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Paul McCreesh - Handel: Theodora & Solomon
ALBUM NAME
Paul McCreesh - Handel: Theodora & Solomon
Copyright
℗ 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc. FP
RELEASE DATE
February 17, 2023
TRACK
138
DURATION
5:39:36
Album Track
 
1
Theodora Overture: 1a. Ouverture
Theodora Overture: 1a. Ouverture
3:3
 
2
 
 
Overture: 1b. Trio
1:48
 
3
 
 
Overture: 1c. Courante
1:44
 
4
 
 
Pt. 1: 2. Recitative: ''Tis Dioclesian's natal day'
33
 
5
 
 
Pt. 1: 3. Aria: 'Go, my faithful soldier, go'
1:50
 
6
 
 
Pt. 1: 4. Chorus Of Heathens: 'And draw a blessing down'
2:6
 
7
 
 
Pt. 1: 5. Recitative: 'Vouchsafe, dread Sir'
55
 
8
 
 
Pt. 1: 6. Aria: 'Racks, gibbets, sword and fire'
3:20
 
9
 
 
Pt. 1: 7. Chorus Of Heathens: 'For ever thus stand fix'd'
1:37
 
10
 
 
Pt. 1: 8. Recitative: 'Most cruel edict'
30
 
11
 
 
Pt. 1: 9. Aria: 'The raptur'd soul'
8:18
 
12
 
 
Pt. 1: 10. Recitative: 'I know thy virtues'
44
 
13
 
 
Pt. 1: 11. Aria: 'Descend, kind Pity'
7:10
 
14
 
 
Pt. 1: 12. Recitative: 'Though hard, my friends'
28
 
15
 
 
Pt. 1: 13. Aria: 'Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu'
4:18
 
16
 
 
Pt. 1: 14. Recitative: 'Oh bright example'
27
 
17
 
 
Pt. 1: 15. Aria: 'Bane of virtue'
5:6
 
18
 
 
Pt. 1: 16. Chorus Of Christians: 'Come, mighty Father'
2:35
 
19
 
 
Pt. 1: 17. Recitative: 'Fly, fly, my brethren'
1:1
 
20
 
 
Pt. 1: 18. Aria: 'As with rosy steps the morn'
6:48
 
21
 
 
Pt. 1: 19. Chorus: 'All pow'r in heav'n'
2:15
 
22
 
 
Pt. 1: 20. Recitative: 'Mistaken wretches!'
21
 
23
 
 
Pt. 1: 21. Aria: 'Dread the fruits of Christian folly'
2:43
 
24
 
 
Pt. 1: 22. Recitative: 'Deluded mortal'/Accompagnato: 'O worse than death indeed'
1:21
 
