Jephtha
~ Release by Händel; Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (see all versions of this release, 1 available)
Tracklist
| |CD 1 | ||||
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | Jephtha: Overture / Menuet
| George Frideric Handel | 5:13 | |
2 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"
| George Frideric Handel | 1:23 | |
3 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"
| George Frideric Handel | 2:51 | |
4 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "No more to Ammon's god and king"
| George Frideric Handel | 2:55 | |
5 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "But Jephtha comes"
| George Frideric Handel | 0:53 | |
6 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:07 | |
7 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" / "In gentle murmurs will I mourn"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:59 | |
8 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" / "Dull delay, in piercing anguish"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:50 | |
9 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" / "Take the heart you fondly gave"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:14 | |
10 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "I go, My soul, inspir'd by thy command" / "These labours past, how happy we!"
| George Frideric Handel | 7:28 | |
11 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "What mean these doubtful fancies"
| George Frideric Handel | 1:57 | |
12 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "O God, behold our sore distress"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:35 | |
13 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 5. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" / "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:57 | |
14 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "Say, my dear mother"
| George Frideric Handel | 0:53 | |
15 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "The smiling dawn of happy days"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:33 | |
16 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply"
| George Frideric Handel | 0:26 | |
17 | Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:39 |
CD 2 | ||||
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"
| George Frideric Handel | 1:14 | |
2 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:12 | |
3 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:15 | |
4 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" / "Tune the soft melodious lute"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:42 | |
5 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 2. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people" / "His mighty arm, with sudden blow"
| George Frideric Handel | 6:28 | |
6 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "In glory high, in might serene"
| George Frideric Handel | 2:32 | |
7 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. Symphony / "Hail glorious conqueror!"
| George Frideric Handel | 1:30 | |
8 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Welcome as the cheerful light"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:52 | |
9 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Horror! confusion!" / "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:59 | |
10 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Why is my brother thus afflicted"
| George Frideric Handel | 0:58 | |
11 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!"
| George Frideric Handel | 2:20 | |
12 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "If such thy cruel purpose" / "On me let blind mistaken zeal"
| George Frideric Handel | 1:48 | |
13 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "O spare your daughter"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:13 | |
14 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Such news flies swift"
| George Frideric Handel | 1:21 | |
15 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Happy they! this vital breath"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:32 | |
16 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Deeper, and deeper still"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:27 | |
17 | Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"
| George Frideric Handel | 8:04 |
CD 3 | ||||
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:03 | |
2 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:30 | |
3 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Ye sacred priests" / "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"
| George Frideric Handel | 6:27 | |
4 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:50 | |
5 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. Symphony
| George Frideric Handel | 2:44 | |
6 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests"
| George Frideric Handel | 1:01 | |
7 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"
| George Frideric Handel | 4:00 | |
8 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"
| George Frideric Handel | 1:29 | |
9 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Theme sublime of endless praise"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:23 | |
10 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" / "Laud her, all ye virgin train"
| George Frideric Handel | 2:22 | |
11 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" / "Sweet as sight to the blind"
| George Frideric Handel | 2:16 | |
12 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" / "All that is in Hamor mine"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:37 | |
13 | Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"
| George Frideric Handel | 3:00 | |
14 | [applause]
| [no artist] | 0:18 |
Credits
Release
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/7703550 [info] |
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ASIN: | US: B00000E3UZ [info] |
discography entry: | http://www.deccaclassics.com/cat/4223512 [info] |