Columbus, USA

Theodora, HWV 68

Artist name
Handel; Louise Alder, Tim Mead, Anna Stéphany, Stuart Jackson, Adam Plachetka, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Release date 2024

Tracklist

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Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Grave – Allegro
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Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Trio
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Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Courante
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “’Tis Dioclesian’s Natal Day” (Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier” (Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (Chorus of Heathens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire” (Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (Chorus of Heathens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict!” (Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “The Raptur’d Soul Defies the Sword” (Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Tho’ Hard, My Friends” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu!” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness!” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Bane of Virtue, Nurse of Passions” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord” (Chorus of Christians)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “As With Rosy Steps the Morn Advancing” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (Chorus of Christians)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative, Accompany’d “O Worse Than Death Indeed!” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Angels, Ever Bright, & Fair” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Unhappy Happy Crew!” (Didymus, Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care” (Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Love! How Great Thy Pow’r!” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Go, Gen’Rous, Pious Youth” (Chorus of Christians)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Ye Men of Antioch” (Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “Queen of Summer, Queen of Love” (Chorus of Heathens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Wide Spread His Name” (Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid” (Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “Venus Laughing From the Skies” (Chorus of Heathens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: [Sinfonia]
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Thou Bright Sun!” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “With Darkness Deep as Is My Woe” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Symphony of Soft Musick
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “O That I on Wings Cou’d Rise” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Long Have I Known Thy Friendly Social Soul” (Didymus, Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Tho’ the Honours” (Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Save Her Then, or Give Me Pow’r to Save” (Didymus, Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Deeds of Kindness to Display” (Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “The Clouds Begin to Veil the Hemisphere” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Defend Her, Heav’n” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Or Lull’d With Grief” (Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Sweet Rose, & Lily” (Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Save Me, Heav’n” (Theodora, Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “The Pilgrim’s Home” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative, Accompany’d “Forbid It, Heav’n!” (Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Or Say, What Right Have I” (Didymus, Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Duet “To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth” (Theodora, Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “’Tis Night” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “He Saw the Lovely Youth” (Chorus of Christians)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Lord to Thee, Each Night, & Day” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus!” (Irene, Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “When Sunk in Anguish, & Despair” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “Blest Be the Hand” (Theodora, Chorus of Christians)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Undaunted in the Court Stands Didymus” (Messenger, Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative, Accompany’d “O My Irene, Heav’n Is Kind” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Stay Me Not, Dear Friend” (Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Duet “Whither, Princess, Do You Fly” (Theodora, Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “She’s Gone, Disdaining Liberty & Life” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Is It a Christian Virtue Then” (Valens, Didymus)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Be That My Doom” (Theodora, Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “From Virtue Springs Each Generous Deed” (Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r” (Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “’Tis Kind, My Friends” (Didymus, Septimius, Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “How Strange Their Ends” (Chorus of Heathens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “On Me Your Frowns” (Didymus, Valens, Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “And Must Such Beauty Suffer!” (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing” (Didymus) / Duet “Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire” (Didymus, Theodora)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Ere This Their Doom Is Past” (Irene)
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Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “O Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame” (Irene, Chorus of Christians)
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