Paul McCreesh - Handel: Theodora & Solomon

Paul McCreesh

2023-02-17 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68: No. 1, Overture: a. Grave- Allegro
  3:03
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68: No. 1, Overture: b. Trio
  1:48
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68: No. 1, Overture: c. Courante
  1:44
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 2, Recit. 'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day (Alternative Scene) [Alternative Scene]
  0:34
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 3, Aria. Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go
  1:50
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 4, Chorus of Heathens. And Draw a Blessing Down
  2:07
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 5, Recit. Vouchsafe, Dread Sir
  0:55
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 6. Aria. Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire
  3:20
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 7, Chorus of Heathens. For Ever Thus Stand Fix'd
  1:37
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 8, Recit. Most Cruel Edict
  0:30
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 9, Aria. The Raptur'd Soul (Didymus)
  8:18
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 10, Recit. I Know Thy Virtues
  0:45
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 11, Aria. Descend, Kind Pity
  7:11
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 12, Recit. Though Hard, My Friends
  0:28
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 13, Aria. Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu
  4:18
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 14, Recit. Oh Bright Example
  0:28
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 15, Aria. Bane of Virtue
  5:06
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 16, Chorus of Christians. Come, Mighty Father
  2:35
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 17, Recit. Fly, Fly, My Brethren
  1:02
• 20
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 18, Aria. As With Rosy Steps the Morn
  6:48
• 21
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 19, Chorus. All Pow'r In Heav'n
  2:15
• 22
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 20, Recit. Mistaken Wretches!
  0:21
• 23
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 21, Aria. Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly
  2:43
• 24
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 22, Recit. Deluded Mortal – Accompagnato. O Worse Than Death Indeed
  1:21
• 25
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 23, Aria. Angels, Ever Bright and Fair
  3:36
• 26
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 24, Recit. Unhappy, Happy Crew!
  1:12
• 27
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 25, Air. Kind Heaven, If Virtue Be Thy Care
  5:05
• 28
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 26, Recit. Oh Love! How Great Thy Pow'r
  0:23
• 29
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: No. 27, Chorus. Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth
  4:52
• 30
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 28, Recit. Ye Men of Antioch
  0:36
• 31
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 29, Chorus of Heathens. Queen of Summer
  0:50
• 32
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 30, Aria. Wide Spread His Name
  2:22
• 33
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 31, Recit. Return, Septimius
  0:37
• 34
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 32, Chorus of Heathens. Venus Laughing from the Skies
  1:18
• 35
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 33, Sinfony
  1:02
• 36
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 34, Recit. Oh Thous Bright Sun!
  0:39
• 37
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 35, Aria. With Darkness Deep
  3:54
• 38
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 36, Sinfony
  1:22
• 39
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 37, Recit. But Why Art Thou Disquieted?
  0:22
• 40
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 38, Aria. O! That I On Wings Could Rise
  3:13
• 41
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 39, Recit. Long Have I Known
  1:22
• 42
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 40, Aria. Though the Honours, That Flora
  3:57
• 43
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 41, Recit. O Save Her Then
  0:36
• 44
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 42, Aria. Deeds of Kindness to Display
  6:58
• 45
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 43, Recit. the Clouds Begin to Veil
  0:39
• 46
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 44, Aria. Defend Her, Heav'n
  4:58
• 47
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 45, Recit. Or Lull'd With Grief
  0:34
• 48
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 46, Aria. Sweet Rose and Lily
  2:32
• 49
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 47, Recit. O Save Me, Heav'n
  1:18
• 50
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 48, Aria. The Pilgrim's Home
  2:43
• 51
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 49, Accompagnato. Forbid It, Heav'n! – Recit. Ah! What Is Liberty
  1:54
• 52
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 50, Duet. To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth
  4:36
• 53
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 51, Recit. 'Tis Night
  0:47
• 54
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 52, Chorus of Christians. He Saw the Lovely Youth
  4:49
• 55
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 34a, Recit. Oh Thou Bright Sun! (Alternative Ending) [Alternative Ending]
  0:40
• 56
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act II: No. 36a, Sinfony (Alternative Version) [Alternative Version]
  1:40
• 57
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 53, Aria. Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day
  5:12
• 58
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 54, Recit. But See, the Good, the Virtuous
  0:37
• 59
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 55, Aria. When Sunk In Anguish and Despair
  3:54
• 60
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 56, Chorus of Christians and Theodora. Blest Be the Hand
  3:28
• 61
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 57, Recit. Undaunted in the Court / Accompagnato. O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind
  1:31
• 62
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 58, Duet. Whither, Princess, Do You Fly?
