Alexander Balus, HWV 65 | | | | Oratorio | | | |
Alexander Balus, HWV 65: Act I | | | | | | | |
Alexander Balus, HWV 65: Act I. “Mighty Love Now Calls to Arm” | | | | | | | |
Alexander Balus, HWV 65: Act II | | | | | | | |
Alexander Balus, HWV 65: Act III | | | | | | | |
Alexander Balus, HWV 65: Act III. “Shall Cleopatra Ever Smile Again?” | | | | | | | |
Alexander Balus, HWV 65: Act III. “To God Who Made the Radiant Sun” | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70 | | | | Oratorio | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 1. Accompagnato "It must be so or these wile Ammonites" (Zebul) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 2. Air "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs" (Zebul) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 3. Chorus "No more to Ammon's god and King" | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 3a. Recitative "But Jephtha comes" (Zebul, Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 4. Air "Virtue my soul shall still embrace" (Jephtha) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 4a. Recitative "Twill be a painful separation" (Storge) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 5. Air "In gentle murmurs will I mourn" (Storge) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 5a. Recitative "Happy this embassy" (Hamor) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 6. Air "Dull delay, in piercing anguish" (Hamor) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 6a. Recitative "Ill suits the voice of love" (Iphis) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 7. Air "Take the heart you fondly gave" (Iphis) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 7a. Recitative "I go. My soul, inspir'd by thy command" (Hamor) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 8. Duet "These labours past, how happy we" (Iphis, Hamor) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 8a. Recitative "What mean these doubtful fancies" (Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 9. Accompagnato "If, Lord, sustain'd by Thy almighty pow'r" (Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 9a. Recitative "'Tis said. Attend, ye chiefs" (Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 10. Chorus "O God, behold our sore distress" | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 10a. Recitative "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" (Storge) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 11. Air "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" (Storge) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 11a. Recitative "Say, my dear mother" (Iphis, Storge) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 12. Air "The smiling dawn of happy days" (Iphis) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 12a. Recitative "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty King's reply" (Zebul, Jephtha) | | - John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed
- Nigel Robson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Christopher Keyte, Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner
- Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi
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Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 13. Chorus "When His loud voice in thunder spoke" | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 13a. Recitative "Glad things of great joy" (Hamor) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 14. Chorus "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms" | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 15. Air "Up the dreadful steep ascending" (Hamor) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 15a. Recitative "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" (Iphis) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 16: Air "Tune the soft melodious lute" (Iphis) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 16a. Recitative "Heav'n smiles once more" (Zebul) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 17a. Recitative "Zebul, thy deeds were valiant" (Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 18. Air "His mighty arm, with sudden blow" (Jephtha) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 19. Chorus: "In glory high, in might serene" | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 20. Symphony | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 20a. Recitative "Hail, glorious conqueror!" (Iphis) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 21. Air and Chorus: "Welcome, as the cheerful light" (Iphis) | | - Christiane Oelze, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed
- Lynne Dawson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Margaret Marshall, Southend Boys’ Choir, Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner
- Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi
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Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 21a. Recitative "Horror! Confusion! Harsh this music grates" (Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 22. Air "Open thy marble jaws, o tomb" (Jephtha) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 22a. Recitative "Why is my brother thus afflicted?" (Zebul, Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 23. Accompagnato and Arioso "First perish thou and perish all the world!" (Storge) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 23a. Recitative "If such thy cruel purpose, lo!" (Hamor) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 24. Air "On me let blind mistake zeal" (Hamor) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 25. Quartet "O spare your daughter!" (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul) | | - John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Denley, Michael George, Axel Köhler, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed
- Michael Chance, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Robson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
- Paul Esswood, Alfreda Hodgson, Christopher Keyte, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner
- Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi
