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Release Date: Dec 05, 2003
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Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Ouverture
2 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Trio
3 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Courante
4 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis Diocletian's natal day
5 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Air. Go, my faithful soldier, go
6 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Chorus. And draw a blessing down
7 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Recitative. Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious ear
8 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Air. Racks, gibbets, sword and fire
9 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Chorus. For ever thus stands fixed the doom
10 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Most cruel edict!
11 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 2. Air. The rapture'd soul defies the sword
12 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 2. Recitative. I know thy virtues
13 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 2. Air. Descend, kind pity, heav'nly guest
14 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Tho' hard, my friends
15 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Air. Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!
16 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Recitative. O bright example of all goodness!
17 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Air. Bane of virtue
18 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Chorus. Come, mighty Father
19 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 4. Recitative. Fly, fly, my brethren
20 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 4. Air. As with rosy steps the morn
21 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 4. Chorus. All pow'r in Heav'n above
22 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Mistaken wretches!
23 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Air. Dread the fruits of Christian folly
24 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Deluded mortal!
25 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Accompagnato. O worse than death indeed!
26 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Air. Angels, ever bright and fair
27 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 6. Recitative. Unhappy, happy crew!
28 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 6. Air. Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care
29 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 6. Recitative. O love, how great thy pow'r!
30 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 6. Chorus. Go, gen'rous, pious youth
Disc 2:
1 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Ye men of Antioch
2 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Queen of summer, queen of love
3 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Air. Wide spread his name
4 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Return, Septimius
5 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Venus, laughing from the skies
6 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Symphony
7 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Recitative. O thou bright sun!
8 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Air. With darkness deep as is my woe
9 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Symphony
10 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Recitative. But why art thou disquieted, my soul?
11 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Air. Oh, that I on wings could rise
12 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Long have I known
13 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 3. Air. Tho' the honours that Flora and Venus receive
14 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 3. Recitative. O save her then
15 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 3. Air. Deeds of kindness to display
16 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 4. Recitative. The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere
17 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 4. Air. Defend her, Heav'n
18 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. Or lulled with grief
19 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Air. Sweet rose and lily, flow'ry form
20 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. O save me, Heav'n
21 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Air. The pilgrim's home, the sick man's health
22 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Accompagnato. Forbid it, Heav'n!
23 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. Or say, what right have I
24 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Duet. To thee, thou glorious son of worth
25 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 6. Recitative. 'Tis night, but night's sweet blessing
26 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 6. Chorus. He saw the lovely youth
Disc 3:
1 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 1. Air. Lord, to thee, each night and day
2 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 2. Recitative. But see the good, the virtuous
3 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 2. Air. When sunk in anguish and despair
4 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 2. Chorus. Blest be the hand
5 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Recitative. Undaunted in the Court
6 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Accompagnato. O my Irene, Heav'n is kind
7 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Duet. Whither, Princess, do you fly
8 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Recitative. She's gone, disdaining liberty and life
9 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Air. New scenes of joy come crowding on
10 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 4. Recitative. Is it a Christian virtue, then / Scene 5. Recitative. Be that my doom
11 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Air. From Virtue springs each gen'rous deed
12 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Air. Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r
13 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Recitative. 'Tis kind, my friends
14 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Chorus. How strange their ends
15 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Recitative. On me your frowns
16 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 6. Recitative. And must such beauty suffer!
17 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 6. Air. Streams of pleasure ever flowing / Duet. Thither let our hearts aspire
18 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 7. Recitative. Ere this their doom is past
19 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 7. Chorus. O love divine, thou source of fame
1 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Ouverture
2 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Trio
3 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Courante
4 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis Diocletian's natal day
5 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Air. Go, my faithful soldier, go
6 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Chorus. And draw a blessing down
7 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Recitative. Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious ear
8 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Air. Racks, gibbets, sword and fire
9 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 1. Chorus. For ever thus stands fixed the doom
10 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Most cruel edict!
11 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 2. Air. The rapture'd soul defies the sword
12 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 2. Recitative. I know thy virtues
13 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 2. Air. Descend, kind pity, heav'nly guest
14 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Tho' hard, my friends
15 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Air. Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!
16 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Recitative. O bright example of all goodness!
17 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Air. Bane of virtue
18 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 3. Chorus. Come, mighty Father
19 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 4. Recitative. Fly, fly, my brethren
20 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 4. Air. As with rosy steps the morn
21 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 4. Chorus. All pow'r in Heav'n above
22 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Mistaken wretches!
23 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Air. Dread the fruits of Christian folly
24 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Deluded mortal!
25 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Accompagnato. O worse than death indeed!
26 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 5. Air. Angels, ever bright and fair
27 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 6. Recitative. Unhappy, happy crew!
28 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 6. Air. Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care
29 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 6. Recitative. O love, how great thy pow'r!
30 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 1. Scene 6. Chorus. Go, gen'rous, pious youth
Disc 2:
1 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Ye men of Antioch
2 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Queen of summer, queen of love
3 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Air. Wide spread his name
4 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Return, Septimius
5 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Venus, laughing from the skies
6 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Symphony
7 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Recitative. O thou bright sun!
8 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Air. With darkness deep as is my woe
9 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Symphony
10 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Recitative. But why art thou disquieted, my soul?
11 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 2. Air. Oh, that I on wings could rise
12 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Long have I known
13 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 3. Air. Tho' the honours that Flora and Venus receive
14 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 3. Recitative. O save her then
15 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 3. Air. Deeds of kindness to display
16 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 4. Recitative. The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere
17 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 4. Air. Defend her, Heav'n
18 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. Or lulled with grief
19 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Air. Sweet rose and lily, flow'ry form
20 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. O save me, Heav'n
21 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Air. The pilgrim's home, the sick man's health
22 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Accompagnato. Forbid it, Heav'n!
23 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. Or say, what right have I
24 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 5. Duet. To thee, thou glorious son of worth
25 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 6. Recitative. 'Tis night, but night's sweet blessing
26 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 2. Scene 6. Chorus. He saw the lovely youth
Disc 3:
1 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 1. Air. Lord, to thee, each night and day
2 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 2. Recitative. But see the good, the virtuous
3 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 2. Air. When sunk in anguish and despair
4 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 2. Chorus. Blest be the hand
5 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Recitative. Undaunted in the Court
6 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Accompagnato. O my Irene, Heav'n is kind
7 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Duet. Whither, Princess, do you fly
8 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Recitative. She's gone, disdaining liberty and life
9 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 3. Air. New scenes of joy come crowding on
10 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 4. Recitative. Is it a Christian virtue, then / Scene 5. Recitative. Be that my doom
11 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Air. From Virtue springs each gen'rous deed
12 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Air. Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r
13 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Recitative. 'Tis kind, my friends
14 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Chorus. How strange their ends
15 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 5. Recitative. On me your frowns
16 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 6. Recitative. And must such beauty suffer!
17 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 6. Air. Streams of pleasure ever flowing / Duet. Thither let our hearts aspire
18 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 7. Recitative. Ere this their doom is past
19 - Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68~Part 3. Scene 7. Chorus. O love divine, thou source of fame