Handel: Masterworks - CD

CD: 1

George Frideric Handel

Music for the Royal Fireworks: Suite HWV 351

 

1. 1. Ouverture

07:52

 

2. 2. Bourrée

01:37

 

3. 3. La paix

02:51

 

4. 4. La réjouissance

01:58

 

5. 5. Menuet I-II

02:56

Water Music Suite, HWV 348-350

 

6. Menuet & Trio

05:04

 

7. Rigaudon I and II

03:25

 

8. Gigue

01:27

 

9. Prelude

02:03

 

10. Hornpipe

04:03

 

11. Minuet

01:14

 

12. Lentement

01:16

 

13. Bourée

00:53

 

14. Ouverture

03:40

 

15. Adagio e staccato

02:05

 

16. Hornpipe and Andante

08:02

 

17. Jig

02:09

 

18. Air

03:23

 

19. Minuet

02:05

 

20. Bourée and Hornpipe

01:32

 

21. Gavotte

03:23

CD: 2

George Frideric Handel

 

1. Concerto Grosso in G, Op.6, No.1, HWV 319

11:46

 

2. Concerto Grosso in F, Op.6, No.2, HWV 320

12:04

 

3. Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op.6, No.3, HWV 321

11:47

 

4. Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op.6, No.4, HWV 322

11:23

 

5. Concerto Grosso in D, Op.6, No.5, HWV 323

13:17

 

6. Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op.6, No.6, HWV 324

15:51

CD: 3

George Frideric Handel

 

1. Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op.6, No.7, HWV 325

14:40

 

2. Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.6, No.8, HWV 326

13:54

 

3. Concerto Grosso in F, Op.6, No.9, HWV 327

12:48

 

4. Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op.6, No.10, HWV 328

14:25

 

5. Concerto Grosso in A, Op.6, No.11, HWV 329

15:45

CD: 4

George Frideric Handel

 

1. Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op.6, No.12, HWV 330

12:09

 

2. Concerto grosso in B flat, Op.3, No.1, HWV 312

09:17

 

3. Concerto grosso in B flat, Op.3, No.2

13:43

 

4. Concerto grosso in G, Op.3, No.3, HWV 314

07:40

 

5. Concerto grosso in F, Op.3, No.4

11:16

 

6. Concerto grosso in D minor, Op.3, No.5

10:33

 

7. Concerto grosso in D, Op.3, No.6, HWV 317

06:45

CD: 5

George Frideric Handel

Organ Concerto No.7 in B flat, Op.7 No.1 HWV 306

 

1. 1. Andante

06:06

 

2. 2. Andante

04:12

 

3. 3. Largo e piano

05:43

 

4. 6. Bourrée

02:25

Organ Concerto No.8 in A, Op.7 No.2, HWV 307

 

5. Ouverture

02:25

 

6. A tempo ordinario

05:02

 

7. 3. Organo ad libitum (Adagio)

01:36

 

8. 4. Allegro

03:56

Organ Concerto No.9 in B flat, Op.7 No.3 HWV 308

 

9. 1. Allegro

05:05

 

10. 2. Adagio

01:44

 

11. 3. Spiritoso

04:46

 

12. 4. Menuet

01:28

Organ Concerto No.10 in D minor, Op.7 No.4 HWV 309

 

13. 1. Adagio

06:04

 

14. 2. Allegro

04:47

 

15. 3. Andante

01:18

 

16. 4. Allegro

03:59

Organ Concerto No.11 in G minor, Op.7 No.5 HWV 310

 

17. 1. Allegro ma non troppo e staccato

03:39

 

18. 3. Andante larghetto e staccato

05:21

 

19. 4. Menuet

03:09

CD: 6

George Frideric Handel

Organ Concerto No.12 in B flat, Op.7 No.6 HWV 311

 

1. 1. Pomposo

03:15

 

2. 4. A tempo ordinario

03:23

Organ Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.4 No.1 HWV 289

 

3. 1. Larghetto e staccato

04:38

 

4. 2. Allegro

05:06

 

5. 3. Adagio

04:12

Organ Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.4 No.2 HWV 290

 

6. A tempo ordinario, e staccato - Allegro

05:26

 

7. Adagio, e staccato-Allegro, ma non presto

04:10

Organ Concerto No.3 in G minor, Op.4 No.3 HWV 291

 

8. 1. Adagio

03:20

 

9. 2. Andante

03:31

 

10. 3. Allegro

02:35

Organ Concerto No.4 in F, Op.4 No.4 HWV 292

 

11. [Introduction]

01:56

 

12. Allegro

03:37

 

13. Andante

04:09

 

