Jephtha

by George Frideric Handel; Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Jephtha: Overture / Menuet5:13
  2. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"1:23
  3. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"2:51
  4. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "No more to Ammon's god and king"2:55
  5. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "But Jephtha comes"0:53
  6. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"4:07
  7. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" / "In gentle murmurs will I mourn"4:59
  8. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" / "Dull delay, in piercing anguish"3:50
  9. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" / "Take the heart you fondly gave"4:14
  10. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "I go, My soul, inspir'd by thy command" / "These labours past, how happy we!"7:28
  11. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "What mean these doubtful fancies"1:57
  12. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "O God, behold our sore distress"4:35
  13. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 5. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" / "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"4:57
  14. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "Say, my dear mother"0:53
  15. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "The smiling dawn of happy days"3:33
  16. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply"0:26
  17. Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"4:39

CD 2

  1. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"1:14
  2. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"3:12
  3. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"4:15
  4. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" / "Tune the soft melodious lute"4:42
  5. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 2. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people" / "His mighty arm, with sudden blow"6:28
  6. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "In glory high, in might serene"2:32
  7. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. Symphony / "Hail glorious conqueror!"1:30
  8. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Welcome as the cheerful light"3:52
  9. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Horror! confusion!" / "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"4:59
  10. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Why is my brother thus afflicted"0:58
  11. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!"2:20
  12. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "If such thy cruel purpose" / "On me let blind mistaken zeal"1:48
  13. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "O spare your daughter"3:13
  14. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Such news flies swift"1:21
  15. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Happy they! this vital breath"3:32
  16. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Deeper, and deeper still"3:27
  17. Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"8:04

CD 3

  1. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"3:03
  2. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"4:30
  3. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Ye sacred priests" / "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"6:27
  4. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"3:50
  5. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. Symphony2:44
  6. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests"1:01
  7. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"4:00
  8. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"1:29
  9. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Theme sublime of endless praise"3:23
  10. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" / "Laud her, all ye virgin train"2:22
  11. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" / "Sweet as sight to the blind"2:16
  12. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" / "All that is in Hamor mine"3:37
  13. Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"3:00
  14. [applause]0:18