Handel: Theodora (Glyndebourne)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, David Daniels, Dawn Upshaw, Richard Croft, William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & The Glyndebourne Chorus

2013-05-12 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68: Overture
  6:27
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Recitative "Tis Dioclesian's natal day"
  0:53
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Air "Go, my faithful soldier, go"
  1:50
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Chorus "And draw a blessing down"
  2:03
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Recitative "Vouchsafe, dread Sir"
  0:53
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Air "Racks, gibbets, sword of fire"
  4:25
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 1: Chorus "Forever thus stands fix'd"
  1:42
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 2: Recitative "Most cruel edict"
  0:41
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 2: Air "The raptur'd soul"
  9:02
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 2: Recitative "I know thy virtues"
  0:43
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 2: Air "Descend, kind pity"
  7:30
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Recitative "Tho' hard, my friends"
  0:26
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Air "Fond, Flatt'ring world, adieu"
  5:10
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Recitative "O bright example"
  0:28
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Air "Bane of virtue"
  6:24
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 3: Chorus "Come, mighty Father"
  3:22
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 4: Recitative "Fly, fly, my brethren"
  0:50
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 4: Air "As with rosy steps the morn"
  7:35
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 4: Chorus "All pow'r in Heav'n"
  2:25
• 20
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Recitative "Mistaken wretches!"
  0:18
• 21
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Air "Dread the fruits of Christian folly"
  2:52
• 22
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Recitative "Deluded mortals"
  1:06
• 23
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Recitative "O worse than death indeed"
  0:33
• 24
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 5: Air "Angels, ever bright and fair"
  4:09
• 25
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 6: Recitative "Unhappy, happy crew"
  0:50
• 26
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 6: Air "Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care"
  5:54
• 27
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 7: Recitative "O love, how great thy pow'r"
  0:21
• 28
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I, Scene 7: Chorus "Go, generous pious youth"
  6:28
• 29
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Recitative "Ye men of Antioch"
  0:41
• 30
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Chorus "Queen of Summer"
  0:51
• 31
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Air "Wide spread his name"
  2:37
• 32
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Recitative "Return, Septimius"
  0:29
• 33
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Chorus "Venus laughing from the skies"
  1:27
• 34
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 1: Symphony
  1:18
• 35
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Recitative "Oh thou bright Sun"
  0:41
• 36
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Air "With darkness deep"
  3:57
• 37
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Symphony
  2:08
• 38
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Recitative "But why art thou disquieted"
  0:33
• 39
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 2: Air "Oh, that I on wings could rise"
  3:54
• 40
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 3: Recitative "Long have I known"
  0:39
• 41
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 3: Air "Tho' the honours that Flora"
  3:16
• 42
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 3: Recitative "O, save her then"
  0:40
• 43
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 3: Air "Deeds of kindness to display"
  7:10
• 44
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 4: Recitative "The clouds begin to veil"
  0:44
• 45
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 4: Air "Defend her Heav'n"
  5:30
• 46
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Recitative "Or lull'd with grief"
  0:25
• 47
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Air "Sweet rose and lily"
  3:01
• 48
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Recitative "O, save me, Heav'n"
  1:01
• 49
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Air "The pilgrim's home"
  3:49
• 50
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Recitative "Forbid it, Heav'n"
  0:34
• 51
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Recitative "Ah, what is liberty"
  1:20
• 52
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 5: Duet "To thee, thou glorious son of worth"
  4:38
• 53
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 6: Recitative "Tis night"
  0:44
• 54
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II, Scene 6: Chorus "He saw the lovely youth"
  5:53
• 55
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 1: Air "Lord, to thee each night and day"
  5:56
• 56
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 2: Recitative "But see, the good, the virtuous"
  0:40
• 57
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 2: Air "When sunk in anguish and despair"
  5:42
• 58
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 2: Recitative "Blessed be the pow'r"
  0:35
• 59
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 2: Chorus "Blessing, honour, adoration", "Blest be the hand"
  4:07
• 60
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Recitative "Undaunted in the court"
  1:00
• 61
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Recitative "O my Irene, Heav'n is kind"
  0:46
• 62
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Duet "Whither, Princess, do you fly"
  1:20
• 63
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Recitative "She's gone, disdaining liberty and life"
  0:52
• 64
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 3: Air "New scenes of joy come crowding in"
  4:47
• 65
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 4: Recitative "Is it a Christian virtue then"
  0:39
• 66
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Recitative "Be that my doom"
  0:42
• 67
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Air "From virtue springs each gen'rous deed"
  7:03
• 68
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Air "Cease ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r"
  1:11
• 69
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Recitative "Tis kind, my friends"
  0:50
• 70
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Air "Lost in anguish"
  3:05
• 71
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Chorus "How strange their ends"
  3:44
• 72
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Recitative "On me your frowns"
  0:47
• 73
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 5: Air "Ye ministers of justice"
  1:15
• 74
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 6: Recitative "And must such beauty suffer"
  1:06
• 75
  Theodora, HWV 68, Part III, Scene 6: Air and Duet "Streams of pleasure ever flowing", "Thither let our hearts aspire"
  6:28
• 76
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 7: Recitative "Ere this, their doom is past"
  0:30
• 77
  Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III, Scene 7: Chorus "O, love divine"
  4:22