14. Adagio - Allegro

04:25

Organ Concerto No.5 in F, Op.4 No.5, HWV 293

 

15. 1. Larghetto

02:18

 

16. 2. Allegro

02:26

 

17. 3. Alla siciliana

01:40

 

18. 4. Presto

02:09

Organ Concerto No.6 in B flat, Op.4 No.6, HWV 294

 

19. 1. Andante - Allegro

05:13

 

20. 2. Larghetto

03:41

 

21. 3. Allegro moderato

02:24

CD: 7

George Frideric Handel

Il Trionfo del Tiempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a - Oratorio

 

1. Sonata: Allegro

02:52

Organ Concerto No.13 in F -"Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295

 

2. Larghetto

01:42

 

3. Allegro

03:41

 

4. Organo ad libitum

00:59

 

5. 4. Larghetto

02:57

 

6. 5. Allegro

02:58

Organ Concerto No.14 in A HWV 296

 

7. 1. Largo e staccato

04:26

 

8. 2. Allegro

01:00

 

9. 3. Andante

04:09

 

10. 4. Grave

00:37

 

11. 5. Allegro

05:54

Organ Concerto No.15 in D minor HWV 304

 

12. 1. Andante

05:00

 

13. 2. Adagio

03:16

 

14. 3. Allegro

04:19

Organ Concerto No.16 in F HWV 305a

 

15. Ouverture

01:12

 

16. 2. Allegro

02:48

 

17. 3. Allegro ma non troppo

03:01

 

18. 4. Adagio

01:10

 

19. 5. Andante

03:33

 

20. 6. Allegro

01:47

 

21. Oboe Concerto No.1 in B flat, HWV 301

08:13

 

22. Oboe Concerto No.2 in B flat, HWV 302a

08:39

 

23. Fragment from Opus 3,No.2B

02:28

CD: 8

George Frideric Handel

 

1. Oboe Concerto No.3 in G minor, HWV 287

10:13

Solomon HWV 67

 

2. The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

03:08

Concerto grosso in C, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"

 

3. 1. Allegro

03:58

 

4. 2. Largo - Adagio

01:56

 

5. 3. Allegro - Adagio

03:38

 

6. 4. Andante non presto

07:20

Concerto a due cori No.1, HWV 332

 

7. 1. Ouverture

01:12

 

8. 2. Allegro ma non troppo

02:32

 

9. 3. Allegro

02:14

 

10. 4. Largo

01:25

 

11. 5. A tempo ordinario

01:35

 

12. 6. Alla breve. Moderato

01:31

 

13. 7. Menuet (Allegro)

03:08

Concerto a due cori No.2, HWV 333

 

14. 1. Pomposo

01:45

 

15. 2. Allegro

01:52

 

16. 3. A tempo giusto

02:49

 

17. 4. Largo

01:59

 

18. 5. Allegro ma non troppo - Adagio

04:07

 

19. 6. A tempo ordinario

03:13

Concerto a due cori No.3, HWV 334

 

20. 1. Ouverture

01:25

 

21. 2a. Allegro

02:57

 

22. 2b. Allegro ma non troppo

03:02

 

23. 3. Adagio

00:58

 

24. 4. Andante larghetto

03:27

 

25. 5. Allegro

01:55

CD: 9

George Frideric Handel

Trio Sonata for Flute, Violin and Continuo in B minor, Op.2, No. 1, HWV 386b

 

1. 1. Andante - Adagio

04:00

 

2. 2. Allegro ma non troppo

02:30

 

3. 3. Largo

03:04

 

4. 4. Allegro

02:12

Trio Sonata for Flute, Violin and Continuo in G minor, Op.2, No. 2, HWV 387

 

5. 1. Andante

02:48

 

6. 2. Allegro

01:12

 

7. 3. Largo

03:10

 

8. 4. Allegro

01:49

Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in B flat, Op.2, No.3, HWV 388

 

9. 1. Andante - Adagio

02:45

 

10. 2. Allegro

02:25

 

11. 3. Larghetto

03:06

 

12. 4. Allegro

03:04

Trio Sonata for Recorder, Violin and Continuo in F, Op.2, No.4, HWV 389

 

13. 1. Larghetto

02:26

 

14. 2. Allegro

02:33

 

15. 3. Adagio

02:21

 

16. 4. Allegro

02:01

 

17. 5. Allegro

02:25

CD: 10

George Frideric Handel

Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in G minor, Op.2, No.5, HWV 390a

 

1. 1. Larghetto - Adagio

02:55

 

2. 2. Allegro

02:38

 

3. 3. Adagio

02:15

 

