Georg Friedrich Händel
- Emma Kirkby • Patrizia Kwella • Drew Minter • Anthony Rolfe Johnson • Paul Elliott • Andrew King • Westminster Cathedral Choir • The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus & The Academy Of Ancient M
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Genre:Classical Style:Baroque, Oratorio
Tracklist:
A1. Ouverture . Scene 1 A2. No. 1 Recitative - "Tis Greater Far To Spare" A3. No. 2 Aria - "Pluck Root And Branch From Out The Land" A4. No. 3 Recitative - "Our Souls With Ardour Glow" A5. No. 4 Chorus - "Shall We The God Of Israel Fear?" . Scene 2 A6. No. 5 Recitative - "Now Persecution" A7. No. 6 Aria - "Tune Your Harps To Cheerful Strains" A8. No. 7 Chorus - "Shall We Of Servitude Complain" A9. No. 8 Aria - "Praise The Lord With Cheerful Noise" A10. No. 9 Recitative - O God, Who From The Suckling's Mouth" A11. No. 10 Aria - "Sing Songs Of Praise, Bow Down The Knee" A12. No. 11 Chorus - "Shall We Of Servitude Complain" . Scene 3 B1. No. 12 Recitative - "How Have Our Sins Provoked The Lord!" B2. No. 13 Chorus - "Ye Sons Of Israel Mourn" B3. No. 14 Aria- O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide B4. No. 15 Chorus - "Ye Sons Of Israel Mourn" . Scene 4 B5. No. 16 Recitative - "Why Sits That Sorrow On Thy Brow?" B6. No. 17 Aria - "Dread Not, Righteous Queen, The Danger" B7. No.18 Recitative - "I Go Before The King" B8. No. 19 Aria - "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving" B9. No. 20 Chorus - "Save Us, O Lord" . Scene 5 C1. No. 21 Recitative - "Who Dares Intrude Into Our Presence" C2. No. 22 Duet - "Who Calls My Parting Soul From Death?" C3. No. 23 Aria - "O Beauteous Queen" C4. No. 24 Recitative - "If I Find Favour In Thy Sight" C5. No. 25 Aria - "How Can I Stay When Love Invites" C6. No. 26 Recitative - "With Inward Joy" C7. No. 27 Chorus - "Virtue, Truth And Innocence" C8. No. 28 Arioso - "Jehovah, Crown'd With Glory" C9. No. 29 Chorus - "He Comes, He Comes To End Our Woes" . Scene 6 D1. No. 30 Recitative - "Now, O Queen, Thy Suit Declare" D2. No. 31 Arioso - "Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away" D3. No. 32 Aria - "Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!" D4. No. 33 Recitative - "Guards, Seize The Traitor" D5. No. 34 Aria - "How Art Thou Fall'n From Thy Height!" D6a. No. 35a Chorus - "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain" D6b. No. 35b Solo - "Let Israel Songs Of Joy Repeat" D6c. No. 35c Chorus - "For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name" D6d. No. 35d Duet - "The Lord His People Shall Restore" D6e. No. 35e Chorus - "For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name" D6f. No. 35f Duet - "Mount Lebanon His First Resigns" D6g. No. 35g Chorus - "For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name"
General notes about this release (please note: our version may differ a little. see the comments above):
This box set comes with an 16-page booklet (the size of the box) with extensive information on Händel's Oratorio Esther.
Included are a lot of photographs of the vocalists, conductor, choirs and orchestra.
The notes are in English, French and German.
Also the texts of the Oratorio vocalists are included.
Digital Recording.
This issue is part of the FLORILEGIUM series of Decca.
Cover illustration: "Esther before Ahasuerus" by Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734), National Gallery, London.
Booklet cover illustration: "Händel", after a painting by Hudson, BBC Hulton Picture Library.
Plum L'Oiseau-Lyre labels with silver lettering.
. Oratorio "Esther" HWV 50
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode 0 28941 44231 4
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