3x CD
Jephtha
Album by Handel; Rolfe Johnson, Marshall, Hodgson, Esswood, Kirkby, Sir Neville Marriner
Released 1990
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Jephtha, Act I: No. 1. OvertureGeorge Frideric Handel3:50
- 2Jephtha, Act I: No. 2. MenuetGeorge Frideric Handel1:43
- 3Jephtha, Act I: No. 3. Recitative: It Must Be So – or These Vile Ammonites (Zebul)George Frideric Handel1:26
- 4Jephtha, Act I: No. 4. Air: Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray’Rs (Zebul)George Frideric Handel3:15
- 5Jephtha, Act I: No. 5. Chorus: No More to Ammon’s God and KingGeorge Frideric Handel2:57
- 6Jephtha, Act I: No. 6. Recitative: But Jephtha Comes. Kind Heaven, Assist Our Plea (Zebul)George Frideric Handel1:00
- 7Jephtha, Act I: No. 7. Air: Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace (Jephtha)George Frideric Handel4:04
- 8Jephtha, Act I: No. 8. Recitative: ’Twill Be a Painful Separation, Jephtha (Storgè) / No. 9. Air: In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn (Storgè)George Frideric Handel5:17
- 9Jephtha, Act I: No. 10. Recitative: Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis (Hamor) / No. 11. Air: Dull Delay, in Piercing Anguish (Hamor)George Frideric Handel4:47
- 10Jephtha, Act I: No. 12. Recitative: Ill Suits the Voice of Love When Glory Calls (Iphis) / No. 13. Air: Take the Heart You Fondly Gave (Iphis)George Frideric Handel5:00
- 11Jephtha, Act I: No. 14. Recitative: I Go. My Soul, Inspir’d by Thy Command (Hamor) / No. 15. Duet: These Labours Past, How Happy We! (Iphis, Hamor)George Frideric Handel6:40
- 12Jephtha, Act I: No. 16. Recitative: What Mean These Doubtful Fancies of the Brain? (Jephtha) / Accompagnato: If, Lord, Sustained by Thy Almighty Pow’r (Jephtha)George Frideric Handel1:29
- 13Jephtha, Act I: Accompagnato: ’Tis Said (Jephtha) / No. 17. Chorus: O God, Behold Our Sore DistressGeorge Frideric Handel4:42
- 14Jephtha, Act I: No. 18. Recitative: Some Dire Event Hands O’Er Our Heads (Storgè) / No. 19. Air: Scenes of Horror, Scenes of Woe (Storgè)George Frideric Handel5:13
- 15Jephtha, Act I: No. 20. Recitative: Say, My Dear Mother, Whence These Piercing Cries (Iphis)George Frideric Handel0:51
- 16Jephtha, Act I: No. 21. Air: The Smiling Dawn of Happy Days (Iphis)George Frideric Handel3:01
- 17Jephtha, Act I: No. 22. Recitative: Such, Jephtha, Was the Haughty King’s Reply (Zebul) / No. 23. Chorus: When His Loud Voice in Thunder SpokeGeorge Frideric Handel5:14
- CD 2
- 1Jephtha, Act II: No. 24. Recitative: Glad Tidings of Great Joy (Hamor)George Frideric Handel1:10
- 2Jephtha, Act II: No. 25. Chorus: Cherub and SeraphimGeorge Frideric Handel3:12
- 3Jephtha, Act II: No. 26. Air: Up the Dreadful Steep Ascending (Hamor)George Frideric Handel5:27
- 4Jephtha, Act II: No. 27. Recitative: ’Tis Well. Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens (Iphis) / No. 28. Air: Tune the Soft Melodious Lute (Iphis)George Frideric Handel5:06
- 5Jephtha, Act II: No. 29. Recitative: Again Heav’n Smiles on His Repentant People (Zebul) / No. 30. Air: Freedom Now Once More Possessing (Zebul)George Frideric Handel4:05
- 6Jephtha, Act II: No. 31. Recitative: Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant (Jephtha) / No. 32. Air: His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow (Fephtha)George Frideric Handel6:04
- 7Jephtha, Act II: No. 33. Chorus: In Glory High, in Might SereneGeorge Frideric Handel2:25
- 8Jephtha, Act II: No. 34. SymphonyGeorge Frideric Handel1:18
- 9Jephtha, Act II: No. 35. Recitative: Hail, Glorious Conqueror (Iphis) / No. 36. Air: Welcome as the Cheerful Light… Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire (Iphis, Chorus of Boys)George Frideric Handel4:02
- 10Jephtha, Act II: No. 37. Recitative: Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha) / No. 38. Air: Open Thy Marble Jaws, o Tomb (Jephtha)George Frideric Handel4:50
- 11Jephtha, Act II: No. 39. Recitative: Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted? (Zebul)George Frideric Handel1:14
- 12Jephtha, Act II: No. 40. Concitato: First Perish Thou, and Perish All the World! (Storgè) / Air: Let Other Creatures Die (Storgè)George Frideric Handel2:13
- 13Jephtha, Act II: No. 41. Recitative: If Such Thy Cruel Purpose (Hamor) / No. 42. Air: On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal (Hamor)George Frideric Handel1:51