4. 4. Allegro

03:19

Trio Sonata for 2 Flutes and Continuo in G minor, Op.2, No.6, HWV 391

 

5. 1. Andante - Allegro

04:31

 

6. 2. Arioso

02:30

 

7. 3. Allegro

02:04

Sonata in F for 2 violons and continuo

 

8. 1. Andante

03:25

 

9. 2. Allegro

02:47

 

10. 3. Adagio

04:12

 

11. 4. Allegro

02:32

Sonata in G minor for 2 violons and continuo

 

12. 1. Andante

03:28

 

13. 2. Allegro

02:09

 

14. 3. Largo

03:04

 

15. 4. Allegro

02:39

CD: 11

George Frideric Handel

Flute Sonata in A minor, HWV 374 "Halle" No.1

 

1. 1. Adagio

02:02

 

2. 2. Allegro

02:26

 

3. 3. Adagio

04:19

 

4. 4. Allegro

02:18

Flute Sonata in E minor, HWV 375 "Halle" No.2

 

5. 1. Adagio

02:05

 

6. 2. Allegro

01:40

 

7. 3. Grave

01:39

 

8. 4. Minuet

02:09

Flute Sonata in B minor, HWV 376 "Halle" No.3

 

9. 1. Adagio

02:03

 

10. 2. Allegro

02:07

 

11. 3. Largo

01:09

 

12. 4. Allegro

02:30

Flute Sonata in E minor, Op.1, No.1a, HWV 379

 

13. 1. Larghetto-Adagio

01:59

 

14. 2. Andante

03:16

 

15. 3. Largo

02:28

 

16. 4. Allegro

02:45

 

17. 5. Presto

02:01

Flute Sonata in D major, HWV 378

 

18. 1. Adagio

01:54

 

19. 2. Allegro

02:27

 

20. 3. Adagio

01:04

 

21. 4. Allegro

02:04

CD: 12

George Frideric Handel

Messiah, HWV 56

 

1. Symphony

03:04

 

2. Comfort Ye, My People...Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted

06:23

 

3. And The Glory Of The Lord

02:57

 

4. This said the Lord ...But who may abide

04:29

 

5. And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi

02:08

 

6. Behold, a virgin shall conceive...O thou that tellest good tidings

06:01

 

7. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth...The People That Walked In Darkness

06:14

 

8. For Unto Us A Child Is Born

03:35

 

9. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

02:53

 

10. There were shepherds... And lo, the angel of the Lord...And the angel said unto them...And suddenly

03:10

 

11. Glory to God in the highest

01:45

 

12. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion

04:11

 

13. Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind ... He Shall Feed His Flock

04:59

 

14. His Yoke Is Easy

01:59

 

15. Behold The Lamb Of God

02:59

 

16. He Was Despised

11:17

CD: 13

George Frideric Handel

Messiah, HWV 56

 

1. Surely He hath borne our griefs

02:07

 

2. And with His stripes we are healed

01:26

 

3. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

03:27

 

4. All They That See Him...He Trusted In God

02:51

 

5. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart...Behold and see

03:49

 

6. He was cut off...But Thou didst not leave his soul in Hell

02:23

 

7. Lift Up Your Heads

02:58

 

8. Unto Which Of The Angels...Let All The Angels

01:42

 

9. Thou Art Gone Up On High

03:11

 

10. The Lord Gave The Word

01:03

 

11. How Beautiful Are The Feet

03:17

 

12. Their Sound Is Gone Out

01:09

 

13. Why Do The Nations...Let Us Break Asunder

03:08

 

14. He That Dwelleth In Heaven...Thou Shalt Break Them

02:34

 

15. Hallelujah

03:39

 

16. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

05:14

 

17. Since By Man Came Death

01:51

 

18. Behold, I tell you...The Trumpet shall sound

10:10

 

19. Then shall be brought to pass...O death...But thanks be to God

04:57

 

20. If God Be For Us

04:40

 

21. Worthy is the Lamb... Amen

06:36

CD: 14

George Frideric Handel

Israel In Egypt, HWV 54

 

1. 1. Prelude

01:46

 

2. 2. The Sons of Israel do mourn

08:47

 

3. 3. He put on righteousness

02:18

 

4. 4. When the ear heard him

03:19

 

5. 5. How is the mighty fall'n

01:02

 

6. 6. He deliver'd the poor

05:45

 

7. 7. How is the mighty fall'n

01:03

 

8. 8. The righteous shall be had

03:24

 

9. 9. Their bodies are buried in peace

05:05

 

10. 10. The people will tell

02:03

 

11. 11. They shall receive a glorious kingdom

03:21

 

