Esther (1718 version)

Tracklist 105:16

Digital Media 1

1	Esther, HWV 50a: Overture George Frideric Handel	7:00
2	Esther, HWV 50a: Tis Greater Far to Spare (Recitative - Habdonah, Haman) George Frideric Handel	0:38
3	Esther, HWV 50a: Pluck Root and Branch From Out the Land (Aria - Haman) George Frideric Handel	1:56
4	Esther, HWV 50a: Our Souls With Ardour Glow (Recitative - Persian Officer) George Frideric Handel	0:08
5	Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We God of Israel Fear (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	1:38
6	Esther, HWV 50a: Now Persecution Shall Lay By Her Iron Rod (Recitative - First Israelite) George Frideric Handel	0:17
7	Esther, HWV 50a: Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains (Aria - First Israelite) George Frideric Handel	3:53
8	Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We of Servitude Complain, I (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	1:20
9	Esther, HWV 50a: Praise the Lord With Cheerful Noise (Aria - Israelite Woman) George Frideric Handel	5:35
10	Esther, HWV 50a: O God, Who From the Suckling's Mouth (Recitative - Israelite Woman) George Frideric Handel	0:20
11	Esther, HWV 50a: Sing Songs of Praise, Bow Down the Knee (Aria - Second Israelite) George Frideric Handel	3:33
12	Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We of Servitude Complain, II (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	1:17
13	Esther, HWV 50a: How Have Our Sins Provoked the Lord (Recitative - Priest of the Israelites) George Frideric Handel	1:00
14	Esther, HWV 50a: Ye Sons of Israel Mourn, I (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	2:01
15	Esther, HWV 50a: O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide (Aria - Priest of the Israelites) George Frideric Handel	6:48
16	Esther, HWV 50a: Ye Sons of Israel Mourn, II (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	2:10
17	Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Andante George Frideric Handel	2:20
18	Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Allegro, I George Frideric Handel	1:49
19	Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Adagio George Frideric Handel	1:08
20	Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Allegro, II George Frideric Handel	2:28

Digital Media 2

1	Esther, HWV 50a: Why Sits That Sorrow on They Brow? (Recitative - Esther, Mordecai) George Frideric Handel	0:58
2	Esther, HWV 50a: Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger (Aria - Mordecai) George Frideric Handel	4:10
3	Esther, HWV 50a: I Go Before the King to Stand (Recitative - Esther) George Frideric Handel	0:15
4	Esther, HWV 50a: Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving (Aria - Esther) George Frideric Handel	2:59
5	Esther, HWV 50a: Save Us, O Lord (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	0:58
6	Esther, HWV 50a: Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence (Recitative - Ahasuerus, Esther) George Frideric Handel	1:16
7	Esther, HWV 50a: Who Calls My Parting Soul From Death? (Duet - Esther, Ahasuerus) George Frideric Handel	2:30
8	Esther, HWV 50a: O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes! (Aria - Ahasuerus) George Frideric Handel	6:43
9	Esther, HWV 50a: If I Find Favour in Thy Sight (Recitative - Esther) George Frideric Handel	0:20
10	Esther, HWV 50a: How Can I Stay When Love Invites? (Aria - Ahasuerus) George Frideric Handel	3:21
11	Esther, HWV 50a: With Inward Joy His Visage Glows (Recitative - Third Israelite, Fourth Israelite) George Frideric Handel	0:18
12	Esther, HWV 50a: Virtue, Truth and Innocence (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	2:39
13	Esther, HWV 50a: Jehovah, Crow'nd With Glory Bright (Arioso - Priest of the Israelites) George Frideric Handel	1:33
14	Esther, HWV 50a: He Comes, He Comes To End Our Woes (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	4:00
15	Esther, HWV 50a: Now, O Queen, Thy Suit Declare (Recitative - Ahasuerus, Esther) George Frideric Handel	1:27
16	Esther, HWV 50a: Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away (Arioso - Haman) George Frideric Handel	2:31
17	Esther, HWV 50a: Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee! (Aria - Esther) George Frideric Handel	5:00
18	Esther, HWV 50a: Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence (Recitative - Ahasuerus) George Frideric Handel	0:35
19	Esther, HWV 50a: How Art Thou Fall'n From Thy Height! (Aria - Haman) George Frideric Handel	5:05
20	Esther, HWV 50a: The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain (Chorus) George Frideric Handel	11:00