Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner - Jephtha (3xCD, Album + Box, Sli)

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Notes:

Double jewel-case with booklet in a slipcase.

. Act I
1-1. Overture 5:11
1-2. Scene 1 "It Must Be So: Or These Vile Ammonites" 1:23
1-3. "Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray'rs" 2:51
1-4. "No More To Ammon's God And King" 2:55
1-5. Scene 2 "But Jephta Comes" 0:53
1-6. "Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace" 4:07
1-7. "Twill Be A Painfull Separation, Jephta" 4:59
1-7.2. "In Gentle Murmers Will I Mourn" 4:59
1-8.1. Scene 3 "Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis" 3:50
1-8.2. "Dull Delay, In Piercing Anguish" 3:50
1-9.1. "I'll Suits The Voice Of Love When Glory Calls" 4:14
1-9.2. "Take The Heart You Fondly Gave" 4:14
1-10.1. "I Go. My Soul, Inspir'd By Thy Command" 7:27
1-10.2. "These Labours Past, How Happy We! 7:27
1-11. Scene 4 "What Mean These Doubtful Fancies" 1:58
1-12. "O God, Behold Our Sore Distress" 4:33
1-13.1. "Some Dire Event Hangs O'er Our Heads" 4:57
1-13.2. "Scenes Of Horror, Scenes Of Woe" 4:57
1-14. Scene 6 "Say, My Dear Mother" 0:53
1-15. "The Smiling Dawn Of Happy Days" 3:33
1-16. Scene 7 "Such, Jephta, Was The Haughty King's Reply" 0:26
1-17. "When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke" 4:35
. Act II
2-1. Scene 1 "Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee, Dear Iphis" 1:14
2-2. "Cherub And Seraphim, Unbodied Forms" 3:12
2-3. "Up The Dreadfull Steep Ascending" 4:15
2-4.1. "Tis Well. Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens" 4:42
2-4.2. "Tune The Soft Melodious Lute" 4:42
2-5.1. Scene 2 "Heav'n Smiles Once More On His Repentant People" 6:29
2-5.2. "His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow" 6:29
2-6. Scene 3 "In Glory High, In Might Serene" 2:32
2-7. Symphony- "Hail, Glorious Conqueror!" 1:31
2-8. "Welcome As The Cheerfull Light" 3:52
2-9.1. "Horror! Confusion!" 5:00
2-9.2. "Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb" 5:00
2-10. "Why Is My Brother Thus Affected" 0:59
2-11. "First Perish Thou, And Perish All The World!" 2:20
2-12.1. "If Such Thy Cruel Purpose" 1:48
2-12.2. "On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal" 1:48
2-13. "O Spare Your Daughter" 3:13
2-14. Scene 4 "Such News Flies Swift" 1:21
2-15. "Happy They! This Viral Breath" 3:31
2-16. "Deeper, And Deeper Still" 3:28
2-17. "How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees!" 8:02
. Act III
3-1. Scene 1 "Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun" 3:02
3-2. "Waft Her, Angels, Through The Skies" 4:30
3.3. "Ye Sacred Priests" 6:26
3.4. "Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs And Floods" 6:26
3-5. "Doubtful Fear And Rev'rent Awe" 3:51
3-6. Symphony 2:44
3-7. "Rise, Jephtha, And Ye Rev'ent Priests" 1:01
3-8. "Happy, Iphis Shalt Thou Live" 3:59
3-9. "For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name" 1:29
3-10. "Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise" 3:23
3-11. Scene 2 "Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn" 2:22
3-12. "Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train" 2:22
3-13. "O Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother's Arms" 2:16
3-14. "Sweet As Sight To The Blind" 2:16
3-15. "My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence" 3:37
3-16. "All That Is In Hamor Mine" 3:37
3-17. "Ye House Of Gilead, Whith One Voice" 3:00
3-18. Applause 0:19

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Barcode 0 028942 235 120

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Recorded At Stadthalle Göttingen