12. 12. The merciful goodness of the Lord

03:29

 

13. 13. Now there arose a new king

00:24

 

14. 14. And the children of Israel

03:33

 

15. 15. Then sent he Moses

00:32

 

16. 16. They loathed to drink of the river

02:01

 

17. 17. Their land brought forth frogs

02:20

 

18. 18. He spake the word

02:18

 

19. 19. He gave them hailstones

02:15

 

20. 20. He sent a thick darkness

02:55

 

21. 21. He smote all the first-born of Egypt

02:32

 

22. 22. But as for his people

03:58

 

23. 23. Egypt was glad

02:14

 

24. 24. He rebuked the Red Sea

00:43

 

25. 25. He led them through the deep

01:29

 

26. 26. But the waters overwhelmed their enemies

01:07

 

27. 27. And Israel saw that great work

00:51

 

28. 28. And believed the Lord

02:56

CD: 15

George Frideric Handel

Israel In Egypt, HWV 54

 

1. 29. Moses and the children of Israel

00:49

 

2. 30. I will sing unto the Lord

02:39

 

3. 31. The Lord is my strength

03:35

 

4. 32. He is my God

03:12

 

5. 33. The Lord is a man of war

05:32

 

6. 34. The depths have cover'd them

02:00

 

7. 35. Thy right hand, O Lord

02:05

 

8. 36. Thou sendest forth thy wrath

01:53

 

9. 37. And with the blast of thy nostrils

03:04

 

10. 38. The enemy said

02:27

 

11. 39. Thou didst blow

02:09

 

12. 40. Who is like unto thee

02:16

 

13. 41. Thou in thy mercy

03:59

 

14. 42. The people shall hear

06:49

 

15. 43. Thou shalt bring them in

03:51

 

16. 44. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever

00:39

 

17. 45. For the horse of Pharaoh

00:27

 

18. 46. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever

00:40

 

19. 47. And Miriam the prophetess

00:22

 

20. 48. Sing ye to the Lord

03:33

CD: 16

George Frideric Handel

 

1. Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1, HWV 258)

05:16

 

2. The King shall rejoice (Coronation Anthem No.3, HWV 260)

10:50

 

3. My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No.4, HWV 261)

11:53

 

4. Let Thy Hand be Strengthened (Coronation Anthem No.2, HWV 259)

08:52

CD: 17

George Frideric Handel

Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

 

1. 1. Dixit Dominus

06:06

 

2. 2. Virgam virtutis tuae

02:48

 

3. 3. Tecum principium in die virtutis

02:54

 

4. 4. Juravit Dominus

02:12

 

5. 5. Tu es sacerdos in aeternum

01:37

 

6. 6. Dominus a dextris tuis

03:17

 

7. 7. Judicabit in nationibus

03:43

 

8. 8. De torrente in via bibet

03:32

 

9. 9. Gloria Patri

06:13

Nisi Dominus, Psalm 126 (127) HWV 238

 

10. 1. Nisi Dominus

02:30

 

11. 2. Vanum est

01:53

 

12. 3. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum

01:28

 

13. 4. Sicut sagittae in manu potentis (Allegro)

01:29

 

14. 5. Beatus vir

02:26

 

15. 6. Gloria Patri

02:21

Salve Regina HWV 241

 

16. Salve Regina

02:39

 

17. Ad te clamamus

03:18

 

18. Eia ergo, advocata nostro

03:42

 

19. O clemens, o pia

01:36

CD: 18

George Frideric Handel

The Dettingen Te Deum

 

1. 1. We praise Thee, O God

04:09

 

2. 2. All the earth does worship Thee

02:34

 

3. 3. To Thee all angels cry aloud

02:17

 

4. 4. To Thee Cherubin and Seraphim

03:11

 

5. 5. The glorious company of th'apostles

01:36

 

6. 6. Thine honourable, true, and only Son

00:39

 

7. 7. Thou art the King of glory

02:35

 

8. 8. When Thou tookest upon Thee

03:36

 

9. 9. When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death

00:27

 

10. 10. Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven

01:35

 

11. 11. Thou sittest at the right hand of God

03:40

 

12. 12. (Adagio)

00:40

 

13. 13. We therefore pray Thee

01:30

 

14. 14. Make them to be number'd

01:42

 

15. 15. Day by day we magnify Thee

01:23

 

16. 16. And we worship Thy name

02:03

 

17. 17. Vouchsafe, O Lord

02:20

 

18. 18. O Lord, in Thee have I trusted

03:46

The Dettingen Anthem

 

19. 1. The King shall rejoice

02:14

 

20. 2. His honour is great

04:17

 

