Deborah
Album by Handel; Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral, The King’s Consort, Robert King
Released November 1993
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Deborah: Act I "Overture": Grave - Allegro - MenuettGeorg Friedrich Händel5:56
- 2Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "Immortal Lord of earth and skies"Georg Friedrich Händel5:44
- 3Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "O Barak, favour’d of the skies" (Deborah, Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel0:38
- 4Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. III. Duet "Where do thy ardours raise me?" (Barak, Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel4:12
- 5Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. IV. Chorus "Forbear thy doubts! to arms! away!"Georg Friedrich Händel1:18
- 6Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. V. Recitative "Since Heav’n has thus his will express’d" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel0:29
- 7Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VI. Soli & Chorus "For ever to the voice of pray’r"Georg Friedrich Händel1:49
- 8Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VII. Recitative "By that adorable decree" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel0:47
- 9Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VIII. Chorus "O hear thy lowly servants’ pray’r"Georg Friedrich Händel2:49
- 10Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. IX. Recitative "Ye sons of Israel, cease your fears" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel0:24
- 11Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. X. Chorus "O blast, with thy tremendous brow"Georg Friedrich Händel0:50
- 12Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XI. Recitative "To whomsoe’er his fate the tyrant owes" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel0:34
- 13Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XII. Air "How lovely is the blooming fair" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel1:54
- 14Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah! Where’er I turn" (Jael, Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel1:05
- 15Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. II. Air "Choirs of Angels, all around thee" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel3:32
- 16Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. III. Recitative "My transports are too great to tell" (Jael)Georg Friedrich Händel0:28
- 17Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. IV. Air "To joy he brightens my despair" (Jael)Georg Friedrich Händel3:49
- 18Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "Barak, my son, the joyful sound" (Abinoam)Georg Friedrich Händel0:26
- 19Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. II. Air "Awake the ardour of thy breast" (Abinoam)Georg Friedrich Händel3:28
- 20Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. III. Recitative "I go where Heav’n and duty call" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel0:10
- 21Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. VI. Air "All danger disdaining" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel4:12
- 22Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. V. Chorus "Let thy deeds be glorious"Georg Friedrich Händel3:09
- 23Deborah: Act I, Scene IV. Recitative "My charge is to declare" (Herald) / Act I, Scene V, No. I. "Let him approach..." (Deborah, Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel1:19
- 24Deborah: Act I, Scene V, No. II. Chorus "Despair all around them"Georg Friedrich Händel5:23
- 25Deborah: Act II, No. I. Chorus "See, the proud chief advances now"Georg Friedrich Händel4:36
- 26Deborah: Act II, No. II. Recitative "That here rebellious arms I see" (Sisera)Georg Friedrich Händel0:31
- 27Deborah: Act II, No. III. Air "At my feet extended low" (Sisera)Georg Friedrich Händel2:16
- 28Deborah: Act II, No. IV. Recitative "Go frown, Barbarian" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel0:27
- 29Deborah: Act II, No. V. Air "In Jehovah’s awful sight" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel2:32
- 30Deborah: Act II, No. VI. Recitative "Yes, how your God in wonders can excel" (Sisera)Georg Friedrich Händel0:13
- 31Deborah: Act II, No. VII. Air "Whilst you boast the wondrous story" (Sisera)Georg Friedrich Händel2:45
- 32Deborah: Act II, No. VIII. Air "Impious mortal, cease to brave us" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel2:44
- CD 2
- 1Deborah: Act II, No. IX. Recitative "Behold the nations all around" (Chief Priest of Baal)Georg Friedrich Händel0:27
- 2Deborah: Act II, No. X. Chorus "O Baal, monarch of the skies!" (chorus of Baal's priests)Georg Friedrich Händel1:59
- 3Deborah: Act II, No. XI. Recitative "No. more, ye infidels, No. more!" (Chief Priest of the Israelites)Georg Friedrich Händel0:20
- 4Deborah: Act II, No. XII. Chorus "Lord of eternity, who hast in store" (chorus of Israelites)Georg Friedrich Händel3:17
- 5Deborah: Act II, No. XIII. Recitative "By his great name, and his alone" (Deborah, Sisera)Georg Friedrich Händel0:37
