Jephtha
Album by Händel; Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
Released 28 February 1989
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Jephtha: Overture / MenuetGeorge Frideric Handel5:13
- 2Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"George Frideric Handel1:23
- 3Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"George Frideric Handel2:51
- 4Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "No more to Ammon's god and king"George Frideric Handel2:55
- 5Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "But Jephtha comes"George Frideric Handel0:53
- 6Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"George Frideric Handel4:07
- 7Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" / "In gentle murmurs will I mourn"George Frideric Handel4:59
- 8Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" / "Dull delay, in piercing anguish"George Frideric Handel3:50
- 9Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" / "Take the heart you fondly gave"George Frideric Handel4:14
- 10Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "I go, My soul, inspir'd by thy command" / "These labours past, how happy we!"George Frideric Handel7:28
- 11Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "What mean these doubtful fancies"George Frideric Handel1:57
- 12Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "O God, behold our sore distress"George Frideric Handel4:35
- 13Jephtha: Act I, Scene 5. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" / "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"George Frideric Handel4:57
- 14Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "Say, my dear mother"George Frideric Handel0:53
- 15Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "The smiling dawn of happy days"George Frideric Handel3:33
- 16Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply"George Frideric Handel0:26
- 17Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"George Frideric Handel4:39
- CD 2
- 1Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"George Frideric Handel1:14
- 2Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"George Frideric Handel3:12
- 3Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"George Frideric Handel4:15
- 4Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" / "Tune the soft melodious lute"George Frideric Handel4:42
- 5Jephtha: Act II, Scene 2. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people" / "His mighty arm, with sudden blow"George Frideric Handel6:28
- 6Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "In glory high, in might serene"George Frideric Handel2:32
- 7Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. Symphony / "Hail glorious conqueror!"George Frideric Handel1:30
- 8Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Welcome as the cheerful light"George Frideric Handel3:52
- 9Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Horror! confusion!" / "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"George Frideric Handel4:59
- 10Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Why is my brother thus afflicted"George Frideric Handel0:58
- 11Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!"George Frideric Handel2:20
- 12Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "If such thy cruel purpose" / "On me let blind mistaken zeal"George Frideric Handel1:48
- 13Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "O spare your daughter"George Frideric Handel3:13
- 14Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Such news flies swift"George Frideric Handel1:21
- 15Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Happy they! this vital breath"George Frideric Handel3:32
- 16Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Deeper, and deeper still"George Frideric Handel3:27
- 17Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"George Frideric Handel8:04
- CD 3
- 1Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"George Frideric Handel3:03
- 2Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"George Frideric Handel4:30
- 3Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Ye sacred priests" / "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"George Frideric Handel6:27
- 4Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"George Frideric Handel3:50
- 5Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. SymphonyGeorge Frideric Handel2:44
- 6Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests"George Frideric Handel1:01
- 7Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"George Frideric Handel4:00
- 8Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"George Frideric Handel1:29
- 9Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Theme sublime of endless praise"George Frideric Handel3:23
- 10Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" / "Laud her, all ye virgin train"George Frideric Handel2:22
- 11Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" / "Sweet as sight to the blind"George Frideric Handel2:16
- 12Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" / "All that is in Hamor mine"George Frideric Handel3:37
- 13Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"George Frideric Handel3:00
- 14[applause][no artist]0:18
More by Händel, Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
Release credits
- mezzo-soprano vocals [2.11, 2.13, 3.11-12, 1.7, 1.13]
- performing orchestra
- executive
- recording
- soprano vocals [1.9-10, 1.14-15, 2.4, 2.7-8, 2.14-15, 3.3, 3.12]
- countertenor vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.12-13, 1.8, 1.10, 3.12]
- choir vocals [1.4, 1.12, 1.17, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8, 2.17, 3.4, 3.9, 3.13]
- tenor vocals [3.1-2, 3.2, 3.8, 3.12, 1.5-6, 1.11, 1.16, 2.5, 2.9-10, 2.13, 2.16]
- balance
- soprano vocals [6-7]
- conductor
- editor, recording
- baritone vocals [3.10, 3.12, 1.2-3, 1.5, 1.16, 2.10, 2.13]
- editor
- executive
- producer
Issues
J3x CD28 February 1989





