Jephtha

by George Frideric Handel; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Margaret Marshall, Alfreda Hodgson, Paul Esswood, Emma Kirkby, Sir Neville Marriner

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Jephtha, Act I: No. 1. Overture3:50
  2. Jephtha, Act I: No. 2. Menuet1:43
  3. Jephtha, Act I: No. 3. Recitative: It Must Be So – or These Vile Ammonites (Zebul)1:26
  4. Jephtha, Act I: No. 4. Air: Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray’Rs (Zebul)3:15
  5. Jephtha, Act I: No. 5. Chorus: No More to Ammon’s God and King2:57
  6. Jephtha, Act I: No. 6. Recitative: But Jephtha Comes. Kind Heaven, Assist Our Plea (Zebul)1:00
  7. Jephtha, Act I: No. 7. Air: Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace (Jephtha)4:04
  8. Jephtha, Act I: No. 8. Recitative: ’Twill Be a Painful Separation, Jephtha (Storgè) / No. 9. Air: In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn (Storgè)5:17
  9. Jephtha, Act I: No. 10. Recitative: Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis (Hamor) / No. 11. Air: Dull Delay, in Piercing Anguish (Hamor)4:47
  10. Jephtha, Act I: No. 12. Recitative: Ill Suits the Voice of Love When Glory Calls (Iphis) / No. 13. Air: Take the Heart You Fondly Gave (Iphis)5:00
  11. Jephtha, Act I: No. 14. Recitative: I Go. My Soul, Inspir’d by Thy Command (Hamor) / No. 15. Duet: These Labours Past, How Happy We! (Iphis, Hamor)6:40
  12. Jephtha, Act I: No. 16. Recitative: What Mean These Doubtful Fancies of the Brain? (Jephtha) / Accompagnato: If, Lord, Sustained by Thy Almighty Pow’r (Jephtha)1:29
  13. Jephtha, Act I: Accompagnato: ’Tis Said (Jephtha) / No. 17. Chorus: O God, Behold Our Sore Distress4:42
  14. Jephtha, Act I: No. 18. Recitative: Some Dire Event Hands O’Er Our Heads (Storgè) / No. 19. Air: Scenes of Horror, Scenes of Woe (Storgè)5:13
  15. Jephtha, Act I: No. 20. Recitative: Say, My Dear Mother, Whence These Piercing Cries (Iphis)0:51
  16. Jephtha, Act I: No. 21. Air: The Smiling Dawn of Happy Days (Iphis)3:01
  17. Jephtha, Act I: No. 22. Recitative: Such, Jephtha, Was the Haughty King’s Reply (Zebul) / No. 23. Chorus: When His Loud Voice in Thunder Spoke5:14

CD 2

  1. Jephtha, Act II: No. 24. Recitative: Glad Tidings of Great Joy (Hamor)1:10
  2. Jephtha, Act II: No. 25. Chorus: Cherub and Seraphim3:12
  3. Jephtha, Act II: No. 26. Air: Up the Dreadful Steep Ascending (Hamor)5:27
  4. Jephtha, Act II: No. 27. Recitative: ’Tis Well. Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens (Iphis) / No. 28. Air: Tune the Soft Melodious Lute (Iphis)5:06
  5. Jephtha, Act II: No. 29. Recitative: Again Heav’n Smiles on His Repentant People (Zebul) / No. 30. Air: Freedom Now Once More Possessing (Zebul)4:05
  6. Jephtha, Act II: No. 31. Recitative: Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant (Jephtha) / No. 32. Air: His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow (Fephtha)6:04
  7. Jephtha, Act II: No. 33. Chorus: In Glory High, in Might Serene2:25
  8. Jephtha, Act II: No. 34. Symphony1:18
  9. Jephtha, Act II: No. 35. Recitative: Hail, Glorious Conqueror (Iphis) / No. 36. Air: Welcome as the Cheerful Light… Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire (Iphis, Chorus of Boys)4:02
  10. Jephtha, Act II: No. 37. Recitative: Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha) / No. 38. Air: Open Thy Marble Jaws, o Tomb (Jephtha)4:50
  11. Jephtha, Act II: No. 39. Recitative: Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted? (Zebul)1:14
  12. Jephtha, Act II: No. 40. Concitato: First Perish Thou, and Perish All the World! (Storgè) / Air: Let Other Creatures Die (Storgè)2:13
  13. Jephtha, Act II: No. 41. Recitative: If Such Thy Cruel Purpose (Hamor) / No. 42. Air: On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal (Hamor)1:51
  14. Jephtha, Act II: No. 43. Quartet: O Spare Your Daughter (Zebul, Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha)2:40
  15. Jephtha, Act II: No. 44. Recitative: Such News Flies Swift (Iphis) / No. 45. Air: Happy They! This Vital Breath (Iphis)4:12
  16. Jephtha, Act II: No. 46. Accompagnato: Deeper, and Deeper Still (Jephtha)3:23
  17. Jephtha, Act II: No. 47. Chorus: How Dark, o Lord, Are Thy Decrees8:56

CD 3

  1. Jephtha, Act III: No. 48. Accompagnato: Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, o Sun (Jephtha) / Recitative: A Father, Offering Up His Only Child (/Ephtha)2:55
  2. Jephtha, Act III: No. 49. Air: Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies (Jephtha)4:48
  3. Jephtha, Act III: No. 50. Accompagnato: Ye Sacred Priests, Whose Hands Ne’er Yet (Iphis) / No. 51. Air: Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs and Floods (Iphis)6:02
  4. Jephtha, Act III: No. 52. Chorus: Doubtful Fear and Rev’rent Awe5:00
  5. Jephtha, Act III: No. 53. Symphony1:28
  6. Jephtha, Act III: No. 54. Recitative: Rise, Jephtha, and Ye Rev’rend Priests (Angel)1:11
  7. Jephtha, Act III: No. 55. Air: Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live (Angel)4:43
  8. Jephtha, Act III: No. 56. Arioso: For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name (Jephtha)1:50
  9. Jephtha, Act III: No. 57. Chorus: Theme Sublime of Endless Praise3:10
  10. Jephtha, Act III: No. 58. Recitative: Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn (Zebul) / No. 59. Air: Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train (Zebul)1:44
  11. Jephtha, Act III: No. 60. Recitative: O Let Me Fold Thee in a Mother’s Arms (Storgè) / No. 61. Air: Sweet as Sight to the Blind (Storgè)2:32
  12. Jephtha, Act III: No. 62. Recitative: With Transport, Iphis, I Behold Thy Safety (Hamor) / No. 63. Air: ’Tis Heaven’s All-Ruling Pow’r (Hamor)5:41
  13. Jephtha, Act III: No. 64. Recitative: My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence (Iphis) / No. 65. Quintet: All That Is in Hamor Mine (Iphis, Hamor, Storgè, Jephtha, Zebul)4:21
  14. Jephtha, Act III: No. 66. Chorus: Ye House of Gilead3:50
  15. Chandos Anthem no. 2: Sinfonia / Chorus: In the Lord I Put My Trust8:21
  16. Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: God is a Constant Sure Defence (tenor)2:40
  17. Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Behold, the Wicked Bend Their Bow2:51
  18. Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: But God, Who Hears the Suff’ring Poor (tenor)2:23
  19. Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Snares, Fire and Brimstone1:56
  20. Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: The Righteous Lord Will Righteous Deeds (tenor)2:21
  21. Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Then Shall My Song, With Praise Inspir’d2:39