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Handel: Theodora HWV 68
ALBUM NAME
Handel: Theodora HWV 68
Copyright
℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
RELEASE DATE
January 1, 2000
TRACK
77
DURATION
3:02:32
ALBUM ARTIST
Album Track
 
2
 
 
1b. Trio
1:48
 
3
 
 
1c. Courante
1:44
 
4
 
 
2. Recitative - ''Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day' - Valens - Sc. 1
33
 
5
 
 
3. Aria - 'Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go' - Valens - Sc. 1
1:50
 
6
 
 
4. Chorus of Heathens - 'And Draw a Blessing Down' - Sc. 1
2:6
 
7
 
 
5. Recitative - 'Vouchsafe, Dread Sir' - Didymus, Valens - Sc. 1
55
 
8
 
 
6. Aria - 'Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire' - Valens - Sc. 1
3:20
 
9
 
 
7. Chorus of Heathens - 'For Ever Thus Stand Fix'd' - Sc. 1
1:37
 
10
 
 
8. Recitative - 'Most Cruel Edict' - Didymus - Sc. 2
30
 
11
 
 
9. Aria - 'The Raptur'd Soul' - Didymus - Sc. 2
8:18
 
12
 
 
10. Recitative - 'I Know Thy Virtues' - Septimius - Sc. 2
44
 
13
 
 
11. Aria - 'Descend, Kind Pity' - Septimius - Sc. 2
7:10
 
14
 
 
12. Recitative - 'Though Hard, My Friends' - Theodora, HWV 68 Sc. 3
28
 
15
 
 
13. Aria - 'Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3
4:18
 
16
 
 
14. Recitative - 'Oh Bright Example' - Irene - Sc. 3
27
 
17
 
 
15. Aria - 'Bane of Virtue' - Irene - Sc. 3
5:6
 
18
 
 
16. Chorus of Christians - 'Come, Mighty Father' - Sc. 3
2:35
 
19
 
 
17. Recitative - 'Fly, Fly, My Brethren' - Messenger, Irene - Sc. 4
1:1
 
20
 
 
18. Aria - 'As With Rosy Steps the Morn' - Irene - Sc. 4
6:48
 
21
 
 
19. Chorus - 'All Pow'r in Heav'n' - Sc. 4
2:15
 
22
 
 
20. Recitative - 'Mistaken Wretches!' - Septimius - Sc. 5
21
 
23
 
 
21. Aria - 'Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly' - Septimius - Sc. 5
2:43
 
24
 
 
22. Recitative - 'Deluded Mortal' - Accompagnato: 'O Worse Than Death Indeed' - Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 5
1:21
 
