Pomona, CA

Handel: The Great Oratorios

Release date July 01, 2016

Tracklist

1
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Part I - Sonata
3:18
2
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 3 Aria: "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno" (Angelo)
5:33
3
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 2b Recitativo accompagnato: "Qual'insolita luce" (Lucifero); No. 1 Aria: "Caddi, è ver (Lucifero)
4:49
4
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 4 Recitativo accompagnato: "Ma, che veggio?" (Lucifero, Angelo); Recitativo: "Chi sei?" (Lucifero, Angelo)
1:32
5
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 5 Aria: "D'amor fu consiglio" (Angelo); Recitativo: "E ben, questio tuo Nume" (Lucifero, Angelo)
3:59
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La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 6 Aria: "O voi, dell'Erebo" (Lucifero)
3:28
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La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 7 Recitativo accompagnato: "Notte, notte funesta" (Maddalena); No. 8 Aria: "Ferma l'ali" (Maddalena); Recitativo: "Concedi, o Maddalena, quale tregua al martire" (Cleofe, Maddalena)
6:56
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La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 9 Aria: "Piangete, sì, piangete" (Cleofe); Recitativo: "Ahi, dolce mio Signore" (Maddalena, Cleofe)
4:31
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La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 10 Duetto: "Dolci chiodi, amate spine" (Maddalena, Cleofe); Recitativo: "O Cleofe, o Maddalena" (S. Giovanni, Maddalena)
5:22
10
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 11 Aria: "Quando è parto dell'affetto" (S. Giovanni); Recitativo: "Ma dimmi, e sarà vero che risorga Gesù" (Cleofe, S. Giovanni, Maddalena)
4:43
11
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 12 Aria: "Naufragando va per l'onde" (Cleofe); Recitativo: "Itene pure, o fide amiche donne" (S. Giovanni, Maddalena)
6:05
12
La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 13 Aria: "Così la tortorella" (S. Giovanni); Recitativo: "Se Maria dunque spera" (Maddalena)
4:34
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La Resurrezione (1708), HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 14 Aria: "Ho un non so che nel cor" (Maddalena); Recitativo: "Uscite pure, uscite dall'oscura prigione" (Angelo)
4:10
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Part I - Coro: Il Nume vincitor
2:22
15
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 16 Introduction / Recitativo: "Di quai nuovi portenti ha la terra oggi ancora il sen fecondo?" (S. Giovanni)
2:25
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 17 Aria: "Ecco il sol, ch'esce dal mare" (S. Giovanni) / Recitativo: "Ma ove Maria dimora" (S. Giovanni)
5:13
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 18 Aria: "Risorga il mondo" (Angelo)
2:34
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 19 Recitativo accompagnato: "Di rabbia indarno freme" (Angelo) / "Misero! ho pure udito?" (Lucifero, Angelo)
1:46
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 20 Aria: "Per celare il nuovo scorno" (Lucifero) / Recitativo: "O come cieco il tuo furor delira!" (Angelo)
2:28
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 21 Duetto: "Impedirlo io saprò" (Lucifero, Angelo) / Recitativo: "Amica, troppo tardo fu il nostro piè" (Maddalena, Cleofe)
1:22
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 22 Aria: "Per me già di morire" (Maddalena) / Recitativo: "Ahi, abborrito nome!" (Lucifero)
5:34
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 23 Aria: "Vedo il Ciel che più sereno" (Cleofe) / Recitativo: "Cleofe, siam giunte al luogo" (Maddalena, Cleofe)
5:36
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 24 Aria: "Se per colpa di donna infelice" (Angelo) / Recitativo: "Mio Gesù, mio Signore, già che risorto sei" (Maddalena)
3:04
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 25 Aria: "Del ciglio dolente" (Maddalena) / Recitativo: "Sì, sì, cerchiamo pure l'orme del nostro amor" (Cleofe)
2:51
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 26 Aria: "Augelletti, ruscelletti" (Cleofe) / Recitativo: "Dove sì frettolosi, Cleofe, rivolgi i passi?" (Giovanni, Cleofe)
4:04
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 27 Aria: "Caro Figlio!" (S. Giovanni) / Recitativo: "Cleofe, Giovanni, udite" (Maddalena, S. Giovanni, Cleofe)
5:42
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 28 Aria: "Se impassibile, immortale" (Maddalena): Recitativo: "Sì, sì, col Redentore sorga il mondo redento!" (S. Giovanni, Cleofe, Maddalena)
4:10
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La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 29 Coro: "Diasi lode in Cielo, in terra" (Coro)
1:28
29
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 1 Sinfonia
3:27
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 2 Chorus: "Oh, the pleasure of the plains!"
5:56
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 3 Accompagnato: "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains" (Galatea)
0:57
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 4 Air: "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!" (Galatea)
6:20
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 5 Air: "Where shall I seek the charming fair?" (Acis)
3:23
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. Recitative: "Stay, shepherd, stay!" (Damon)
0:26
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 6 Air: "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?" (Damon)
4:28
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. Recitative: "Lo! Here my love" (Acis)
0:31
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 7 Air: "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis)
6:53
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. Recitative: "Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love" (Galatea)
0:22
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 8 Air: "As when the dove laments her love" (Galatea)
6:32
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act One. No. 9 Duet: "Happy we! What joys I feel!" (Acis, Galatea)
2:35
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 10 Chorus: "Wretched lovers! Fate has passed this sad decree"
5:06
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 11 Accompagnato: "I rage, I melt, I burn!" (Polyphemus)
1:24
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 12 Air: "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus)
3:08
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. Recitative: "Whither, fairest, art thou running" (Polyphemus, Galatea)
1:06
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 13 Air: "Cease to beauty to be suing" (Polyphemus)
5:39
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 14 Air: "Would you gain the tender creature, softly, gently, kindly treat her" (Damon)
5:43
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. Recitative: "His hideous love provokes me rage" (Acis)
0:27
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 15 Air: "Love sounds th'alarm, and fear is a-flying" (Acis)
5:26
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 16 Air: "Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting's the pleasure" (Damon)
6:34
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. Recitative: "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth" (Galatea)
0:32
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 17 Trio: "The flocks shall leave the mountains" (Acis, Galatea, Polyphemus)
2:31
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 18 Accompagnato: "Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!" (Acis)
1:05
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 19 Chorus: "Mourn, all ye Muses! Weep, all ye swains!"
3:16
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 20a Solo and Chorus: "Must I my Acis still bemoan, inglorious crush'd beneath that stone?" (Galatea)
3:56
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. Recitative: "'Tis done: thus I exert pow'r divine; be thou immortal" (Galatea)
0:24
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 21 Air: "Heart, the seat of soft delight, be thou now a fountain bright!" (Galatea)
4:09
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (First Version): Act Two. No. 22 Chrous: "Galatea, dry thy tears, Acis now a god appears!"
3:12
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 1. Ouverture / "'Tis greater far to spare"
7:46
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 1. "Pluck root and branch from out the land"
2:10
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 1. "Shall we the God of Israel fear?"
1:55
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 2. "Tune your harps to cheerful strains"
3:56
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 2. "Shall we of servitude complain"
1:26
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 2. "Praise the Lord with cheerful noise"
6:08
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 2. "Sing songs of praise, bow down the knee"
6:12
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 3. "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
2:06
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 3. "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
9:35
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 4. "Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger"
3:46
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 4. "Tears assist me, pity moving"
3:01
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 4. "Save us, O Lord"
1:32
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 5. "Who dares intrude into our presence"
1:08
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 5. "Who calls my parting soul from death?" / "Awake, my soul, my life, my breath!"
2:35
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 5. "O beauteous Queen" / "If I find favour in thy sight"
7:39
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 5. "How can I stay when love invites"
3:54
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 5. "Virtue, truth and innocence"
2:34
75
Esther, Scene 5: Arioso - Jehovah, Crown'd With Glory Bright / Chorus - He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes / Scene 6, Recitative - Now, o Queen, Thy Suit Declare
6:59
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 6. "Turn not, O Queen, thy face away"
2:11
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Esther, Scene 6: Aria - Flatt'Ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee! Recitative - Guards, Seize the Traitor
5:12
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 6. "How art thou fall'n from thy height!"
