tracks

Ouverture - Andante - Larghetto - Allegro
Scene 1
Recitative Habdonah, Haman "Tis Greater Far To Spare"
Aria Human "Pluck Root And Branch From Out The Land"
Recitative Persian Officer "Our Souls With Ardour Glow"
Chorus "Shall We The God Of Israel Fear?"
Scene 2
Recitative First Israelite "Now Persecution Shall Lay By Her Iron Rod"
Aria "Tune Your Harps To Cheerful Strains"
Chorus "Shall We Of Servitude Complain"
Aria Israelite Woman "Praise The Lord With Cheerful Noise"
Recitative Israelite Woman "O God, Who From The Suckling's Mouth"
Aria Second Israelite "Sing Songs Of Praise, Bow Down The Knee"
Chorus "Shall We Of Servitude Complain"
Scene 3
Recitative Priest Of The Israelites "How Have Our Sins Provoked The Lord!"
Chorus "Ye Sons Of Israel Mourn"
Aria Priest Of The Israelites "Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide"
Chorus "Ye Sons Of Israel Mourn"
Oboe Sonata In G Minor (HWV 404)
Andante
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Scene 4
Recitative Esther, Mordecai "Why Sits That Sorrow On Thy Brow?"
Aria Mordecai "Dread Not, Righteous Queen, The Danger"
Recitative Esther "I Go Before The King To Stand"
Aria Esther "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"
Chorus "Save Us, O Lord"
Scene 5
Recitative Ahasuerus, Esther "Who Dares Intrude Into Our Presence"
Duet Esther, Ahasuerus "Who Calls My Parting Soul From Death?"
Aria Ahasuerus "O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Thy Eyes"
Recitative Esther "If I Find Favour In Thy Sight"
Aria Ahasuerus "How Can I Stay When Love Invites?"
Recitative Third Israelite, Fourth Israelite "With Inward Joy His Visage Grows"
Chorus "Virtue, Truth And Innocence"
Arioso Priest Of The Israelites "Jehovah, Crown'd With Glory Bright"
Chorus "He Comes, He Comes To End Our Woes"
Secene 6
Recitative Ahasuerus, Esther "Now, O Queen, Thy Suit Declare"
Arioso Haman "Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away"
Aria Esther "Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!"
Recitative Ahasuerus "Guards, Seize The Traitor, Bear Him Hence"
Aria Haman "How Art Thou Fall'n From Thy Height!"
Chorus "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"

notes

Made in EU
The 1718 original version of Esther.
Recorded May 18-22, 1995.

credits

Alto Vocals – Michael Chance
Bass Vocals – Michael George (3), Robert Evans (2), Simon Birchall
Chorus – The Sixteen
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Harry Christophers
Design – Richard Boxall Design Associates
Edited By – Geoff Miles
Engineer – Mike Hatch
Liner Notes – Graydon Beeks, Jr,
Mastered By – Julian Millard
Orchestra – The Symphony Of Harmony And Invention
Producer – Mark Brown (4)
Soprano Vocals – Lynda Russell, Nancy Argenta
Tenor Vocals – Mark Padmore, Matthew Vine, Simon Berridge, Thomas Randle

companies

Recorded At – Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead
Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Copyright (c) – The Sixteen Productions Ltd

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