Theodora

by George Frideric Handel; Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres, John Chest, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Tracklist

  1. Theodora, HWV 68: Overture2:58
  2. Theodora, HWV 68: Trio1:45
  3. Theodora, HWV 68: Courante1:36
  4. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Recitative “’Tis Diocletian’s Natal Day” (Valens)0:30
  5. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go” (Valens)1:52
  6. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (The Heathens)2:03
  7. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens)1:02
  8. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire” (Valens)3:15
  9. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (The Heathens)1:40
  10. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict” (Didymus, Septimius)0:35
  11. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Air “The Raptur’d Soul” (Didymus)8:12
  12. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius)0:42
  13. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius)8:11
  14. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Recitative “Though Hard, My Friends” (Theodora)0:27
  15. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu” (Theodora)4:00
  16. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness” (Irene)0:38
  17. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Air “Bane of Virtue” (Irene)5:51
  18. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father” (The Christians)2:29
  19. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene)1:08
  20. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Air “As with Rosy Steps the Morn” (Irene)7:18
  21. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (The Christians)2:17
  22. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius)0:20
  23. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius)2:41
  24. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius)1:02
  25. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Accompagnato “Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed” (Theodora)0:23
  26. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Air “Angels, Ever Bright and Fair” (Theodora)3:39
  27. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Recitative “Unhappy, Happy Crew!” (Didymus, Irene)1:13
  28. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Air “Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care” (Didymus)5:21
  29. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Recitative “O Love, How Great Thy Pow’r!” (Irene)0:34
  30. Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Chorus “Go, Gen’rous, Pious Youth” (The Christians)4:41
  31. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Recitative “Ye Men of Antioch” (Valens)0:33
  32. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Chorus “Queen of Summer, Queen of Love” (The Heathens)0:42
  33. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Air “Wide Spread His Name” (Valens)2:11
  34. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Recitative “Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid” (Valens)0:40
  35. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Chorus “Venus, Laughing from the Skies” (The Heathens)1:19
  36. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Symphony0:54
  37. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Recitative “O Thou Bright Sun” (Theodora)0:35
  38. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air “With Darkness Deep, as is My Woe” (Theodora)3:07
  39. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air1:03
  40. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Recitative “But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul” (Theodora)0:30
  41. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air “Oh That I on Wings Could Rise” (Theodora)3:23
  42. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Recitative “Long Have I Known” (Didymus, Septimius)1:20
  43. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Air “Though the Honours” (Septimius)3:12
  44. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Recitative “Oh, Save Her Then” (Didymus, Septimius)0:38
  45. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Air “Deeds of Kindness to Display” (Didymus)7:01
  46. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 4: Recitative “The Clouds Begin to Veil” (Irene)0:40
  47. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 4: Air “Defend Her, Heav’n!” (Irene)5:46
  48. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Or Lull’d With Grief” (Didymus)0:38
  49. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Air “Sweet Rose and Lily” (Didymus)2:17
  50. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Oh, Save Me, Heav’n” (Theodora, Didymus)1:33
  51. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Air “The Pilgrim’s Home” (Theodora)2:58
  52. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Accompagnato “Forbid It, Heav’n!” (Didymus)0:37
  53. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Or Say, What Right Have I to Take” (Didymus, Theodora)1:58
  54. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Duet “To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth” (Theodora, Didymus)4:26
  55. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 6: Recitative “’Tis Night” (Irene)0:47
  56. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 6: Chorus “He Saw the Lovely Youth” (The Heathens)3:42
  57. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 1: Air “Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day” (Irene)7:04
  58. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Recitative “But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus” (Irene, Theodora)0:38
  59. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Air “When Sunk in Anguish and Despair” (Theodora)3:36
  60. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Theodora and Chorus “Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow’r” (Theodora, The Christians)3:39
  61. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “Undaunted in the Court” (Messenger, Irene)0:50
  62. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Accompagnato “O My Irene” (Theodora)0:29
  63. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “Stay Me Not, Dear Friend” (Theodora)0:14
  64. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Duet “Whither, Princess, Do You Fly” (Irene, Theodora)1:12
  65. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “She’s Gone” (Irene)0:38
  66. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Air “New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on” (Irene)4:17
  67. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 4: Recitative “Is It a Christian Virtue” (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)1:12
  68. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “Be That My Doom” (Theodora, Septimius)1:02
  69. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “From Virtue Springs Each Gen’rous Deed” (Septimius)5:45
  70. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r” (Valens)1:02
  71. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “’Tis Kind, My Friends” (Didymus, Theodora)1:01
  72. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Chorus “How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious” (The Heathens)2:50
  73. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “On Me Your Frowns” (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)0:37
  74. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens)1:26
  75. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 6: Recitative “And Must Such Beauty Suffer?” (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)0:54
  76. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 6: Air and Duet “Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing” (Didymus, Theodora)5:37
  77. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 7: Recitative “Ere This, Their Doom is Past” (Irene)0:30
  78. Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 7: Chorus “O Love Divine” (The Christians)2:42