Solomon

by George Frideric Handel; Stuttgarter Kantorei, Ensemble 94, Kay Johannsen

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Solomon: Overture: [Grave] - Fuga: Allegro moderato - Allegro6:22
  2. Solomon, Act I: "Your Harps and Cymbals Sound" (Chorus)3:43
  3. Solomon, Act I: "Praise Ye the Lord" (Air: Levite)4:49
  4. Solomon, Act I: "With Pious Heart" (Chorus)3:36
  5. Solomon, Act I: "Almighty Pow'r" (Air: Solomon)2:28
  6. Solomon, Act I: "Imperial Solomon" (Accompagnato: Zadok)0:45
  7. Solomon, Act I: "Sacred Raptures" (Air: Zadok)4:26
  8. Solomon, Act I: "Throughout the Land" (Chorus)2:52
  9. Solomon, Act I: "Bless'd Be the Lord" (Recitative: Solomon)0:26
  10. Solomon, Act I: "What Tho' I trace" (Air: Solomon)5:38
  11. Solomon, Act I: "And See My Queen" (Recitative: Solomon)0:51
  12. Solomon, Act I: "Bless'd the Day" (Air: Queen)5:16
  13. Solomon, Act I: "Thou Fair Inhabitant of Nile" (Recitative: Solomon, Queen)0:46
  14. Solomon, Act I: "Welcome as the Dawn of Day" (Duet: Queen, Solomon)3:08
  15. Solomon, Act I: "Vain Are the Transient Beauties" (Recitative: Zadok)0:41
  16. Solomon, Act I: "Indulge Thy Faith" (Air: Zadok)3:06
  17. Solomon, Act I: "My Blooming Fair" (Recitative: Solomon)0:14
  18. Solomon, Act I: "Haste to the Cedar Grove" (Air: Solomon)3:07
  19. Solomon, Act I: "When Thou Art Absent" (Recitative: Queen)0:18
  20. Solomon, Act I: "With Thee th'unshelter'd Moor" (Air: Queen)2:11
  21. Solomon, Act I: "Search Round the World" (Recitative: Zadok)0:21
  22. Solomon, Act I: "May No Rash Intruder" (Chorus)3:05
  23. Solomon, Act II: "From the Censer Curling Rise" (Chorus)5:01
  24. Solomon, Act II: "Prais'd Be the Lord" (Recitative: Solomon)1:09
  25. Solomon, Act II: "Great Prince" (Recitative: Levite)0:30
  26. Solomon, Act II: "Thrice Bless'd That Wise Discerning King" (Air: Levite)3:25
  27. Solomon, Act II: "My Sovereign Liege" (Recitative: Attendant, Solomon, 1st Harlot)2:12
  28. Solomon, Act II: "Words Are Weak" (Trio: 1st Harlot, 2nd Harlot, Solomon)5:28

CD 2

  1. Solomon, Act II: "What Says the Other" (Recitative: Solomon, 2nd Harlot)1:31
  2. Solomon, Act II: "Thy Sentence, Great King" (Air: 2nd Harlot)2:12
  3. Solomon, Act II: "Withhold, Withhold the Executing Hand!" (Recitative: 1st Harlot)0:15
  4. Solomon, Act II: "Can I See My Infant Gor'd" (Air: 1st Harlot)4:45
  5. Solomon, Act II: "Israel, Attend" (Accompagnato: Solomon)1:46
  6. Solomon, Act II: "Thrice Bless'd be the King" (Duet: First Harlot, Solomon)3:44
  7. Solomon, Act II: "From the East Unto the West" (Chorus)2:30
  8. Solomon, Act II: "From Morn to Eve" (Recitative: Zadok)0:27
  9. Solomon, Act II: "See the Tall Palm" (Air: Zadok)5:21
  10. Solomon, Act II: "No More Shall Armed Bands" (Recitative: 1st Harlot)0:22
  11. Solomon, Act II: "Beneath the Vine" (Air: 1st Harlot)5:47
  12. Solomon, Act II: "Swell, Swell the Full Chorus" (Chorus)2:55
  13. Solomon, Act III: Sinfonia3:08
  14. Solomon, Act III: "From Arabia's Spicy Shores" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba, Solomon)1:15
  15. Solomon, Act III: "Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold" (Air: Queen of Sheba)4:18
  16. Solomon, Act III: "Sweet, Sweep the String" (Recitative: Solomon)0:20
  17. Solomon, Act III: "Music, Spread Thy Voice Around" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)2:39
  18. Solomon, Act III: "Now a Diff'rent Measure Try" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)1:37
  19. Solomon, Act III: "Then at Once From Rage Remove" (Recitative: Solomon)0:36
  20. Solomon, Act III: "Draw the Tear From Hopeless Love" (Chorus)2:47
  21. Solomon, Act III: "Next the Tortur'd Soul Release" (Recitative: Solomon)0:15
  22. Solomon, Act III: "Thus Rolling Surges Rise" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)2:51
  23. Solomon, Act III: "Thy Harmony's Divine" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba)1:10
  24. Solomon, Act III: "Pious King" (Air: Levite)3:01
  25. Solomon, Act III: "Thrice Happy King" (Recitative: Zadok)0:53
  26. Solomon, Act III: "Golden Columns"(Air: Zadok)2:36
  27. Solomon, Act III: "Praise the Lord" (Chorus)4:03
  28. Solomon, Act III: "Gold Now Is Common" (Recitative: Solomon)0:31
  29. Solomon, Act III: "How Green Our Fertile Pastures Look!" (Air: Solomon)2:14
  30. Solomon, Act III: "May Peace in Salem" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba)0:47
  31. Solomon, Act III: "Will the Sun Forget to Streak" (Air: Queen of Sheba)4:06
  32. Solomon, Act III: "Adieu, Fair Queen" (Recitative: Solomon)0:17
  33. Solomon, Act III: "Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows" (Duet: Queen of Sheba, Solomon)2:59
  34. Solomon, Act III: "The Name of the Wicked" (Grand Chorus)2:33