  1:09
• 63
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 59, Recit. She's Gone Disdaining Liberty and Life
  0:40
• 64
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 60, Aria. New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding On
  4:31
• 65
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 61, Recit. Is It a Christian Virtue Then / Be That My Doom
  1:55
• 66
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 62, Aria. from Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed
  6:35
• 67
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 63, Aria. Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r
  1:02
• 68
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 64, Recit. 'Tis Kind, My Friends
  0:53
• 69
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 65, Chorus of Heathens. How Strange Their Ends
  3:22
• 70
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 66, Recit. On Me Your Frowns
  0:32
• 71
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 67, Aria. Ye Ministers of Justice
  1:08
• 72
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 68, Recit. and Must Such Beauty Suffer
  0:55
• 73
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 69, Aria & Duet. Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing / Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire
  6:05
• 74
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 70, Recit. Ere This Their Doom Is Past
  0:21
• 75
  Theodora, HWV 68, Act III: No. 71, Chorus of Christians. O Love Divine
  3:02
• 76
  Solomon HWV 67: Overture
  6:41
• 77
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Your harps and cymbals"
  3:16
• 78
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Praise ye the Lord"
  5:06
• 79
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "With pious heart"
  4:24
• 80
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Almighty Power"
  3:19
• 81
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Imperial Salomon"
  0:39
• 82
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Sacred raptures"
  4:11
• 83
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Throughout the land"
  3:32
• 84
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Bless'd be the Lord"
  0:31
• 85
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "What tho' I trace"
  6:29
• 86
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "And see my Queen"
  0:46
• 87
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Bless'd the day"
  4:20
• 88
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Thou fair inhabitant of Nile"
  0:41
• 89
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Welcome as the dawn of day"
  3:16
• 90
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Vain are the transient beauties"
  0:41
• 91
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Indulge thy faith"
  3:38
• 92
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "My blooming fair"
  0:11
• 93
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Haste to the cedar grove"
  2:47
• 94
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "When thou art absent"
  0:18
• 95
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "With thee th'unshelter'd moor"
  2:10
• 96
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "Search round the world"
  0:21
• 97
  Solomon HWV 67, Act I: "May no rash intruder"
  4:21
• 98
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "From the censer"
  5:01
• 99
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Prais'd be the Lord"
  1:14
• 100
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "When the sun o'er yonder hills"
  4:05
• 101
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Great prince"
  0:21
• 102
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king"
  3:09
• 103
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "My sovereign liege"
  1:55
• 104
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Words are weak"
  5:27
• 105
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "What says the other"
  1:22
• 106
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Thy sentence, great king"
  1:48
• 107
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Withhold, withhold the executing hand!"
  0:13
• 108
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Can I see my infant gor'd"
  4:38
• 109
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Israel' attend"
  1:55
• 110
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Thrice bless'd be the king"
  3:39
• 111
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "From the east unto the west"
  2:33
• 112
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "From morn to eve"
  0:23
• 113
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "See the tall palm"
  4:52
• 114
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "No more shall armed bands"
  0:22
• 115
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Beneath the vine"
  5:02
• 116
  Solomon HWV 67, Act II: "Swell, swell the full chorus"
  2:57
• 117
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: Sinfony
  2:52
• 118
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "From Arabia's spicy shores"
  1:19
• 119
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Ev'ry sight these eyes behold"
  4:15
• 120
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Sweep, sweep the string"
  0:18
• 121
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Music, spread thy voice around"
  3:48
• 122
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Now a diff'rent measure" - "Shake the dome"
  1:42
• 123
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Then at once from rage remove"
  0:44
• 124
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Draw the tear from hopeless love"
  3:01
• 125
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Next the tortur'd soul release"
  0:17
• 126
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Thus rolling surge rise"
  3:19
• 127
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Thy harmony's divine"
  1:08
• 128
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Pious king"
  2:41
• 129
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Thrice happy king"
  0:50
• 130
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Golden columns"
  3:09
• 131
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Praise the Lord"
  4:16
• 132
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Gold now is common"
  0:29
• 133
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "How green our fertile pastures look!"
  1:56
• 134
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "May peace in Salem"
  0:53
• 135
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Will the sun forget to streak"
  6:20
• 136
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Adieu, fair queen"
  0:16
• 137
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows"
  2:30
• 138
  Solomon HWV 67, Act III: "The name of the wicked"
  2:24