Album DE 1989 on Philips label
Classical (Baroque, Oratorio)
Double jewel-case with booklet in a slipcase.
Georg Friedrich Händel , 1685-1759 GB album by | |
Nigel Robson voc, *1955 GB tenor vocals, jephtha, album by | |
Lynne Dawson voc, *1956 GB soprano vocals, iphis, album by | |
Anne Sofie Von Otter voc, *1955 SE contralto vocals, storgè, album by | |
Michael Chance voc, fl, *1955 GB countertenor vocals, hamor, album by | |
Stephen Varcoe voc, *1949 GB baritone vocals, zebul, album by | |
Ruth Holton voc, ss, *1961 GB soprano vocals, angel, album by | |
The English Baroque Soloists , orchestra, album by | |
The Monteverdi Choir , choir, album by | |
John Eliot Gardiner , *1943 GB conductor, album by | |
Alastair Ross hps, org, GB harpsichord | |
Thomas Morell , 1703-1784 GB libretto by, text | |
Paul Nicholson org, hps, *1960 GB organ |
Erik Smith a&r |
George Cramer art direction |
Tony Bridge edited by |
Onno Scholtze engineer |
Stan Taal engineer, edited by |
Giovanni Battista Pittoni illustration |
Hein Dekker engineer, producer, assistant |
Wilhelm Hellweg producer, engineer |
Georg Friedrich Händel |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Act I | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
2 | Overture | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 5:11 | |
3 | Scene 1 "It Must Be So: Or These Vile Ammonites" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:23 | |
4 | "Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray'rs" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:51 | |
5 | "No More To Ammon's God And King" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:55 | |
6 | Scene 2 "But Jephta Comes" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 0:53 | |
7 | "Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:07 | |
8 | "Twill Be A Painfull Separation, Jephta" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:59 | |
9 | "In Gentle Murmers Will I Mourn" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:59 | |
10 | Scene 3 "Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:50 | |
11 | "Dull Delay, In Piercing Anguish" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:50 | |
12 | "I'll Suits The Voice Of Love When Glory Calls" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:14 | |
13 | "Take The Heart You Fondly Gave" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:14 | |
14 | "I Go. My Soul, Inspir'd By Thy Command" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 7:27 | |
15 | "These Labours Past, How Happy We! | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 7:27 | |
16 | Scene 4 "What Mean These Doubtful Fancies" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:58 | |
17 | "O God, Behold Our Sore Distress" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:33 | |
18 | "Some Dire Event Hangs O'er Our Heads" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:57 | |
19 | "Scenes Of Horror, Scenes Of Woe" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:57 | |
20 | Scene 6 "Say, My Dear Mother" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 0:53 | |
21 | "The Smiling Dawn Of Happy Days" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:33 | |
22 | Scene 7 "Such, Jephta, Was The Haughty King's Reply" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 0:26 | |
23 | "When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:35 | |
24 | Act II | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
25 | Scene 1 "Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee, Dear Iphis" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:14 | |
26 | "Cherub And Seraphim, Unbodied Forms" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:12 | |
27 | "Up The Dreadfull Steep Ascending" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:15 | |
28 | "Tis Well. Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:42 | |
29 | "Tune The Soft Melodious Lute" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:42 | |
30 | Scene 2 "Heav'n Smiles Once More On His Repentant People" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 6:29 | |
31 | "His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 6:29 | |
32 | Scene 3 "In Glory High, In Might Serene" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:32 | |
33 | Symphony- "Hail, Glorious Conqueror!" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:31 | |
34 | "Welcome As The Cheerfull Light" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:52 | |
35 | "Horror! Confusion!" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 5:00 | |
36 | "Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 5:00 | |
37 | "Why Is My Brother Thus Affected" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 0:59 | |
38 | "First Perish Thou, And Perish All The World!" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:20 | |
39 | "If Such Thy Cruel Purpose" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:48 | |
40 | "On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:48 | |
41 | "O Spare Your Daughter" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:13 | |
42 | Scene 4 "Such News Flies Swift" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:21 | |
43 | "Happy They! This Viral Breath" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:31 | |
44 | "Deeper, And Deeper Still" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:28 | |
45 | "How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees!" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 8:02 | |
46 | Act III | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
47 | Scene 1 "Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:02 | |
48 | "Waft Her, Angels, Through The Skies" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:30 | |
49 | "Ye Sacred Priests" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 6:26 | |
50 | "Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs And Floods" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 6:26 | |
51 | "Doubtful Fear And Rev'rent Awe" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:51 | |
52 | Symphony | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:44 | |
53 | "Rise, Jephtha, And Ye Rev'ent Priests" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:01 | |
54 | "Happy, Iphis Shalt Thou Live" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:59 | |
55 | "For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:29 | |
56 | "Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:23 | |
57 | Scene 2 "Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:22 | |
58 | "Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:22 | |
59 | "O Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother's Arms" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:16 | |
60 | "Sweet As Sight To The Blind" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:16 | |
61 | "My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:37 | |
62 | "All That Is In Hamor Mine" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:37 | |
63 | "Ye House Of Gilead, Whith One Voice" | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:00 | |
64 | Applause | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 0:19 |