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Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 25a. Recitative "Such news flies swift" (Iphis) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 26. Accompagnato "For joys so vast, too little is the price" (Iphis) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 27. Air "Happy they! This vital breath with content" (Iphis) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 28. Accompagnato "Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness" (Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 29. Chorus "How dark, o Lord, are thy decrees!" | | | | Song | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 30. Arioso "Hide thou thy hated beams" (Jephtha) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 31. Accompagnato "A father, off'ring up his only child" (Jephtha) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 32. Air "Waft her, angels, through the skies" (Jephtha) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 33. Accompagnato "Ye sacred priests, whose hands" (Iphis) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 34. Air "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods" (Iphis) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 35. Chorus "Doubtful fear and reverend awe" (Preists) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 36. Symphony | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 36a. Recitative "Rise, Jephtha, and ye reverend priests" (Angel) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 37. Air "Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live" (Angel) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 38. Arioso "For ever blessed be thy holy name" (Jephtha) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 39. Chorus "Theme sublime of endless praise" | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 39a. Recitative "Let me congratulate this happy turn" (Zebul) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 40. Air "Laud her, all ye virgin train" (Zebul) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 40a. Recitative "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" (Storge) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 41. Air "Sweet as sight to the blind" (Storge) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 41a. Recitative "With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety" (Hamor) | | | | | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 42. Air "'Tis Heaven's all-ruling pow'r" (Hamor) | | | | Aria | | | |
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 42a. Recitative "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" (Iphis) | | - Christiane Oelze, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed
- Michael Chance, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Robson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Paul Esswood, Alfreda Hodgson, Christopher Keyte, Margaret Marshall, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner
- Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi
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Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 43b. Quintet "All that is in Hamor mine" (Iphis, Hamor, storge, Jephtha, Zebul) | | - John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Denley, Michael George, Axel Köhler, Christiane Oelze, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed
- Michael Chance, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Robson, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Paul Esswood, Alfreda Hodgson, Christopher Keyte, Margaret Marshall, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner
- Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi
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Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 44. Chorus "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice" | | | | | | | |
Joshua, HWV 64 | | | | Oratorio | | | |
Joshua, HWV 64: Act I | | | | | | | |
Joshua, HWV 64: Act I, no. 10. "While Kedron's brook to Jordan's stream" | | | | Aria | | | |
Joshua, HWV 64: Act II | | | | | | | |
Joshua, HWV 64: Act II, no. 30. "To vanity and earthly pride" (Achsah) | | | | Aria | | | |
Joshua, HWV 64: Act III | | | | | | | |
Joshua, HWV 64: Act III, no. 56. "Oh! had I Jubal's lyre" (Achsah) | | | | Aria | | | |
Joshua, HWV 64: Act III, no. 56. "The great Jehovah is our awful theme" (Chorus) | | | | | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 | | | | Oratorio | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I | | | | | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 2: Chorus "Mourn, ye afflicted children" (Chorus) | | | | | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 3: Recitative "Well, may your sorrows" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman) | | - English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary
- Lucia Duchoňová, Núria Rial, Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Rolf Beck
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
- Dame Janet Baker, Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
- The King’s Consort, Robert King, Catherine Denley, Emma Kirkby
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 4: Duet "From this dread scene" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman) | | - Marie‐Nicole Lemieux, Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
- Lucia Duchoňová, Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Rolf Beck
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
- Dame Janet Baker, Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
- The King’s Consort, Robert King, Catherine Denley, Emma Kirkby
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 5: Chorus "For Sion lamentation make" (Chorus) | | - Amor Artis Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary
- Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor Lübeck, Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Rolf Beck
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
- Russell Burgess, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
- The King’s Consort, Choir of New College Oxford, Robert King
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 6: Recitative "Not vain is all this storm" (Israelitish Man) | | | | | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 7: Air "Pious orgies, pious airs" (Israelitish Man) | | | | | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 8: Chorus "O Father, whose almighty pow'r" (Chorus) | | - Amor Artis Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary
- Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor Lübeck, Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Rolf Beck
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
- Russell Burgess, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
- The King’s Consort, Choir of New College Oxford, Robert King
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 9: Recitative "I feel, I feel the Deity within" (Simon) | | | | | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 10: Air "Arm, arm, ye brave!" (Simon) | | | | | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 11: Chorus "We come, we come, in bright array" (Chorus) | | - Amor Artis Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary
- Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor Lübeck, Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Rolf Beck
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
- Russell Burgess, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
- The King’s Consort, Choir of New College Oxford, Robert King, Michael George
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 12: Recitative "'Tis well, my friends" (Judas Maccabaeus) | | | | | | | |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act I, no. 13: Air "Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul" (Judas Maccabaeus) | | | | | | | |