Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration (1992)

About this title: Contemporary soul-pop artists, including Patti Austin, Tevin Campbell, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jone, Take 6, Howard Hewett, and Dianne Reeves, take a pop-song approach to Handel's classic Christmas oratorio. Handel's wonderful melodies are updated with synthesizers, drum machines, and slick pop production from Quincy Jones and Take 6's Mervyn Warren. All Music Guide, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. Overture: A Partial History of Black Music [Handel]
2. Comfort Ye My People [Handel]
3. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted [Handel]
4. And the Glory of the Lord [Handel]
5. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? [Handel]
6. And He Shall Purify [Handel]
7. Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive [Handel]
8. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion [Handel]
9. For Unto Us a Child Is Born [Handel]
10. Glory to God [Handel]
11. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion [Handel]
12. Behold, The Lamb of God [Instrumental] [Handel]
13. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates [Handel]
14. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage? [Handel]
15. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth [Handel]
16. Hallelujah! [Handel]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.