Solomon
Album by Georg Friedrich Händel; Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
Released 4 January 1999
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Solomon: Overture: [Grave] - Fuga: Allegro moderato - AllegroGeorg Friedrich Händel6:41
- 2Solomon, Act I: "Your Harps and Cymbals Sound" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel3:16
- 3Solomon, Act I: "Praise Ye the Lord" (Air: Levite)Georg Friedrich Händel5:06
- 4Solomon, Act I: "With Pious Heart" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel4:24
- 5Solomon, Act I: "Almighty Pow'r" (Air: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel3:19
- 6Solomon, Act I: "Imperial Solomon" (Accompagnato: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel0:38
- 7Solomon, Act I: "Sacred Raptures" (Air: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel4:11
- 8Solomon, Act I: "Throughout the Land" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel3:32
- 9Solomon, Act I: "Bless'd Be the Lord" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:31
- 10Solomon, Act I: "What Tho' I trace" (Air: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel6:29
- 11Solomon, Act I: "And See My Queen" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:45
- 12Solomon, Act I: "Bless'd the Day" (Air: Queen)Georg Friedrich Händel4:20
- 13Solomon, Act I: "Thou Fair Inhabitant of Nile" (Recitative: Solomon, Queen)Georg Friedrich Händel0:41
- 14Solomon, Act I: "Welcome as the Dawn of Day" (Duet: Queen, Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel3:15
- 15Solomon, Act I: "Vain Are the Transient Beauties" (Recitative: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel0:41
- 16Solomon, Act I: "Indulge Thy Faith" (Air: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel3:38
- 17Solomon, Act I: "My Blooming Fair" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:10
- 18Solomon, Act I: "Haste to the Cedar Grove" (Air: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel2:47
- 19Solomon, Act I: "When Thou Art Absent" (Recitative: Queen)Georg Friedrich Händel0:18
- 20Solomon, Act I: "With Thee th'unshelter'd Moor" (Air: Queen)Georg Friedrich Händel2:10
- 21Solomon, Act I: "Search Round the World" (Recitative: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel0:20
- 22Solomon, Act I: "May No Rash Intruder" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel4:21
- CD 2
- 1Solomon, Act II: "From the Censer Curling Rise" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel5:01
- 2Solomon, Act II: "Prais'd Be the Lord" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel1:13
- 3Solomon, Act II: "When the Sun O'er Yonder Hills" (Air: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel4:04
- 4Solomon, Act II: "Great Prince" (Recitative: Levite)Georg Friedrich Händel0:21
- 5Solomon, Act II: "Thrice Bless'd That Wise Discerning King" (Air: Levite)Georg Friedrich Händel3:08
- 6Solomon, Act II: "My Sovereign Liege" (Recitative: Attendant, Solomon, 1st Harlot)Georg Friedrich Händel1:54
- 7Solomon, Act II: "Words Are Weak" (Trio: 1st Harlot, 2nd Harlot, Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel5:27
- 8Solomon, Act II: "What Says the Other" (Recitative: Solomon, 2nd Harlot)Georg Friedrich Händel1:22
- 9Solomon, Act II: "Thy Sentence, Great King" (Air: 2nd Harlot)Georg Friedrich Händel1:48
- 10Solomon, Act II: "Withhold, Withhold the Executing Hand!" (Recitative: 1st Harlot)Georg Friedrich Händel0:13
- 11Solomon, Act II: "Can I See My Infant Gor'd" (Air: 1st Harlot)Georg Friedrich Händel4:38
- 12Solomon, Act II: "Israel, Attend" (Accompagnato: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel1:55
- 13Solomon, Act II: "Thrice Bless'd Be the King" (Duet: 1st Harlot, Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel3:39
- 14Solomon, Act II: "From the East Unto the West" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel2:32
- 15Solomon, Act II: "From Morn to Eve" (Recitative: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel0:23
- 16Solomon, Act II: "See the Tall Palm" (Air: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel4:52
- 17Solomon, Act II: "No More Shall Armed Bands" (Recitative: 1st Harlot)Georg Friedrich Händel0:21
- 18Solomon, Act II: "Beneath the Vine" (Air: 1st Harlot)Georg Friedrich Händel5:02
- 19Solomon, Act II: "Swell, Swell the Full Chorus" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel2:57
- CD 3
- 1Solomon, Act III: SymfonyGeorg Friedrich Händel2:54
- 2Solomon, Act III: "From Arabia's Spicy Shores" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba, Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel1:19
- 3Solomon, Act III: "Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold" (Air: Queen of Sheba)Georg Friedrich Händel4:15
- 4Solomon, Act III: "Sweet, Sweep the String" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:17
- 5Solomon, Act III: "Music, Spread Thy Voice Around" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel3:48
- 6Solomon, Act III: "Now a Diff'rent Measure Try" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel1:41
- 7Solomon, Act III: "Then at Once From Rage Remove" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:44
- 8Solomon, Act III: "Draw the Tear From Hopeless Love" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel3:01
- 9Solomon, Act III: "Next the Tortur'd Soul Release" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:16
- 10Solomon, Act III: "Thus Rolling Surges Rise" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel3:18
- 11Solomon, Act III: "Thy Harmony's Divine" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba)Georg Friedrich Händel1:08
- 12Solomon, Act III: "Pious King" (Air: Levite)Georg Friedrich Händel2:40
- 13Solomon, Act III: "Thrice Happy King" (Recitative: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel0:49
- 14Solomon, Act III: "Golden Columns"(Air: Zadok)Georg Friedrich Händel3:09
- 15Solomon, Act III: "Praise the Lord" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel4:16
- 16Solomon, Act III: "Gold Now Is Common" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:29
- 17Solomon, Act III: "How Green Our Fertile Pastures Look!" (Air: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel1:55
- 18Solomon, Act III: "May Peace in Salem" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba)Georg Friedrich Händel0:53
- 19Solomon, Act III: "Will the Sun Forget to Streak" (Air: Queen of Sheba)Georg Friedrich Händel6:20
- 20Solomon, Act III: "Adieu, Fair Queen" (Recitative: Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:15
- 21Solomon, Act III: "Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows" (Duet: Queen of Sheba, Solomon)Georg Friedrich Händel2:29
- 22Solomon, Act III: "The Name of the Wicked" (Grand Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel2:23
More by Georg Friedrich Händel, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
Release credits
- soprano vocals [6-7, 10-11, 13, 17-18]
- countertenor vocals [1.5, 1.9-11, 1.13-14, 1.17-18, 2.2-3, 2.6-8, 2.12-13, 3.2, 3.4-7, 3.9-10, 3.16-17, 3.20-21]
- producer
- choir vocals [1.2, 1.4, 1.8, 1.22, 2.1, 2.14, 2.19, 3.5-6, 3.8, 3.10, 3.15, 3.22], performing orchestra [1]
- performing orchestra
- soprano vocals [12-14, 19-20]
- tenor vocals [1.6-7, 1.15-16, 1.21, 2.15-16, 3.13-14]
- conductor
- baritone vocals [1.3, 2.4-5, 3.12]
- recording
- contralto vocals [7-9]
- soprano vocals [2-3, 11, 18-19, 21]
- balance