21. 3. Though shalt give him everlasting felicity

02:28

 

22. 4. And why? Because the King putteth his trust in the Lord

02:58

 

23. 5. We will rejoice in Thy salvation

02:15

CD: 19

George Frideric Handel

Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day (HWV76)

 

1. Overture

05:10

 

2. Recitative:"From harmony.. / When nature underneath.."

03:26

 

3. Chorus: From Harmony, from heav'nly Harmony

03:32

 

4. What passion cannot Music raise and quell

08:18

 

5. The trumpet's loud clangour

03:34

 

6. March

02:11

 

7. The soft complaining flute

05:03

 

8. Sharp violins proclaim

03:57

 

9. But oh! What Art can teach

04:39

 

10. Orpheus could lead the savage race

01:43

 

11. But bright Cecilia

00:45

 

12. As from pow'r of sacred lays

08:13

CD: 20

George Frideric Handel

Hercules, HWV 60

 

1. Overture

06:59

 

2. Recit. acc. "See with what sad dejection"

01:32

 

3. Aria: "No longer, Fate, relentless frown"

05:54

 

4. Recit. acc: "O Herkules!" - Aria: "The world, when day's career is run"

04:56

 

5. Recit: "Princess! be comforted, and hope the best"

01:39

 

6. Aria: "I feel, I feel the god"

01:30

 

7. Recit: "Then I am lost!" - Aria:"There in myrtle .."

03:27

 

8. Recit: "Despair not!" - Aria: "Where congealed the northern streams"

02:55

 

9. Chorus: "O filial piety! O generous love!"

03:38

 

10. Recit: "Banish your fears!" - Aria: "Begone, my fears"

04:12

 

11. Recit: "A train of captives, red with honest wounds"

00:58

 

12. March

01:39

 

13. Recit: "Thanks to the powers above"

02:04

 

14. Aria: "My father! Ah! methinks I see"

06:12

 

15. Recit: "Now farewell, arms!" - Aria: "The god of battle quits the boody field"

03:43

 

16. Chorus: "Crown with festal pomp the day"

02:38

 

17. Aria: "How blest the maid ordained to dwell"

03:21

 

18. Recit: "It must be so!"- Aria: "When beauty sorrow's"

04:12

 

19. Recit: "Whence this unjust suspicion?"

01:22

 

20. Aria: "Ah! think what ills the jealous prove"

06:03

 

21. Recit: "It is too sure that Hercules is false"

00:25

 

22. Chorus: "Jealousy! Infernal pest"

05:50

CD: 21

George Frideric Handel

Hercules, HWV 60

 

1. Recit: "She knows my passion"

01:21

 

2. Aria: "From celestial seats descending"

06:05

 

3. Chorus: "Wanton god of amorous fires"

01:54

 

4. Recit: "Yes, I congratulate" - Aria: "Alcides' name"

05:52

 

5. Recit: "O glorious pattern" - Aria: "Resign thy club"

06:18

 

6. Recit: "You are deceived! Some villain has belied"

01:34

 

7. Aria: "Cease, ruler of the day, to rise"

03:27

 

8. Recit: "Some kinder power inspire me to regain"

02:30

 

9. Duet: "Joys of freedom, joys of power"

03:06

 

10. Recit: Father of Hercules" - Chorus: "Love and Hymen"

04:44

 

11. Sinfonia

02:46

 

12. Recit: "Ye sons of Trachin, mourn you valiant chief"

01:36

 

13. Aria: "O scene of unexampled woe"

02:53

 

14. Chorus: "Tyrants now no more shall dread"

02:56

 

15. Recit. acc: "O Jove! what land is this"

02:25

 

16. Recit: "Great Jove! relieve his pains!"

02:14

 

17. Aria: "Let not fame the tidings spread"

02:16

 

18. Recit. acc: "Where shall I fly?"

05:52

 

19. Recit: "Lo! the fair fatal cause of all this ruin!"

01:34

 

20. Aria: "My breast with tender pity swells"

07:37

 

21. Recit: "Princess, rejoice! whose heaven-directed hand"

02:03

 

22. Recit: "Words are too faint"

01:07

 

23. Duet: "O prince, whose virtues all admire"

02:16

 

24. Recit: "Ye sons of freedom" - Chorus: "To him your grateful notes of praise belong"

03:11

CD: 22

George Frideric Handel

Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63

 

1. Overture

07:55

 

2. 2. Chorus: "Mourn, ye afflicted children"

05:37

 

3. 3. Recit.: "Well, may our sorrows, brethren, flow"

01:23

 

4. 4. Duet: "From this dread scene"

02:54

 

5. 5. Chorus: "For Sion lamentation make"

03:35

 

6. 6. Recit.: "Not vain is all the storm of grief"

01:10

 

7. 7. Aria: "Pious orgies, pious airs"

03:47

 

8. 8. Chorus: "Oh Father, whose Almighty pow'r"

02:27

 

9. 9. Recit.: "I feel, I fee the Deity within"

01:04

 

10. 10. Aria: "Arm, arm, ye brave!"

