Handel: Theodora

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus

1992 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68: Overture
  6:28
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: 'Tis Dioclesian's natal Day
  0:26
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: Go my faithful Soldier, go
  1:54
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Chorus: And draw a Blessing down
  1:59
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious Ear
  0:51
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire
  3:22
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Chorus: For ever thus stands fix'd the Doom
  1:53
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: Most cruel Edict
  0:30
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: The raptur'd Soul defies the Sword
  8:04
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: I know thy Virtues
  0:38
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: Descend, kind Pity
  7:37
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: Tho' hard, my Friends, yet Wholesome
  0:20
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: Fond, flatt'ring World
  3:27
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: O bright Example of all Goodness
  0:26
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: Bane of Virtue
  5:41
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Chorus: Come, mighty Father
  2:17
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: Fly, fly, my Brethren
  0:43
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: As with rosy steps the Morn
  5:45
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Chorus: All Pow'r in Heav'n above
  2:18
• 20
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: Mistaken wretches
  0:20
• 21
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly
  2:58
• 22
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: Deluded Mortal
  1:00
• 23
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act I, Air, "Angels, ever bright and fair" (Theodora)
  4:24
• 24
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: Unhappy, happy Crew
  0:57
• 25
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Air: Kind Heav'n
  5:30
• 26
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Recit: O Love: how great thy Pow'r
  0:20
• 27
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 1. Chorus: Go, gen'rous, pious Youth
  3:31
• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: Ye Men of Antioch
  0:27
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Chorus: Queen of Summer
  0:52
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Air: Wide spread his Name
  2:13
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: Return, Septimius
  0:37
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Chorus: Venus laughing from the skies
  1:19
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Interlude
  0:40
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act II, Recit, "O Thou bright Sun" (Theodora)
  0:27
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act II, Air, "With Darkness" (Theodora)
  3:43
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Interlude
  1:07
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. "Symphony of Soft Musick"
  1:10
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: But why art Thou disquieted
  0:23
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act II, Air, "Oh! that I on wings could rise" (Theodora)
  4:08
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: Long have I known
  1:08
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Air: Tho' the Honours
  3:46
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: O save her then
  0:38
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Air: Deeds of Kindness to display
  6:58
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: The Clouds begin
  0:27
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Air: Defend her, Heav'n
  3:53
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: Or lull'd with Grief
  0:39
• 20
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Air: Sweet Rose, & Lilly
  2:38
• 21
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: O save me, Heav'n
  1:12
• 22
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Air: The Pilgrim's Home
  2:46
• 23
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: Forbid it, Heav'n
  2:01
• 24
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act II, Duet, "To Thee, Thou glorious Son" (Theodora, Didymus)
  4:53
• 25
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Recit: 'Tis night
  0:42
• 26
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 2. Chorus: He saw the lovely Youth
  4:37
• 1
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Air: Lord, to Thee
  4:58
• 2
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: But see!
  0:30
• 3
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Air: When sunk in Anguish & Despair
  3:25
• 4
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Chorus: Blest be the Hand
  3:34
• 5
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: Undaunted in the Court
  0:27
• 6
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: Ah! Theodora
  0:35
• 7
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Duet: Whither, Princess, do you fly
  1:19
• 8
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: She's gone
  0:24
• 9
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Air: New scenes of Joy
  3:47
• 10
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: Is it a Christian Virtue - Be That my Doom
  1:51
• 11
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Air: From Virtue springs each gen'rous Deed
  5:39
• 12
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Air: Cease, ye Slaves, your fruitless Pray'r
  1:08
• 13
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: 'Tis kind, my Friends
  0:48
• 14
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Chorus: How strange their Ends
  3:00
• 15
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: On me your Frowns
  0:32
• 16
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Air: Ye Ministers of Justice
  1:16
• 17
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: And must such Beauty suffer
  0:39
• 18
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Air: Streams of Pleasure ever flowing - Duet: Thither let our Hearts aspire
  5:49
• 19
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Recit: E'er This, their Doom is past
  0:16
• 20
  Theodora, HWV 68: Act 3. Chorus: O Love Divine
  2:25