1Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Overture - 1a. Ouverture
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
2Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Overture - 1b. Trio
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
3Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Overture - 1c. Courante
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
4Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 2. Recitative: "'Tis Dioclesian's natal day" (Alternative Scene)
Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
5Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 3. Aria: "Go, my faithful soldier, go"
Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
6Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 4. Chorus Of Heathens: "And draw a blessing down"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
7Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 5. Recitative: "Vouchsafe, dread Sir"
Robin Blaze, Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
8Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 6. Aria: "Racks, gibbets, sword and fire"
Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
9Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 7. Chorus Of Heathens: "For ever thus stand fix'd"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
10Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 8. Recitative: "Most cruel edict"
Robin Blaze, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
11Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 9. Aria: "The raptur'd soul"
Robin Blaze, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
12Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 10. Recitative: "I know thy virtues"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
13Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 11. Aria: "Descend, kind Pity"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
14Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 12. Recitative: "Though hard, my friends"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
15Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 13. Aria: "Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
16Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 14. Recitative: "Oh bright example"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
17Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 15. Aria: "Bane of virtue"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
18Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 16. Chorus Of Christians: "Come, mighty Father"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
19Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 17. Recitative: "Fly, fly, my brethren"
Angus Smith, Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
20Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 18. Aria: "As with rosy steps the morn"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
21Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 19. Chorus: "All pow'r in heav'n"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
22Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 20. Recitative: "Mistaken wretches!"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
23Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 21. Aria: "Dread the fruits of Christian folly"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
24Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 22. Recitative: "Deluded mortal"/Accompagnato: "O worse than death indeed"
Susan Gritton, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
25Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 23. Aria: "Angels, ever bright and fair"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
26Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 24. Recitative: "Unhappy, happy crew!"
Robin Blaze, Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
27Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 25. Air: "Kind heaven, if virtue be thy care"
Robin Blaze, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
28Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 26. Recitative: "Oh love! how great thy pow'r"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
29Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1 - 27. Chorus: "Go, gen'rous pious youth"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
30Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 28. Recitative: "Ye men of Antioch"
Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
31Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 29. Chorus Of Heathens: "Queen of summer"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
32Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 30. Aria: "Wide spread his name"
Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
33Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 31. Recitative: "Return, Septimius"
Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
34Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 32. Chorus Of Heathens: "Venus laughing from the skies"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
35Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 33. Sinfony
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
36Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 34. Recitative: "Oh thous bright sun!"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
37Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 35. Aria: "With darkness deep"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
38Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 36. Sinfony
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
39Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 37. Recitative: "But why art thou disquieted?"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
40Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 38. Aria: "O! that I on wings could rise"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
41Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 39. Recitative: "Long have I known"
Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
42Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 40. Aria: "Though the honours, that Flora"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
43Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 41. Recitative: "O save her then"
Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
44Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 42. Aria: "Deeds of kindness to display"
Robin Blaze, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
45Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 43. Recitative: "The clouds begin to veil"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
46Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 44. Aria: "Defend her, Heav'n"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
47Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 45. Recitative: "Or lull'd with grief"
Robin Blaze, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
48Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 46. Aria: "Sweet rose and lily"
Robin Blaze, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
49Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 47. Recitative: "O save me, Heav'n"
Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
50Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 48. Aria: "the pilgrim's home"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
51Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 49. Accompagnato: "Forbid it, Heav'n!"/Rec.: "Ah! what is liberty"
Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
52Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 50. Duet: "To thee, thou glorious son of worth"
Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
53Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 51. Recitative: "'Tis night"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
54Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 52. Chorus Of Christians: "He saw the lovely youth"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
55Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 34a. Recitative: "Oh thou bright sun!" (Alternative Ending)
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
56Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2 - 36a. Sinfony (Alternative Version)
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
57Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 53. Aria: "Lord, to thee each night and day"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
58Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 54. Recitative: "But see, the good, the virtuous"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
59Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 55. Aria: "When sunk in anguish and despair"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
60Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 56. Chorus Of Christians and Theodora: "Blest be the hand"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
61Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 57. Recitative: "Undaunted in the court" / Accompagnato: "O my Irene, Heav'n is kind"
Angus Smith, Susan Bickley, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
62Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 58. Duet: "Whither, Princess, do you fly?"
