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Jephtha Händel; Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Release: 28 Feb 1989 Germany, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 48, Length: 2:38:20, Barcode: 028942235120
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1 Jephtha: Overture / Menuet 5:13
2 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites" 1:23
3 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs" 2:51
4 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "No more to Ammon's god and king" 2:55
5 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "But Jephtha comes" 0:53
6 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace" 4:07
7 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" / "In gentle murmurs will I mourn" 4:59
8 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" / "Dull delay, in piercing anguish" 3:50
9 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" / "Take the heart you fondly gave" 4:14
10 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "I go, My soul, inspir'd by thy command" / "These labours past, how happy we!" 7:28
11 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "What mean these doubtful fancies" 1:57
12 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "O God, behold our sore distress" 4:35
13 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 5. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" / "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" 4:57
14 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "Say, my dear mother" 0:53
15 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "The smiling dawn of happy days" 3:33
16 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply" 0:26
17 Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke" 4:39
CD #2
1 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis" 1:14
2 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms" 3:12
3 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Up the dreadful steep ascending" 4:15
4 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" / "Tune the soft melodious lute" 4:42
5 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 2. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people" / "His mighty arm, with sudden blow" 6:28
6 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "In glory high, in might serene" 2:32
7 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. Symphony / "Hail glorious conqueror!" 1:30
8 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Welcome as the cheerful light" 3:52
9 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Horror! confusion!" / "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb" 4:59
10 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Why is my brother thus afflicted" 0:58
11 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!" 2:20
12 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "If such thy cruel purpose" / "On me let blind mistaken zeal" 1:48
13 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "O spare your daughter" 3:13
14 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Such news flies swift" 1:21
15 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Happy they! this vital breath" 3:32
16 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Deeper, and deeper still" 3:27
17 Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!" 8:04
CD #3
1 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun" 3:03
2 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Waft her, angels, through the skies" 4:30
3 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Ye sacred priests" / "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods" 6:27
4 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe" 3:50
5 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. Symphony 2:44
6 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests" 1:01
7 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live" 4:00
8 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name" 1:29
9 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Theme sublime of endless praise" 3:23
10 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" / "Laud her, all ye virgin train" 2:22
11 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" / "Sweet as sight to the blind" 2:16
12 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" / "All that is in Hamor mine" 3:37
13 Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice" 3:00
14 [applause] 0:18

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