Jephtha

by George Frideric Handel

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Jephtha: Ouverture5:29
  2. Jephtha: Menuet1:37
  3. Jephtha: Act I. Accompagnato "It must be so" (Zebul)1:30
  4. Jephtha: Act I. Air "Pour forth no more" (Zebul)4:58
  5. Jephtha: Act I. Chorus: "No more to Ammon's god and king"2:38
  6. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "But Jephtha comes" (Zebul, Jephtha)1:05
  7. Jephtha: Act I. Air "Virtue my soul shall still embrace" (Jephtha)4:06
  8. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "Twill be a painful separation" (Storge)0:29
  9. Jephtha: Act I. Air "In gentle murmurs will I mourn" (Storge)5:09
  10. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "Happy this embassy" (Hamor)0:51
  11. Jephtha: Act I. Air "Dull delay, in piercing anguish" (Hamor)3:05
  12. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "Ill suits the voice of love" (Iphis)0:30
  13. Jephtha: Act I. Air "Take the heart you fondly gave" (Iphis)3:57
  14. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "I go, my soul" (Hamor)0:30
  15. Jephtha: Act I. Duet "These labours past, how happy we" (Iphis, Hamor)5:46
  16. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "What mean these doubtful fancies" (Jephtha)0:56
  17. Jephtha: Act I. Accompagnato "If, Lord, sustained" (Jephtha)1:09
  18. Jephtha: Act I. Chorus "O God, behold our sore distress"4:10
  19. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "Some dire event" (Storge)0:28
  20. Jephtha: Act I. Air "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" (Storge)4:17
  21. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "Say, my dear mother" (Iphis, Storge)0:58
  22. Jephtha: Act I. Air "The smiling dawn of happy days" (Iphis)3:18
  23. Jephtha: Act I. Recitative "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply" (Zebul, Jephtha)0:28
  24. Jephtha: Act I. Chorus "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"4:20

CD 2

  1. Jephtha: Act II. Recitative "Glad things of great joy" (Hamor)1:19
  2. Jephtha: Act II. Chorus "Cherub and Seraphim"3:06
  3. Jephtha: Act II. Air "Up the dreadful steep ascending" (Hamor)4:32
  4. Jephtha: Act II. Recitative "Tis well, haste, haste, ye maidens" (Iphis)0:22
  5. Jephtha: Act II: Air "Tune the soft melodious lute" (Iphis)4:19
  6. Jephtha: Act II. Recitative "Heav'n smiles once more" (Jephtha)0:33
  7. Jephtha: Act II. Air "His mighty arm" (Jephtha)5:25
  8. Jephtha: Act II. Chorus: "In glory high"2:23
  9. Jephtha: Act II. Symphony1:12
  10. Jephtha: Act II. Recitative "Hail, glorious conqueror!" (Iphis)0:23
  11. Jephtha: Act II. Air And Chorus: "Welcome, as the cheerful light" (Iphis)3:56
  12. Jephtha: Act II. Recitative "Horror! confusion!" (Jephtha)0:25
  13. Jephtha: Act II. Air "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb" (Jephtha)4:32
  14. Jephtha: Act II. Recitative "Why is my brother thus afflicted?" (Zebul, Jephtha)1:06
  15. Jephtha: Act II. Accompagnato and Arioso "First perish thou" (Storge)2:13
  16. Jephtha: Act II. Recitative "If such thy cruel purpose" (Hamor)0:23
  17. Jephtha: Act II. Air "On me let blind mistake zeal" (Hamor)1:35
  18. Jephtha: Act II. Quartet "O spare your daughter!" (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)2:47
  19. Jephtha: Act II. Recitative "Such news flies swift" (Iphis)0:29
  20. Jephtha: Act II. Accompagnato "For joys so vast" (Iphis)0:49
  21. Jephtha: Act II. Air "Happy they!" (Iphis)3:40
  22. Jephtha: Act II. Accompagnato "Deeper and deeper still" (Jephtha)3:37
  23. Jephtha: Act II. Chorus "How dark, O Lord, are thy decrees!"7:08

CD 3

  1. Jephtha: Act III. Arioso "Hide thou thy hated beams" (Jephtha)2:39
  2. Jephtha: Act III. Accompagnato "A father, Off'ring up" (Jephtha)0:26
  3. Jephtha: Act III. Air "Waft her, angels" (Jephtha)4:05
  4. Jephtha: Act III. Accompagnato "Ye sacred priests" (Iphis)0:35
  5. Jephtha: Act III. Air "Farewell, ye limpid springs" (Iphis)5:02
  6. Jephtha: Act III. Chorus "Doubtful fear and reverend awe" (Priests)3:42
  7. Jephtha: Act III. Symphony1:53
  8. Jephtha: Act III. Recitative "Rise, Jephtha" (Angel)1:10
  9. Jephtha: Act III. Air "Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live" (Angel)4:41
  10. Jephtha: Act III. Arioso "For ever blessed be" (Jephtha)1:30
  11. Jephtha: Act III. Chorus "Theme Sublime"3:25
  12. Jephtha: Act III. Recitative "Let me congratulate" (Zebul)0:29
  13. Jephtha: Act III. Air "Laud her, all ye virgin train" (Zebul)2:15
  14. Jephtha: Act III. Recitative "O let me fold thee" (Storge)0:19
  15. Jephtha: Act III. Air "Sweet as sight to the blind" (Storge)1:55
  16. Jephtha: Act III. Recitative "With transport, Iphis" (Hamor)0:20
  17. Jephtha: Act III. Recitative "My faithful Hamor" (Iphis)0:14
  18. Jephtha: Act III. Quintet "All that is in Hamor mine"3:36
  19. Jephtha: Act III. Chorus "Ye house of Gilead"3:21