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Deborah 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: Nov 1993 United Kingdom, Language: [Multiple languages], Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 65, Length: 2:19:42, Barcode: 034571168418
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1 Deborah: Act I "Overture": Grave - Allegro - Menuett 5:56
2 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "Immortal Lord of earth and skies" 5:44
3 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "O Barak, favour’d of the skies" (Deborah, Barak) 0:38
4 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. III. Duet "Where do thy ardours raise me?" (Barak, Deborah) 4:12
5 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. IV. Chorus "Forbear thy doubts! to arms! away!" 1:18
6 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. V. Recitative "Since Heav’n has thus his will express’d" (Barak) 0:29
7 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VI. Soli & Chorus "For ever to the voice of pray’r" 1:49
8 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VII. Recitative "By that adorable decree" (Deborah) 0:47
9 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VIII. Chorus "O hear thy lowly servants’ pray’r" 2:49
10 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. IX. Recitative "Ye sons of Israel, cease your fears" (Deborah) 0:24
11 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. X. Chorus "O blast, with thy tremendous brow" 0:50
12 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XI. Recitative "To whomsoe’er his fate the tyrant owes" (Barak) 0:34
13 Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XII. Air "How lovely is the blooming fair" (Barak) 1:54
14 Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah! Where’er I turn" (Jael, Deborah) 1:05
15 Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. II. Air "Choirs of Angels, all around thee" (Deborah) 3:32
16 Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. III. Recitative "My transports are too great to tell" (Jael) 0:28
17 Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. IV. Air "To joy he brightens my despair" (Jael) 3:49
18 Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "Barak, my son, the joyful sound" (Abinoam) 0:26
19 Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. II. Air "Awake the ardour of thy breast" (Abinoam) 3:28
20 Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. III. Recitative "I go where Heav’n and duty call" (Barak) 0:10
21 Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. VI. Air "All danger disdaining" (Barak) 4:12
22 Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. V. Chorus "Let thy deeds be glorious" 3:09
23 Deborah: Act I, Scene IV. Recitative "My charge is to declare" (Herald) / Act I, Scene V, No. I. "Let him approach..." (Deborah, Barak) 1:19
24 Deborah: Act I, Scene V, No. II. Chorus "Despair all around them" 5:23
25 Deborah: Act II, No. I. Chorus "See, the proud chief advances now" 4:36
26 Deborah: Act II, No. II. Recitative "That here rebellious arms I see" (Sisera) 0:31
27 Deborah: Act II, No. III. Air "At my feet extended low" (Sisera) 2:16
28 Deborah: Act II, No. IV. Recitative "Go frown, Barbarian" (Deborah) 0:27
29 Deborah: Act II, No. V. Air "In Jehovah’s awful sight" (Deborah) 2:32
30 Deborah: Act II, No. VI. Recitative "Yes, how your God in wonders can excel" (Sisera) 0:13
31 Deborah: Act II, No. VII. Air "Whilst you boast the wondrous story" (Sisera) 2:45
32 Deborah: Act II, No. VIII. Air "Impious mortal, cease to brave us" (Barak) 2:44
CD #2
1 Deborah: Act II, No. IX. Recitative "Behold the nations all around" (Chief Priest of Baal) 0:27
2 Deborah: Act II, No. X. Chorus "O Baal, monarch of the skies!" (chorus of Baal's priests) 1:59
3 Deborah: Act II, No. XI. Recitative "No. more, ye infidels, No. more!" (Chief Priest of the Israelites) 0:20
4 Deborah: Act II, No. XII. Chorus "Lord of eternity, who hast in store" (chorus of Israelites) 3:17
5 Deborah: Act II, No. XIII. Recitative "By his great name, and his alone" (Deborah, Sisera) 0:37
6 Deborah: Act II, No. XIV. Soli & Chorus "All your boast will end in woe" 3:20
7 Deborah: Act II, No. XV. Recitative "Great prophetess, my soul's on fire" (Barak) 0:18
8 Deborah: Act II, No. XVI. Air "In the battle, fame pursuing" (Barak) 6:05
9 Deborah: Act II, No. XVII. Recitative "Thy ardours warm the winter of my age" (Abinoam) 0:31
10 Deborah: Act II, No. XVIII. Air "Swift inundation of desolation" (Abinoam) 2:52
11 Deborah: Act II, No. XIX. Recitative "O Judah, with what joy I see" (Israelite woman) 0:17
12 Deborah: Act II, No. XX. Air "No. more disconsolate I'll mourn" (Israelite woman) 3:09
13 Deborah: Act II, No. XXI. Recitative "Now, Jael, to thy tent retire" (Deborah) 0:22
14 Deborah: Act II, No. XXII. Air "O the pleasure my soul is possessing" (Jael) 3:31
15 Deborah: Act II, No. XXIII. Recitative "Barak, we now to battle go" (Deborah) 0:10
16 Deborah: Act II, No. XXIV. Duet "Smiling freedom, lovely guest" (Deborah, Barak) 4:17
17 Deborah: Act II, No. XXV. Chorus "The great king of kings will aid us today" 3:02
18 Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "A grand military symphony: Now the proud insulting foe" (chorus of Israelites) 3:33
19 Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "The haughty foe whose pride to heav'n did soar" (Israelite woman) 0:15
20 Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. III. Air "Now sweetly smiling peace descends" (Israelite woman) 2:59
21 Deborah: Act III, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "My pray'rs are heard, the blessings of this day" (Abinoam, Barak) 0:38
22 Deborah: Act III, Scene II, No. II. Air "Tears, such as tender fathers shed" (Abinoam) 2:05
23 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah, my fears are o'er" (Jael) 0:12
24 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. II. Chorus "Doleful tidings, how ye wound" (chorus of Baal's priests) 2:25
25 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. III. Air "Our fears are now forever fled" (Israelite woman) 2:15
26 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. IV. Recitative "I saw the tyrant breathless in her tent" (Barak, Jael) 1:56
27 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. V. Air "Tyrant, now No. more we dread thee" (Jael) 4:22
28 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VI. Recitative "If, Jael, I a right divine" (Deborah) 0:20
29 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VII. Air "The glorious sun shall cease to shed" (Deborah) 2:22
30 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VIII. Recitative "May heav'n, with kind profusion, shed" (Barak) 0:14
31 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. IX. Air "Low at her feet he bow'd, he fell" (Barak) 3:07
32 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. X. Recitative "O great Jehovah! may thy foes" (Deborah) 0:40
33 Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. XI. Chorus "Let our glad songs to heav'n ascend" 6:47

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