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Handel: Joseph and His Brethren
Artboard 2
ALBUM NAME
Handel: Joseph and His Brethren
Copyright
℗ 1996 Hyperion Records Limited
RELEASE DATE
November 8, 1996
TRACK
72
DURATION
2:43:30
Album TRACKS
2
 
 
Part 1. Air. Be firm, my soul! nor faint beneath
5:33
3
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Joseph, thy fame has reach'd great Pharaoh's ear
46
4
 
 
Part 1. Air. Come, divine inspirer, come
5:5
5
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Pardon, that I so long forgot thee, Joseph!
54
6
 
 
Part 1. Air. Ingratitude's the queen of crimes
2:14
7
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Thus, stranger, I have laid my troubled thoughts
40
8
 
 
Part 1. Chorus. O God of Joseph, gracious shed thy spirit on thy servant's head
1:45
9
 
 
Part 1. Accompagnato. Pharaoh, thy dreams are one
2:25
10
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Divine interpreter! What oracle
39
11
 
 
Part 1. Air. O lovely youth, with wisdom crown'd
4:1
12
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Wear, worthy man, this Royal signet wear
33
13
 
 
Part 1. Chorus. Joyful sounds, melodious strain
2:57
14
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Whence this unwonted ardour in my breast?
23
15
 
 
Part 1. Air. I feel a spreading flame within my veins
7:16
16
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Fair Asenath
1:8
17
 
 
Part 1. Duet. Celestial virgin! Godlike youth!
2:46
18
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Now, Potiphera, instant to the temple
15
19
 
 
Part 1. Grand March during the procession
1:28
20
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Tis done, - the sacred knot is tied
12
21
 
 
Part 1. Chorus. Immortal pleasures crown this pair
2:19
22
 
 
Part 1. Recitative. Glorious and happy is thy lot, O Zaphnath!
12
23
 
 
Part 1. Air. Since the race of time begun
2:25
24
 
 
Part 1. Chorus. Swift our numbers, swiftly roll
2:39
25
 
 
Part 2. Chorus. Hail, thou youth, by Heaven belov'd!
4:18
26
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. How vast a theme has Egypt for applause!
1:6
27
 
 
Part 2. Air. Our fruits, whilst yet in blossom, die
4:7
28
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. He's Egypt's common parent, gives her bread
17
29
 
 
Part 2. Chorus. Blest be the man by pow'r unstain'd
4:6
30
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. Phanor, we mention not his highest glory!
1:28
31
 
 
Part 2. Air. Together, lovely innocents, grow up
3:5
32
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. He then is silent, then again exclaims
37
33
 
 
Part 2. Accompagnato. Where are these Brethren...Why this base delay!
1:56
34
 
 
Part 2. Air. Remorse, confusion, horror, fear
1:56
35
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. This Hebrew prisoner
34
36
 
 
Part 2. Accompagnato. Ye departed hours, what happier moments have I seen?
2:3
37
 
 
Part 2. Air. The peasant tastes the sweets of life
7:45
38
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. But Simeon comes
3:42
39
 
 
Part 2. Air. Impostor! Ah! my foul offence
2:56
40
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. Whence, Asenath, this grief that hangs upon thee?
44
41
 
 
Part 2. Air. The silver stream, that all its way
4:52
42
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. Tell me, O tell me thy heart's malady
1:26
43
 
 
Part 2. Air. To keep afar from all offence
3:42
44
 
 
Part 2. Chorus. Thus one, with ev'ry virtue crown'd
1:3
45
 
 
Part 2. Accompagnato. Once more, O pious Zaphnath, at thy feet
1:38
46
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. This kiss, my gracious Lord
1:20
47
 
 
Part 2. Air. Thou deign'st to call thy servant 'son'
2:23
48
 
 
Part 2. Recitative. Sweet innocence! divine simplicity!
1:22
49
 
 
Part 2. Chorus. O God, who in thy heav'nly hand
4:14
50
 
 
Part 3. Sinfonia
1:28
51
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. What say'st thou, Phanor?
27
52
 
 
Part 3. Air. The wanton favours of the great
1:34
53
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. Whence so disturb'd, my Lord?
46
54
 
 
Part 3. Air. Ah Jealousy, thou pelican
4:39
55
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. O wrong me not! thy Zaphnath never harbour'd
1:20
56
 
 
Part 3. Air. The people's favour, and the smiles of pow'r
3:28
57
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. Art thou not Zaphnath? Is not Egypt sav'd?
25
58
 
 
Part 3. Air. Prophetic raptures swell my breast
7:27
59
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. They come, - and indignation in their looks
1:30
60
 
 
Part 3. Accompagnato. What! without me? Ah, how return in peace!
52
61
 
 
Part 3. Arioso. O pity!
2:49
62
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. To prison with him!
1:50
63
 
 
Part 3. Arioso. O gracious God
1:15
64
 
 
Part 3. Chorus. Eternal Monarch of the sky
3:16
65
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. But peace, Zaphnath returns
1:50
66
 
 
Part 3. Air. Thou hadst, my Lord, a father once
1:58
67
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. Give, give him up the lad
56
68
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. I can no longer
1:31
69
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. Whilst the Nile and Memphis
45
70
 
 
Part 3. Duet. What's sweeter than the new-blown rose
2:54
71
 
 
Part 3. Recitative. With songs of ardent gratitude and praise
19
72
 
 
Part 3. Chorus. Alleluia. We will rejoice in thy salvation
2:1
 
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