25
 
 
Pt. 1: 23. Aria: 'Angels, ever bright and fair'
3:36
 
26
 
 
Pt. 1: 24. Recitative: 'Unhappy, happy crew!'
1:11
 
27
 
 
Pt. 1: 25. Air: 'Kind heaven, if virtue be thy care'
5:4
 
28
 
 
Pt. 1: 26. Recitative: 'Oh love! how great thy pow'r'
23
 
29
 
 
Pt. 1: 27. Chorus: 'Go, gen'rous pious youth'
4:51
 
30
 
 
Pt. 2: 28. Recitative: 'Ye men of Antioch'
36
 
31
 
 
Pt. 2: 29. Chorus Of Heathens: 'Queen of summer'
50
 
32
 
 
Pt. 2: 30. Aria: 'Wide spread his name'
2:22
 
33
 
 
Pt. 2: 31. Recitative: 'Return, Septimius'
36
 
34
 
 
Pt. 2: 32. Chorus Of Heathens: 'Venus laughing from the skies'
1:18
 
35
 
 
Pt. 2: 33. Sinfony
1:2
 
36
 
 
Pt. 2: 34. Recitative: 'Oh thous bright sun!'
39
 
37
 
 
Pt. 2: 35. Aria: 'With darkness deep'
3:53
 
38
 
 
Pt. 2: 36. Sinfony
1:22
 
39
 
 
Pt. 2: 37. Recitative: 'But why art thou disquieted?'
21
 
40
 
 
Pt. 2: 38. Aria: 'O! that I on wings could rise'
3:13
 
41
 
 
Pt. 2: 39. Recitative: 'Long have I known'
1:21
 
42
 
 
Pt. 2: 40. Aria: 'Though the honours, that Flora'
3:57
 
43
 
 
Pt. 2: 41. Recitative: 'O save her then'
35
 
44
 
 
Pt. 2: 42. Aria: 'Deeds of kindness to display'
6:57
 
45
 
 
Pt. 2: 43. Recitative: 'The clouds begin to veil'
38
 
46
 
 
Pt. 2: 44. Aria: 'Defend her, Heav'n'
4:57
 
47
 
 
Pt. 2: 45. Recitative: 'Or lull'd with grief'
33
 
48
 
 
Pt. 2: 46. Aria: 'Sweet rose and lily'
2:32
 
49
 
 
Pt. 2: 47. Recitative: 'O save me, Heav'n'
1:18
 
50
 
 
Pt. 2: 48. Aria: 'the pilgrim's home'
2:43
 
51
 
 
Pt. 2: 49. Accompagnato: 'Forbid it, Heav'n!'/Rec.: 'Ah! what is liberty'
1:54
 
52
 
 
Pt. 2: 50. Duet: 'To thee, thou glorious son of worth'
4:36
 
53
 
 
Pt. 2: 51. Recitative: ''Tis night'
47
 
54
 
 
Pt. 2: 52. Chorus Of Christians: 'He saw the lovely youth'
4:48
 
55
 
 
Pt. 2: 34a. Recitative: 'Oh thou bright sun!'
39
 
56
 
 
Pt. 2: 36a. Sinfony
1:40
 
57
 
 
Pt. 3: 53. Aria: 'Lord, to thee each night and day'
5:11
 
58
 
 
Pt. 3: 54. Recitative: 'But see, the good, the virtuous'
37
 
59
 
 
Pt. 3: 55. Aria: 'When sunk in anguish and despair'
3:54
 
60
 
 
Pt. 3: 56. Chorus Of Christians and Theodora: 'Blest be the hand'
3:27
 
61
 
 
Pt. 3: 57. Recitative: 'Undaunted in the court' / Accompagnato: 'O my Irene, Heav'n is kind'
1:30
 
62
 
 
Pt. 3: 58. Duet: 'Whither, Princess, do you fly?'
1:9
 
63
 
 
Pt. 3: 59. Recitative: 'She's gone disdaining liberty and life'
40
 
64
 
 
Pt. 3: 60. Aria: 'New scenes of joy come crowding on'
4:31
 
65
 
 
Pt. 3: 61. Recitative: 'Is it a Christian virtue then' / 'Be that my doom'
1:54
 
66
 
 
Pt. 3: 62. Aria: 'From virtue springs each gen'rous deed'
6:34
 
67
 
 
Pt. 3: 63. Aria: 'Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r'
1:2
 
68
 
 
Pt. 3: 64. Recitative: ''Tis kind, my friends'
53
 
69
 
 
Pt. 3: 65. Chorus Of Heathens: 'How strange their ends'
3:22
 
70
 
 
Pt. 3: 66. Recitative: 'On me your frowns'
31
 
71
 
 
Pt. 3: 67. Aria: 'Ye ministers of justice'
1:7
 
72
 
 
Pt. 3: 68. Recitative: 'And must such beauty suffer'
55
 
73
 
 
Pt. 3: 69. Aria And Duet: 'Streams of pleasure ever flowing' / 'Thither let our hearts aspire'
6:4
 
