3x CD

Theodora, HWV 68

Album by Handel; Louise Alder, Tim Mead, Anna Stéphany, Stuart Jackson, Adam Plachetka, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Released 23 February 2024

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Grave – Allegro
George Frideric Handel
3:10
2
Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Trio
George Frideric Handel
1:37
3
Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Courante
George Frideric Handel
1:13
4
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “’Tis Dioclesian’s Natal Day” (Valens)
George Frideric Handel
0:34
5
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier” (Valens)
George Frideric Handel
1:54
6
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (Chorus of Heathens)
George Frideric Handel
2:13
7
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens)
George Frideric Handel
0:57
8
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire” (Valens)
George Frideric Handel
3:26
9
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (Chorus of Heathens)
George Frideric Handel
1:44
10
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict!” (Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
0:34
11
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “The Raptur’d Soul Defies the Sword” (Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
7:50
12
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
0:53
13
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
7:34
14
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Tho’ Hard, My Friends” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:32
15
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu!” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
4:38
16
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness!” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:33
17
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Bane of Virtue, Nurse of Passions” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
5:24
18
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord” (Chorus of Christians)
George Frideric Handel
3:09
19
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:58
20
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “As With Rosy Steps the Morn Advancing” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
7:08
21
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (Chorus of Christians)
George Frideric Handel
2:16
22
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
0:24
23
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
3:03
24
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
0:52
25
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative, Accompany’d “O Worse Than Death Indeed!” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:22
26
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Angels, Ever Bright, & Fair” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
3:23
27
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Unhappy Happy Crew!” (Didymus, Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:49
28
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care” (Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
5:33
29
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Love! How Great Thy Pow’r!” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:24
30
Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Go, Gen’Rous, Pious Youth” (Chorus of Christians)
George Frideric Handel
4:35
CD 2
1
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Ye Men of Antioch” (Valens)
George Frideric Handel
0:33
2
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “Queen of Summer, Queen of Love” (Chorus of Heathens)
George Frideric Handel
0:38
3
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Wide Spread His Name” (Valens)
George Frideric Handel
2:22
4
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid” (Valens)
George Frideric Handel
0:34
5
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “Venus Laughing From the Skies” (Chorus of Heathens)
George Frideric Handel
1:17
6
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: [Sinfonia]
George Frideric Handel
0:58
7
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Thou Bright Sun!” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:37
8
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “With Darkness Deep as Is My Woe” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
4:07
9
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Symphony of Soft Musick
George Frideric Handel
1:29
10
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:27
11
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “O That I on Wings Cou’d Rise” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
3:22
12
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Long Have I Known Thy Friendly Social Soul” (Didymus, Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
1:06
13
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Tho’ the Honours” (Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
3:48
14
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Save Her Then, or Give Me Pow’r to Save” (Didymus, Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
0:40
15
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Deeds of Kindness to Display” (Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
6:29
16
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “The Clouds Begin to Veil the Hemisphere” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:42
17
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Defend Her, Heav’n” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
5:37
18
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Or Lull’d With Grief” (Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
0:34
19
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Sweet Rose, & Lily” (Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
2:42
20
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Save Me, Heav’n” (Theodora, Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
1:10
21
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “The Pilgrim’s Home” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
3:21
22
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative, Accompany’d “Forbid It, Heav’n!” (Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
0:25
23
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Or Say, What Right Have I” (Didymus, Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
1:19
24
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Duet “To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth” (Theodora, Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
4:29
25
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “’Tis Night” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:56
26
Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “He Saw the Lovely Youth” (Chorus of Christians)
George Frideric Handel
4:32
CD 3
1
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Lord to Thee, Each Night, & Day” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
5:21
2
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus!” (Irene, Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:36
3
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “When Sunk in Anguish, & Despair” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
3:50
4
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “Blest Be the Hand” (Theodora, Chorus of Christians)
George Frideric Handel
3:09
5
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Undaunted in the Court Stands Didymus” (Messenger, Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:49
6
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative, Accompany’d “O My Irene, Heav’n Is Kind” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:26
7
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Stay Me Not, Dear Friend” (Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:11
8
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Duet “Whither, Princess, Do You Fly” (Theodora, Irene)
George Frideric Handel
1:14
9
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “She’s Gone, Disdaining Liberty & Life” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:40
10
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
3:57
11
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Is It a Christian Virtue Then” (Valens, Didymus)
George Frideric Handel
1:03
12
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Be That My Doom” (Theodora, Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
1:03
13
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “From Virtue Springs Each Generous Deed” (Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
6:06
14
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r” (Valens)
George Frideric Handel
1:07
15
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “’Tis Kind, My Friends” (Didymus, Septimius, Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:49
16
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “How Strange Their Ends” (Chorus of Heathens)
George Frideric Handel
3:20
17
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “On Me Your Frowns” (Didymus, Valens, Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
0:31
18
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens)
George Frideric Handel
1:22
19
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “And Must Such Beauty Suffer!” (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
George Frideric Handel
0:53
20
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing” (Didymus) / Duet “Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire” (Didymus, Theodora)
George Frideric Handel
6:02
21
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Ere This Their Doom Is Past” (Irene)
George Frideric Handel
0:26
22
Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “O Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame” (Irene, Chorus of Christians)
George Frideric Handel
3:09

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Release credits

Adam Plachetka
bass-baritone vocals [3.11, 3.14, 3.17-18, 2.1, 2.3-4, 1.4-5, 1.7-8]
Aline Blondiau
mastering, editor, producer
Andrew Staples
photography
Anna Stéphany
mezzo-soprano vocals [2.16-17, 2.25, 1.16-17, 1.19-20, 1.27, 1.29, 3.1-2, 3.5, 3.8-10, 3.21-22]
Arcangelo
choir vocals [2.2, 2.5, 2.26, 3.4, 3.16, 3.22, 1.6, 1.9, 1.18, 1.21, 1.30], performing orchestra
Aurore Duhamel
artwork
Claire Boisteau
booklet editor
Delphine Malik
translator
Gerard Collett
photography
Hugues Deschaux
sound
Ilona Sochorová
photography
Joachim Steinheuer
translator
Jonathan Cohen
conductor
Louise Alder
soprano vocals [3.2-4, 3.6-8, 3.12, 3.15, 3.17, 3.19, 1.14-15, 1.24-26, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.20-21, 2.23-24]
Marco Borggreve
photography
Mike Stone
photography
Ruth Smith
liner notes
Stuart Jackson
tenor vocals [2.12, 2.14, 3.12-13, 3.15, 3.19, 1.12-13, 1.22-24]
Tim Mead
countertenor vocals [2.12-15, 2.18-20, 2.22-24, 3.2, 3.11, 3.15, 3.17, 3.19-20, 1.7, 1.10-11, 1.27-28]
Valérie Lagarde
design

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Theodora, HWV 68
3x CD
23 February 2024
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Theodora, HWV 68
Digital Media
23 February 2024