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Alison Hagley, Susan Bickley, Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel

Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Words are weak"

Alison Hagley, Susan Bickley, Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel

Paul McCreesh - Handel: Theodora & Solomon

5 MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS

Album tracklist

1
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Overture - 1a. Ouverture
03:03
2
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Overture - 1b. Trio
01:48
3
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Overture - 1c. Courante
01:44
4
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 2. Recitative: "'Tis Dioclesian's natal day" (Alternative Scene)
00:34
5
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 3. Aria: "Go, my faithful soldier, go"
01:51
6
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 4. Chorus Of Heathens: "And draw a blessing down"
02:07
7
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 5. Recitative: "Vouchsafe, dread Sir"
00:55
8
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 6. Aria: "Racks, gibbets, sword and fire"
03:20
9
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 7. Chorus Of Heathens: "For ever thus stand fix'd"
01:37
10
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 8. Recitative: "Most cruel edict"
00:30
11
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 9. Aria: "The raptur'd soul"
08:18
12
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 10. Recitative: "I know thy virtues"
00:45
13
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 11. Aria: "Descend, kind Pity"
07:11
14
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 12. Recitative: "Though hard, my friends"
00:28
15
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 13. Aria: "Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu"
04:18
16
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 14. Recitative: "Oh bright example"
00:28
17
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 15. Aria: "Bane of virtue"
05:06
18
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 16. Chorus Of Christians: "Come, mighty Father"
02:35
19
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 17. Recitative: "Fly, fly, my brethren"
01:02
20
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 18. Aria: "As with rosy steps the morn"
06:48
21
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 19. Chorus: "All pow'r in heav'n"
02:15
22
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 20. Recitative: "Mistaken wretches!"
00:21
23
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 21. Aria: "Dread the fruits of Christian folly"
02:43
24
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 22. Recitative: "Deluded mortal"/Accompagnato: "O worse than death indeed"
01:21
25
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 23. Aria: "Angels, ever bright and fair"
03:36
26
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 24. Recitative: "Unhappy, happy crew!"
01:12
27
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 25. Air: "Kind heaven, if virtue be thy care"
05:05
28
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 26. Recitative: "Oh love! how great thy pow'r"
00:23
29
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 27. Chorus: "Go, gen'rous pious youth"
04:52
30
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 28. Recitative: "Ye men of Antioch"
00:36
31
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 29. Chorus Of Heathens: "Queen of summer"
00:50
32
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 30. Aria: "Wide spread his name"
02:22
33
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 31. Recitative: "Return, Septimius"
00:37
34
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 32. Chorus Of Heathens: "Venus laughing from the skies"
01:18
35
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 33. Sinfony
01:02
36
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 34. Recitative: "Oh thous bright sun!"
00:39
37
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 35. Aria: "With darkness deep"
03:54
38
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 36. Sinfony
01:22
39
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 37. Recitative: "But why art thou disquieted?"
00:22
40
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 38. Aria: "O! that I on wings could rise"
03:13
41
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 39. Recitative: "Long have I known"
01:22
42
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 40. Aria: "Though the honours, that Flora"
03:57
43
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 41. Recitative: "O save her then"
00:36
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 42. Aria: "Deeds of kindness to display"
06:58
45
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 43. Recitative: "The clouds begin to veil"
00:39
46
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 44. Aria: "Defend her, Heav'n"
04:58
47
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 45. Recitative: "Or lull'd with grief"
00:34
48
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 46. Aria: "Sweet rose and lily"
02:32
49
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 47. Recitative: "O save me, Heav'n"
01:18
50
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 48. Aria: "the pilgrim's home"
02:43
51
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 49. Accompagnato: "Forbid it, Heav'n!"/Rec.: "Ah! what is liberty"
01:54
52
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 50. Duet: "To thee, thou glorious son of worth"
04:36
53
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 51. Recitative: "'Tis night"
00:48
54
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 52. Chorus Of Christians: "He saw the lovely youth"
04:49
55
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 34a. Recitative: "Oh thou bright sun!" (Alternative Ending)
00:40
56
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 36a. Sinfony (Alternative Version)
01:40
57
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 53. Aria: "Lord, to thee each night and day"
05:12
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 54. Recitative: "But see, the good, the virtuous"
00:37
59
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 55. Aria: "When sunk in anguish and despair"
03:55
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 56. Chorus Of Christians and Theodora: "Blest be the hand"
03:28
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 57. Recitative: "Undaunted in the court" / Accompagnato: "O my Irene, Heav'n is kind"
01:31
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 58. Duet: "Whither, Princess, do you fly?"
01:09
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 59. Recitative: "She's gone disdaining liberty and life"
00:40
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 60. Aria: "New scenes of joy come crowding on"