4:16
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Esther, HWV 50: Scene 6. "The Lord our enemy has slain" / "For ever blessed be thy holy name" / "Let Israel songs of joy repeat" / ... / "For ever blessed be thy holy name"
10:46
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Athalia: Sinfonia
5:23
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Athalia: Blooming virgins, spotless train
4:48
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Athalia: The rising world Jehovah crown'd
3:13
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Athalia: Tyrants would in impious throngs
3:19
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Athalia: When he is in his wrath reveal'd
3:41
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Athalia: Your sacred songs awhile forbear
6:41
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Athalia: What scenes of horror round me rise!
2:21
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Athalia: The gods, who chosen blessings shed
2:29
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Athalia: Cheer her, O Baal
3:10
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Athalia: Gentle airs, melodious strains!
3:38
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Athalia: Softest sounds no more can ease me
4:31
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Athalia: The traitor if you there descry
1:57
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Athalia: Faithful cares in vain extended
5:52
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Athalia: Gloomy tyrants, we disdain
4:49
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Athalia: The mighty pow'r
5:57
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Athalia: Through the land so lovely blooming
8:22
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Athalia: Ah, canst thou but prove me!
5:31
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Athalia: Will God, whose mercies ever flow
3:18
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Athalia: My vengeance awakes me
4:52
99
Athalia: My spirits fail, I faint, I die!
4:11
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Athalia: Cease thy anguish, smile once more
6:34
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Athalia: The clouded scene begins to clear
3:58
102
Athalia: What sacred horrors shake my breast!
1:28
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Athalia: Unfold, great seer, what heav'n imparts
0:51
104
Athalia: Let harmony breathe soft around
4:15
105
Athalia: With firm united hearts
0:56
106
Athalia: Soothing tyrant, falsely smiling!
2:20
107
Athalia: Around let acclamations ring
2:39
108
Athalia: Oppression, no longer I dread thee
1:52
109
Athalia: Hark! His thunders round me roll
2:43
110
Athalia: To darkness eternal
1:05
111
Athalia: Now, Josabeth, thy fears are o'er!
2:35
112
Athalia: Give glory to his awful name
2:10
113
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Overture: Larghetto e staccato - Allegro - Adagio - Andante
6:12
114
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Recitative: "T'was at the royal feast"
0:49
115
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Nos. 1 & 2: Air and Chorus: "Happy, happy, happy pair!"
4:45
116
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Recitative: "Timotheus placed on high"
0:19
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 3 Accompagnato: "The song began from Jove"
0:49
118
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 4 Chorus: "The listening crowd admired the lofty sound"
2:16
119
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 5 Air: "With ravish'd ears"
3:25
120
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Recitative: "The praise of Bacchus then"
0:29
121
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 6 Air: "Bacchus, ever fair and young"
4:40
122
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Recitative: "Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain"
0:34
123
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 7 Accompagnato: "He chose a mournful Muse"
1:20
124
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 8 Air: "He sung Darius, great and good"
3:02
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 9 Accompagnato: "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate"
0:53
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Chorus: "Behold Darius great and good"
3:06
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 10 Recitative: "The mighty master smiled to see"
0:28
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 11 Arioso: "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"
3:00
129
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 12 Air: "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
5:19
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 13 Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
3:56
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 14 Air: "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"
6:05
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Chorus (da capo): "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
4:03
133
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": I. Allegro
3:32
134
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": II. Largo - Adagio
1:50
135
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": III. Allegro - Adagio
3:25
136
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": IV. Andante non presto
4:10
137
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 15 Accompagnato and Chorus: "Now strike the golden lyre again" / "Break his bonds of sleep asunder" / "Hark, hark! The horrid sound"
2:20
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 16a Air: "Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries" / Part 2. No. 16b Accompagnato: "Behold, a ghastly band"
5:05
139
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 17 Accompagnato: "Give the vengeance due"
1:46
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 18 Air: "The princes applaud with a furious joy"
2:07
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 19 Air and Chorus: Air: "Thaïs led the way" / Chorus: "The princes applaud with furious joy"
5:27
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 20 Accompagnato and Chorus: Accompagnato: "Thus, long ago"
2:47
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. Chorus: "At last divine Cecilia came"
3:08
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. Recitative: "Your voices tune, and raise them high"
0:31
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. Duet: "Let's imitate her notes above!"
2:28
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. Recitative: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"
0:19
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"
3:46
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony - Allegro (Live)
4:05
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony - Larghetto (Live)
1:52
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony - Allegro (Live)
2:47
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony - Andante larghetto (Live)
3:20
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "How excellent thy name, O Lord" (Live)
2:45
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "An infant rais'd by thy command...Along the monster atheist strode" (Live)
2:32
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "The youth inspir'd by Thee, O Lord" (Live)
1:50
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "How excellent thy name, O Lord" (Live)
2:20
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "He comes...O godlike youth!" (Live)
3:06
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Behold, O King, the brave victorious youth" (Live)
0:45
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "O King, your favours with delight I take...O early piety! (Live)
5:15
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "What abject thoughts a Prince can have...Yet think, on whom this honour you bestow" (Live)
2:27
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Birth and fortune I despise!" (Live)
4:05
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Go on, illustrious pair!...While yet thy tide of blood runs high" (Live)
2:31
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Thou, Merab, first in birth... My soul rejects the thought...See, see with what a scornful air... Ah! lovely youth!" (Live)
3:22
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - Symphony..."Already see the daughters...Welcome, welcome mighty King!" (Live)
2:46
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "What do I hear?... David his ten thousands slew...To him ten thousands!" (Live)
1:09
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "With rage I shall burst his praises to hear!" (Live)
1:20
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Imprudent women!" (Live)
0:39
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Fell rage and black despair possessed" (Live)
2:34
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "This but the smallest part of harmony...By thee this universal frame" (Live)
2:35
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Rack'd with infernal pains" (Live)
0:13
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "O Lord, whose mercies"...Symphony (Live)
5:09
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "'Tis all in vain...A serpent in my bosom warm'd...Has he escaped my rage?" (Live)
2:17
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Capricious man" (Live)
3:37
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "O filial piety!" (Live)
1:23
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "No, no cruel father, no!" (Live)
1:34
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "O Lord, whose providence ever wakes for their defence" (Live)
1:35
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - "Preserve him for the glory of thy name" (Live)
2:51
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Audience Applause Act 1 (Live)
0:25
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Envy! Eldestborn of hell! (Live)
2:49
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Ah! dearest friend" (Live)
0:33
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "But sooner Jordan's stream, I swear" (Live)
2:08
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "O strange vicissitude!" (Live)
0:47
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Such haughty beauties" (Live)
4:17
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "My father comes...Hast thou obey'd my orders" (Live)
0:45
