Joshua
Album by Handel; Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aidan Oliver, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King
Released April 1991
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Joshua: Act I. IntroductionGeorge Frideric Handel1:32
- 2Joshua: Act I. "Ye sons of Israel"George Frideric Handel4:34
- 3Joshua: Act I. "Behold, my friends"George Frideric Handel1:02
- 4Joshua: Act I. "O first in wisdom"George Frideric Handel2:22
- 5Joshua: Act I. "Matrons and virgins"George Frideric Handel0:27
- 6Joshua: Act I. "Oh! who can tell"George Frideric Handel5:32
- 7Joshua: Act I. "Caleb, attend to all I now prescribe"George Frideric Handel0:43
- 8Joshua: Act I. "To long posterity we here record"George Frideric Handel2:21
- 9Joshua: Act I. "So long the memory shall last"George Frideric Handel0:42
- 10Joshua: Act I. "While Kedron's brook to Jordan's stream"George Frideric Handel4:46
- 11Joshua: Act I. "But who is he?"George Frideric Handel0:52
- 12Joshua: Act I. "Awful, pleasing being, say"George Frideric Handel2:42
- 13Joshua: Act I. "Joshua, I come commission'd from on high"George Frideric Handel2:00
- 14Joshua: Act I. "Haste, Israel haste"George Frideric Handel2:24
- 15Joshua: Act I. "The Lord commands"George Frideric Handel2:27
- 16Joshua: Act I. "In these blest scenes"George Frideric Handel3:48
- 17Joshua: Act I. "Hark! 'tis the linnet and the thrush"George Frideric Handel5:48
- 18Joshua: Act I. "O Achsah, form'd for ev'ry chaste delight"George Frideric Handel0:53
- 19Joshua: Act I. "Our limpid streams with freedom flow"George Frideric Handel3:09
- 20Joshua: Act I. "The trumpet calls"George Frideric Handel0:31
- 21Joshua: Act I. "May all the host of heav'n attend him round"George Frideric Handel1:48
- 22Joshua: Act II. "'Tis well"George Frideric Handel0:24
- 23Joshua: Act II. "A Solemn March During the Circumvection of the Ark of the Covenant"George Frideric Handel1:37
- 24Joshua: Act II. "Glory to God!"George Frideric Handel5:45
- 25Joshua: Act II. "The walls are levell'd"George Frideric Handel0:29
- 26Joshua: Act II. "See, the raging flames arise"George Frideric Handel3:25
- 27Joshua: Act II. "To Vanity and earthly Pride"George Frideric Handel3:30
- CD 2
- 1Joshua: Act II. "Let all the seed of Abrah'm now prepare"George Frideric Handel0:22
- 2Joshua: Act II. "Almight ruler of the skies"George Frideric Handel2:20
- 3Joshua: Act II. "Joshua, the men dispatch'd by thee to learn"George Frideric Handel0:50
- 4Joshua: Act II. "How soon our tow'ring hopes are cross'd!"George Frideric Handel2:51
- 5Joshua: Act II. "Whence this dejection?"George Frideric Handel0:22
- 6Joshua: Act II. "With redoubled rage return"George Frideric Handel3:42
- 7Joshua: Act II. "Now give the army breath"George Frideric Handel0:25
- 8Joshua: Act II. "Heroes when with glory burning"George Frideric Handel3:48
- 9Joshua: Act II. "Indulgent heav'n hath heard my virgin pray'r"George Frideric Handel0:28
- 10Joshua: Act II. "As cheers the sun the tender flow'r"George Frideric Handel2:28
- 11Joshua: Act II. "Sure I'm deceiv'd"George Frideric Handel1:25
- 12Joshua: Act II. "Nations, who in future story"George Frideric Handel3:07
- 13Joshua: Act II. "Brethren and friends"George Frideric Handel1:05
- 14Joshua: Act II. "Oh! thou bright orb"George Frideric Handel3:36
- 15Joshua: Act III. "Hail! mighty Joshua, hail!"George Frideric Handel4:04
- 16Joshua: Act III. "Happy, Oh, thrice happy we"George Frideric Handel3:26
- 17Joshua: Act III. "Caleb, for holy Eleazer send"George Frideric Handel2:03
- 18Joshua: Act III. "Shall I in Mamre's fertile plain"George Frideric Handel4:45
- 19Joshua: Act III. "O Caleb, fear'd by foes"George Frideric Handel1:13
- 20Joshua: Act III. "Place danger around me"George Frideric Handel1:53
- 21Joshua: Act III. "Father of mercy, hear the pray'r we make"George Frideric Handel2:11
- 22Joshua: Act III. "In bloom of youth, this stripling hath achiev'd"George Frideric Handel0:31
- 23Joshua: Act III. "See the conqu'ring hero comes!"George Frideric Handel3:03
- 24Joshua: Act III. "Welcome! my son"George Frideric Handel0:47
- 25Joshua: Act III. "Oh! had I Jubal's lyre"George Frideric Handel2:48
- 26Joshua: Act III. "While life shall last"George Frideric Handel0:15
- 27Joshua: Act III. "O peerless maid"George Frideric Handel2:26
- 28Joshua: Act III. "While lawless tyrants"George Frideric Handel0:38
- 29Joshua: Act III. "The great Jehovah is our awful theme"George Frideric Handel2:16
More by Handel, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aidan Oliver, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King
Release credits
- treble vocals [13]
- translator
- translator
- engineer [27], recording [2.1-26, 2.28-29, 1.1-27]
- producer
- translator
- executive
- choir vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.14-15, 2.18, 2.21, 2.23, 2.29, 1.2, 1.8, 1.15, 1.21, 1.24]
- chorus master [2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.14-15, 2.18, 2.21, 2.23, 2.29, 1.2, 1.8, 1.15, 1.21, 1.24]
- executive
- soprano vocals [2.9-10, 2.16, 2.24-25, 2.27, 1.5-6, 1.16-17, 1.19, 1.27]
- countertenor vocals [2.7-8, 2.11-12, 2.19, 2.24, 2.26-27, 1.11-12, 1.16, 1.18-20]
- bass vocals [4], tenor vocals [2.1-2, 2.5-6, 2.13-14, 2.17, 2.22, 1.3, 1.7-10, 1.13-14, 1.22, 1.24]
- illustration
- bass vocals [1.3, 1.25-26, 2.3, 2.11, 2.13, 2.17-19, 2.24, 2.28], countertenor vocals [20]
- liner notes, conductor
- performing orchestra
Issues
J2x CDApril 1991