathan Mercieca, Guy Cutting, Frederick Long and Edward Grint) join the IBO to try and capture something of the atmosphere of that extraordinary moment, in a recording which traces back the origins of this enduring masterpiece