Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "Be That My Doom" (Theodora, Septimius)

Maxim Emelyanychev feat. Lisette Oropesa & Michael Spyres

Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

1 MINUTE AND 3 SECONDS • OCT 28 2022

Album tracklist

Theodora, HWV 68: Overture

02:58

Theodora, HWV 68: Trio

01:46

Theodora, HWV 68: Courante

01:36

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Tis Diocletian’s Natal Day" (Valens)

00:31

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go" (Valens)

01:53

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Chorus. "And Draw a Blessing Down" (The Heathens)

02:04

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Vouchsafe, Dread Sir" (Didymus, Valens)

01:03

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire" (Valens)

03:15

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Chorus. "For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom" (The Heathens)

01:41

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Recitative. "Most Cruel Edict" (Didymus, Septimius)

00:36

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Air. "The Raptur’d Soul" (Didymus)

08:12

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Recitative. "I Know Thy Virtues" (Septimius)

00:43

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Air. "Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest" (Septimius)

08:12

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Recitative. "Though Hard, My Friends" (Theodora)

00:28

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Air. "Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu" (Theodora)

04:00

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Recitative. "O Bright Example of All Goodness" (Irene)

00:38

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Air. "Bane of Virtue" (Irene)

05:52

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Chorus. "Come, Mighty Father" (The Christians)

02:30

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Recitative. "Fly, Fly, My Brethren" (Messenger, Irene)

01:08

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Air. "As with Rosy Steps the Morn" (Irene)

07:19

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Chorus. "All Pow’r in Heav’n Above" (The Christians)

02:17

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Recitative. "Mistaken Wretches!" (Septimius)

00:20

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Air. "Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly" (Septimius)

02:42

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Recitative. "Deluded Mortal!" (Theodora, Septimius)

01:02

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed" (Theodora)

00:23

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Air. "Angels, Ever Bright and Fair" (Theodora)

03:39

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Recitative. "Unhappy, Happy Crew!" (Didymus, Irene)

01:13

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Air. "Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care" (Didymus)

05:22

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Recitative. "O Love, How Great Thy Pow’r!" (Irene)

00:34

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Chorus. "Go, Gen’rous, Pious Youth" (The Christians)

04:42

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Recitative. "Ye Men of Antioch" (Valens)

00:33

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Chorus. "Queen of Summer, Queen of Love" (The Heathens)

00:43

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Air. "Wide Spread His Name" (Valens)

02:12

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Recitative. "Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid" (Valens)

00:41

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Chorus. "Venus, Laughing from the Skies" (The Heathens)

01:19

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Symphony

00:55

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Recitative. "O Thou Bright Sun" (Theodora)

00:36

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air. "With Darkness Deep, as is My Woe" (Theodora)

03:08

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air

01:03

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Recitative. "But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul" (Theodora)

00:31

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air. "Oh That I on Wings Could Rise" (Theodora)

03:23

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Recitative. "Long Have I Known" (Didymus, Septimius)

01:20

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Air. "Though the Honours" (Septimius)

03:13

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Recitative. "Oh, Save Her Then" (Didymus, Septimius)

00:38

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Air. "Deeds of Kindness to Display" (Didymus)

07:01

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 4: Recitative. "The Clouds Begin to Veil" (Irene)

00:41

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 4: Air. "Defend Her, Heav’n!" (Irene)

05:47

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Or Lull’d With Grief" (Didymus)

00:39

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Air. "Sweet Rose and Lily" (Didymus)

02:18

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Oh, Save Me, Heav’n" (Theodora, Didymus)

01:34

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Air. "The Pilgrim’s Home" (Theodora)

02:58

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Forbid It, Heav’n!" (Didymus)

00:38

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Or Say, What Right Have I to Take" (Didymus, Theodora)

01:58

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Duet. "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth" (Theodora, Didymus)

04:26

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 6: Recitative. "’Tis Night" (Irene)

00:48

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 6: Chorus. "He Saw the Lovely Youth" (The Heathens)

03:43

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 1: Air. "Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day" (Irene)

07:04

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Recitative. "But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus" (Irene, Theodora)

00:39

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Air. "When Sunk in Anguish and Despair" (Theodora)

03:36

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Theodora and Chorus. "Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow’r" (Theodora, The Christians)

03:40

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "Undaunted in the Court" (Messenger, Irene)

00:50

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Accompagnato. "O My Irene" (Theodora)

00:30

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "Stay Me Not, Dear Friend" (Theodora)

00:14

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Duet. "Whither, Princess, Do You Fly" (Irene, Theodora)

01:13

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "She’s Gone" (Irene)

00:39

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Air. "New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on" (Irene)

04:18

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 4: Recitative. "Is It a Christian Virtue" (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)

01:13

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "Be That My Doom" (Theodora, Septimius)

01:03

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "From Virtue Springs Each Gen’rous Deed" (Septimius)

05:45

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r" (Valens)

01:03

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "’Tis Kind, My Friends" (Didymus, Theodora)

01:02

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Chorus. "How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious" (The Heathens)

02:50

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "On Me Your Frowns" (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)

00:37

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "Ye Ministers of Justice" (Valens)

01:27

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 6: Recitative. "And Must Such Beauty Suffer?" (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)

00:54

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 6: Air and Duet. "Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing" (Didymus, Theodora)

05:37

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 7: Recitative. "Ere This, Their Doom is Past" (Irene)

00:31

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 7: Chorus. "O Love Divine" (The Christians)

02:43

Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "Be That My Doom" (Theodora, Septimius)