- 6Deborah: Act II, No. XIV. Soli & Chorus "All your boast will end in woe"Georg Friedrich Händel3:20
- 7Deborah: Act II, No. XV. Recitative "Great prophetess, my soul's on fire" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel0:18
- 8Deborah: Act II, No. XVI. Air "In the battle, fame pursuing" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel6:05
- 9Deborah: Act II, No. XVII. Recitative "Thy ardours warm the winter of my age" (Abinoam)Georg Friedrich Händel0:31
- 10Deborah: Act II, No. XVIII. Air "Swift inundation of desolation" (Abinoam)Georg Friedrich Händel2:52
- 11Deborah: Act II, No. XIX. Recitative "O Judah, with what joy I see" (Israelite woman)Georg Friedrich Händel0:17
- 12Deborah: Act II, No. XX. Air "No. more disconsolate I'll mourn" (Israelite woman)Georg Friedrich Händel3:09
- 13Deborah: Act II, No. XXI. Recitative "Now, Jael, to thy tent retire" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel0:22
- 14Deborah: Act II, No. XXII. Air "O the pleasure my soul is possessing" (Jael)Georg Friedrich Händel3:31
- 15Deborah: Act II, No. XXIII. Recitative "Barak, we now to battle go" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel0:10
- 16Deborah: Act II, No. XXIV. Duet "Smiling freedom, lovely guest" (Deborah, Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel4:17
- 17Deborah: Act II, No. XXV. Chorus "The great king of kings will aid us today"Georg Friedrich Händel3:02
- 18Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "A grand military symphony: Now the proud insulting foe" (chorus of Israelites)Georg Friedrich Händel3:33
- 19Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "The haughty foe whose pride to heav'n did soar" (Israelite woman)Georg Friedrich Händel0:15
- 20Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. III. Air "Now sweetly smiling peace descends" (Israelite woman)Georg Friedrich Händel2:59
- 21Deborah: Act III, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "My pray'rs are heard, the blessings of this day" (Abinoam, Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel0:38
- 22Deborah: Act III, Scene II, No. II. Air "Tears, such as tender fathers shed" (Abinoam)Georg Friedrich Händel2:05
- 23Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah, my fears are o'er" (Jael)Georg Friedrich Händel0:12
- 24Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. II. Chorus "Doleful tidings, how ye wound" (chorus of Baal's priests)Georg Friedrich Händel2:25
- 25Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. III. Air "Our fears are now forever fled" (Israelite woman)Georg Friedrich Händel2:15
- 26Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. IV. Recitative "I saw the tyrant breathless in her tent" (Barak, Jael)Georg Friedrich Händel1:56
- 27Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. V. Air "Tyrant, now No. more we dread thee" (Jael)Georg Friedrich Händel4:22
- 28Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VI. Recitative "If, Jael, I a right divine" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel0:20
- 29Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VII. Air "The glorious sun shall cease to shed" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel2:22
- 30Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VIII. Recitative "May heav'n, with kind profusion, shed" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel0:14
- 31Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. IX. Air "Low at her feet he bow'd, he fell" (Barak)Georg Friedrich Händel3:07
- 32Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. X. Recitative "O great Jehovah! may thy foes" (Deborah)Georg Friedrich Händel0:40
- 33Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. XI. Chorus "Let our glad songs to heav'n ascend"Georg Friedrich Händel6:47
More by Handel, Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral, The King’s Consort, Robert King
Release credits
- bass vocals [3]
- producer
- mezzo-soprano vocals [1.26-27, 1.30-31, 2.5]
- choir vocals, choir vocals [1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.22, 1.24-25, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.17-18, 2.24, 2.33]
- choir vocals, choir vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.17-18, 2.24, 2.33, 1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.22, 1.24-25]
- baritone vocals [1], bass vocals [7]
- chorus master [2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.17-18, 2.24, 2.33, 1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.22, 1.24-25]
- countertenor vocals [1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.12-13, 1.20-21, 1.23, 1.32, 2.7-8, 2.16, 2.21, 2.26, 2.30-31]
- tenor vocals [7, 23]
- bass vocals [1.18-19, 2.9-10, 2.21-22]
- engineer
- chorus master [1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.22, 1.24-25, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.17-18, 2.24, 2.33]
- conductor
- soprano vocals [1.7, 1.14, 1.16-17, 2.11-12, 2.14, 2.19-20, 2.23, 2.25-27]
- performing orchestra
- soprano vocals [1.3-4, 1.8, 1.10, 1.14-15, 1.23, 1.28-29, 2.5, 2.13, 2.15-16, 2.28, 2.28-29, 2.32]
Issues
D2x CDNovember 1993





