Handel: Theodora HWV 68

Gabrieli Consort & Players & Paul McCreesh

2000-01-01 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 1a. Ouverture
  3:03
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 1b. Trio
  1:48
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 1c. Courante
  1:44
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 2. Recitative - "'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day" - Valens - Sc. 1
  0:34
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 3. Aria - "Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go" - Valens - Sc. 1
  1:50
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 4. Chorus of Heathens - "And Draw a Blessing Down" - Sc. 1
  2:07
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 5. Recitative - "Vouchsafe, Dread Sir" - Didymus, Valens - Sc. 1
  0:55
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 6. Aria - "Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire" - Valens - Sc. 1
  3:20
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 7. Chorus of Heathens - "For Ever Thus Stand Fix'd" - Sc. 1
  1:37
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 8. Recitative - "Most Cruel Edict" - Didymus - Sc. 2
  0:30
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 9. Aria - "The Raptur'd Soul" - Didymus - Sc. 2
  8:18
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 10. Recitative - "I Know Thy Virtues" - Septimius - Sc. 2
  0:45
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 11. Aria - "Descend, Kind Pity" - Septimius - Sc. 2
  7:11
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 12. Recitative - "Though Hard, My Friends" - Theodora, HWV 68 Sc. 3
  0:28
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 13. Aria - "Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3
  4:18
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 14. Recitative - "Oh Bright Example" - Irene - Sc. 3
  0:28
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 15. Aria - "Bane of Virtue" - Irene - Sc. 3
  5:06
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 16. Chorus of Christians - "Come, Mighty Father" - Sc. 3
  2:35
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 17. Recitative - "Fly, Fly, My Brethren" - Messenger, Irene - Sc. 4
  1:02
• 20
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 18. Aria - "As With Rosy Steps the Morn" - Irene - Sc. 4
  6:48
• 21
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 19. Chorus - "All Pow'r in Heav'n" - Sc. 4
  2:15
• 22
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 20. Recitative - "Mistaken Wretches!" - Septimius - Sc. 5
  0:21
• 23
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 21. Aria - "Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly" - Septimius - Sc. 5
  2:43
• 24
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 22. Recitative - "Deluded Mortal" - Accompagnato: "O Worse Than Death Indeed" - Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 5
  1:21
• 25
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 23. Aria - "Angels, Ever Bright and Fair" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5
  3:36
• 26
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 24. Recitative - "Unhappy, Happy Crew!" - Didymus, Irene - Sc. 6
  1:12
• 27
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 25. Air - "Kind Heaven, If Virtue Be Thy Care" - Didymus - Sc. 6
  5:05
• 28
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 26. Recitative - "Oh Love! How Great Thy Pow'r" - Irene - Sc. 6
  0:23
• 29
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 27. Chorus - "Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth" - Sc. 6
  4:52
• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 28. Recitative - "Ye Men of Antioch" - Valens - Sc. 1
  0:36
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 29. Chorus of Heathens - "Queen of Summer" - Sc. 1
  0:50
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 30. Aria - "Wide Spread His Name" - Valens - Sc. 1
  2:22
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 31. Recitative - "Return, Septimius" - Valens - Sc. 1
  0:37
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 32. Chorus of Heathens - "Venus Laughing from the Skies" - Sc. 1
  1:18
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 33. Sinfony - Sc. 2
  1:02
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 34. Recitative - "Oh Thous Bright Sun!" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
  0:39
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 35. Aria - "With Darkness Deep" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
  3:54
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 36. Sinfony - original Version - Sc. 2
  1:22
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 37. Recitative - "But Why Art Thou Disquieted?" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
  0:22
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 38. Aria - "O! That I On Wings Could Rise" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
  3:13
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 39. Recitative - "Long Have I Known" - Didymus, Septimius - Sc. 3
  1:22
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 40. Aria - "Though the Honours, That Flora" - Septimius - Sc. 3
  3:57
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 41. Recitative - "O Save Her Then" - Didymus, Septimius - Sc. 3
  0:36
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 42. Aria - "Deeds of Kindness to Display" - Didymus - Sc. 3
  6:58
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 43. Recitative - "The Clouds Begin to Veil" - Irene - Sc. 4
  0:39
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 44. Aria - "Defend Her, Heav'n" - Irene - Sc. 4
  4:58
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 45. Recitative - "Or Lull'd With Grief" - Didymus - Sc. 5
  0:34
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 46. Aria - "Sweet Rose and Lily" - Didymus - Sc. 5
  2:32
• 20
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 47. Recitative - "O Save Me, Heav'n" - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5
  1:18
• 21
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 48. Aria - "the Pilgrim's Home" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5
  2:43
• 22
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 49. Accompagnato: "Forbid It, Heav'n!" - Rec. "Ah! What Is Liberty" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5
  1:54
• 23
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 50. Duet - "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth" - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5
  4:36
• 24
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 50. Duet - "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth" - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5
  0:47
• 25
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 52. Chorus of Christians - "He Saw the Lovely Youth" - Sc. 6
  4:49
• 26
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 34a. Recitative - "Oh Thou Bright Sun!" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Alternative Ending (Alternative Ending)
  0:40
• 27
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 36a. Sinfony - Alternative Version (Alternative Version)
  1:40
• 28
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 37. Recitative - "But Why Art Thou Disquieted?" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
  0:21
• 29
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 38. Aria - "O! That I On Wings Could Rise" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
  3:15
• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 53. Aria - "Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day" - Irene - Sc. 1
  5:12
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 54. Recitative - "But See, the Good, the Virtuous" - Irene - Sc. 2
  0:37
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 55. Aria - "When Sunk in Anguish and Despair" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
  3:54
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 56. Chorus of Christians and Theodora, HWV 68 - "Blest Be the Hand" - Chorus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
  3:28
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 57. Recitative - "Undaunted in the Court" - Messenger, Irene – Accompagnato - "O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3
  1:31
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 58. Duet - "Whither, Princess, Do You Fly?" - Irene, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3
  1:09
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 59. Recitative - "She's Gone Disdaining Liberty and Life" - Irene - Sc. 3
  0:40
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 60. Aria - "New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding On" - Irene - Sc. 3
  4:31
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 61. Recitative - "Is It a Christian Virtue Then" - Sc. 4 - "Be That My Doom" - Valens, Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 5
  1:55
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 62. Aria - "From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed" - Septimius - Sc. 5
  6:35
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 63. Aria - "Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r" - Valens - Sc. 5
  1:02
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 64. Recitative - "'Tis Kind, My Friends" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5
  0:53
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 65. Chorus - of Heathens - "How Strange Their Ends" - Sc. 5
  3:22
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 66. Recitative - "On Me Your Frowns" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Valens - Sc. 5
  0:32
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 67. Aria - "Ye Ministers of Justice" - Valens - Sc. 5
  1:08
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 68. Recitative - "And Must Such Beauty Suffer" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 6
  0:55
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 69. Aria and Duet - "Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing" - "Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 6
  6:05
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 70. Recitative - "Ere This Their Doom Is Past" - Irene - Sc. 7
  0:21
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68 - 1750: 71. Chorus - of Christians - "O Love Divine" - Sc. 7
  3:02