Maxim Emelyanychev

Theodora

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Release date October 28, 2022
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Tracklist

1
Theodora, HWV 68: Overture
2:58
2:58
2
Theodora, HWV 68: Trio
1:45
1:45
3
Theodora, HWV 68: Courante
1:36
1:36
4
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Recitative “’Tis Diocletian’s Natal Day” (Valens)
0:30
0:30
5
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go” (Valens)
1:52
1:52
6
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (The Heathens)
2:03
2:03
7
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens)
1:02
1:02
8
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire” (Valens)
3:15
3:15
9
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (The Heathens)
1:40
1:40
10
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict” (Didymus, Septimius)
0:35
0:35
11
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Air “The Raptur’d Soul” (Didymus)
8:12
8:12
12
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius)
0:42
0:42
13
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius)
8:11
8:11
14
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Recitative “Though Hard, My Friends” (Theodora)
0:27
0:27
15
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu” (Theodora)
4:00
4:00
16
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness” (Irene)
0:38
0:38
17
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Air “Bane of Virtue” (Irene)
5:51
5:51
18
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father” (The Christians)
2:29
2:29
19
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene)
1:08
1:08
20
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Air “As with Rosy Steps the Morn” (Irene)
7:18
7:18
21
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (The Christians)
2:17
2:17
22
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius)
0:20
0:20
23
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius)
2:41
2:41
24
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius)
1:02
1:02
25
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Accompagnato “Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed” (Theodora)
0:23
0:23
26
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Air “Angels, Ever Bright and Fair” (Theodora)
3:39
3:39
27
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Recitative “Unhappy, Happy Crew!” (Didymus, Irene)
1:13
1:13
28
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Air “Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care” (Didymus)
5:21
5:21
29
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Recitative “O Love, How Great Thy Pow’r!” (Irene)
0:34
0:34
30
Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Chorus “Go, Gen’rous, Pious Youth” (The Christians)
4:41
4:41
31
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Recitative “Ye Men of Antioch” (Valens)
0:33
0:33
32
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Chorus “Queen of Summer, Queen of Love” (The Heathens)
0:42
0:42
33
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Air “Wide Spread His Name” (Valens)
2:11
2:11
34
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Recitative “Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid” (Valens)
0:40
0:40
35
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Chorus “Venus, Laughing from the Skies” (The Heathens)
1:19
1:19
36
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Symphony
0:54
0:54
37
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Recitative “O Thou Bright Sun” (Theodora)
0:35
0:35
38
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air “With Darkness Deep, as is My Woe” (Theodora)
3:07
3:07
39
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air
1:03
1:03
40
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Recitative “But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul” (Theodora)
0:30
0:30
41
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air “Oh That I on Wings Could Rise” (Theodora)
3:23
3:23
42
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Recitative “Long Have I Known” (Didymus, Septimius)
1:20
1:20
43
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Air “Though the Honours” (Septimius)
3:12
3:12
44
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Recitative “Oh, Save Her Then” (Didymus, Septimius)
0:38
0:38
45
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Air “Deeds of Kindness to Display” (Didymus)
7:01
7:01
46
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 4: Recitative “The Clouds Begin to Veil” (Irene)
0:40
0:40
47
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 4: Air “Defend Her, Heav’n!” (Irene)
5:46
5:46
48
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Or Lull’d With Grief” (Didymus)
0:38
0:38
49
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Air “Sweet Rose and Lily” (Didymus)
2:17
2:17
50
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Oh, Save Me, Heav’n” (Theodora, Didymus)
1:33
1:33
51
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Air “The Pilgrim’s Home” (Theodora)
2:58
2:58
52
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Accompagnato “Forbid It, Heav’n!” (Didymus)
0:37
0:37
53
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Or Say, What Right Have I to Take” (Didymus, Theodora)
1:58
1:58
54
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Duet “To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth” (Theodora, Didymus)
4:26
4:26
55
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 6: Recitative “’Tis Night” (Irene)
0:47
0:47
56
Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 6: Chorus “He Saw the Lovely Youth” (The Heathens)
3:42
3:42
57
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 1: Air “Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day” (Irene)
7:04
7:04
58
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Recitative “But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus” (Irene, Theodora)
0:38
0:38
59
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Air “When Sunk in Anguish and Despair” (Theodora)
3:36
3:36
60
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Theodora and Chorus “Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow’r” (Theodora, The Christians)
3:39
3:39
61
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “Undaunted in the Court” (Messenger, Irene)
0:50
0:50
62
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Accompagnato “O My Irene” (Theodora)
0:29
0:29
63
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “Stay Me Not, Dear Friend” (Theodora)
0:14
0:14
64
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Duet “Whither, Princess, Do You Fly” (Irene, Theodora)
1:12
1:12
65
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “She’s Gone” (Irene)
0:38
0:38
66
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Air “New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on” (Irene)
4:17
4:17
67
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 4: Recitative “Is It a Christian Virtue” (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
1:12
1:12
68
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “Be That My Doom” (Theodora, Septimius)
1:02
1:02
69
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “From Virtue Springs Each Gen’rous Deed” (Septimius)
5:45
5:45
70
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r” (Valens)
1:02
1:02
71
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “’Tis Kind, My Friends” (Didymus, Theodora)
1:01
1:01
72
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Chorus “How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious” (The Heathens)
2:50
2:50
73
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “On Me Your Frowns” (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
0:37
0:37
74
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens)
1:26
1:26
75
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 6: Recitative “And Must Such Beauty Suffer?” (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
0:54
0:54
76
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 6: Air and Duet “Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing” (Didymus, Theodora)
5:37
5:37
77
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 7: Recitative “Ere This, Their Doom is Past” (Irene)
0:30
0:30
78
Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 7: Chorus “O Love Divine” (The Christians)
2:42
2:42

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