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Sin not, o King, against the youth" (Live)
2:10
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "As great Jehovah lives" (Live)
1:18
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "From cities storm'd, and battles won" (Live)
2:13
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Appear, my friend" (Live)
0:31
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Your words, O King...Yes he shall wed my daughter!" (Live)
1:25
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "A Father's will" (Live)
0:28
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "O fairest of ten thousand fair... Is there a man" (Live)
4:05
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - Symphony (Live)
4:07
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Thy father is as cruel" (Live)
0:33
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "At persecution I can laugh" (Live)
1:15
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Whom dost thou seek?" (Live)
0:30
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "No, no, let the guilty tremble" (Live)
1:27
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Mean as he was" (Live)
0:49
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "Author of peace" (Live)
3:11
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - Symphony (Live)
1:14
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "The time at length is come...Where is the son of Jesse" (Live)
1:33
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - "O fatal consequence of rage" (Live)
5:37
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Wretch that I am...'Tis said, here lives a woman...With me what would'st thou?" (Live)
3:45
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Infernal Spirits" (Live)
2:13
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace" (Live)
3:02
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - Symphony (Live)
0:35
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Whence comest thou?...Impious wretch, of race accurst" (Live)
2:39
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - March (Live)
3:06
207
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Mourn Israel" (Live)
3:25
208
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "O let it not in Gath be heard" (Live)
2:06
209
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "From this unhappy day" (Live)
2:53
210
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew" (Live)
2:24
211
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Eagles were not so swift as they" (Live)
0:21
212
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "In sweetest harmony" (Live)
4:28
213
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "O fatal Day" (Live)
4:40
214
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Ye men of Judah, weep no more" (Live)
0:27
215
Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - "Gird on thy sword" (Live)
5:17
216
Audience Applause Act 3 (Live)
0:28
217
Israel in Egypt: Overture
1:56
218
Israel in Egypt: No. 1 Recitative (Tenor) - Now there arose a new king; No. 2 Chorus - And the children of Israel sighed
3:50
219
Israel in Egypt: No. 3 Recitative (Tenor) - Then sent He Moses; No. 4 Chorus - They loathed to drink of the river
2:32
220
Israel in Egypt: No. 5 Air (Alto) - Their land brought forth frogs
2:15
221
Israel in Egypt: No. 6 Chorus - He spake the word
2:04
222
Israel in Egypt: No. 7 Chorus - He gave them hailstones for rain
2:06
223
Israel in Egypt: No. 8 Chorus - He sent a thick darkness
2:46
224
Israel in Egypt: No. 9 Chorus - He smote all the first-born of Egypt
2:18
225
Israel in Egypt: No. 10 Chorus - But as for his people
4:00
226
Israel in Egypt: No. 11 Chorus - Egypt was glad when they departed
3:03
227
Israel in Egypt: No. 12 Chorus - He rebuked the Red Sea
2:58
228
Israel in Egypt: No. 13 Chorus - And Israel saw that great work
3:57
229
Israel in Egypt: No. 14 Introitus (Chorus) - Moses and the children on Israel
3:20
230
Israel in Egypt: No. 15 Duet (Sopranos I and II) - The Lord is my strength
4:20
231
Israel in Egypt: No. 16 Chorus - He is my God
3:07
232
Israel in Egypt: No. 17 Duet (Bass I and II) - The Lord is a man of war
5:39
233
Israel in Egypt: No. 18 Chorus - The depths have covered them
2:07
234
Israel in Egypt: No. 19 Chorus - Thy right hand, o Lord
3:34
235
Israel in Egypt: No. 20 Chorus - And with the blast of thy nostrils
2:49
236
Israel in Egypt: No. 21 Air (Tenor) - The enemy said: I will pursue
2:19
237
Israel in Egypt: No. 22 Air (Soprano) - Thou didst blow with the wind
2:09
238
Israel in Egypt: No. 23 Chorus - Who is like unto thee
2:26
239
Israel in Egypt: No. 24 Duet (Alto and Tenor) - Thou in thy mercy
4:32
240
Israel in Egypt: No. 25 Chorus - The people shall hear
7:37
241
Israel in Egypt: No. 26 Air (Alto) - Thou shalt bring them in
3:51
242
Israel in Egypt: No.27a Chorus, No.28 Recitative, No.27b Chorus, No.29 Recitative, No.30 Chorus
5:14
243
Two Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest
5:49
244
Two Coronation Anthems: The King Shall Rejoice
10:36
245
Messiah, HWV 56: I. Sinfony (Grave: Allegro Moderato)
3:23
246
Messiah, HWV 56: II. Accompagnato (Tenor) “Comfort Ye My People”
3:25
247
Messiah, HWV 56: III. Air (Tenor) “Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted”
3:31
248
Messiah, HWV 56: IV. Chorus “And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed”
2:51
249
Messiah, HWV 56: V. Accompagnato (Bass) “Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts”
1:35
250
Messiah, HWV 56: VI. Air (Alto) “But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming”
4:45
251
Messiah, HWV 56: VII. Chorus “And He Shall Purify”
2:25
252
Messiah, HWV 56: VIII. Recitative (Contralto) “Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive”
0:29
253
Messiah, HWV 56: IX. Air (Contralto) and Chorus: “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings”
5:30
254
Messiah, HWV 56: X. Accompagnato (Bass) “For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover”
3:03
255
Messiah, HWV 56: XI. Air (Bass) “The People That Walked in Darkness”
3:55
256
Messiah, HWV 56: XII. Chorus “For Unto Us a Child Is Born”
4:04
257
Messiah, HWV 56: XIII. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
1:10
258
Messiah, HWV 56: XIV. Recitative (Soprano) “There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field” – XV. Accompagnato (Soprano) “And Lo, the Angel of the Lord” – XVI. Accompagnato (Soprano) “And Suddenly There Was With the Angel”
1:34
259
Messiah, HWV 56: XVII. Chorus “Glory to God in the Highest”
1:59
260
Messiah, HWV 56: XVIII. Air (Soprano) “Rejoice Greatly, o Daughter of Zion”
4:48
261
Messiah, HWV 56: XIX. Recitative (Contralto) “Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind”
0:21
262
Messiah, HWV 56: XX. Air (Contralto & Soprano) “He Shall Feed His Flock”
6:09
263
Messiah, HWV 56: XXI. Chorus “His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light”
2:21
264
Messiah, HWV 56: XXII. Chorus “Behold the Lamb of God”
3:17
265
Messiah, HWV 56: XXIII. Air (Contralto) “He Was Despised”
13:15
266
Messiah, HWV 56: XXIV. Chorus “Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs”
2:27
267
Messiah, HWV 56: XXV. Chorus “And With His Stripes We Are Healed”
1:52
268
Messiah, HWV 56: XXVI. Chorus “All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray”
3:54
269
Messiah, HWV 56: XXVII. Accompagnato (Tenor) “All They That See Him”
0:46
270
Messiah, HWV 56: XXVIII. Chorus “He Trusted in God”
2:33
271
Messiah, HWV 56: XXIX. Accompagnato (Tenor) “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart”
1:49
272
Messiah, HWV 56: XXX. Arioso (Tenor) “Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow”
1:59
273
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXI. Accompagnato (Soprano) “He Was Cut Off Out of the Land”
0:14
274
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXII. Air (Soprano) “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul”
2:08
275
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIII. Chorus “Lift Up Your Heads, o Ye Gates”
3:04
276
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIV. Recitative (Tenor) “Unto Which of the Angels”
0:12
277
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXV. Chorus “Let All the Angels of God Worship Him”
1:29
278
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVI. Air (Alto) “Thou Art Gone Up on High”
3:10
279
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVII. Chorus “The Lord Gave the Word”
1:05
280
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXVIII. Air (Soprano) “How Beautiful Are the Feet”
2:37
281
Messiah, HWV 56: XXXIX. Chorus “The Sound Is Gone Out”
1:22
282
Messiah, HWV 56: XL. Air (Bass) “Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage”
2:56
283
Messiah, HWV 56: XLI. Chorus “Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder”
1:48
284
Messiah, HWV 56: XLII. Recitative (Tenor) “He That Dwelleth in Heaven”
0:10
285
Messiah, HWV 56: XLIII. Air (Tenor) “Thou Shalt Break Them”
2:05
286
Messiah: "Hallelujah"
3:58
287
Messiah, HWV 56: XLV. Air (Soprano) “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth”
6:42
288
Messiah, HWV 56: XLVI. Chorus “Since by Man Came Death”
2:20
289
Messiah, HWV 56: XLVII. Recitative (Bass) “Behold, I Tell You a Mystery”
0:31
290
Messiah, HWV 56: XLVIII. Air (Bass) “The Trumpet Shall Sound”
8:59
291
Messiah, HWV 56: XLIX. Recitative (Alto) “Then Shall Be Brought to Pass”
0:16
292
Messiah, HWV 56: L. Duet (Alto & Tenor) “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?”
1:03
293
Messiah, HWV 56: LI. Chorus “But Thanks Be to God”
2:12
294
Messiah, HWV 56: LII. Air (Contralto) “If God Be for Us”
4:41
295
Messiah, HWV 56: LIII. Chorus “Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain” – “Amen”
7:30
296
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. Symfony
7:46
297
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held" (Samson)
0:32
298
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. No. 1 Chorus of Philistines: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!"
1:54
299
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. No. 2 Air: "Ye men of Gaza, hither bring" (Philistine woman)
3:51
300
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. No. 3 Chorus of Philistines: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!"
0:29
301
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. No. 4 Air: "Loud as the thunder's awful voice" (Philistine man)
3:07
302
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. No. 5 Air: "Then free from sorrow" (Philistine woman)
2:34
303
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!"