74
 
 
Pt. 3: 70. Recitative: 'Ere this their doom is past'
21
 
75
 
 
Pt. 3: 71. Chorus Of Christians: 'O Love divine'
3:2
•
77
 
 
Act I: 'Your harps and cymbals'
3:16
 
78
 
 
Act I: 'Praise ye the Lord'
5:6
 
79
 
 
Act I: 'With pious heart'
4:24
 
80
 
 
Act I: 'Almighty Power'
3:19
 
81
 
 
Act I: 'Imperial Salomon'
38
 
82
 
 
Act I: 'Sacred raptures'
4:11
 
83
 
 
Act I: 'Throughout the land'
3:32
 
84
 
 
Act I: 'Bless'd be the Lord'
31
 
85
 
 
Act I: 'What tho' I trace'
6:29
 
86
 
 
Act I: 'And see my Queen'
45
 
87
 
 
Act I: 'Bless'd the day'
4:20
 
88
 
 
Act I: 'Thou fair inhabitant of Nile'
41
 
89
 
 
Act I: 'Welcome as the dawn of day'
3:15
 
90
 
 
Act I: 'Vain are the transient beauties'
41
 
91
 
 
Act I: 'Indulge thy faith'
3:38
 
92
 
 
Act I: 'My blooming fair'
10
 
93
 
 
Act I: 'Haste to the cedar grove'
2:47
 
94
 
 
Act I: 'When thou art absent'
18
 
95
 
 
Act I: 'With thee th'unshelter'd moor'
2:10
 
96
 
 
Act I: 'Search round the world'
20
•
97
 
 
Act I: 'May no rash intruder'
4:21
 
98
 
 
Act II: 'From the censer'
5:1
 
99
 
 
Act II: 'Prais'd be the Lord'
1:13
 
100
 
 
Act II: 'When the sun o'er yonder hills'
4:4
 
101
 
 
Act II: 'Great prince'
21
 
102
 
 
Act II: 'Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king'
3:8
 
103
 
 
Act II: 'My sovereign liege'
1:54
 
104
 
 
Act II: 'Words are weak'
5:27
 
105
 
 
Act II: 'What says the other'
1:22
 
106
 
 
Act II: 'Thy sentence, great king'
1:48
 
107
 
 
Act II: 'Withhold, withhold the executing hand!'
13
 
108
 
 
Act II: 'Can I see my infant gor'd'
4:38
 
109
 
 
Act II: 'Israel' attend'
1:55
 
110
 
 
Act II: 'Thrice bless'd be the king'
3:39
 
111
 
 
Act II: 'From the east unto the west'
2:32
 
112
 
 
Act II: 'From morn to eve'
23
 
113
 
 
Act II: 'See the tall palm'
4:52
 
114
 
 
Act II: 'No more shall armed bands'
21
 
115
 
 
Act II: 'Beneath the vine'
5:2
 
116
 
 
Act II: 'Swell, swell the full chorus'
2:57
 
117
 
 
Act III: Sinfony
2:51
 
118
 
 
Act III: 'From Arabia's spicy shores'
1:19
 
119
 
 
Act III: 'Ev'ry sight these eyes behold'
4:15
 
120
 
 
Act III: 'Sweep, sweep the string'
17
 
121
 
 
Act III: 'Music, spread thy voice around'
3:48
 
122
 
 
Act III: 'Now a diff'rent measure' - 'Shake the dome'
1:41
 
123
 
 
Act III: 'Then at once from rage remove'
44
 
124
 
 
Act III: 'Draw the tear from hopeless love'
3:1
 
125
 
 
Act III: 'Next the tortur'd soul release'
16
 
126
 
 
Act III: 'Thus rolling surge rise'
3:18
 
127
 
 
Act III: 'Thy harmony's divine'
1:8
 
128
 
 
Act III: 'Pious king'
2:40
 
129
 
 
Act III: 'Thrice happy king'
49
 
130
 
 
Act III: 'Golden columns'
3:9
 
131
 
 
Act III: 'Praise the Lord'
4:16
 
132
 
 
Act III: 'Gold now is common'
29
 
133
 
 
Act III: 'How green our fertile pastures look!'
1:55
 
134
 
 
Act III: 'May peace in Salem'
53
 
135
 
 
Act III: 'Will the sun forget to streak'
6:20
 
136
 
 
Act III: 'Adieu, fair queen'
15
 
137
 
 
Act III: 'Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows'
2:29
 
138
 
 
Act III: 'The name of the wicked'
2:23
 
Album Artist
Alison Hagley
Soprano (Vocal)
Andreas Scholl
Counter Tenor (Vocal)
Angus Smith
Tenor (Vocal)
Gabrieli
Performer
Inger Dam-Jensen
Soprano (Vocal)
Neal Davies
Bass (Vocal)
Paul Agnew
Tenor Vocal
Paul McCreesh
Conductor
Peter Harvey
Bass (Vocal)
Robin Blaze
Counter Tenor Vocal
Susan Bickley
Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Susan Gritton
Soprano (Vocal)
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