Solomon

by George Frideric Handel; Ewa Wolak, Elisabeth Scholl, Nicola Wemyss, Knut Schoch, Matthias Vieweg, Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt, Joachim Carlos Martini

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Part I: Ouverture3:39
  2. Part I: Allegro2:31
  3. Part I, Scene 1: Chorus of Priests: Your Harps and Symbols Sound3:39
  4. Part I, Scene 1: Air: Praise Ye the Lord4:44
  5. Part I, Scene 1: Chorus of Priests: With Pious Hearts4:26
  6. Acompagnato: Almighty Pow'r! (Solomon)2:26
  7. Part I, Scene 1: Recitative: Imperial Solomon0:44
  8. Part I, Scene 1: Air: Sacred Raptures4:15
  9. Part I, Scene 1: Chorus of Israelites: Throughout the Land Jehova's Praise3:11
  10. Part I, Scene 1: Recitative: Bless'd Be the Lord0:24
  11. Part I, Scene 1: Air: What Tho' I Trace5:51
  12. Part I, Scene 2: Recitative: And See My Queen0:44
  13. Part I, Scene 2: Air: Bless'd the Day5:11
  14. Part I, Scene 2: Recitative: Thou Fair Inhabitant of Nile0:39
  15. Part I, Scene 2: Duet: Welcome As the Dawn of Day3:29
  16. Part I, Scene 2: Recitative: Vain Are the Transient Beauties0:40
  17. Part I, Scene 2: Air: Indulge Thy Faith2:44
  18. Part I, Scene 2: Recitative: My Blooming Fair0:14
  19. Part I, Scene 2: Air: Haste to the Cedar Grove3:06
  20. Part I, Scene 2: Recitative: When Thou Art Absent from My Sight0:11
  21. Part I, Scene 2: Air: With Thee Th'unshelter'd Moor I Tread2:08
  22. Part I, Scene 2: Recitative: Search Round the World0:17
  23. Part I, Scene 2: Chorus: May No Rash Intruder3:18
  24. Part II, Scene 1: Chorus: From the Censer Curling Rise5:17
  25. Part II, Scene 1: Recitative: Prais'd Be the Lord1:06
  26. Part II, Scene 1: Air: When the Sun O'er Yonder Hills4:39
  27. Part II, Scene 1: Air: Great Prince0:27
  28. Part II, Scene 1: Air: Thrice Bless'd That Wise Discerning King3:17
  29. Part II, Scene 2: Recitative: My Sovereign Liege, Two Women2:04
  30. Part II, Scene 1: Air: Air & Terzetto: Words Are Weak to Paint My Fears5:30

CD 2

  1. Part II, Scene 3: Recitative: What Says the Other1:20
  2. Part II, Scene 3: Air: Thy Sentence, Great King2:07
  3. Part II, Scene 3: Recitative: Withhold the Executing Hand0:14
  4. Part II, Scene 3: Air: Can I See My Infant Gor'd4:48
  5. Part II, Scene 3: Accompagnato: Israel, Attend2:00
  6. Part II, Scene 3: Duet: Thrice Bless'd Be the King3:41
  7. Part II, Scene 3: Chorus of Israelites: From the East Unto the West2:38
  8. Part II, Scene 3: Recitative: From Morn to Eve0:24
  9. Part II, Scene 3: Air: See the Tall Palm5:09
  10. Part II, Scene 3: Recitative: No More Shall Armed Bands0:18
  11. Part II, Scene 3: Air: Beneath the Vine6:28
  12. Part II, Scene 3: Chorus of Priests: Swell the Full Chorus2:39
  13. Part III, Scene 1: Sinfonia3:03
  14. Part III, Scene 1: Recitative: From Arabia's Spicy Shores1:11
  15. Part III, Scene 1: Air: Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold4:19
  16. Part III, Scene 1: Recitative: Sweep the String0:15
  17. Part III, Scene 1: Air & Chorus: Music Spread Thy Voice Around2:52
  18. Part III, Scene 1: Air & Chorus: Now a Diff'rent Measure Try1:50
  19. Part III, Scene 1: Recitative: Then At Once0:37
  20. Part III, Scene 1: Chorus: Draw the Tear from Hopeless Love2:23
  21. Part III, Scene 1: Chorus: Next the Tortur'd Soul Release0:21
  22. Part III, Scene 1: Air & Chorus: Thus Rolling Surges Rise2:53
  23. Part III, Scene 1: Recitative: Thy Harmonies Divine1:04
  24. Part III, Scene 1: Air: Pious King, and Virtuous Queen2:49
  25. Part III, Scene 1: Recitative: Thrice Happy King0:47
  26. Part III, Scene 1: Air: Golden Columns, Fiar and Bright2:56
  27. Part III, Scene 1: Chorus: Praise the Lord4:47
  28. Part III, Scene 1: Recitative: Gold Is Now Common0:26
  29. Part III, Scene 1: Air: How Green Our Fertile Pastures Look2:11
  30. Part III, Scene 1: Recitative: May Peace In Salem Ever Dwell0:42
  31. Part III, Scene 1: Air: Will the Sun Forget to Streak5:49
  32. Part III, Scene 1: Recitative: Adieu, Fair Queen0:24
  33. Part III, Scene 1: Duet: Ev'ry Joy, That Wisdom Knows2:41
  34. Part III, Scene 1: Chorus: The Name of the Wicked2:33