0:28
304
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" (Samson)
0:52
305
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. No. 6 Air: "Torments, alas! are not confined" (Samson)
3:56
306
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: "O change beyond report" (Micah)
0:56
307
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 2. No. 7 Air: "O mirror of our fickle state" (Micah)
2:44
308
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself" (Samson, Micah)
2:36
309
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 2. No. 8 Air: "Total eclipse! no sun, no moon, all dark" (Samson)
3:28
310
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 2. No. 9 Accompagnato: "Since light so necessary is to life" (Micah)
1:12
311
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 2. No. 10 Chorus of Israelites: "Oh first created beam!"
3:34
312
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" (Samson, Micah)
1:59
313
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. Recitative: "Brethren and men of Dan" (Manoa, Micah)
0:33
314
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 11 Accompagnato: "O miserable change! is this the man" (Manoa)
0:44
315
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. Recitative: "O ever failing trust in mortal strength!" (Israelite man)
0:15
316
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 12 Air: "God of our fathers" (Israelite man)
3:00
317
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 14 Accompagnato: "The good we wish for, often proves our banes" (Manoa)
1:04
318
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 15 Air: "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" (Manoa)
4:35
319
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" (Samson, Manoa)
1:35
320
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 16 Accompagnato: "My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close" (samson)
0:54
321
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 17 Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?" (Samson)
4:34
322
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. Recitative: "There lies our hope!" (Micah)
0:21
323
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 18 Corus of Israelites: "Then shall they know"
2:19
324
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son" (Manoa, Samson)
2:56
325
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 20 Air: "Then long Eternity shall greet your bliss" (Micah)
5:26
326
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 21 Chorus of Philistines: "Then round about the starry throne"
2:09
327
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 1. Recitative: "Despair not thus!" (Manoa, Samson)
1:25
328
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 1. No. 22 Air: "Just are the ways of God to man" (Manoa)
3:26
329
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 1. Recitative: "My evils hopeless are!" (Samson, Micah)
0:46
330
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 1. No. 23 Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!" (Micah, Chorus of Israelites)
8:38
331
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "But who is this?" (Micah, Samson, Dalila)
3:15
332
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 25 Air: "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" (Dalila)
7:06
333
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "Alas! th'event was worse than I foresaw" (Dalila) / Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "Did love constrain thee?" (Samson)
0:54
334
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 26 Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way" (Samson
3:36
335
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "Forgive what's done" (Dalila)
0:30
336
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 27 Duet: "My (Her) faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Dalila, Virgin) / Act Two, Scene 2. No. 28 Chorus of Virgins: "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove"
6:14
337
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 29 Air & Chorus: "To fleeting pleasures make your court" (Dalila)
4:53
338
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!" (Samson, Dalila)
1:27
339
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 2. No. 30 Duet: "Traitor to love! I'll sue no more" (Dalila, Samson) / Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: "She is gone!" (Micah, Samson)
1:57
340
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 31 Air: "It is not virtue, valour, wit" (Micah)
4:12
341
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: "Favour'd of heav'n" (Samson)
0:22
342
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 3. No. 32 Chorus of Israelites: "To man God's universal law"
2:31
343
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "No words of peace" (Micah, Harapha, Samson)
1:38
344
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 33 Air: "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" (Harapha)
5:40
345
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "Put on your arms" (Samson)
0:10
346
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 34 Air: "My strength is from the living God"(Samson)
2:53
347
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "With thee! a man condemn'd" (Harapha, Samson)
0:41
348
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 35 Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go" (Samson, Harapha)
2:16
349
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "Here lie the proof" (Micah)
0:46
350
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 36 Chorus of Israelites: "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear!"
3:14
351
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "Dagon, arise!" (Harapha)
0:13
352
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 37a Air: "To song and dance we give the day" (Philistine man)
4:04
353
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 37b Chorus of Philistines: "To song and dance we give the day" (Chorus)
1:57
354
Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 38 Corus of Israelites and Philistines: "Fix'd in his everlasting seat"
3:03
355
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. Recitative: "More trouble is behind: for Harapha" (Micah, Samson, Harapha)
1:23
356
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 39 Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath" (Harapha)
3:01
357
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson" (Micah, Samson)
0:50
358
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 40 Chorus of Israelites: "With thunder arm'd great God, arise!"
2:55
359
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. Recitative: "Be of good courage" (Samson, Micah, Harapha)
2:23
360
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 42 Air: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" (Samson)
3:54
361
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 43 Accompagnato: "With might endued above the sons of men" (Micah)
0:25
362
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 44 Air: "The Holy One of Israel by thy guide" (Micah)
2:22
363
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 2. Recitative: "Old Manoa" (Micah, Manoa)
0:26
364
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 2. No. 46 Air & Chorus of Philistines: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" (Philistine man)
4:28
365
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 2. Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?" (Manoa, Micah)
0:47
366
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 2. No. 48 Air: "How willing my paternal love" (Manoa)
3:36
367
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 2. Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" (Micah, Manoa) / Act Three, Scene 2. No. 49 Symphony / Act Three, Scene 2. No. 50 Chorus of Philistines: "Hear us, our God, oh hear our cry!"
1:57
368
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 2. Recitative: "Noise call you this?" (Micah, Manoa)
0:40
369
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: "Where shall I run?" (Messenger, Micah, Manoa)
3:49
370
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 3. No. 51 Air: "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" (Micah) / Act Three, Scene 3. No. 52 Chorus of Israelites: "Weep, Israel, weep a louder strain"
3:20
371
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: "Proceed we hence" (Manoa)
0:46
372
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 3. No. 53 Dead March
3:06
373
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: "The body comes" (Micah, Manoa)
1:10
374
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 3. No. 54 Soli and Chorus of Israelites: "Glorious hero, may thy grave" (Manoa, Iraelite woman)
5:12
375
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: "Come, come!" (Manoa, Micah)
1:02
376
Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 3. No. 55 Air: "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row" (Israelite woman) / Act Three, Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: "Let their celestial concerts all unite"
6:25
377
Semele: Ouverture. Gavotte
9:04
378
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Accompagnato "Behold! auspicious flashes rise!" (Priest)
1:26
379
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Chorus "Lucky omens bless our rites" (Priests)
3:08
380
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Recitative and Arioso "Daughter, obey, hear and obey!" (Cadmus, Athamas)
0:58
381
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Accompagnato "Ah me! What refuge now is left for me?" - Air "O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose" (Semele)
2:44
382
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Air "The morning lark to mine accords his note" (Semele)
7:05
383
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Recitative "See, she blushing turns her eyes" (Athamas)
0:18
384
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Air "Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare" (Athamas)
4:38
385
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Recitative "Alas! she yields, and has undone me" (Ino, Athamas, Semele)
0:48
386
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Quartetto "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" (Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele)
2:45
387
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Chorus "Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" (Priests)
2:00
388
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 3. No. 11 Accompagnato: "O miserable change! is this the man" (Manoa)
