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Messiah: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (Handel)
Original Key: E Major MP3
A very brief accompanied recitative from Handel's Messiah for tenor (or soprano). Only 30 seconds long, movement 31 forms a bridge between two short tenor arias, "Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow" and "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell", so a recital soloist might perform all three as a set. Very slow and rubato, with tempos following the London Philharmonic recording with Walter Susskind conducting.
He was cut off out of the land of the living;
for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken.
Recording copyright One Light Music Productions 2009