03:06

 

11. 11. Chorus: "We come, we come, in bright array"

01:06

 

12. 12. Recit.: "'Tis well, my friends"

00:50

 

13. 13. Aria: "Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul"

02:15

 

14. 14. Recit.: "To Heav'n's Almighty king we kneel"

00:31

 

15. 15. Aria: "Oh liberty, thou choicest treasure"

02:41

 

16. 16. Aria: "Come, ever-smiling liberty"

03:20

 

17. 17. Recit.: "Oh Judas, may these noble views inspire"

00:15

 

18. 18. Aria: "'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone"

02:57

 

19. 19. Duet: "Come, ever-smiling liberty"

01:19

 

20. 20. Chorus: "Lead on, lead on! Judah disdains"

00:50

 

21. 21. Recit.: "So will'd my father, now a rest"

01:38

 

22. 22. Semi-chorus: "Disdainfull of danger"

02:13

 

23. 23. Recit.: "Ambition! if e'er honour was thine aim"

00:22

 

24. 24. Aria: "No unhallow'd desire"

02:27

 

25. 25. Recit.: "Haste we, my brethren"

00:12

 

26. 26. Chorus: "Hear us Lord, on thee we call"

03:43

CD: 23

George Frideric Handel

Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63

 

1. 27. Chorus: "Fall'n is the foe"

03:25

 

2. 28. Recit.: "Victorious hero! Fame shall tell"

00:46

 

3. 29. Aria: "So rapid thy course is"

04:26

 

4. 30. Recit.: "Well, may we hope our freedom to receive"

00:21

 

5. 31./32. Duet and Chorus:"Sion now her head shall rise"

06:46

 

6. 33. Recit.: "Oh let eternal honours crown his name"

00:32

 

7. 34. Aria: "From mighty kings he took the spoil"

08:13

 

8. 35./36. Duet and Chorus: "Hail, hail, Judea, happy land!"

02:16

 

9. 37. Recit.: "Thanks to my brethren, but look up to Heav'n"

00:49

 

10. 38. Aria: "How vain is man, who boasts in fight"

05:57

 

11. 39. Recit.: "Oh Judas, oh my brethren!"

00:48

 

12. 40./41. Aria and chorus: "Ah! wretched, wretched Israel!"

06:29

 

13. 42. Recit.: "Be comforted"

00:44

 

14. 43. Aria: "The Lord worketh wonders"

03:05

 

15. 44. Recit.:"My arms! - against this Gorgias will I go"

00:27

 

16. 45. Aria: "Sound an alarm!" 46. Chorus: "We hear, we hear the pleasing dreadful sound"

04:44

 

17. 47. Recit.: "Enough!" To Heav'n we leave the rest"

00:49

 

18. 48. Aria: "With pious hearts, and brave as pious"

02:38

 

19. 49. Recit.: "Ye worshippers of God"

01:18

 

20. 50. Aria: "Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive us"

05:58

 

21. 51. Duet: "Oh! never, never bow we down" - 52. Chorus: We never, never will bow down

06:54

CD: 24

George Frideric Handel

Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63

 

1. 53. Aria: "Father of Heav'n! from Thy eternal throne"

07:08

 

2. 54. Recit.: "See, see yon flames"

00:47

 

3. 55. Recit.: "Oh grant it, Heav'n"

00:32

 

4. 56. Aria: "So shall the lute and harp awake"

04:32

 

5. 57. Recit.: "From Capharsalama, on eagle wings I fly"

01:25

 

6. 58. Chorus of Youth:"See, the conqu'ring hero comes!"- Chorus of Virgins: "See, the godlike youth advance!" - Chorus: "See, the conqu'ring hero comes!"

02:50

 

7. 59. March

01:46

 

8. 60. Chorus: "Sing unto God"

02:54

 

9. 61. Recit.: " Sweet flow the strains"

01:17

 

10. 62. Aria: "With honour let desert be crown'd"

03:20

 

11. 63. Recit: "Peace to my countrymen"

00:50

 

12. 64. Chorus:"To our great God be all the honours giv'n"

02:28

 

13. 65. Recit.: "Again to earth let gratitude descend"

00:56

 

14. 66. Aria, Duett:"Oh lovely peace, with plenty crown'd"

08:10

 

15. 67. Aria: "Rejoice, oh Judah! and in songs devine"

01:51

 

16. 68. Chorus: "Hallelujah! Amen!"