25
 
 
23. Aria - 'Angels, Ever Bright and Fair' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5
3:36
 
26
 
 
24. Recitative - 'Unhappy, Happy Crew!' - Didymus, Irene - Sc. 6
1:11
 
27
 
 
25. Air - 'Kind Heaven, If Virtue Be Thy Care' - Didymus - Sc. 6
5:4
 
28
 
 
26. Recitative - 'Oh Love! How Great Thy Pow'r' - Irene - Sc. 6
23
 
29
 
 
27. Chorus - 'Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth' - Sc. 6
4:51
 
30
 
 
28. Recitative - 'Ye Men of Antioch' - Valens - Sc. 1
36
 
31
 
 
29. Chorus of Heathens - 'Queen of Summer' - Sc. 1
50
 
32
 
 
30. Aria - 'Wide Spread His Name' - Valens - Sc. 1
2:22
 
33
 
 
31. Recitative - 'Return, Septimius' - Valens - Sc. 1
36
 
34
 
 
32. Chorus of Heathens - 'Venus Laughing from the Skies' - Sc. 1
1:18
 
35
 
 
33. Sinfony - Sc. 2
1:2
 
36
 
 
34. Recitative - 'Oh Thous Bright Sun!' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
39
 
37
 
 
35. Aria - 'With Darkness Deep' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
3:53
 
38
 
 
36. Sinfony - original Version - Sc. 2
1:22
 
39
 
 
37. Recitative - 'But Why Art Thou Disquieted?' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
21
 
40
 
 
38. Aria - 'O! That I On Wings Could Rise' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
3:13
 
41
 
 
39. Recitative - 'Long Have I Known' - Didymus, Septimius - Sc. 3
1:21
 
42
 
 
40. Aria - 'Though the Honours, That Flora' - Septimius - Sc. 3
3:57
 
43
 
 
41. Recitative - 'O Save Her Then' - Didymus, Septimius - Sc. 3
35
 
44
 
 
42. Aria - 'Deeds of Kindness to Display' - Didymus - Sc. 3
6:57
 
45
 
 
43. Recitative - 'The Clouds Begin to Veil' - Irene - Sc. 4
38
 
46
 
 
44. Aria - 'Defend Her, Heav'n' - Irene - Sc. 4
4:57
 
47
 
 
45. Recitative - 'Or Lull'd With Grief' - Didymus - Sc. 5
33
 
48
 
 
46. Aria - 'Sweet Rose and Lily' - Didymus - Sc. 5
2:32
 
49
 
 
47. Recitative - 'O Save Me, Heav'n' - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5
1:18
 
50
 
 
48. Aria - 'the Pilgrim's Home' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5
2:43
 
51
 
 
49. Accompagnato: 'Forbid It, Heav'n!' - Rec. 'Ah! What Is Liberty' - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5
1:54
 
52
 
 
50. Duet - 'To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth' - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5
4:36
 
53
 
 
50. Duet - 'To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth' - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5
47
 
54
 
 
52. Chorus of Christians - 'He Saw the Lovely Youth' - Sc. 6
4:48
 
55
 
 
34a. Recitative - 'Oh Thou Bright Sun!' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Alternative Ending
39
 
56
 
 
36a. Sinfony - Alternative Version
1:40
 
57
 
 
37. Recitative - 'But Why Art Thou Disquieted?' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
21
 
58
 
 
38. Aria - 'O! That I On Wings Could Rise' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
3:14
 
59
 
 
53. Aria - 'Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day' - Irene - Sc. 1
5:11
 
60
 
 
54. Recitative - 'But See, the Good, the Virtuous' - Irene - Sc. 2
37
 
61
 
 
55. Aria - 'When Sunk in Anguish and Despair' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
3:54
 
62
 
 
56. Chorus of Christians and Theodora, HWV 68 - 'Blest Be the Hand' - Chorus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2
3:27
 
63
 
 
57. Recitative - 'Undaunted in the Court' - Messenger, Irene – Accompagnato - 'O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind' - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3
1:30
 
64
 
 
58. Duet - 'Whither, Princess, Do You Fly?' - Irene, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3
1:9
 
65
 
 
59. Recitative - 'She's Gone Disdaining Liberty and Life' - Irene - Sc. 3
40
 
66
 
 
60. Aria - 'New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding On' - Irene - Sc. 3
4:31
 
67
 
 
61. Recitative - 'Is It a Christian Virtue Then' - Sc. 4 - 'Be That My Doom' - Valens, Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 5
1:54
 
68
 
 
62. Aria - 'From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed' - Septimius - Sc. 5
6:34
 
69
 
 
63. Aria - 'Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r' - Valens - Sc. 5
1:2
 
70
 
 
64. Recitative - ''Tis Kind, My Friends' - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5
53
 
71
 
 
65. Chorus - of Heathens - 'How Strange Their Ends' - Sc. 5
3:22
 
72
 
 
66. Recitative - 'On Me Your Frowns' - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Valens - Sc. 5
31
 
73
 
 
67. Aria - 'Ye Ministers of Justice' - Valens - Sc. 5
1:7
 
74
 
 
68. Recitative - 'And Must Such Beauty Suffer' - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 6
55
 
75
 
 
69. Aria and Duet - 'Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing' - 'Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire' - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 6
6:4
 
76
 
 
70. Recitative - 'Ere This Their Doom Is Past' - Irene - Sc. 7
21
 
77
 
 
71. Chorus - of Christians - 'O Love Divine' - Sc. 7
3:2
 
Album Artist
Angus Smith
Tenor (Vocal)
Gabrieli
Choir/Chorus
Neal Davies
Bass (Vocal)
Paul Agnew
Tenor Vocal
Paul McCreesh
Conductor
Robin Blaze
Counter Tenor Vocal
Susan Bickley
Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Susan Gritton
Soprano (Vocal)
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