Jephtha, Oratorio In Three Acts Overture - Menuet Act I, Scene 1 It Must Be So: Or These Vile Ammonites- Zebul Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray'rs - Zebul No More To Ammon's God And King - Chorus Act I, Scene 2 But Jephtha Comes - Zebul, Jephtha Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace - Jephtha 'Twill Be A Painful Separation, Jephtha ... In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn - Storgè Act I, Scene 3 Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis ... Dull Delay, In Piercing Anguish - Hamor Ill Suits The Voice Of Love When Glory Calls ... Take The Heart You Fondly Gave - Iphis I Go. My Soul, Inspir'd By The Command - Hamor / These Labours Past, How Happy We! - Iphis, Hamor Act I, Scene 4 What Mean These Doubtful Fancies - Jephtha O God, Behold Our Sore Distress - Chorus Act I, Scene 5 Some Dire Event Hangs O'er Our Heads ... Scenes Of Horror, Scenes Of Woe - Storgè Act I, Scene 6 Say, My Dear Mother - Iphis The Smiling Dawn Of Happy Days - Iphis Such, Jephtha, Was The Haughty King's Reply - Zebul, Jephtha When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke - Chorus Act II, Scene 1 Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee, Dear Iphis - Hamor Cherub And Seraphim, Unbodied Forms - Chorus Up The Dreadful Steep Ascending - Hamor 'Tis Well, Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens ... Tune The Soft Melodious Lute - Iphis Act II, Scene 2 Heav'n Smiles Once More On His Repentant People ... His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow - Jephtha Act II, Scene 3 In Glory High, In Might Serene - Chorus Symphony -- Hail, Glorious Conqueror! - Iphis Welcome As The Cheerful Light - Iphis, Chorus Horror! Confusion! ... Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb - Jephtha Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted? - Zebul, Jephtha First Perish Thou, And Perish All The World! - Storgè If Such Thy Cruel Purpose ... On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal - Hamor O Spare Your Daughter - Zebul, Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha Act II, Scene 4 Such News Flies Swift - Iphis Happy They! This Vital Breath - Iphis Deeper, And Deeper Still - Jephtha How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees! - Chorus Act III, Scene 1 Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun - Jephtha Waft Her, Angels, Through The Skies - Jephtha Ye Sacred Priests ... Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs And Floods - Iphis Doubtful Fear And Rev'rent Awe - Chorus Symphony Rise, Jephtha, And Ye Rev'rend Priests - Angel Happy, Iphis Shalt Thou Live - Angel For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name - Jephtha Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise - Chorus Act III, Scene 2 Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn ... Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train - Zebul O Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother's Arms - Storgè / Sweet As Sight To The Blind - Storgè My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence ... All That Is In Hamor Mine - Iphis, Hamor, Storgè, Jephtha, Zebul Ye House Of Gilead, With One Voice - Chorus [Applause] Israel In Egypt, Oratorio, HWV 54 - Version In Two Parts Overture Part One: Exodus Recitative "Now There Arose A New King" / Chorus With Alto "And The Children Of Israel Sighed"
Tenor Vocals – Recitative "Then Sent He Moses" / Chorus "They Loathed To Drink Of The River"
Tenor Vocals – Air "Their Land Brought Forth Frogs"
Alto Vocals – Chorus "He Spake The Word" Chorus "He Gave Them Hailstones For Rain" Chorus "He Sent A Thick Darkness" Chorus "He Smote All The First-Born Of Egypt" Chorus "But As For His People" Chorus "Egypt Was Glad When They Departed" Chorus "He Rebuked The Red Sea" Chorus "And Israel Saw That Great Work" Part Two: Moses' Song Introitus "Moses And The Children Of Israel" Duet "The Lord Is My Strength"
Soprano Vocals – Chorus "He Is My God" Duet "The Lord Is A Man Of War"
Bass Vocals – Chorus "The Depths Have Covered Them" Chorus "Thy Right Hand, O Lord" Chorus "And With The Blast Of Thy Nostrils" Air "The Enemy Said: I Will Pursue"
Tenor Vocals – Air "Thou Didst Blow With The Wind"
Soprano Vocals – Chorus "Who Is Like Unto Thee" Duet "Thou In Thy Mercy"
Alto Vocals – Chorus "The People Shall Hear" Air "Thou Shalt Bring Them In"