0:39
389
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Recitative "Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores!" (Athamas, Semele)
0:17
390
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Chorus "Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed" (Priests)
0:36
391
Samson, HWV 57: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held" (Samson)
0:30
392
Semele: Act I, Scene II. Air "Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes" (Ino)
8:26
393
Semele: Act I, Scene II. Recitative "She weeps!" (Athamas)
0:25
394
Semele: Act I, Scene II. Air "Your tuneful voice my tale would tell" (Athamas)
4:56
395
Semele: Act I, Scene II. Recitative "Too well I see, thou wilt not understand me" (Ino, Athamas)
0:47
396
Semele: Act I, Scene II. Duetto "You've undone me" / "With my life I would atone" (Ino, Athamas)
2:29
397
Semele: Act I, Scene III. "Ah, wretched prince, doom'd to disastrous love!" - "Wing'd with our fears and pious haste" - "O prodigy, to me of dire portent!" / Scene IV. "See, see, Jove's Priests and holy Augurs come"
2:07
398
Semele: Act I, Scene IV. Chorus "Hail Cadmus, hail!" (Priests, Augurs)
1:34
399
Semele: Act I, Scene IV. Air and Chorus "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Semele, Chorus)
4:30
400
Semele: Act II. Sinfonia
1:31
401
Semele: Act II, Scene I. Recitative "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno, Iris)
0:46
402
Semele: Act II, Scene I. Air "There from mortal cares retiring" (Iris)
3:27
403
Semele: Act II, Scene I. Recitative "No more - I'll hear no more!" (Juno) - Accompagnato "Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy!" (Juno, Iris)
1:55
404
Semele: Act II, Scene I. Air "Hence, Iris, hence away" (Juno)
3:23
405
Semele: Act II, Scene II. Air "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (Semele)
3:10
406
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Recitative "Let me not another moment bear the pangs of absence" (Semele)
0:16
407
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Air "Lay your doubts and fears aside" (Jupiter)
3:02
408
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Recitative "You are mortal and require time to rest" (Jupiter)
0:23
409
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Air "With fond desiring" (Semele)
2:54
410
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Chorus "How engaging, how endearing" (Loves, Zephyrs)
3:06
411
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Recitative "Ah me!" - "Why sighs my Semele?" (Semele, Jupiter)
1:23
412
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Air "I must with speed amuse her" (Jupiter)
3:44
413
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Chorus "Now Love that everlasting boy invites" (Loves, Zephyrs)
2:21
414
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Recitative "By my command" (Jupiter, Semele)
1:18
415
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Air "Where'er you walk" (Jupiter)
4:53
416
Semele: Act II, Scene IV. Recitative "Dear sister, how was your passage hither?" (Semele, Ino)
0:46
417
Semele: Act II, Scene IV. Air "But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round" (Ino)
2:14
418
Semele: Act II, Scene IV. Duetto "Prepare then, ye immortal choir" (Semele, Ino)
2:02
419
Semele: Act II, Scene IV. Chorus "Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays" (Nymphs, Swains)
2:43
420
Semele: Act III. Symphony. Larghetto e piano per tutto
1:22
421
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Accompagnato "Somnus, awake, raise thy reclining head!" (Juno, Iris)
0:31
422
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Air "Leave me, loathsome light" (Somnus)
3:07
423
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Recitative "Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall" (Iris, Juno)
0:40
424
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Air "More sweet is that name" (Somnus)
2:14
425
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Recitative "My will obey, she shall be thine" (Juno, Somnus)
1:23
426
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Duetto "Obey my will" / "All I must grant" (Juno, Somnus)
1:53
427
Semele: Act III, Scene II. Air "My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed" (Semele)
2:53
428
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Recitative "Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno, Semele)
1:14
429
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Air "Behold in this mirror" (Juno)
2:40
430
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Recitative "O ecstasy of happiness" (Semele)
0:19
431
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Air "Myself I shall adore" (Semele)
6:39
432
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Recitative "Be wise, as you are beautiful" (Juno, Semele)
0:37
433
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Accompagnato "Conjure him by his oath" (Juno)
1:28
434
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Air "Thus let my thanks be paid" (Semele)
2:13
435
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Recitative "Rich odours fill the fragrant air" (Juno, Semele)
0:32
436
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Air "Come to my arms, my lovely fair" (Jupiter)
2:58
437
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Recitative "O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?" (Jupiter) - Air "I ever am granting, you always complain" (Semele)
1:42
438
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Recitative "Speak, speak your desire" (Jupiter, Semele)
0:15
439
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Accompagnato "By that tremendous flood, I swear" (Jupiter)
0:27
440
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Recitative "You'll grant what I require?" (Semele, Jupiter) - Accompagnato "Then cast off this human shape" (Semele)
0:34
441
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Air "Ah, take heed what you press" (Jupiter)
1:11
442
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Air "No, no! I'll take no less" (Semele)
5:14
443
Semele: Act III, Scene V. Accompagnato "Ah! whither is she gone!" (Jupiter)
3:01
444
Semele: Act III, Scene VI. Air "Above measure is the pleasure, which my revenge supplies" (Juno)
2:22
445
Semele: Act III, Scene VII. Accompagnato "Ah me! too late I now repent" (Semele)
3:44
446
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Recitative "Of my ill-boding dream" (Ino)
0:21
447
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Chorus "Oh, terror and astonishment!" (Chorus)
3:56
448
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Recitative "How I was hence remov'd" (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas)
1:00
449
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Air "Despair no more shall wound me" (Athamas)
5:03
450
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Recitative "See from above the bellying clouds descend" (Cadmus)
0:17
451
Semele: Act III, Scene the last. Sinfonia
1:29
452
Semele: Act III, Scene the last. Accompagnato "Apollo comes, to relieve your care" (Apollo)
0:57
453
Semele: Act III, Scene the last. Chorus "Happy, happy shall we be" (Chorus)
2:56
454
Overtura
4:32
455
Menuetto
2:03
456
Recitativo Accompagnato: See, with what sad dejection in her looks
2:02
457
Aria: No longer, Fate, relentless frown
5:45
458
Recitativo Accompagnato: O Hercules! why art thou absent from me?
0:50
459
Aria: The world, when day's career is run
4:31
460
Recitativo: Princess! be comforted, and hope the best ... My son! Dear image of thy absent sire!
1:25
461
Aria: I feel, I feel the god, he swells my breast!
1:33
462
Recitativo: He said, the sacred fury left his breast
0:58
463
Aria: There in myrtle shades reclined
3:21
464
Recitativo: Despair not; but let rising hope suspend
0:27
465
Aria: Where congealed the northern streams
1:53
466
Chorus: O filial piety! O gen'rous love!
5:18
467
Recitativo: Banish your fears!
0:31
468
Aria: Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away
3:27
469
Recitativo: A train of captives, red with honest wounds
0:55
470
Aria: The smiling hours, a joyful train
1:21
471
Chorus: Let none despair, relief may come though late
2:26
472
March
1:49
473
Recitativo: Thanks to the pow'rs above, but chief to thee
1:27
474
Aria: My father! Ah! methinks I see
5:56
475
Recitativo: Now farewell, arms!
0:26
476
Aria: The god of battle quits the bloody field
2:24
477
Recitativo: Ah me! How soon the flatterer hope
0:27
478
Aria: Daughter of gods, bright liberty!
5:55
479
Chorus: Crow with festal pomp the day
2:28
480
Sinfonia
1:11
481
Recitativo: Why was I born a princess
0:18
482
Aria: How blest the maid, ordained to dwell
5:57
483
Recitativo: It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs
0:38
484
Aria: When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears
2:48
485
Recitativo: Whence this unjust suspicion?
1:10
486
Aria: Ah! Think what ills the jealous prove
5:52
487
Recitativo: It is too sure that Hercules is false ... my godlike master? - Is a traitor
0:19
488
Recitativo (cont.): In vain you strive his falsehood to disguise!
0:16
489
Chorus: Jealousy! Infernal pest
5:18
490
Recitativo: She knows my passion, and has heard me breathe
1:45
491
Aria: Banish love from thy breast
2:17
492
Recitativo: Forgive a passion, which resistless sways
0:10
493
Aria: From celestial seats descending
5:37
494
Chorus: Wanton god of amorous fires
2:04
495
Recitativo: Yes, I congratulate your titles
0:45
496
Aria: Alcides' name in latest story
4:47
497
Recitativo: O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!
0:30
498
Aria: Resign thy club and lion's spoils
4:55
499
Recitativo: You are deceived! Some villain has belied .. Dissembling, false, perfidious Hercules!
1:29
500
Aria: Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
3:50
501
Recitativo: Some kinder pow'r inspire me ... Lichas, thy hands shall to the temple bear
1:26
502
Aria: As stars, that rise and disappear
3:54
503
Recitativo: But see, the princess Iole. Retire! ... Forgive me, princess if my jealous frenzy
1:16
504
Duet: Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r
2:33
505
Recitativo: Father of Hercules, great Jove
0:18
506
Chorus: Love and Hymen, hand in hand
3:55
507
Sinfonia
3:54
508
Recitativo: Ye sons of Trachin, mourn your valiant chief
1:26
509
Aria: Oh scene of unexampled woe
3:07
510
Chorus: Tyrants now no more shall dread
4:15
511
Recitativo accompagnato: O Jove! What land is this
2:24
512
Recitativo: Great Jove! relieve his pains!
2:09
513
Aria: Let not fame the tidings spread
4:03
514
Recitativo accompagnato: Where shall I fly?
6:14
515
Recitativo: Lo! The fair, fatal cause of all this ruin!