01:41

CD: 25

George Frideric Handel

Solomon HWV 67

 

1. Overture

06:41

 

2. Your harps and cymbals

03:16

 

3. Praise ye the Lord

05:06

 

4. With pious heart

04:24

 

5. Almighty Power

03:19

 

6. Imperial Salomon

00:39

 

7. Sacred raptures

04:11

 

8. Throughout the land

03:32

 

9. Bless'd be the Lord

00:31

 

10. What tho' I trace

06:29

 

11. And see my Queen

00:46

 

12. Bless'd the day

04:20

 

13. Thou fair inhabitant of Nile

00:41

 

14. Welcome as the dawn of day

03:16

 

15. Vain are the transient beauties

00:41

 

16. Indulge thy faith

03:38

 

17. My blooming fair

00:11

 

18. Haste to the cedar grove

02:47

 

19. When thou art absent

00:18

 

20. With thee th'unshelter'd moor

02:10

 

21. Search round the world

00:21

 

22. May no rash intruder

04:21

CD: 26

George Frideric Handel

Solomon HWV 67

 

1. From the censer

05:01

 

2. Prais'd be the Lord

01:14

 

3. When the sun o'er yonder hills

04:05

 

4. Great prince

00:21

 

5. Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king

03:09

 

6. My sovereign liege

01:55

 

7. Words are weak

05:27

 

8. What says the other

01:22

 

9. Thy sentence, great king

01:48

 

10. Withhold, withhold the executing hand!

00:13

 

11. Can I see my infant gor'd

04:38

 

12. Israel' attend

01:55

 

13. Thrice bless'd be the king

03:39

 

14. From the east unto the west

02:33

 

15. From morn to eve

00:23

 

16. See the tall palm

04:52

 

17. No more shall armed bands

00:22

 

18. Beneath the vine

05:02

 

19. Swell, swell the full chorus

02:57

CD: 27

George Frideric Handel

Solomon HWV 67

 

1. Sinfony

02:54

 

2. From Arabia's spicy shores

01:19

 

3. Ev'ry sight these eyes behold

04:15

 

4. Sweep, sweep the string

00:18

 

5. Music, spread thy voice around

03:48

 

6. Now a diff'rent measure - " Shake the dome "

01:42

 

7. Then at once from rage remove

00:44

 

8. Draw the tear from hopeless love

03:01

 

9. Next the tortur'd soul release

00:17

 

10. Thus rolling surge rise

03:19

 

11. Thy harmony's divine

01:08

 

12. Pious king

02:41

 

13. Thrice happy king

00:50

 

14. Golden columns

03:09

 

15. Praise the Lord

04:16

 

16. Gold now is common

00:29

 

17. How green our fertile pastures look!

01:56

 

18. May peace in Salem

00:53

 

19. Will the sun forget to streak

06:20

 

20. Adieu, fair queen

00:16

 

21. Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows

02:30

 

22. The name of the wicked

02:24

CD: 28

George Frideric Handel

Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17

 

1. Overture

03:01

 

2. No.1 Coro "Viva, viva il nostro Alcide!"

01:17

 

3. No.2 Aria "Presti omai l'Egizia terra"

02:05

 

4. Recitativo "Curio, Cesare venne, e vide"

00:28

 

5. Recitativo "Questa è Cornelia"

01:14

 

6. Recitativo "La Reggia Tolomeo t'offre"

02:13

 

7. No.3 Aria "Empio, dirò, tu sei"

03:41

 

8. Recitativo "Già torna in se"

01:30

 

9. No.4 Aria "Priva son d'ogni conforto"

06:02

 

10. Recitativo "Vani sono i lamenti"

00:22

 

11. No.5 Aria "Svegliatevi nel core"

03:58

 

12. Recitativo "Regni Cleopatra"

02:17

 

13. No.6 Aria "Non disperar, chi sà?"

03:46

 

14. Recitativo "Sire, Signor!"

01:39

 

15. No.7 Aria "L'empio, sleale, indegno"

03:18

 

16. No. 8 Accompagnato "Alma del gran Pompeo"

03:42

 

17. Recitativo "Quì nobile donzella chiede chinarsi"

01:44

 

18. No.9 Aria "Non è si vago e bello il fior nel prato"

03:26

 

19. Recitativo "Cleopatra, vincesti ..."

00:32

 

20. No.10 Aria "Tutto può donna vezzosa"

04:07

 

