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| 1959-06-15 – 1959-06-19 | Messiah, HWV 56: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | James Milligan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 3:07 |
| 1966-06 | Messiah: Part I, No. 10 Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" / No. 11 Air "The people that walked in darkness" | | John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 6:00 |
| 1970-07 | Messiah: Part I No. 10 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass recit) | | Justino Díaz, English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary | 1:38 |
| 1972-11 | Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. Accompagnato: “For behold, darkness shall cover” (bass) | | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Richter | 1:45 |
| 1974 | Le Messie: n° 10 - Récit de basse | | John Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | ?:?? |
| 1976-07 | Messiah, Part 1: Nos. 10-11. Recitative & Air bass. "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth... The people that walked in darkness" | | Gwynne Howell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 6:14 |
| 1979 | Bass Recitative / For, Behold, A Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Ulrik Cold, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis | 2:17 |
| 1982-02-13 – 1982-02-14 | For, behold / Recitative, bass | | Magnus Lindén, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Anders Öhrwall | 1:40 |
| 1982-11 | Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" | | Robert Hale, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner | 1:46 |
| 1982-11 | Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: X: Recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (bass) | | Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1:41 |
| 1983-12-18 – 1983-12-20 | Messiah: 10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth / 11. The People That Walked in Darkness | | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw | 5:49 |
| 1984-05-24 – 1984-07-19 | Der Messias: Accompagnato | | Robert Holl, Radio‐Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner | 2:22 |
| 1986-12-16 – 1986-12-20 | Messiah: Part I. X. Bass recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" | | Orchestra of The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | 2:28 |
| 1986-12-22 – 1986-12-23 | Messiah: Part I. Accompagnato "For behold darkness shall cover the earth" | | Samuel Ramey, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis | 2:42 |
| 1991-01-11 – 1991-01-17 | Messiah: Part I: 10. For Behold, Darkness | | Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox | 2:00 |
| 1992-12-16 – 1993-03-16 | Messiah: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | The Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury | 2:08 |
| 1994 | Messiah: Part I. Recitative "For behold, darkness shall come over the earth" (bass) | | Alastair Miles, The Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury | 2:01 |
| 1996-05-05 – 1996-05-12 | Messiah: Part One: Scene Four: No. 10. Arioso for Bass | | Robert McLoud, Trinity Church Orchestra, Owen Burdick | 1:54 |
| 1996-12 | Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, Scene III. Recitative "For behold, Darkness shall cover the Earth" | | Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh | 2:14 |
| 1997-09-18 – 1997-09-20 | Messiah: Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass) | | David Wilson-Johnson, BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers | 2:06 |
| 1999 | Messiah: Part 1. Accompagnato (bass): For behold, darkness | | Hans Lawaetz, Akademisk Orkester, Morten Topp | 1:57 |
| 2004-04-25 | For behold, darkness | live | The Lagos City Chorale & Orchestra conducted by Emeka Nwokedi | 3:11 |
| 2004-12-17 – 2004-12-21 | Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | live | Arnold Schönberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1:53 |
| 2006-01 | Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" | | Neal Davies, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs | 2:18 |
| 2006-05-01 – 2006-05-04 | Messiah: Recitative: For behold! | | Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt | 2:03 |
| 2006-12-10 – 2006-12-12 | Messiah: Part I. X. Bass "For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth" | live | Alastair Miles, Sir Colin Davis & London Symphony Orchestra | 2:27 |
| 2008-12-22 – 2008-12-23 | Messiah: Part 1: Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass) | | Andrew Foster-Williams, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton | 2:03 |
| 2016-12-20 – 2016-12-22 | Messiah HWV 56: Part I: No. 10: Recitative “For behold” | | Andreas Wolf, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet | 1:35 |
| 2017-12-18 – 2017-12-19 | The Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Recitative Accompagnato "For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth" | live | Matthias Winckhler, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall | 2:18 |
| 10. Accompagnato (Basse/Bass) : For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth | | Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman | 1:58 |
| Accompagnato (Bass): "For, Behold, ... Darkness Shall Cover The Earth..." | | Handel | 4:09 |
| Accompagnato (Basso): For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth | | Peter Harvey, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius | 2:01 |
| First Part: Accompagnato (For behold, darkness shall cover the earth) | | Collegium 1704, Václav Luks | 1:58 |
| For Behold Darkness | | [unknown] | 2:12 |
| For Behold Darkness Shall Cover the Earth, from Messiah | | [unknown] | 1:45 |
| For behold darkness...Recit. for Bass | | Gulf Coast Chorale | 2:07 |
| For behold darkness...Recit. for Bass / The people that walk in darkness...Air for Bass | | Gulf Coast Chorale | 5:37 |
