Handel: Athalia

Christopher Hogwood, Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, Aled Jones, James Bowman, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Thomas, Choir of New College Oxford & The Academy of Ancient Music

33 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 1 MINUTE • OCT 14 1986

1

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - Sinfonia

The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

05:23

2

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "Blooming virgins, spotless train"

Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

04:48

3

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "The rising world Jehovah crown'd"

Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

03:13

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "Tyrants would in impious throngs"

Emma Kirkby, Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

03:19

5

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "When he is in his wrath reveal'd"

David Thomas, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

03:41

6

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "Your sacred songs awhile forbear"

James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

06:42

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "What scenes of horror round me rise!"

Joan Sutherland, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

02:21

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "The gods, who chosen blessings shed"

Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

02:29

9

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "Cheer her, O Baal"

Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

03:10

10

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "Gentle airs, melodious strains!"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

03:38

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "Softest sounds no more can ease me"

Joan Sutherland, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

04:31

12

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "The traitor if you there descry...My Josabeth!"

James Bowman, Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

01:57

13

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "Faithful cares in vain extended"

Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

05:52

14

Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 1 - "Gloomy tyrants, we disdain"

James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

04:49

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 2 - "The mighty pow'r"

Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

05:57

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 2 - "Through the land so lovely blooming"

Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

08:22

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 2 - "Ah, canst thou but prove me!"

Joan Sutherland, David Thomas, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

05:31

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 2 - "Will God, whose mercies ever flow"

Aled Jones, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

03:19

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 2 - "My vengeance awakes me"

Joan Sutherland, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

04:52

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 2 - "My spirits fail, I faint, I die!"

Emma Kirkby, Aled Jones, James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

04:12

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 2 - "Cease thy anguish, smile once more"

Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

06:35

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 2 - "The clouded scene begins to clear"

Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

03:59

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "What sacred horrors shake my breast!"

James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

01:29

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "Unfold, great seer, what heav'n imparts"

Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

00:51

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "Let harmony breathe soft around"

James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

04:15

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "With firm united hearts"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

00:57

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "Soothing tyrant, falsely smiling"

Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

02:21

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "Around let acclamations ring"

Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

02:40

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "Oppression, no longer I dread thee"

David Thomas, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

01:53

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "Hark! His thunders round me roll"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

02:43

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "To darkness eternal"

Joan Sutherland, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

01:05

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "Now, Josabeth, thy fears are o'er!"

James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

02:36

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Handel: Athalia, HWV 52 / Act 3 - "Give glory to his awful name"

Choir of New College Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

02:10

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