Handel: Oratorio Highlights

Jurgen Budday

2011-05-01 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Aria. Why do the nations so furiously rage together
  2:40
• 2
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Let us break their bonds asunder
  1:35
• 3
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Recitative. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn
  0:15
• 4
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Aria. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
  2:04
• 5
  Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: Hallelujah!
  3:40
• 6
  Joshua, HWV 64, Act II: Glory to God!
  5:43
• 7
  Joshua, HWV 64, Act III: Aria. Shall I in mamre's fertile plain
  2:52
• 8
  Joshua, HWV 64, Act III: For all these mercies we will sing
  2:25
• 9
  Joshua, HWV 64, Act III: Aria. Oh! Had I Jubal's lyre
  2:30
• 10
  Joshua, HWV 64, Act III: The great Jehovah Is our awful theme
  1:55
• 11
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. I: Your harps and cymbals sound
  3:24
• 12
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
  2:15
• 13
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Air and Chorus. Music, spread thy voice around
  3:02
• 14
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Air. Now a diff'rent measure try
  0:29
• 15
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Shake the Dome
  1:17
• 16
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Recitative. Then at once
  0:33
• 17
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Draw the tear from hopeless love
  3:06
• 18
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Recitative. Next the tortur'd soul release
  0:16
• 19
  Solomon, HWV 67, Pt. III: Air and Chorus. Thus rolling surges rise
  3:22
• 20
  Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I: Chorus. By slow degress the wrath of God
  4:52
• 21
  Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Recitative. Where Is the God of Judah's boasted pow'r?
  0:44
• 22
  Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Chorus - Recitative. Help, help the king!
  2:26
• 23
  Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Recitative. Ye sages, welcome always to your king
  0:40
• 24
  Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Chorus. Alas, too hard a task the king imposes
  0:27
• 25
  Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Chorus. Oh, misery! Oh terror, hopeless grief!
  1:58
• 26
  Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III: Tell it out among the heathen
  2:00
• 27
  Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Recitative. Already see the Daughters of the Land
  0:17
• 28
  Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Chorus. Welcome, welcome, mighty King!
  1:47
• 29
  Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Accompagnato. What do I hear?
  0:26
• 30
  Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Chorus. David his Ten Thousands slew
  0:38
• 31
  Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II: Accompagnato. First perish thou
  0:32
• 32
  Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II: Arioso. Let other creatures die
  1:51
• 33
  Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Chorus. Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!
  1:51
• 34
  Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Return, O God of hosts
  4:12
• 35
  Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. II: Duet. Sion now her head shall raise
  1:32
• 36
  Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. II: Tune your harps to song of praise
  4:29
• 37
  Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. II: Sound an alarm!
  3:53
• 38
  Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. III: Sing unto God
  2:39
• 39
  Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. III: Hallelujah, Amen
  2:18