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Theodora Handel - Lorraine Hunt, Drew Minter, Jennifer Lane, Jeffrey Thomas, David Thomas, Chamber Chorus of the University of California, Berkeley, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Nicholas McGegan

Release: 1992 Germany, Language: , Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 73, Length: 2:49:27, Barcode: 093046706029
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1 Overture 6:28
2 Act 1. Recit: 'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day (Valens) 0:25
3 Act 1. Air: Go My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens) 1:54
4 Act 1. Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down 1:58
5 Act 1. Recit: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear (Didymus, Valens) 0:51
6 Act 1. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire (Valens) 3:21
7 Act 1. Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fix'd The Doom 1:53
8 Act 1. Recit: Most Cruel Edict (Didymus) 0:30
9 Act 1. Air: The Raptur'd Soul Defies The Sword (Didymus) 8:03
10 Act 1. Recit: I Know Thy Virtues (Septimius) 0:37
11 Act 1. Air: Descend, Kind Pity (Septimius) 7:37
12 Act 1. Recit: Tho' Hard, My Friends, Yet Wholesome (Theodora) 0:19
13 Act 1. Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World (Theodora) 3:26
14 Act 1. Recit: O Bright Example Of All Goodness (Irene) 0:26
15 Act 1. Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene) 5:40
16 Act 1. Chorus: Come, Mighty Father 2:17
17 Act 1. Recit: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene) 0:43
18 Act 1. Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene) 5:45
19 Act 1. Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above 2:18
20 Act 1. Recit: Mistaken Wretches (Septimius) 0:19
21 Act 1. Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius) 2:58
22 Act 1. Recit: Deluded Mortal (Theodora, Septimius) 1:00
23 Act 1. Air: Angels, Ever Bright And Fair (Theodora) 4:24
24 Act 1. Recit: Unhappy, Happy Crew (Didymus, Irene) 0:56
25 Act 1. Air: Kind Heav'n (Didymus) 5:30
26 Act 1. Recit: O Love: How Great Thy Pow'r (Irene) 0:19
27 Act 1. Chorus: Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth 3:31
CD #2
1 Act 2. Recit: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens) 0:26
2 Act 2. Chorus: Queen Of Summer 0:52
3 Act 2. Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens) 2:12
4 Act 2. Recit: Return, Septimius (Valens) 0:36
5 Act 2. Chorus: Venus Laughing From The Skies 1:19
6 Act 2. Interlude 0:40
7 Act 2. Recit, O Thou Bright Sun (Theodora) 0:27
8 Act 2. Air, With Darkness (Theodora) 3:43
9 Act 2. Interlude 1:06
10 Act 2. Symphony Of Soft Musick 1:09
11 Act 2. Recit: But Why Art Thou Disquieted (Theodora) 0:22
12 Act 2. Air, Oh! That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora) 4:07
13 Act 2. Recit: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius) 1:08
14 Act 2. Air: Tho' The Honours (Septimius) 3:46
15 Act 2. Recit: O Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius) 0:37
16 Act 2. Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus) 6:58
17 Act 2. Recit: The Clouds Begin (Irene) 0:26
18 Act 2. Air: Defend Her, Heav'n (Irene) 3:53
19 Act 2. Recit: Or Lull'd With Grief (Didymus) 0:38
20 Act 2. Air: Sweet Rose, & Lilly (Didymus) 2:37
21 Act 2. Recit: O Save Me, Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus) 1:12
22 Act 2. Air: The Pilgrim's Home (Theodora) 2:45
23 Act 2. Recit: Forbid It, Heav'n (Didymus, Theodora) 2:01
24 Act 2. Duet, To Thee, Thou Glorious Son (Theodora, Didymus) 4:53
25 Act 2. Recit: 'Tis Night (Irene) 0:42
26 Act 2. Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth 4:36
CD #3
1 Act 3. Air: Lord, To Thee (Irene) 4:58
2 Act 3. Recit: But See! (Irene, Theodora) 0:30
3 Act 3. Air: When Sunk In Anguish & Despair (Theodora) 3:24
4 Act 3. Chorus: Blest Be The Hand 3:34
5 Act 3. Recit: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger) 0:26
6 Act 3. Recit: Ah! Theodora (Irene, Theodora) 0:35
7 Act 3. Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora) 1:19
8 Act 3. Recit: She's Gone (Irene) 0:24
9 Act 3. Air: New Scenes Of Joy (Irene) 3:46
10 Act 3. Recit: Is It A Christian Virtue (Valens, Didymus) / Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius) 1:51
11 Act 3. Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius) 5:39
12 Act 3. Air: Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r (Valens) 1:08
13 Act 3. Recit: 'Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora) 0:47
14 Act 3. Chorus: How Strange Their Ends 3:00
15 Act 3. Recit: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens) 0:31
16 Act 3. Air: Ye Ministers Of Justice (Valens) 1:15
17 Act 3. Recit: And Must Such Beauty Suffer (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) 0:39
18 Act 3. Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus) / Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire (Theodora, Didymus) 5:48
19 Act 3. Recit: E'er This, Their Doom Is Past (Irene) 0:16
20 Act 3. Chorus: O Love Divine 2:24

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