1:17
516
Aria: My breast with tender pity swells
6:49
517
Recitativo: Princess, rejoice! Whose heav'n-directed hand
1:46
518
Aria: He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky
1:50
519
Recitativo: Words are too faint to speak the warring passions
1:07
520
Duet: O prince, whose virtues all admire
3:26
521
Recitativo: Ye sons of freedom, now, in ev'ry clime
0:17
522
Chorus: To him your grateful notes of praise belong
2:36
523
Belshazzar: Overture
4:38
524
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Accompagnato ed Arioso "Vain, fluctuating state of human empire!" (Nitocris)
5:06
525
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Air "Thou, God most high, and Thou alone" (Nitocris)
4:00
526
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Recitativo "The fate of Babylon, I fear, is nigh" (Nitocris, Daniel)
1:15
527
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 1, Air "Lament not thus, oh Queen, in vain!" (Daniel)
4:55
528
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Chorus "Behold, by Persia's hero made" (Babylonians)
2:49
529
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Well may they laugh" (Gobrias, Cyrus); Accompagnato "Oh memory! Still bitter to my soul" (Gobrias)
1:19
530
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Opprest with never-ceasing grief" (Gobrias)
3:33
531
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Dry thoes unavailing tears" (Cyrus)
2:13
532
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem"; Accompagnato "Methought, as on the bank of deep Euphrates" (Cyrus)
2:35
533
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Now, tell me, Gobrias" (Cyrus, Gobrias)
1:14
534
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Behold the monstrous human beast" (Gobrias)
3:16
535
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "Can you then think it strange" (Cyrus)
0:16
536
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Air "Great God! who, yet but darkly known" (Cyrus)
3:49
537
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Recitativo "My friends, be confident" (Cyrus)
0:41
538
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 2, Chorus "All empires upon God depend"
3:15
539
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Air "Oh sacred oracles of Truth!" (Daniel)
5:14
540
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Rejoice, my countrymen"; Air "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus" (Daniel)
3:00
541
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 3, Chorus, "Sing, oh ye heav'ns!"
4:11
542
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Air "Let festal joy triumphant reign!" (Belshazzar)
5:03
543
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "For you, my friends" (Belshazzar, Nitocris)
0:53
544
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Air "The leafy honours of the field" (Nitocris)
7:33
545
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "It is the custom, I may say, the law" (Belshazzar, Nitocris)
1:23
546
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Chorus "Recall, oh king! thy rash command" (Jews)
3:53
547
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Recitativo "They tell you true" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)
1:22
548
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Duet "Oh dearer than my life, forbear!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)
7:15
549
Belshazzar: Act 1, Scene 4, Chorus "By slow degrees the wrath of God" (Jews)
4:22
550
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 1, Chorus "See, from his post Euphrates flies!"
6:27
551
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 1, Recitativo "You see, my friends, a path" (Cyrus)
0:45
552
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 1, Air "Amaz'd to find the foe so near" (Cyrus)
4:23
553
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 1, Chorus "To arms, to arms! no more delay!" (Persians)
0:34
554
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Ye tutelar gods of our empire"
2:58
555
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "Let the deep bowl thy praise confess" (Belshazzar)
2:38
556
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Where is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?" (Belshazzar, Chorus)
2:41
557
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Call all my Wise Men" (Belshazzar)
0:25
558
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, A Sinfony (Allegro Postillions)
1:43
559
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Ye sages! welcome always to your king" (Belshazzar); Recitativo "Alas! too hard a task the king imposes" (Wise Men)
1:05
560
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Chorus "Oh misery! - oh terror! - hopeless grief!"
1:49
561
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh king! live for ever!" (Nitocris, Belshazzar)
1:39
562
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Air "No! to thyself thy trifles be" (Daniel)
1:30
563
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Accompagnato "Yet, to obey his dread command" (Daniel)
3:13
564
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 2, Recitativo "Oh sentence too severe!" (Nitocris); Air "Regard, oh son, my flowing tears" (Nitocris)
6:57
565
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Air "Oh God of Truth! oh faithful guide!" (Cyrus)
4:37
566
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Recitativo "You, Gobrias, lead directry to the palace" (Cyrus)
1:02
567
Belshazzar: Act 2, Scene 3, Chorus "Oh glorious prince!"
4:52
568
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Air "Alternate hopes and fears" (Nitocris)
4:28
569
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Recitativo "Fain would I hope" (Nitocris, Daniel)
0:23
570
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Air "Can the black Aethiop change his skin?" (Daniel)
2:26
571
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Recitativo "My hopes revive" (Nitocris, Arioch, Messenger)
1:51
572
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 1, Chorus "Bel boweth down" (Jews)
1:30
573
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 2, Air "I thank thee, Sesach" (Belshazzar)
1:37
574
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 2, A Martial Symphony
0:39
575
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Air "To pow'r immortal my first thanks" (Gobrias)
2:44
576
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Recitativo "Be it thy care, good Gobrias" (Cyrus); Air "Destructive War, thy limits know" (Cyrus)
2:54
577
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Duet "Great victor, at your feet I bow" (Nitocris, Cyrus)
3:58
578
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Recitativo "Say, venerable prophet" (Cyrus, Daniel)
0:55
579
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Soli & Chorus "Tell it out among the heathen"
1:37
580
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Accompagnato "Yes, I will build thy city" (Cyrus)
2:21
581
Belshazzar: Act 3, Scene 3, Soli & Chorus "I will magnify thee" (Daniel, Nitocris, Chorus)
5:28
582
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Ouverture (without tempo indication - Allegro - Lentement - Allegro)
7:55
583
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 1 Chorus: "Mourn, ye afflicted children"
5:37
584
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. Recitative: "Well, may our sorrows, brethren, flow" (Israelitish man, Israelitish woman)
1:23
585
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 2 Duet: "From this dread scene, these adverse pow'rs" (Israelitish woman and man)
2:54
586
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 3 Chorus: "For Sion lamentation make"
3:35
587
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. Recitative: "Not vain is all the storm of grief" (Israelitish man)
1:10
588
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 4 Air: "Pious orgies, pious airs" (Israelitish man)
3:47
589
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 5 Chorus: "Oh Father, whose Almighty pow'r"
2:27
590
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 6 Recitative: "I feel, I feel the Deity within" (Simon)
1:04
591
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 7 Air: "Arm, arm, ye brave!" (Simon)
3:06
592
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. Chorus: "We come, we come, in bright array"
1:06
593
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. Recitative: "'Tis well, my friends" (Judas Maccabaeus)
0:50
594
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 8 Air: "Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul" (Judas Maccabaeus)
2:15
595
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. Recitative: "To Heav'n's Almighty king we kneel" (Israelitish woman)
0:31
596
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 9 Air: "Oh liberty, thou choicest treasure" (Israelitish woman)
2:41
597
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 10 Air: "Come, ever-smiling liberty" (Israelitish woman)
3:20
598
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. Recitative: "Oh Judas, may these noble views inspire" (Israelitish man)
0:15
599
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 11 Air: "'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone" (Israelitish man)
2:57
600
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 12 Duet: "Come, ever-smiling liberty" (Israelitish woman and man)
1:19
601
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 13 Chorus: "Lead on, lead on! Judah disdains"
0:50
602
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 14 Recitative: "So will'd my father, now at rest" (Judas Maccabaeus)
1:38
603
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 15 Semichorus: "Disdainful of danger, we'll rush on the foe"
2:13
604
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. Recitative: "Ambition! if e'er honour was thine aim" (Judas Maccabaeus)
0:22
605
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 16 Air: "No unhallow'd desire" (Judas Maccabaeus)
2:27
606
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. Recitative: "Haste we, my brethren, haste we to the field" (Israelitish man)
0:12
607
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act One. No. 17 Chorus: "Hear us, oh Lord, on thee we call"
3:43
608
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 18 Chorus: "Fall'n is the foe; so fall Thy foes, oh Lord!"
