Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

John Chest, Maxim Emelyanychev, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d'Oro, Lisette Oropesa & Michael Spyres

2022-10-28 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68: Overture
  2:58
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68: Trio
  1:46
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68: Courante
  1:36
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Tis Diocletian’s Natal Day" (Valens)
  0:31
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go" (Valens)
  1:53
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Chorus. "And Draw a Blessing Down" (The Heathens)
  2:04
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Vouchsafe, Dread Sir" (Didymus, Valens)
  1:03
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire" (Valens)
  3:15
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Chorus. "For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom" (The Heathens)
  1:40
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Recitative. "Most Cruel Edict" (Didymus, Septimius)
  0:36
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Air. "The Raptur’d Soul" (Didymus)
  8:12
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Recitative. "I Know Thy Virtues" (Septimius)
  0:43
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Air. "Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest" (Septimius)
  8:12
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Recitative. "Though Hard, My Friends" (Theodora)
  0:28
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Air. "Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu" (Theodora)
  4:00
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Recitative. "O Bright Example of All Goodness" (Irene)
  0:38
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Air. "Bane of Virtue" (Irene)
  5:52
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Chorus. "Come, Mighty Father" (The Christians)
  2:30
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Recitative. "Fly, Fly, My Brethren" (Messenger, Irene)
  1:08
• 20
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Air. "As with Rosy Steps the Morn" (Irene)
  7:19
• 21
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Chorus. "All Pow’r in Heav’n Above" (The Christians)
  2:17
• 22
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Recitative. "Mistaken Wretches!" (Septimius)
  0:20
• 23
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Air. "Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly" (Septimius)
  2:42
• 24
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Recitative. "Deluded Mortal!" (Theodora, Septimius)
  1:02
• 25
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed" (Theodora)
  0:23
• 26
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Air. "Angels, Ever Bright and Fair" (Theodora)
  3:39
• 27
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Recitative. "Unhappy, Happy Crew!" (Didymus, Irene)
  1:13
• 28
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Air. "Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care" (Didymus)
  5:22
• 29
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Recitative. "O Love, How Great Thy Pow’r!" (Irene)
  0:34
• 30
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Chorus. "Go, Gen’rous, Pious Youth" (The Christians)
  4:42
• 31
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Recitative. "Ye Men of Antioch" (Valens)
  0:33
• 32
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Chorus. "Queen of Summer, Queen of Love" (The Heathens)
  0:43
• 33
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Air. "Wide Spread His Name" (Valens)
  2:12
• 34
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Recitative. "Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid" (Valens)
  0:41
• 35
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Chorus. "Venus, Laughing from the Skies" (The Heathens)
  1:19
• 36
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Symphony
  0:55
• 37
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Recitative. "O Thou Bright Sun" (Theodora)
  0:36
• 38
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air. "With Darkness Deep, as is My Woe" (Theodora)
  3:08
• 39
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air
  1:03
• 40
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Recitative. "But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul" (Theodora)
  0:31
• 41
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air. "Oh That I on Wings Could Rise" (Theodora)
  3:23
• 42
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Recitative. "Long Have I Known" (Didymus, Septimius)
  1:20
• 43
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Air. "Though the Honours" (Septimius)
  3:13
• 44
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Recitative. "Oh, Save Her Then" (Didymus, Septimius)
  0:38
• 45
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Air. "Deeds of Kindness to Display" (Didymus)
  7:01
• 46
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 4: Recitative. "The Clouds Begin to Veil" (Irene)
  0:41
• 47
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 4: Air. "Defend Her, Heav’n!" (Irene)
  5:47
• 48
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Or Lull’d With Grief" (Didymus)
  0:38
• 49
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Air. "Sweet Rose and Lily" (Didymus)
  2:18
• 50
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Oh, Save Me, Heav’n" (Theodora, Didymus)
  1:34
• 51
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Air. "The Pilgrim’s Home" (Theodora)
  2:58
• 52
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Forbid It, Heav’n!" (Didymus)
  0:38
• 53
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Or Say, What Right Have I to Take" (Didymus, Theodora)
  1:58
• 54
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Duet. "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth" (Theodora, Didymus)
  4:26
• 55
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 6: Recitative. "’Tis Night" (Irene)
  0:48
• 56
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 6: Chorus. "He Saw the Lovely Youth" (The Heathens)
  3:42
• 57
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 1: Air. "Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day" (Irene)
  7:04
• 58
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Recitative. "But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus" (Irene, Theodora)
  0:39
• 59
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Air. "When Sunk in Anguish and Despair" (Theodora)
  3:36
• 60
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Theodora and Chorus. "Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow’r" (Theodora, The Christians)
  3:40
• 61
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "Undaunted in the Court" (Messenger, Irene)
  0:50
• 62
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Accompagnato. "O My Irene" (Theodora)
  0:30
• 63
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "Stay Me Not, Dear Friend" (Theodora)
  0:14
• 64
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Duet. "Whither, Princess, Do You Fly" (Irene, Theodora)
  1:13
• 65
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "She’s Gone" (Irene)
  0:39
• 66
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Air. "New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on" (Irene)
  4:18
• 67
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 4: Recitative. "Is It a Christian Virtue" (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
  1:13
• 68
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "Be That My Doom" (Theodora, Septimius)
  1:03
• 69
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "From Virtue Springs Each Gen’rous Deed" (Septimius)
  5:45
• 70
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r" (Valens)
  1:03
• 71
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "’Tis Kind, My Friends" (Didymus, Theodora)
  1:02
• 72
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Chorus. "How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious" (The Heathens)
  2:50
• 73
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "On Me Your Frowns" (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
  0:37
• 74
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "Ye Ministers of Justice" (Valens)
  1:27
• 75
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 6: Recitative. "And Must Such Beauty Suffer?" (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
  0:54
• 76
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 6: Air and Duet. "Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing" (Didymus, Theodora)
  5:37
• 77
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 7: Recitative. "Ere This, Their Doom is Past" (Irene)
  0:31
• 78
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 7: Chorus. "O Love Divine" (The Christians)
  2:43