Manuscript
Messiah HWV 56, part II
1741

- - -

He was despised and rejected of men,
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

He gave His back to the smiters,
and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair,
He hid not His face from shame and spitting.

- - -

Libretto: Charles Jennens
References: Isaiah 53:3, Isaiah 50:6.

-

Carolyn Watkinson, alto
Academy of Ancient Music
cond. Christopher Hogwood

свернуть