Jephtha

by George Frideric Handel; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Tracklist

Digital Media 1

  1. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I: Overture7:30
  2. Jephtha, HWV.70, Act I, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "It Must Be So" - Air. "Pour Forth No More"4:17
  3. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 1: "No More to Ammon's God and King"2:43
  4. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 2: Recitative. "But Jephtha Comes" - Air. "Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace"4:45
  5. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "'Twill Be a Painful Separation" - Air. "In Gentle Murmurs"5:01
  6. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "Happy This Embassy" - Air. "Dull Delay"3:44
  7. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "Ill Suits the Voice of Love" - Air. "Take the Heart"3:36
  8. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "I Go; My Soul" - Duet. "These Labors Past"6:40
  9. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 4: Recitative. "What Mean These Doubtful Fancies" - Accompagnato. "If, Lord" - Recitative. "'Tis Said"2:00
  10. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 4: "O God, Behold Our Sore Distress"4:16
  11. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 5: Recitative. "Some Dire Event" - Air. "Scenes of Horror"4:57
  12. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 5: Recitative. "Say, My Dear Mother" - Air. "The Smiling Dawn"3:43
  13. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 5: Recitative. "Such, Jephtha, Was the Haughty King's Reply" - "When His Loud Voice Spoke in Thunder"5:14

Digital Media 2

  1. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 1: Recitative. "Glad Tidings of Great Joy to Thee"1:18
  2. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 1: "Cherub and Seraphim"3:16
  3. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 1: Air. "'Up the Dreadful Steep Ascending"4:07
  4. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "'Tis Well" - Air. "Tune the Soft Melodious Lute"5:13
  5. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "Heav'n Smiles Once More" - Air. "His Mighty Arm"5:55
  6. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: "In Glory High, in Might Serene"2:31
  7. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 2, Scene III: Symphony1:08
  8. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "Hail, Glorious Conqueror!" - Air. "Welcome as the Cheerful Light"4:18
  9. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "Horror! Confusion!" - Air. "Open thy marble jaws"4:52
  10. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "Why is My Brother Thus Afflicted?"1:08
  11. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Accompagnato and Air. "First Perish Thou"2:18
  12. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "If Such Thy Cruel Purpose" - Air. "On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal"2:10
  13. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Quartet. "O Spare Your Daughter"3:12
  14. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 4: Recitative. "Such News Flies Swift" - Accompagnato. "For Joys so Vast"1:15
  15. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 4: Air. "Happy They; This Vital Breath"3:50
  16. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 4: Accompagnato. "Deeper and Deeper Still"3:17
  17. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 4: "How Dark, O Lord, are Thy Decrees"7:26

Digital Media 3

  1. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Air. "Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun, in Clouds"2:42
  2. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "A Father Off'ring Up" - Air. "Waft Her, Angels"5:18
  3. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Ye Sacred Priests" - Air. "Fairwell, ye Limpid Springs and Floods"5:33
  4. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: "Doubtful Fear and Rev'rent Awe"3:55
  5. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Sinfonia2:39
  6. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Recitative. "Rise, Jephtha" - Air. "Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live"5:15
  7. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Air. "For Ever Blessed by Thy Holy Name"1:01
  8. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: "Theme Sublime of Endless Praise"3:16
  9. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 2: Recitative. "Let Me Congratulate" - Air. "Laud Her, all ye Virgin Train"2:38
  10. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 2: Recitative. "Oh, Let Me Fold Thee in a Mother's Arms" - Air. "Sweet as Sight to the Blind"2:46
  11. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 2: Recitative. "With Transport, Iphis" - Air. "'Tis Heav'n's All-Ruling Pow'r"5:26
  12. Jephtha, HWV.70, Act III, Scene 2: Recitative. "My Faithful Hamor" - Quintet. "All That is in Hamor is Mine"3:50
  13. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 2: "Ye House of Gilead, With One Voice"3:49
  14. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "Again Heav'n Smiles" - Air. "Freedom Now"4:01