Performer: David Thomas, Brian Asawa, Patricia Spence, Lisa Saffer, Guy de Mey
Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Audio CD
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 2
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Size: 644 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Disc: 1
01. Overture. Grave – Allegro – Lentement – Allegro
02. Act 1. Chorus. Mourn, ye afflicted children
03. Act 1. Recitative. Well may your sorrows
04. Act 1. From this dread scene
05. Act 1. Chorus. For Sion lamentation make
06. Act 1. Recitative. Not vain is all this storm of grief
07. Act 1. Aria. Pious orgies, pious airs
08. Act 1. Chorus. O Father, whose almighty pow’r
09. Act 1. Recitative. I feel the deity within
10. Act 1. Aria & Chorus. Arm, arm, ye brave!
11. Act 1. Recitative. ‘Tis well, my friends
12. Act 1. Aria. Call forth thy pow’rs, my soul
13. Act 1. Recitative. To heav’n’s Almighty king
14. Act 1. Aria. O liberty, thou choicest treasure
15. Act 1. Aria. Come, ever-smiling liberty
16. Act 1. Recitative. O Judas, may these noble views
17. Act 1. Aria. ‘Tis liberty, dear liberty alone
18. Act 1. Duet. Come, ever-smiling liberty
19. Act 1. Chorus. Lead on, lead on!
20. Act 1. Recitative. So will’d my father
21. Act 1. Semi-chorus. Disdainful of danger
22. Act 1. Recitative. Ambition!
23. Act 1. Aria. No, no unhallow’d desire
24. Act 1. Chorus. Hear us, O Lord
25. Act 2. Chorus. Fall’n is the foe
26. Act 2. Recitative. Victorious hero!
27. Act 2. Aria. So rapid thy course is
28. Act 2. Recitative. Oh let eternal honours
29. Act 2. Aria. From mighty kings
30. Act 2. Duet & Chorus. Hail, hail, Judea
31. Act 2. Recitative. Thanks to my brethren
32. Act 2. Aria. How vain is man
33. Act 2. Recitative. O Judas, O my brethren!
34. Act 2. Aria & Chorus. Ah! wretched Israel!
Disc: 2
01. Act 2. Recitative. Be comforted
02. Act 2. Aria. The Lord worketh wonders
03. Act 2. Recitative. My arms! Against this Gorgias
04. Act 2. Aria & Chorus. Sound an alarm!
05. Act 2. Recitative. Enough! To Heav’n we leave the rest
06. Act 2. Aria. With pious hearts
07. Act 2. Recitative. Ye worshippers of God
08. Act 2. Duet & Chorus. Oh! never, never bow we down
09. Act 3. Aria. Father of Heav’n!
10. Act 3. Recitative. See, see yon flames
11. Act 3. Recitative. Oh grant it, Heav’n
12. Act 3. Aria. So shall the lute and harp awake
13. Act 3. Recitative. From Capharsalama
14. Act 3. Chorus of Youths; Duet; Chorus. See, the conqu’ring hero comes!
15. Act 3. Duet & Chorus. Sing unto God
16. Act 3. Recitative. Sweet flow the strains
17. Act 3. Aria. With honour let desert be crown’d
18. Appendix – Alternates & Additions. Recitative. Well may we hope
19. Appendix – Alternates & Additions. Duet & Chorus. Sion now her head shall raise
20. Appendix – Alternates & Additions. Aria. Wise men, flatt’ring may deceive us
21. Appendix – Alternates & Additions. Aria. Far brighter than the morning
22. Appendix – Alternates & Additions. Recitative. Sweet are thy words
23. Appendix – Alternates & Additions. Aria. Great in wisdom, great in glory
24. Appendix – Alternates & Additions. Recitative. Not vain is all this storm of grief
25. Appendix – Alternates & Additions. Aria. Pious orgies, pious airs
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