Alto Vocals – Chorus "The Lord Shall Reign" / Recitative "For The Horse Of Pharaoh" / Chorus "The Lord Shall Reign" / Recitative "And Miriam The Prophetess" / Chorus "Sing Ye To The Lord"
Tenor Vocals – Two Coronation Anthems Zadok The Priest, HWV 258 The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260 Saul Symphony Allegro Larghetto Allegro Andante Larghetto Act I How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord - Chorus Of Israelites An Infant Rais'd By Thy Command ... Along The Monster Atheist Strode - Soprano, Countertenor
Soprano Vocals – The Youth Inspir'd Thee, O Lord - Chorus Of Israelites How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord - Chorus Of Israelites He Comes ... O Godlike Youth! - Michal Behold, O King, The Brave Victorious Youth - Abner, Saul, David O King, Your Favours With Delight I Take - David / O Early Piety! - Jonathan What Abject Thoughts A Prince Can Have ... Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow - Merab Birth And Fortune I Despise - Jonathan Go On, Illustrious Pair ... While Yet Thy Tide Of Blood Runs High - High Priest Thou, Merab, First In Birth - Saul / My Soul Rejects The Thought - Merab / See, See With What A Scornful Air ... Ah! Lovely Youth - Michal Symphony / Already See The Daughters Of The Land - Michal / Welcome, Welcome Mighty King! - Chorus Of Israelites What Do I Hear? - Saul / David His Ten Thousands Slew - Chorus Of Israelites / To Him Ten Thousands! - Saul With Rage I Shall Burst His Praises To Hear! - Saul Imprudent Women - Jonathan, Michal Fell Rage And Black Despair Possessed - Michal This But The Smallest Part Of Harmony ... By Thee This Universal Frame - High Priest Racked With Infernal Pains - Abner O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless - David / Symphony 'Tis All In Vain - Jonathan / A Serpent In My Bosom Warm'd ... Has He Escaped My Rage? - Saul Capricious Man - Merab O Filial Piety! ... No, Cruel Father, No! - Jonathan O Lord, Whose Providence Ever Wakes For Their Defence - High Priest Preserve Him For The Glory Of Thy Name - Chorus [Applause] Act II Envy! Eldest Born Of Hell - Chorus Ah! Dearest Friend ... But Sooner Jordan's Stream, I Swear - Jonathan O Strange Vicissitude! - David, Jonathan Such Haughty Beauties - David My Father Comes - Jonathan / Hast Thou Obey'd My Orders - Saul, Jonathan Sin Not, O King, Against The Youth - Jonathan As Great Jehovah Lives - Saul From Cities Storm'd, And Battles Won - Jonathan Appear, My Friend - Jonathan, Saul Your Words, O King - David / Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter! - Saul A Father's Will - Michal O Fairest Of Ten Thousand - Michal, David / Is There A Man - Chorus Symphony Thy Father Is As Cruel - David At Persecution I Can Laugh - David, Michal Whom Dost Thou Seek? - Michal, Doeg No, No, Let The Guilty Tremble - Michal Mean As He Was ... Author Of Peace - Merab Symphony The Time At Length Is Come .. Where Is The Son Of Jesse - Saul, Jonathan O Fatal Consequence Of Rage - Chorus Act III Wretch That I Am, Of My Own Ruin Author! ... 'Tis Said, Here Lives A Woman - Saul / With Me What Woulds't Thou? - Witch Of Endor Infernal Spirits - Witch Of Endor Why Hast Thou Forc'd Me From The Realms Of Peace - Samuel, Saul Symphony Whence Camest Thou? - David, Amalekite / Impious Wretch, Of Race Accurst! - David March Mourn Israel - Chorus O Let It Not In Gath Be Heard - High Priest From This Unhappy Day - Merab Brave Jonathan His Bow Ne'er Drew - David Eagles Were Not So Swift As They - Chorus Of Israelites In Sweetest Harmony - Michal O Fatal Day! - David, Israelites Ye Men Of Judah, Weep No More - High Priest Gird On Thy Sword - Chorus Of Israelites [Applause] Solomon, Oratorio In Three Acts, HWV 67 Overture Act I, Scene 1 Your Harps And Cymbals - Chorus Praise Ye The Lord - Levite With Pious Heart - Chorus Almighty Power - Solomon Imperial Solomon ... Sacred Raptures - Zadok Throughout The Land - Chorus Bless'd Be The Lord ... What Though I Trace - Solomon Act I, Scene 2 And See My Queen - Solomon Bless'd The Day - Queen Thou Fair Inhabitant - Solomon / Welcome As The Dawn Of Day - Solomon, Queen My Blooming Fair ... Haste, Haste - Solomon When Thou Art Absent ... With Thee Th'Unshelter'd Moor I'd Tread - Queen May No Rash Intruder - Chorus Act II, Scene 1 From The Censer - Chorus Prais'd Be The Lord ... When The Sun - Solomon