Handel: Theodora

Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

2003 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Theodora: Overture to Pt. I
  3:05
• 2
  Theodora: Overture to Pt. I Trio
  1:33
• 3
  Theodora: Overture to Pt. I Trio
  1:40
• 4
  Theodora: Pt. I "'Tis Diocletian's natal day" [Valens]
  0:32
• 5
  Theodora: Pt. I "Go, my faithful soldier, go" [Valens]
  1:46
• 6
  Theodora: Pt. I "And draw a blessing down" [Chorus]
  2:05
• 7
  Theodora: Pt I "Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious ear" [Didymus, Valens]
  0:55
• 8
  Theodora: Pt. I "Racks, gibbets, sword and fire" [Valens]
  3:36
• 9
  Theodora: Pt. I "For ever thus stands fixed the doom" [Chorus]
  1:34
• 10
  Theodora: Pt. I "Most cruel edict!" [Didymus]
  0:31
• 11
  Theodora: Pt. I "The rapture'd soul defies the sword" [Didymus]
  8:28
• 12
  Theodora: Pt. I "I know thy virtues" [Septimius]
  0:41
• 13
  Theodora : Pt. I "Desend, kind pity, heav'nly guest" [Septimius]
  6:17
• 14
  Theodora: Pt. I "Tho' hard, my friends" [Theodora]
  0:28
• 15
  Theodora: Pt. I "Fond,-Flatt'ring world, adieu!" [Theodora]
  4:41
• 16
  Theodora: Pt. I "Fond,-Flatt'ring world, adieu!" [Theodora]
  0:29
• 17
  Theodora: Pt. I "Bane of virtue" [Irene]
  5:26
• 18
  Theodora: Pt. I "Come, mighty Father" [Chorus]
  3:41
• 19
  Theodora: Pt. I "Fly, fly, my brethren" [Messenger: Irene]
  0:60
• 20
  Theodora: Pt. I "As with rosy steps the morn" [Irene]
  5:57
• 21
  Theodora: Pt. I "All pow'r in Heav'n above" [Chorus]
  2:18
• 22
  Theodora: Pt. I "Mistaken wretches!" [Septimius]
  0:20
• 23
  Theodora: Pt. I "Dread the fruits of Christian folly" [Septimius]
  2:40
• 24
  Theodora: Pt. I "Deluded mortal!" [Theodora, Septimius]
  1:02
• 25
  Theodora: Pt. I "Deluded mortal!" [Theodora, Septimius]
  0:27
• 26
  Theodora: Pt. I "Angels, ever bright and fair" [Theodora]
  3:20
• 27
  Theodora: Pt. I "Unhappy, happy crew!" [Didymus: Irene]
  1:09
• 28
  Theodora: Pt. I "Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care" [Didymus]
  5:28
• 29
  Theodora: Pt. I "Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care" [Didymus]
  0:24
• 30
  Theodora: Pt. I "Go gen'rous, pious youth" [Chorus]
  5:53
• 31
  Theodora: Pt. II "Ye men of Antioch" [Valens]
  0:36
• 32
  Theodora: Pt. II "Queen of summer, queen of love" [Chorus]
  0:50
• 33
  Theodora: Pt. II "Wide spread his name" [Valens]
  2:14
• 34
  Theodora: Pt. II "Wide spread his name" [Valens]
  0:38
• 35
  Theodora: Pt. II "Venus, laughing from the skies" [Chorus]
  1:19
• 36
  Theodora: Pt. II Symphony
  1:06
• 37
  Theodora: Pt. II "O thou bright sun!" [Theodora]
  0:33
• 38
  Theodora: Pt. II "With Darkness deep as is my woe" [Theodora]
  3:57
• 39
  Theodora: Pt. II Symphony
  1:49
• 40
  Theodora : Part II "But why art thou disquieted, my soul?" [Theodora]
  0:29
• 41
  Theodora: Pt. II "Oh, that I on wings could rise" [Theodora]
  3:41
• 42
  Theodora: Pt. II "Oh, that I on wings could rise" [Theodora]
  1:08
• 43
  Theodora: Pt. II "Tho' the honours that Flora and Venus receive" [Septimius]
  3:02
• 44
  Theodora: Pt. II "O save her then" [Didymus, Septimus]
  0:36
• 45
  Theodora: Pt. II "Deeds of kindness to display" [Didymus]
  6:34
• 46
  Theodora: Pt. II "The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere" [Irene]
  0:39
• 47
  Theodora: Pt. II "Defend her, Heav'n" [Irene]
  4:36
• 48
  Theodora: Pt. II "Or lulled with grief" [Didymus]
  0:35
• 49
  Theodora: Pt. II "Or lulled with grief" [Didymus]
  2:44
• 50
  Theodora: Pt. II "O save me, Heav'n" [Theodora, Didymus]
  1:27
• 51
  Theodora: Pt. II "The pilgrim's home, the sick man's health" [Theodora]
  3:19
• 52
  Theodora: Pt. II "Forbid it, Heav'n!" [Didymus]
  0:32
• 53
  Theodora: Pt. II "Or say, what right have I" [Didymus, Theodora]
  1:33
• 54
  Theodora: Pt. II "To thee, thou glorious son of worth" [Theodora, Didymus]
  4:35
• 55
  Theodora: Pt. II "'Tis night, but night's sweet blessing" [Irene]
  0:45
• 56
  Theodora: Pt. II "He saw the lovely youth" [Chorus]
  5:16
• 57
  Theodora: Pt. III "Lord to thee, each night and day" [Irene]
  4:20
• 58
  Theodora: Pt. III "But see, the good, the virtuous Didymus!" [Irene, Theodora]
  0:36
• 59
  Theodora: Part III "When sunk in anguish and despair" [Theodora]
  4:30
• 60
  Theodora: Pt. III "When sunk in anguish and despair" [Theodora]
  3:27
• 61
  Theodora: Pt. III "Undaunted in the court" [Messenger: Irene]
  0:46
• 62
  Theodora: Pt. III "O my Irene, Heav'n is kind" [Theodora]
  0:34
• 63
  Theodora: Pt. III "Whither, Princess, do you fly" [Irene, Theodora]
  1:18
• 64
  Theodora: Pt. III "She's gone, disdaining liberty and life" [Irene]
  0:31
• 65
  Theodora: Pt. III "New scenes of joy come crowding on" [Irene]
  3:30
• 66
  Theodora: Pt. III "Is it a Christian virtue, then" [Valens, Didymus]
  1:53
• 67
  Theodora: Pt. III "Is it a Christian virtue, then" [Valens, Didymus]
  7:05
• 68
  Theodora: Pt. III "Is it a Christian virtue, then" [Valens, Didymus]
  1:05
• 69
  Theodora: Pt. III "'Tis kind, my friends" [Didymus, Theodora]
  0:56
• 70
  Theodora: Pt. III "How strange their ends" [Chorus]
  4:25
• 71
  Theodora: Pt. III "On me your frowns" [Didymus, Theodora: Valens]
  0:43
• 72
  Theodora: Pt. III "And must such beauty suffer!" [Didymus, Theodora, Septimius]
  0:39
• 73
  Theodora: Pt. III "Streams of pleasure ever flowing" [Didymus]
  5:20
• 74
  Theodora: Pt. III "Ere this their doom is past" [Irene]
  0:25
• 75
  Theodora: Pt. III "O love divine, thou source of fame" [Irene, Chorus]
  4:09