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The Sixteen / Harry Christophers

Handel: Jephtha

Handel: Jephtha

UPC: 828021612121

Format: CD (3 disc)

Release Date: Jun 01, 2015

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Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - Jeptha~Overture
2 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 1. Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites / Air. Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs
3 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. No more to Ammon's god and king
4 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 2. Accompagnato. But Jeptha comes. Kind Heav'n, assist our plea / Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace
5 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. 'Twill be a painful separation, Jeptha / Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn
6 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis / Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish
7 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls / Air. Take the heart you fondly gave
8 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. I go; my soul, inspir'd by thy command / Duet. These labours past, how happy we!
9 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 4. Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? / Accompagnato. If, Lord, sustain'd by Thy almighty pow'r / Recitative. 'Tis said
10 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 4. Chorus. O God, behold our sore distress
11 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads / Air. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe
12 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 6. Recitative. Say, my dear mother, whence these piercing cries / Air. The smiling dawn of happy days
13 - Jeptha~Act 1. Scene 7. Recitative. Such, Jeptha, was the haughty king's reply / Chorus. When his loud voice in thunder spoke
Disc 2:
1 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis
2 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Cherub and seraphim, unbodied forms
3 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 1. Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending
4 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis well / Air. Tune the soft melodious lute
5 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 2. Recitative. Heav'n smiles once more on His repentant people / Air. His mighty arm, with sudden blow
6 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 2. Chorus. In glory high, in might serene
7 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 3. Symphony
8 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Hail, glorious conqueror! Much lov'd father, hail! / Air. Welcome as the cheerful light / Chorus. Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire
9 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Horro! Confusion! Harsh this music grates / Air. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb
10 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Why is my brother thus afflicted?
11 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 3. Accompagnato & Air. First perish thou, and perish all the world!
12 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, lo, your friend / Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal
13 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 3. Quartet. O spare your daughter
14 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 4. Recitative. Such news flies swift. I've heard the mournful cause / Accompagnato. For joys so vast too little is the price
15 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 4. Air. Happy they; This vital breath
16 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 4. Accompagnato. Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child
17 - Jeptha~Act 2. Scene 4. Chorus. How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees
Disc 3:
1 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 1. Air. Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun, in clouds
2 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. A father, off'ring up his only child / Air. Waft her, angels, through the skies
3 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, whose hands ne'er yet were stain'd / Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods
4 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe
5 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 1. Sinfonia
6 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 1. Recitative. Rise, Jeptha, and ye rev'rend priests, withhold / Air. Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live
7 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 1. Air. For ever blessed be Thy holy name
8 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Theme sublime of endless praise
9 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Let me congratulate this happy turn / Air. Laud her, all ye virgin train
10 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, let me fold thee in a mother's arms / Air. Sweet as sight to the blind
11 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety / Air. 'Tis Heav'n's all-ruling pow'r
12 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. My faithful Hamor, may that Providence / Quintet. All that is in Hamor is mine
13 - Jeptha~Act 3. Scene 2. Chorus. Ye house of Gilead, with one voice
14 - Jeptha~Appendix. Recitative. Again Heav'n smiles / Air. Freedom now