Handel: Theodora

Theodora, Oratorio, HWV 68 1-1 Overture 1-2 Act 1. Recit: 'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day 1-3 Act 1. Air: Go My Faithful Soldier, Go 1-4 Act 1. Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down 1-5 Act 1. Recit: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear 1-6 Act 1. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire 1-7 Act 1. Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fix'd The Doom 1-8 Act 1. Recit: Most Cruel Edict 1-9 Act 1. Air: The Raptur'd Soul Defies The Sword 1-10 Act 1. Recit: I Know Thy Virtues 1-11 Act 1. Air: Descend, Kind Pity 1-12 Act 1. Recit: Tho' Hard, My Friends, Yet Wholesome 1-13 Act 1. Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World 1-14 Act 1. Recit: O Bright Example Of All Goodness 1-15 Act 1. Air: Bane Of Virtue 1-16 Act 1. Chorus: Come, Mighty Father 1-17 Act 1. Recit: Fly, Fly, My Brethren 1-18 Act 1. Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn 1-19 Act 1. Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above 1-20 Act 1. Recit: Mistaken Wretches 1-21 Act 1. Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly 1-22 Act 1. Recit: Deluded Mortal 1-23 Act I, Air, "Angels, Ever Bright And Fair" (Theodora) 1-24 Act 1. Recit: Unhappy, Happy Crew 1-25 Act 1. Air: Kind Heav'n 1-26 Act 1. Recit: O Love: How Great Thy Pow'r 1-27 Act 1. Chorus: Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth 2-1 Act 2. Recit: Ye Men Of Antioch 2-2 Act 2. Chorus: Queen Of Summer 2-3 Act 2. Air: Wide Spread His Name 2-4 Act 2. Recit: Return, Septimius 2-5 Act 2. Chorus: Venus Laughing From The Skies 2-6 Act 2. Interlude 2-7 Act Ii, Recit, "O Thou Bright Sun" (Theodora) 2-8 Act Ii, Air, "With Darkness" (Theodora) 2-9 Act 2. Interlude 2-10 Act 2. "Symphony Of Soft Musick" 2-11 Act 2. Recit: But Why Art Thou Disquieted 2-12 Act Ii, Air, Oh! That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora) 2-13 Act 2. Recit: Long Have I Known 2-14 Act 2. Air: Tho' The Honours 2-15 Act 2. Recit: O Save Her Then 2-16 Act 2. Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display 2-17 Act 2. Recit: The Clouds Begin 2-18 Act 2. Air: Defend Her, Heav'n 2-19 Act 2. Recit: Or Lull'd With Grief 2-20 Act 2. Air: Sweet Rose, & Lilly 2-21 Act 2. Recit: O Save Me, Heav'n 2-22 Act 2. Air: The Pilgrim's Home 2-23 Act 2. Recit: Forbid It, Heav'n 2-24 Act Ii, Duet, "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son" (Theodora, Didymus) 2-25 Act 2. Recit: 'Tis Night 2-26 Act 2. Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth 3-1 Act 3. Air: Lord, To Thee 3-2 Act 3. Recit: But See! 3-3 Act 3. Air: When Sunk In Anguish & Despair 3-4 Act 3. Chorus: Blest Be The Hand 3-5 Act 3. Recit: Undaunted In The Court 3-6 Act 3. Recit: Ah! Theodora 3-7 Act 3. Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly 3-8 Act 3. Recit: She's Gone 3-9 Act 3. Air: New Scenes Of Joy 3-10 Act 3. Recit: Is It A Christian Virtue - Be That My Doom 3-11 Act 3. Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed 3-12 Act 3. Air: Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r 3-13 Act 3. Recit: 'Tis Kind, My Friends 3-14 Act 3. Chorus: How Strange Their Ends 3-15 Act 3. Recit: On Me Your Frowns 3-16 Act 3. Air: Ye Ministers Of Justice 3-17 Act 3. Recit: And Must Such Beauty Suffer 3-18 Act 3. Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing - Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire 3-19 Act 3. Recit: E'er This, Their Doom Is Past 3-20 Act 3. Recit: E'er This, Their Doom Is Past Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Harmonia Mundi USA Copyright © – Harmonia Mundi USA Recorded At – Skywalker Sound Bass Vocals – David Thomas (9) Choir – University Of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel Conductor – Nicholas McGegan Countertenor Vocals – Drew Minter Engineer – Tony Faulkner Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Jennifer Lane (2) Orchestra – Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Producer – Robina Young Soprano Vocals – Lorraine Hunt Tenor Vocals – Jeffrey Thomas (2), Neal Rogers harmonia mundi USA, 3364 S.Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90034 ℗ ©1992 Recording: September 24-27 1991, Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA Recorded & produced in the USA Made in Germany On CD: Made in Germany