Theodora

Handel* - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh

Year:2000

Tracklist

1-1

1a. [Grave] - Allegro

3:03

1-2

1b. Trio

1:48

1-3

1c. Courante

1:44

1-4

2. Recitative (Valens): Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day

0:34

1-5

3. Air (Valens): Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go

1:51

1-6

4. Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down

2:07

1-7

5. Recitative (Didymus, Valens): Vouchsafe, Dread Sir

0:55

1-8

6. Air (Valens): Racks, Gibbets, Sword & Fire

3:20

1-9

7. Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom

1:37

1-10

8. Recitative (Didymus): Most Cruel Edict

0:30

1-11

9. Air (Didymus): The Rapture'd Soul

8:18

1-12

10. Recitative (Septimius): I Know Thy Virtues

0:45

1-13

11. Air (Septimius): Descend, Kind Pity

7:11

1-14

12. Recitative (Theodora): Tho' Hard My Friends

0:28

1-15

13. Air (Theodora): Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu

4:18

1-16

14. Recitative (Irene): O Bright Example

0:28

1-17

15. Air (Irene): Bane Of Virtue

5:06

1-18

16. Chorus: Come, Mighty Father

2:35

1-19

17. Recitative (Messenger, Irene): Fly, Fly, My Brethren

1:02

1-20

18. Air (Irene): As With Rosy Steps

6:48

1-21

19. Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n

2:15

1-22

20. Recitativo (Septimius): Mistaken Wretches

0:21

1-23

21. Air (Septimius): Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly

2:43

1-24

22. Recitative – Accompagnato (Theodora, Spetimius): Deluded Mortal

1:21

1-25

23. Air (Theodora): Angles, Ever Brigth, And Fair

3:36

1-26

24. Recitative (Didymus, Irene): Unhappy, Happy Crew

1:12

1-27

25. Air (Didymus): Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care

5:05

1-28

26. Recitative (Irene): O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r

0:23

1-29

27. Chorus: Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth

4:52

2-1

28. Recitative (Valens): Ye Men Of Antioch

0:36

2-2

29. Chorus: Queen Of Summer

0:50

2-3

30. Air (Valens): Wide Spread His Name

2:22

2-4

31. Recitative (Valens): Return, Septimius

0:37

2-5

32. Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies

1:18

2-6

33. Symphony

1:02

2-7

34. Recitative (Theodora): O Thou Bright Sun

0:39

2-8

35. Air (Theodora): With Darkness Deep As Is My Woe

3:54

2-9

36. Symphony Of Soft Musick

1:22

2-10

37. Recitative (Theodora): But Why Art Thou Disquieted

0:22

2-11

38. Air (Theodora): Oh, That I On Wings Could Rise

3:13

2-12

39. Recitative (Didymus, Septimius): Long Have I Known

1:22

2-13

40. Air (Septimius): Tho' The Honours

3:57

2-14

41. Recitative (Didymus, Septimius): O Save Her Then

0:36

2-15

42. Air (Didymus): Deeds Of Kindness

6:58

2-16

43. Recitative (Irene): The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere

0:39

2-17

44. Air (Irene): Defend Her, Heav'n

4:58

2-18

45. Recitative (Didymus): Or Lulled With Grief

0:34

2-19

46. Air (Didymus): Sweet Rose, And Lily

2:32

2-20

47. Recitative (Theodora, Didymus): O Save Mem Heav'n

1:18

2-21

48. Air (Theodora): The Pilgrim's Home

2:43

2-22

49. Accompagnato v Recitative (Didymus): Forbid It, Heav'n

1:54

2-23

50. Duet (Theodora, Didymus): To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth

4:36

2-24

51. Recitative (Irene): 'Tis Night

0:47

2-25

52. Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth

4:49

2-26

34a. Recitative (Theodora): O Thou Bright Sun

0:40

2-27

36a. Symphony

1:40

2-28

37. Recitative (Theodora): But Why Art Thou Disquieted

0:21

2-29

38. Air (Theodora): O That I On Wings Could Rise

3:15

3-1

53. Air (Irene): Lord, To Thee

5:12

3-2

54. Recitative (Irene, Theodora): But See, The Good, The Virtuous Didymus

0:37

3-3

55. Air (Theodora): When Sunk In Anguish

3:55

3-4

56. Chorus: Blest Be The Hand

3:28

3-5

57. Recitiative – Acompagnato (Messenger, Irene, Theodora): Undaunted In The Court

1:31

3-6

58. Duet (Irene, Theodora): Whither, Princess

1:09

3-7

59. Recitative (Irene): She's Gone

0:40

3-8

60. Air (Irene): New Scenes Of Joy

4:31

3-9

61. Recitative (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius): Is It A Christian Virtue Then

1:55

3-10

62. Air (Septimius): From Virtue Springs

6:35

3-11

63. Air (Valens): Cease, Ye Slaves

1:02

3-12

64. Recitative (Didymus, Theodora): 'Tis Kind, My Friends

0:53

3-13

65. Chorus: How Strange Their Ends

3:22

3-14

656. Recitative (Didymus, Theodora, Valens): On Me Your Frowns

0:32

3-15

67. Air (Valens): Ye Ministers Of Justice

1:08

3-16

68. Recitative (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius): And Must Such Beauty Suffer

0:55

3-17

69. Air – Duet (Didymus, Theodora): Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing

6:05

3-18

70. Recitative (Irene): Ere This Their Doom Is Past

0:21

3-19

71. Chorus: O Love Divine

3:02

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