| For behold, darkness | | Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell | 1:56 |
| For Behold, Darkness | | Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell | 1:58 |
| For behold, Darkness shall cover the Earth | | American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas | 1:50 |
| For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | cover | Gutter Sparrow | 2:42 |
| For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | George Frideric Handel, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Oregon Bach Festival Choir | 2:03 |
| Le Messie Part 1: No. 10 Récitatif arioso: For, behold! Darkness shall cover the earth | | Raimund Herincx, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras | 2:28 |
| Messiah, HWV 56 Pt. 1: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | 1:56 |
| Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (Bass) | | Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée | 2:17 |
| Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (1742 Version): No. 10, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Tobias Berndt, Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann | 2:25 |
| Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth - Accompagnato | | Orchestra of The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | 2:36 |
| Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 10, For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle | 1:43 |
| Messiah, HWV 56: 10. Accompagnato: "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover" | | Robert Torday, Academy of London, Peter Marschik | 1:52 |
| Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, IX. Recitative (Bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" / X. Air (Bass) "The people that walked in darkness" | | Nathan Berg, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | 5:46 |
| Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth / 11. The People That Walked in Darkness | | Smoke Rise Orchestra, Smoke Rise Choir & Danny Vancil | 6:02 |
| Messiah, HWV 56: Part I. "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth - The people that walked in the darkness" | | David Thomas, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 5:36 |
| Messiah, HWV 56: X. Accompagnato (Bass) "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover" | | John Tomlinson, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock | 3:03 |
| Messiah, HWV 56: X. Accompagnato (Bass) "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover" | | La Chapelle Rhénane, Benoît Haller | 2:24 |
| Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For, Behold! Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Smithsonian Concerto Grosso, Antal Doráti | 2:09 |
| Messiah, Part 1: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki | 2:02 |
| Messiah, Part I. "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" | | The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter | 2:16 |
| Messiah: Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass) | | Jerome Hines, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | 2:48 |
| Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'. Andante larghetto | | Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis | 2:20 |
| Messiah: Część Pierwsza: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | La Tempesta, Jakub Burzyński | 1:54 |
| Messiah: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg | 2:42 |
| Messiah: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling | 2:03 |
| Messiah: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | Roger Stalman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Süsskind | 2:43 |
| Messiah: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Benjamin Luxon, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks | 2:33 |
| Messiah: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Owen Brannigan, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | 2:37 |
| Messiah: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Cantillation, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker | 2:34 |
| Messiah: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth - Accompagnato / The people that walked in darkness - Aria | | Simon Estes, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis | 6:57 |
| Messiah: For Behold! Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2:10 |
| Messiah: I, No. 11: Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" | | Matthew Rose, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury | 1:58 |
| Messiah: Part I, no. 10: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom | 2:10 |
| Messiah: Part I. Recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" - Air "The people that walked in darkness" | | William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 5:42 |
| Messiah: Part One: Recitative (Bass): For Behold, Darkness | | The Choir & Orchestra of Pro Christe, Timothy Dean | 2:02 |
| No. 10 - Recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" | | David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | 2:32 |
| Part I: Recit - “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth” | | John Shirley‐Quirk, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 2:55 |
| Part One, Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | Victor Ledbetter, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman | 1:49 |
| The Messiah, Part 1 (No. 10): Accompanied Recitative (Bass), For behold, darkness | | Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker | 2:34 |
| The Messiah, Part 1 (Nos. 1-22): Recitative, For behold, darkness shall cover the earth | | Scholars Baroque Ensemble | 2:42 |
| The Messiah: Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth | | Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw | 2:30 |
| The Messiah: X. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth | | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 2:43 |
