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Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Solomon
Album 1985 on Philips Digital Classics label
Classical (Baroque, Oratorio)
Recorded in collaboration with West German Radio, Cologne, on the occasion of the 1984 Goettingen Handel Festival. Recorded: London, 6/1984
Musicians
 | Georg Friedrich Händel , 1685-1759 GB album by |
 | Carolyn Watkinson voc, *1949 GB mezzo-soprano vocals, solomon, album by |
 | Nancy Argenta voc, *1957 CA soprano vocals, solomon's queen, album by |
 | Barbara Hendricks voc, *1948 US soprano vocals, queen of sheba, album by |
 | Anthony Rolfe Johnson voc, 1940-2010 GB tenor vocals, zadok, album by |
 | The Monteverdi Choir , choir, album by |
 | The English Baroque Soloists , ensemble, album by |
 | John Eliot Gardiner , *1943 GB conductor, album by |
 | Stephen Varcoe voc, *1949 GB bass vocals, a levite |
 | Della Jones voc, *1946 GB mezzo-soprano vocals, 2nd harlot |
 | Joan Rodgers ss, GB soprano vocals, 1st harlot |
Composers
| Georg Friedrich Händel |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Solomon" (Oratorio In Three Acts) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 2 | Overture | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 5:09 | |
| 3 | Act I | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 4 | Scene 1 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 5 | "Your Harps And Cymbals" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:18 | |
| 6 | "Praise Ye The Lord" (A Levite) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:46 | |
| 7 | "With Pious Heart" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:40 | |
| 8 | "Almighty Power" (Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:58 | |
| 9 | "Imperial Solomon" - "Sacred Rapture" (Zadok) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:49 | |
| 10 | "Throughout The Land" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:30 | |
| 11 | "Bless'd Be The Lord" - "What Though I Trace" (Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 7:00 | |
| 12 | Scene 2 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 13 | "And See My Queen" (Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 0:44 | |
| 14 | "Bless'd The Day" (Queen) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:45 | |
| 15 | "Thou Fair Inhabitant" (Solomon) "Welcome As The Dawn Of Day" (Solomon, Queen) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:58 | |
| 16 | "My Booming Fair" - "Haste, Haste" (Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:22 | |
| 17 | "When Thou Art Absent" - "With Thee Th'Unshelter'd Moor I'd Tread" (Queen) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:21 | |
| 18 | "May No Rash Intruder" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:16 | |
| 19 | Act II | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 20 | Scene 1 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 21 | "From The Censer" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 5:10 | |
| 22 | "Prais'd Be The Lord" - "When The Sun" (Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 5:10 | |
| 23 | "Great Prince" - "Thrice Bless'd" - (Levite) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:41 | |
| 24 | Scene 2 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 25 | "My Sovereign Liege" (Attendant, Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:53 | |
| 26 | Scene 3 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 27 | "Thou Son Of David" (1st Harlot) - "Words Are Weak" (1st & 2nd Harlot, Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 5:35 | |
| 28 | "What Says The Other" (Solomon, 2nd Harlot) - "Thy Sentence, Great King" (2nd Harlot) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:28 | |
| 29 | "Withhold, Withhold The Executing Hand" - "Can I See My Infant Gor'd" (1st Harlot) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:23 | |
| 30 | "Israel, Attend" (Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:19 | |
| 31 | "Thrice Bless'd Be The King" (1st Harlot, Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:58 | |
| 32 | "From The East Unto The West" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:29 | |
| 33 | "No More Shall Armed Bands" - "Beneath The Vine" (1st Harlot) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 6:23 | |
| 34 | "Swell, Swell The Full Chorus" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 2:43 | |
| 35 | Act III | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | ||
| 36 | The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:01 | |
| 37 | "From Arabia's Spicy Shores" (Queen Of Sheba, Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:25 | |
| 38 | "Sweep, Sweep The String" - "Music, Spread Thy Voice" (Solomon, Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:35 | |
| 39 | "Now A Diff'rent Measure" - "Shake The Dome" (Solomon, Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 1:47 | |
| 40 | "Then At Once From Rage" (Solomon) - "Draw The Tear From Hopeless Love" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:20 | |
| 41 | "Next The Tortur'd Soul" - "Thus Rolling Surges Rise" (Solomon, Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:40 | |
| 42 | "Thy Harmony's Divine" (Queen Of Sheba) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 0:59 | |
| 43 | "Thrice Happy King" - "Golden Columns" (Zadok) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:58 | |
| 44 | "May Peace In Salem Ever Dwell" - "Will The Sun Forget To Streak" (Queen Of Sheba) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 5:54 | |
| 45 | "Adieu, Fair Queen" (Solomon) - "Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows" (Queen Of Sheba, Solomon) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 3:01 | |
| 46 | "Praise The Lord" (Chorus) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 4:39 |
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