Great Prince ... Thrice Bless'd - Levite Act II, Scene 2 My Sovereign Liege - Attendant, Solomon Act II, Scene 3 Thou Son Of David - 1st Harlot / Words Are Weak - 1st & 2nd Harlots, Solomon What Says The Other - Solomon, 2nd Harlot / Thy Sentence, Great King - 2nd Harlot Withhold, Withhold The Executing Hand ... Can I See My Infant Gor'd - 1st Harlot Israel, Attend - Solomon Thrice Bless'd Be The King - 1st Harlot, Solomon From The East Unto The West - Chorus No More Shall Armed Bands ... Beneath The Vine - 1st Harlot Swell, Swell The Full Chorus - Chorus Act III The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba From Arabia's Spicy Shores - Queen Of Sheba, Solomon Sweep, Sweep The String - Solomon / Music, Spread Thy Voice - Solomon, Chorus Now A Diff'rent Measure ... Shake The Dome - Solomon, Chorus Then At Once From Rage - Solomon / Draw The Tear From Hopeless Love - Chorus Next The Tortur'd Soul - Solomon / Thus Rolling Surges Rise - Solomon, Chorus Thy Harmony's Divine - Queen Of Sheba Thrice Happy King ... Golden Columns - Zadok May Peace In Salem Ever Dwell ... Will The Sun Forget To Streak - Queen Of Sheba Adieu, Fair Queen - Solomon / Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows - Queen Of Sheba, Solomon Praise The Lord - Chorus
Art Direction – - Claudia Wafer Baritone Vocals [Zebul] – - Stephen Varcoe (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Bass Vocals [A Levite] – - Stephen Varcoe (tracks: 8-1 to 9-20)Bass Vocals [Doeg] – - Simon Oberst (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Bass Vocals [Saul] – - Alastair Miles (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Booklet Editor – - Edmund Forey Composed By – - Georg Friedrich Händel Contralto Vocals [Storgè] – - Anne Sofie Von Otter (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Countertenor Vocals [David] – - Derek Lee Ragin (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Countertenor Vocals [Hamor] – - Michael Chance (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Harpsichord – - Alastair Ross (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Libretto By – - Charles Jennens (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16), - Thomas Morell (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Libretto By [Arrangement] – - Anthony Hicks (2) (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16), - John Eliot Gardiner (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Liner Notes – - Jeremy Hayes Mezzo-soprano Vocals [2nd Harlot] – - Della Jones (tracks: 8-1 to 9-20)Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Solomon] – - Carolyn Watkinson (tracks: 8-1 to 9-20)Mixed By [Balance Engineer] – - Onno Scholtze (tracks: 1-1 to 7-16), - Wilhelm Hellweg (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Organ – - Paul Nicholson (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Producer – - Wilhelm Hellweg Producer [Assistant] – - Hein Dekker (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Recorded By [Recording Engineer] – - Erwin De Ceuster (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16), - Hein Dekker (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14), - Stan Taal (tracks: 1-1 to 7-16)Soprano Vocals [1st Harlot] – - Joan Rodgers (tracks: 8-1 to 9-20)Soprano Vocals [Angel] – - Ruth Holton (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Soprano Vocals [Iphis] – - Lynne Dawson (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Soprano Vocals [Merab] – - Donna Brown (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Soprano Vocals [Michal] – - Lynne Dawson (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Soprano Vocals [Queen Of Sheba] – - Barbara Hendricks (tracks: 8-1 to 9-20)Soprano Vocals [Solomon's Queen] – - Nancy Argenta (tracks: 8-1 to 9-20)Tenor Vocals [Abner/Amalekite] – - Philip Slane (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Tenor Vocals [High Priest] – - Neil Mackie (2) (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Tenor Vocals [Jephtha] – - Nigel Robson (tracks: 1-1 to 3-14)Tenor Vocals [Jonathan] – - John Mark Ainsley (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Tenor Vocals [Witch Of Endor] – - Philip Salmon (tracks: 5-1 to 7-16)Tenor Vocals [Zadok] – - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tracks: 8-1 to 9-20)
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