Solomon

by George Frideric Handel; Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Hendricks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Solomon, HWV 67: Overture5:09
  2. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Your harps and cymbals"3:17
  3. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Praise ye the Lord"4:46
  4. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "With pious heart"4:41
  5. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Almighty Power"2:57
  6. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Imperial Solomon - Sacred rapture4:48
  7. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Throughout the land"3:31
  8. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene I. "Bless'd be the Lord"7:00
  9. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "And see my Queen"0:44
  10. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Bless'd the day"4:45
  11. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "Thou fair inhabitant - Welcome as the dawn of day"3:58
  12. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "My blooming fair - Haste, haste"3:22
  13. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "When thou art absent - With thee th'unshelter'd moor I'd tread"2:21
  14. Solomon, HWV 67: Act I, Scene II. "May no rash intruder"3:20
  15. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene I. "From the censer"5:11
  16. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene I. "Prais'd be the Lord"5:09
  17. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene I. "Great prince - Thrice bless'd"3:41

CD 2

  1. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene II. "My sovereign liege"1:52
  2. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Thou Son of David - Words are weak"5:35
  3. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "What says the other - Thy sentence, great king"3:28
  4. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Withhold, withhold the executing hand - Can I see my infant gor'd"4:23
  5. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Israel, attend"1:18
  6. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Thrice bless'd be the king"3:58
  7. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "From the east unto the west"2:28
  8. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "No more shall armed bands - Beneath the vine"6:23
  9. Solomon, HWV 67: Act II, Scene III. "Swell, swell the full chorus"2:46
  10. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"3:01
  11. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "From Arabia's spicy shores"1:25
  12. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Sweep, sweep the string - Music, spread thy voice"3:34
  13. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Now a diff'rent measure - Shake the dome"1:46
  14. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Then at once from rage - Draw the tear from hopeless love"3:20
  15. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Next the tortur'd soul - Thus rolling surges rise"3:39
  16. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Thy harmony's divine"0:58
  17. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Thrice happy king - Golden columns"3:58
  18. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "May peace in Salem ever dwell - Will the sun forget to streak"5:54
  19. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Adieu, fair queen - Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows"3:01
  20. Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. "Praise the Lord"4:39