21. No.11 Arioso "Nel tuo seno, amico sasso"

03:26

 

22. Recitativo "Ma chè! vile e negletta"

02:22

 

23. No.12 Aria "Cara speme, questo core tu cominci"

05:16

 

24. Recitativo "Cesare, alla tua destra"

01:03

 

25. No.14 Aria "Va tacito e nascosto"

06:20

 

26. Recitativo "Sire, con Sesto, il figlio"

01:26

 

27. Recitativo "Cornelia, in quei tuoi lumi"

01:08

 

28. No.15 Aria "Tu sei il cor di questo core"

04:32

CD: 29

George Frideric Handel

Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17

 

1. Recitativo "Madre!"

00:41

 

2. No.16 Duetto "Son nata a lagrimar / Son nato a sospirar"

08:47

 

3. Recitativo "Eseguisti, oh Niren"

01:06

 

4. Recitativo "Da Cleopatra apprenda"

00:21

 

5. Sinfonia e Recitativo "Taci" / "Cieli"

00:48

 

6. Sinfonia e Recitativo "Giulio, che miri"

01:11

 

7. No.17 Aria e Recitativo "V'adoro, pupille" / "Non ha in cielo il Tonante"

05:08

 

8. Recitativo "Vola, mio cor"

01:15

 

9. No.18 Aria "Se in fiorito a meno prato"

07:30

 

10. No.19 Arioso "Deh, piangete, oh mesti lumi"

02:11

 

11. Recitativo "Bella, non lagrimare"

00:43

 

12. Recitativo "Bella, placa lo sdegno!"

00:54

 

13. No.20 Aria "Se a me non sei crudele"

03:03

 

14. Recitativo "Bella, cotanto aborri chi ti prega d'amar"

01:00

 

15. No.21 Aria "Sì spietata, il tuo rigore"

02:50

 

16. Recitativo "Sù, che si tarda"

01:14

 

17. Recitativo "Cornelia, infauste nove"

00:45

 

18. No.22 Aria "Cessa omai di sospirare"

03:10

 

19. Recitativo "Figlio non è"

00:20

 

20. No.23 Aria "L'angue offeso mai riposa"

05:21

 

21. No.24 Aria "Venere bella"

03:50

 

22. Recitativo "Che veggio, oh Numi?"

01:23

 

23. Recitativo "Cesare, sei tradito"

02:26

 

24. No.25 Aria e Coro "Al lampo dell'armi"

03:06

 

25. No.26 Accompagnato "Che sento? oh Dio"

01:14

 

26. No.27 Aria "Se pietà di me non senti"

09:21

 

27. No.28 Arioso "Belle dee di questo core"

02:41

 

28. Recitativo "... di quel ch'avete"

00:48

 

29. Recitativo "Sire, prendi"

01:38

 

30. Recitativo "Ecco in tutto perduta"

01:13

 

31. No.29 "L'aure che spira tiranno e fiero"

04:23

CD: 30

George Frideric Handel

Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17

 

1. Recitativo "In tal modi si premia"

00:29

 

2. No.30 Aria "Dal fulgor di questa spada"

02:43

 

3. Sinfonia

00:33

 

4. Recitativo "Vinta cadesti"

00:50

 

5. No.31 Aria "Domerò la tua fierezza"

04:02

 

6. Recitativo "E pur così in un giorno perdo fasti"

01:01

 

7. No.32 Aria "Piangerò la sorte mia"

06:04

 

8. No.33 Accompagnato ed Aria "Dall'ondoso periglio"

08:27

 

9. Recitativo "Cerco in van Tolomeo"

02:53

 

10. Recitativo "Lascia questo sigillo"

00:38

 

11. No.34 Aria "Quel torrente, che cade"

03:47

 

12. Recitativo "Tutto lice sperar"

00:29

 

13. No.35 Aria "La giustizia ha già sull'arco"

03:43

 

14. No.36 Accompagnato "Voi, che mie fide ancelle"

02:40

 

15. Recitativo "Forzai l'ingresso"

01:28

 

16. No.37 Aria "Da tempeste il legno infranto"

05:27

 

17. Recitativo "Cornelia, è tempo omai"

01:04

 

18. Recitativo "T'arresta, oh genitrice"

01:03

 

19. No.38 Aria "Non ha più che temere"

03:08

 

20. Sinfonia

02:40

 

21. Recitativo "Qui Curio vincitor"

02:29

 

22. No.39 Duetto "Caro, più amabile beltà"

04:19

 

23. Recitativo "Goda pur or l'Egitto"

00:22

 

24. No.40 Coro e Duetto "Ritorni omai nel nostro core"

02:45