Susan Bickley, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
63Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 59. Recitative: "She's gone disdaining liberty and life"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
64Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 60. Aria: "New scenes of joy come crowding on"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
65Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 61. Recitative: "Is it a Christian virtue then" / "Be that my doom"
Neal Davies, Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
66Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 62. Aria: "From virtue springs each gen'rous deed"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
67Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 63. Aria: "Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r"
Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
68Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 64. Recitative: "'Tis kind, my friends"
Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
69Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 65. Chorus Of Heathens: "How strange their ends"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
70Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 66. Recitative: "On me your frowns"
Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
71Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 67. Aria: "Ye ministers of justice"
Neal Davies, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
72Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 68. Recitative: "And must such beauty suffer"
Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
73Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 69. Aria And Duet: "Streams of pleasure ever flowing" / "Thither let our hearts aspire"
Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
74Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 70. Recitative: "Ere this their doom is past"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
75Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 3 - 71. Chorus Of Christians: "O Love divine"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
76Handel: Solomon HWV 67 - Overture
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
77Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Your harps and cymbals"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
78Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Praise ye the Lord"
Peter Harvey, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
79Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "With pious heart"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
80Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Almighty Power"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
81Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Imperial Salomon"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
82Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Sacred raptures"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
83Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Throughout the land"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
84Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Bless'd be the Lord"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
85Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "What tho' I trace"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
86Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "And see my Queen"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
87Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Bless'd the day"
Inger Dam-Jensen, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
88Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Thou fair inhabitant of Nile"
Andreas Scholl, Inger Dam-Jensen, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
89Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Welcome as the dawn of day"
Andreas Scholl, Inger Dam-Jensen, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
90Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Vain are the transient beauties"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
91Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Indulge thy faith"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
92Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "My blooming fair"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
93Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Haste to the cedar grove"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
94Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "When thou art absent"
Inger Dam-Jensen, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
95Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "With thee th'unshelter'd moor"
Inger Dam-Jensen, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
96Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "Search round the world"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
97Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 1 - "May no rash intruder"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
98Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "From the censer"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
99Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Prais'd be the Lord"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
100Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "When the sun o'er yonder hills"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
101Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Great prince"
Peter Harvey, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
102Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king"
Peter Harvey, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
103Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "My sovereign liege"
Andreas Scholl, Alison Hagley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
104Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Words are weak"
Alison Hagley, Susan Bickley, Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
105Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "What says the other"
Andreas Scholl, Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
106Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Thy sentence, great king"
Susan Bickley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
107Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Withhold, withhold the executing hand!"
Alison Hagley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
108Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Can I see my infant gor'd"
Alison Hagley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
109Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Israel' attend"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
110Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Thrice bless'd be the king"
Alison Hagley, Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
111Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "From the east unto the west"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
112Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "From morn to eve"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
113Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "See the tall palm"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
114Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "No more shall armed bands"
Alison Hagley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
115Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Beneath the vine"
Alison Hagley, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
116Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 2 - "Swell, swell the full chorus"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
117Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - Sinfony
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
118Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "From Arabia's spicy shores"
Susan Gritton, Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
119Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Ev'ry sight these eyes behold"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
120Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Sweep, sweep the string"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
121Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Music, spread thy voice around"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
122Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Now a diff'rent measure" - "Shake the dome"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
123Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Then at once from rage remove"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
124Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Draw the tear from hopeless love"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
125Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Next the tortur'd soul release"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
126Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Thus rolling surge rise"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
127Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Thy harmony's divine"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
128Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Pious king"
Peter Harvey, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
129Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Thrice happy king"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
130Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Golden columns"
Paul Agnew, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
131Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Praise the Lord"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
132Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Gold now is common"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
133Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "How green our fertile pastures look!"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
134Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "May peace in Salem"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
135Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Will the sun forget to streak"
Susan Gritton, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
136Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Adieu, fair queen"
Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
137Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows"
Susan Gritton, Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
138Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - "The name of the wicked"
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh & George Frideric Handel
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