04:31
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 61. Recitative: "Is it a Christian virtue then" / "Be that my doom"
01:55
66
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 62. Aria: "From virtue springs each gen'rous deed"
06:35
67
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 63. Aria: "Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r"
01:02
68
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 64. Recitative: "'Tis kind, my friends"
00:53
69
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 65. Chorus Of Heathens: "How strange their ends"
03:22
70
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 66. Recitative: "On me your frowns"
00:32
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 67. Aria: "Ye ministers of justice"
01:08
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 68. Recitative: "And must such beauty suffer"
00:55
73
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 69. Aria And Duet: "Streams of pleasure ever flowing" / "Thither let our hearts aspire"
06:05
74
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 70. Recitative: "Ere this their doom is past"
00:21
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 71. Chorus Of Christians: "O Love divine"
03:02
76
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 - Overture
06:41
77
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Your harps and cymbals"
03:16
78
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Praise ye the Lord"
05:06
79
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "With pious heart"
04:24
80
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Almighty Power"
03:19
81
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Imperial Salomon"
00:39
82
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Sacred raptures"
04:11
83
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Throughout the land"
03:32
84
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Bless'd be the Lord"
00:31
85
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "What tho' I trace"
06:29
86
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "And see my Queen"
00:46
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Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Bless'd the day"
04:20
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Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Thou fair inhabitant of Nile"
00:41
89
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Welcome as the dawn of day"
03:16
90
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Vain are the transient beauties"
00:41
91
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Indulge thy faith"
03:38
92
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "My blooming fair"
00:11
93
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Haste to the cedar grove"
02:47
94
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "When thou art absent"
00:18
95
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "With thee th'unshelter'd moor"
02:10
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Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Search round the world"
00:21
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Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "May no rash intruder"
04:21
98
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "From the censer"
05:01
99
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Prais'd be the Lord"
01:14
100
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "When the sun o'er yonder hills"
04:05
101
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Great prince"
00:21
102
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king"
03:09
103
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "My sovereign liege"
01:55
104
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Words are weak"
05:28
105
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "What says the other"
01:22
106
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Thy sentence, great king"
01:48
107
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Withhold, withhold the executing hand!"
00:13
108
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Can I see my infant gor'd"
04:38
109
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Israel' attend"
01:55
110
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Thrice bless'd be the king"
03:39
111
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "From the east unto the west"
02:33
112
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "From morn to eve"
00:23
113
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "See the tall palm"
04:52
114
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "No more shall armed bands"
00:22
115
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Beneath the vine"
05:02
116
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Swell, swell the full chorus"
02:57
117
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - Sinfony
02:52
118
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "From Arabia's spicy shores"
01:19
119
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Ev'ry sight these eyes behold"
04:15
120
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Sweep, sweep the string"
00:18
121
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Music, spread thy voice around"
03:48
122
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Now a diff'rent measure" - "Shake the dome"
01:42
123
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Then at once from rage remove"
00:44
124
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Draw the tear from hopeless love"
03:01
125
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Next the tortur'd soul release"
00:17
126
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Thus rolling surge rise"
03:19
127
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Thy harmony's divine"
01:09
128
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Pious king"
02:41
129
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Thrice happy king"
00:50
130
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Golden columns"
03:09
131
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Praise the Lord"
04:16
132
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Gold now is common"
00:29
133
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "How green our fertile pastures look!"
01:56
134
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "May peace in Salem"
00:53
135
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Will the sun forget to streak"
06:21
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Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Adieu, fair queen"
00:16
137
Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows"
02:30
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Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "The name of the wicked"
02:24
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