3:25
609
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "Victorious hero! Fame shall tell" (Israelitish man)
0:46
610
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 19 Air: "So rapid thy course is" (Israelitish man)
4:26
611
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "Well, may we hope our freedom to receive" (Israelitish man)
0:21
612
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 20 Duet And Chorus: "Sion now her head shall rise" (Israelitish woman and man)
6:46
613
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "Oh let eternal honours crown his name" (Israelitish woman)
0:32
614
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 21 Air: "From mighty kings he took the spoil" (Israelitish woman)
8:13
615
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 22 Duet And Chorus: "Hail, hail, Judea, happy land!" (Israelitish woman and man)
2:16
616
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "Thanks to my brethren, but look up to Heav'n" (Judas Maccabaeus)
0:49
617
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 23 Air: "How vain is man, who boasts in fight" (Judas Maccabaeus)
5:57
618
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "Oh Judas, oh my brethren!" (Messenger)
0:48
619
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 24 Solo And Chorus: "Ah! wretched, wretched Israel!" (Israelitish woman)
6:29
620
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "Be comforted, - nor think these plagues are sent" (Simon)
0:44
621
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 25 Air: "The Lord worketh wonders" (Simon)
3:05
622
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "My arms! - against this Gorgias will I go" (Judas Maccabaeus)
0:27
623
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 26 Solo and Chorus: "Sound an alarm! your silver trumpets sound" (Judas Maccabaeus) ... "We hear, we hear the pleasing, dreadful call" (Chorus)
4:44
624
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "Enough!" To Heav'n we leave the rest" (Simon)
0:49
625
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 27a Air: "With pious hearts, and brave as pious" (Simon)
2:38
626
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. Recitative: "Ye worshippers of God" (Israelitish man, Israelitish woman)
1:18
627
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 27b Air: "Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive us" (Israelitish woman)
5:58
628
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Two. No. 28 Duet and Chorus: "Oh! never, never bow we down" (Israelitish woman and man)
6:54
629
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 29 Air: "Father of Heav'n! from Thy eternal throne" (Israelitish man)
7:08
630
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 30 Recitative: "See, see yon flames, that from the altar broke" (Israelitish man)
0:47
631
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. Recitative: "Oh grant it, Heav'n, that our long woes may cease" (Israelitish woman)
0:32
632
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 31 Air: "So shall the lute and harp awake" (Israelitish woman)
4:32
633
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. Recitative: "From Capharsalama, on eagle wings I fly" (Messenger, Simon)
1:25
634
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. Chorus Of Youths: "See, the conqu'ring hero comes!" - Chorus Of Virgins: "See, the godlike youth advance!": Chorus: "See, the conqu'ring hero comes!"
2:50
635
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 32 March
1:46
636
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 33 Chorus: "Sing unto God, and high affections raise"
2:54
637
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. Recitative: "Sweet flow the strains, that strike my feasted ear" (Judas Maccabaeus)
1:17
638
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 34 Air: "With honour let desert be crown'd" (Judas Maccabaeus)
3:20
639
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. Recitative: "Peace to my countrymen; peace, and liberty" (Eupolemus)
0:50
640
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 35 Chorus: "To our great God be all the honours giv'n"
2:28
641
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. Recitative: "Again to earth let gratitude descend" (Israelitish woman)
0:56
642
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 36 Air, Duet: "Oh lovely peace, with plenty crown'd" (Israelitish woman and man)
8:10
643
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. No. 37 Solo and Chorus: "Rejoice, oh Judah! and in songs divine" (Simon)
1:51
644
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act Three. Chorus: "Hallelujah! Amen"
1:41
645
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I. Overture
6:41
646
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Your harps and cymbals" (Chorus)
3:16
647
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Praise ye the Lord" (Levite)
5:06
648
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "With pious heart" (Chorus)
4:24
649
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Almighty Power" (Solomon)
3:19
650
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Imperial Solomon" (Zadok)
0:39
651
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Sacred raptures" (Zadok)
4:11
652
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Throughout the land" (Chorus)
3:32
653
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Bless'd be the Lord" (Solomon)
0:31
654
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "What though I trace" (Solomon)
6:29
655
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "And see my Queen" (Solomon)
0:46
656
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Bless'd the day" (Queen)
4:20
657
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Thou fair inhabitant of Nile" (Solomon, Queen)
0:41
658
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Welcome as the dawn of day" (Solomon, Queen)
3:16
659
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Vain are the transient beauties" (Zadok)
0:41
660
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Indulge thy faith" (Zadok)
3:38
661
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "My blooming fair" (Solomon)
0:11
662
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Haste to the cedar grove" (Solomon)
2:47
663
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "When thou art absent" (Queen)
0:18
664
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "With thee th'unshelter'd moor l'd tread" (Queen)
2:10
665
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Search round the world" (Zadok)
0:21
666
Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "May no rash intruder" (Chorus)
4:21
667
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene I. "From the censer" (Chorus)
5:01
668
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene I. "Prais'd be the Lord" (Solomon)
1:14
669
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene I. "When the sun o'er yonder hills" (Solomon)
4:05
670
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene I. "Great prince" (Levite)
0:21
671
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene I. "Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king" (Levite)
3:09
672
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene II. "My sovereign liege" (Solomon, 1st Harlot)
1:55
673
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Words are weak" (1st Harlot, 2nd Harlot, Solomon)
5:27
674
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "What says the other" (Solomon, 2nd Harlot)
1:22
675
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Thy sentence, great king" (2nd Harlot)
1:48
676
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Withold, withold the executing hand!" (1st Harlot)
0:13
677
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Can I see my infant gor'd" (1st Harlot)
4:38
678
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Israel, attend" (Solomon)
1:55
679
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Thrice bless'd be the king" (1st Harlot, Solomon)
3:39
680
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "From the east unto the west" (Chorus)
2:33
681
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "From morn to eve" (Zadok)
0:23
682
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "See the tall palm" (Zadok)
4:52
683
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "No more shall armed bands" (1st Harlot)
0:22
684
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Beneath the vine" (1st Harlot)
5:02
685
Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Swell, swell the full chorus" (Chorus)
2:57
686
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfony: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
2:54
687
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "From Arabia's spicy shores" (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
1:19
688
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Ev'ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba)
4:15
689
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Sweep, sweep the string" (Solomon)
0:18
690
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Music, spread thy voice around" (Solomon, Chorus)
3:48
691
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Now a diff'rent measure... Shake the dome" (Solomon, Chorus)
1:42
692
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Then at once from rage remove" (Solomon)
0:44
693
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Draw the tear from hopeless love" (Chorus)
3:01
694
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Next the tortur'd soul release" (Solomon)
0:17
695
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Thus rolling surges rise" (Solomon, Chorus)
3:19
696
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Thy harmony's divine" (Queen of Sheba)
1:08
697
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Pious king" (Levite)
2:41
698
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Thrice happy king" (Zadok)
0:50
699
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Golden columns" (Zadok)
3:09
700
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Praise the Lord" (Chorus)
4:16
701
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Gold now is common" (Solomon)
0:29
702
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "How green our fertile pastures look!" (Solomon)
1:56
703
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "May peace in Salem ever dwell" (Queen of Sheba)
0:53
704
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Will the sun forget to streak" (Queen of Sheba)
6:20
705
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Adieu, fair queen" (Solomon)
0:16
706
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows" (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
2:30
707
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "The name of the wicked" (Chorus)
2:24
708
Theodora, HWV 68: Ouverture
3:03
709
Theodora, HWV 68: Trio
1:48
710
Theodora, HWV 68: Courante
1:44
711
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 1. Recitative: "'Tis Dioclesian's natal day" (Valens)
0:33
712
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 1. No. 1 Air: "Go, my faithful soldier, go" (Valens)
1:50
713
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 1. No. 2 Chorus of Heathens: "And draw a blessing down"
2:06
714
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 1. Recitative: "Vouchsafe, dread Sir" (Didymus, Valens)
0:55
715
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 1. No. 3 Air: "Racks, gibbets, sword and fire" (Valens)
3:20
716
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 1. No. 4 Chorus of Heathens: "For ever thus stand fix'd"
1:37
717
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 2. Recitative: "Most cruel edict" (Didymus)
0:30
718
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 2. No. 5 Air: "The raptur'd soul" (Didymus)
8:18
719
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 2. Recitative: "I know thy virtues" (Septimius)
0:44
720
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 2. No. 6 Air: "Descend, kind Pity" (Septimius)