- 14Jephtha, Act II: No. 43. Quartet: O Spare Your Daughter (Zebul, Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha)George Frideric Handel2:40
- 15Jephtha, Act II: No. 44. Recitative: Such News Flies Swift (Iphis) / No. 45. Air: Happy They! This Vital Breath (Iphis)George Frideric Handel4:12
- 16Jephtha, Act II: No. 46. Accompagnato: Deeper, and Deeper Still (Jephtha)George Frideric Handel3:23
- 17Jephtha, Act II: No. 47. Chorus: How Dark, o Lord, Are Thy DecreesGeorge Frideric Handel8:56
- CD 3
- 1Jephtha, Act III: No. 48. Accompagnato: Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, o Sun (Jephtha) / Recitative: A Father, Offering Up His Only Child (/Ephtha)George Frideric Handel2:55
- 2Jephtha, Act III: No. 49. Air: Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies (Jephtha)George Frideric Handel4:48
- 3Jephtha, Act III: No. 50. Accompagnato: Ye Sacred Priests, Whose Hands Ne’er Yet (Iphis) / No. 51. Air: Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs and Floods (Iphis)George Frideric Handel6:02
- 4Jephtha, Act III: No. 52. Chorus: Doubtful Fear and Rev’rent AweGeorge Frideric Handel5:00
- 5Jephtha, Act III: No. 53. SymphonyGeorge Frideric Handel1:28
- 6Jephtha, Act III: No. 54. Recitative: Rise, Jephtha, and Ye Rev’rend Priests (Angel)George Frideric Handel1:11
- 7Jephtha, Act III: No. 55. Air: Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live (Angel)George Frideric Handel4:43
- 8Jephtha, Act III: No. 56. Arioso: For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name (Jephtha)George Frideric Handel1:50
- 9Jephtha, Act III: No. 57. Chorus: Theme Sublime of Endless PraiseGeorge Frideric Handel3:10
- 10Jephtha, Act III: No. 58. Recitative: Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn (Zebul) / No. 59. Air: Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train (Zebul)George Frideric Handel1:44
- 11Jephtha, Act III: No. 60. Recitative: O Let Me Fold Thee in a Mother’s Arms (Storgè) / No. 61. Air: Sweet as Sight to the Blind (Storgè)George Frideric Handel2:32
- 12Jephtha, Act III: No. 62. Recitative: With Transport, Iphis, I Behold Thy Safety (Hamor) / No. 63. Air: ’Tis Heaven’s All-Ruling Pow’r (Hamor)George Frideric Handel5:41
- 13Jephtha, Act III: No. 64. Recitative: My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence (Iphis) / No. 65. Quintet: All That Is in Hamor Mine (Iphis, Hamor, Storgè, Jephtha, Zebul)George Frideric Handel4:21
- 14Jephtha, Act III: No. 66. Chorus: Ye House of GileadGeorge Frideric Handel3:50
- 15Chandos Anthem no. 2: Sinfonia / Chorus: In the Lord I Put My TrustGeorge Frideric Handel8:21
- 16Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: God is a Constant Sure Defence (tenor)George Frideric Handel2:40
- 17Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Behold, the Wicked Bend Their BowGeorge Frideric Handel2:51
- 18Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: But God, Who Hears the Suff’ring Poor (tenor)George Frideric Handel2:23
- 19Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Snares, Fire and BrimstoneGeorge Frideric Handel1:56
- 20Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: The Righteous Lord Will Righteous Deeds (tenor)George Frideric Handel2:21
- 21Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Then Shall My Song, With Praise Inspir’dGeorge Frideric Handel2:39
More by Handel, Rolfe Johnson, Marshall, Hodgson, Esswood, Kirkby, Sir Neville Marriner
Release credits
- performing orchestra
- choir vocals [3.4, 3.9, 3.14, 1.5, 1.13, 1.17, 2.2, 2.7, 2.17]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [3.11, 3.13, 1.8, 1.14, 2.12, 2.14]
- liner notes
- tenor vocals [3.1-2, 3.8, 3.13, 2.6, 2.10, 2.14, 2.16, 1.7, 1.12-13]
- choir vocals [15, 17, 19, 21]
- producer
- bass vocals [2.5-6, 2.11, 2.14, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.17, 3.10, 3.13]
- recording [15-21]
- soprano vocals [6-7]
- recording [15-21]
- liner notes
- recording [15-21]
- soprano vocals [2.4, 2.9, 2.15, 1.10-11, 1.15-16, 3.3, 3.13]
- recording [3.1-14, 1.1-17, 2.1-17]
- countertenor vocals [1.9, 1.11, 3.12-13, 2.1, 2.3, 2.13-14]
- tenor vocals [16, 18, 20]
- conductor [15-21]
- conductor [3.1-14, 1.1-17, 2.1-17]
- choir vocals [9]
- recording [3.1-14, 2.1-17, 1.1-17]
Issues
J- J3x CD1990
JDigital Media24 March 2024