7:13
721
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 3. Recitative: "Though hard, my friends" (Theodora)
0:28
722
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 3. No. 7 Air: "Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu" (Theodora)
4:18
723
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 3. Recitative: "Oh bright example" (Irene)
0:27
724
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 3. No. 8 Air: "Bane of virtue" (Irene)
5:06
725
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 3. No. 9 Chorus of Christians: "Come, mighty Father"
2:35
726
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 4. Recitative: "Fly, fly, my brethren" (Messenger, Irene) - Recitative: "Ah! whither should we fly?" (Irene)
1:01
727
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 4. No. 10 Air: "As with rosy steps the morn" (Irene)
6:48
728
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 4. No. 11 Chorus: "All pow'r in heav'n"
2:15
729
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 5. Recitative: "Mistaken wretches!" (Septimius)
0:21
730
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 5. No. 12 Air: "Dread the fruits of Christian folly" (Septimius)
2:43
731
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 5. Recitative: "Deluded mortal" (Septimius) - No. 13 Accompagnato: "O worse than death indeed" (Theodora)
1:21
732
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 5. No. 14 Air: "Angels, ever bright and fair" (Theodora)
3:36
733
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 6. Recitative: "Unhappy, happy crew!" (Didymus, Irene)
1:11
734
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 6. No. 15 Air: "Kind heaven, if virtue be thy care" (Didymus)
5:04
735
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 6. Recitative: "Oh love! how great thy pow'r" (Irene)
0:23
736
Theodora, HWV 68: Part One, Scene 6. No. 16 Chorus of Christians: "Go, gen'rous pious youth"
4:51
737
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 1. Recitative: "Ye men of Antioch" (Valens)
0:36
738
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 1. No. 17 Chorus of Heathens: "Queen of summer"
0:50
739
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 1. No. 18 Air: "Wide spread his name" (Valens)
2:22
740
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 1. Recitative: "Return, Septimius" (Valens)
0:36
741
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 1. No. 19 Chorus of Heathens: "Venus laughing from the skies"
1:20
742
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 2. No. 20 Sinfonia
1:02
743
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "Oh thous bright sun!" (Theodora)
0:39
744
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 2. No. 21a Air: "With darkness deep" (Theodora)
3:55
745
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 2. No. 21b Sinfonia (original version)
1:22
746
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 2. Recitative: "But why art thou disquieted?" (Theodora)
0:21
747
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 2. No. 22 Air: "Oh that I on wings could rise" (Theodora)
3:13
748
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 3. Recitative: "Long have I known" (Didymus, Septimius)
1:21
749
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 3. No. 23 Air: "Though the honours, that Flora" (Septimius)
3:57
750
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 3. Recitative: "O save her then" (Didymus, Septimius)
0:35
751
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 3. No. 24 Air: "Deeds of kindness to display" (Didymus)
6:59
752
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "The clouds begin to veil" (Irene)
0:38
753
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 4. No. 25: "Defend her, Heav'n" (Irene)
5:00
754
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 5. Recitative: "Or lull'd with grief" (Didymus)
0:33
755
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 5. No. 26: "Sweet rose and lily" (Didymus)
2:32
756
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 5. Recitative: "O save me, Heav'n" (Theodora, Didymus)
1:18
757
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 5. No. 27 Air: "The pilgrim's home" (Theodora)
2:43
758
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 5. No. 28 Accompagnato: "Forbid it, Heav'n!" (Didymus) - Recitative: "Or, say, what Right have I" (Didymus) - Recitative: "Ah! what is liberty" (Didymus, Theodora)
1:54
759
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 5. No. 29 Duet: "To thee, thou glorious son of worth" (Theodora, Didymus)
4:38
760
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 6. Recitative: "'Tis night" (Irene)
0:47
761
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Scene 6. No. 30 Chorus of Christians: "He saw the lovely youth"
5:18
762
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Alternative version of Scene 2. Recitative: "Oh thou bright sun!" (alternative ending) (Theodora)
0:39
763
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Alternative version of Scene 2. No. 21c Sinfonia (alternative ending)
1:40
764
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Alternative version of Scene 2. Recitative: "But why art thou disquieted?" (Theodora)
0:21
765
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Two, Alternative version of Scene 2. No. 22 Air: "Oh that I on wings could rise" (Theodora)
3:14
766
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 1. No. 31 Air: "Lord, to thee each night and day" (Irene)
5:11
767
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 2. Recitative: "But see, the good, the virtuous" (Irene)
0:37
768
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 2. No. 32 Air: "When sunk in anguish and despair" (Theodora)
3:54
769
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 2. No. 33 Solo and Chorus of Christians: "Blest be the hand" (Theodora): Sc.2
3:27
770
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 3. Recitative: "Undaunted in the court" (Messenger, Irene) - No. 34 Accompagnato: "Oh my Irene, Heav'n is kind" (Theodora)
1:30
771
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 3. No. 35 Duet: "Whither, Princess, do you fly?" (Irene, Theodora)
1:09
772
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 3. Recitative: "She's gone disdaining liberty and life" (Irene)
0:40
773
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 3. No. 36 Air: "New scenes of joy come crowding on" (Irene)
4:34
774
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 4. Recitative: "Is it a Christian virtue then" (Valens, Didymus) / Part Three, Scene 5. Recitative: "Be that my doom" (Theodora, Septimius)
1:54
775
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 5. No. 37 Air: "From virtue springs each gen'rous deed" (Septimius)
6:34
776
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 5. No. 38 Air: "Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r" (Valens)
1:02
777
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 5. Recitative: "'Tis kind, my friends" (Didymus, Theodora)
0:53
778
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 5. Chorus of Christians: "How strange their ends"
3:22
779
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 5. Recitative: "On me your frowns" (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
0:31
780
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 5. No. 40 Air: "Ye ministers of justice" (Valens)
1:07
781
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 6. Recitative: "And must such beauty suffer" (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
0:55
782
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 6. No. 41 Air and Duet: "Streams of pleasure ever flowing" - "Thither let our hearts aspire" (Didymus, Theodora): Sc.6
6:04
783
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 6. Recitative: "Ere this their doom is past" (Irene)
0:21
784
Theodora, HWV 68: Part Three, Scene 6. No. 42 Chorus of Christians: "O Love divine"
3:02
785
Jephtha: Overture / Menuet
5:13
786
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"
1:23
787
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"
2:51
788
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "No more to Ammon's god and king"
2:54
789
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "But Jephtha comes"
0:52
790
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"
4:06
791
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" / "In gentle murmurs will I mourn"
4:58
792
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" / "Dull delay, in piercing anguish"
3:50
793
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" / "Take the heart you fondly gave"
4:14
794
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "I go, My soul, inspir'd by thy command" / "These labours past, how happy we!"
7:28
795
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "What mean these doubtful fancies"
1:57
796
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "O God, behold our sore distress"
4:35
797
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 5. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" / "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"
4:57
798
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "Say, my dear mother"
0:52
799
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "The smiling dawn of happy days"
3:32
800
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply"
0:26
801
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"
4:38
802
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"
1:14
803
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"
3:12
804
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"
4:14
805
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" / "Tune the soft melodious lute"
4:42
806
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 2. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people" / "His mighty arm, with sudden blow"
6:28
807
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "In glory high, in might serene"
2:32
808
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. Symphony / "Hail glorious conqueror!"
1:30
809
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Welcome as the cheerful light"
3:52
810
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Horror! confusion!" / "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"
4:59
811
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Why is my brother thus afflicted"
0:57
812
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!"
2:19
813
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "If such thy cruel purpose" / "On me let blind mistaken zeal"
1:48
814
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "O spare your daughter"
3:13
815
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Such news flies swift"
1:21
816
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Happy they! this vital breath"
3:32
817
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Deeper, and deeper still"
3:27
818
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"
8:04
819
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"
3:02
820
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"
4:30
821
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Ye sacred priests" / "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"
6:27
822
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"
3:49
823
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. Symphony
2:44
824
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests"
1:00
825
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"
3:59
826
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"
1:28
827
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Theme sublime of endless praise"
3:23
828
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" / "Laud her, all ye virgin train"
2:21
829
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" / "Sweet as sight to the blind"
2:15
830
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" / "All that is in Hamor mine"
3:37
831
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"
2:59
832
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