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HANDEL, G.F.: Jephtha [Oratorio] (Ainsley)


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Disc 1
Handel, George Frideric
Morell, Thomas - lyricist(s)
Jephtha, HWV 70- 02:37:02
1 Overture 00:05:30
2 Menuet 00:01:37
3 Act I Scene 1: Accompagnato: It must be so (Zebul) 00:01:30
4 Act I Scene 1: Air: Pour forth no more unheeded prayr's (Zebul) 00:04:58
5 Act I Scene 1: No more to Ammon's god and king (Chorus) 00:02:39
6 Act I Scene 2: Recitative: But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha) 00:01:05
7 Act I Scene 2: Air: Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha) 00:04:07
8 Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Twill be a painful separation (Storge) 00:00:30
9 Act I Scene 2: Air: In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge) 00:05:10
10 Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis (Hamor) 00:00:51
11 Act I Scene 3: Air: Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor) 00:03:05
12 Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis) 00:00:30
13 Act I Scene 3: Air: Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis) 00:03:57
14 Act I Scene 3: Recitative: I go, my soul (Hamor) 00:00:31
15 Act I Scene 3: Duet: These labours past, how happy we (Iphis, Hamor) 00:05:47
16 Act I Scene 4: Recitative: What mean these doubtful fancies (Jephtha) 00:00:56
17 Act I Scene 4: Accompagnato: If, Lord, sustain'd by thy almighty pow'r - Tis said. Attend, ye Chiefs (Jephtha) 00:01:10
18 Act I Scene 4: O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus) 00:04:10
19 Act I Scene 5: Recitative: Some dire event hangs o'er our heads (Storge) 00:00:28
20 Act I Scene 5: Air: Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storge) 00:04:17
21 Act I Scene 6: Recitative: Say, my dear mother (Iphis, Storge) 00:00:59
22 Act I Scene 6: Air: The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis) 00:03:18
23 Act I Scene 7: Recitative: Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply (Zebul, Jephtha) 00:00:29
24 Act I Scene 7: When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus) 00:04:20

Disc 2
Handel, George Frideric
Morell, Thomas - lyricist(s)
Jephtha, HWV 70- 02:37:02
1 Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Glad tidings of great joy (Hamor) 00:01:19
2 Act II Scene 1: Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus) 00:03:07
3 Act II Scene 1: Air: Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor) 00:04:33
4 Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens (Iphis) 00:00:23
5 Act II Scene 1: Air: Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis) 00:04:19
6 Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Heav'n smiles once more (Jephtha) 00:00:33
7 Act II Scene 2: Air: His mighty arm (Jephtha) 00:05:26
8 Act II Scene 2: In glory high (Chorus) 00:02:24
9 Act II Scene 3: Symphony 00:01:13
10 Act II Scene 3: Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis) 00:00:24
11 Act II Scene 3: Air and Chorus: Welcome, as the cheerful light … Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire (Iphis, Chorus) 00:03:57
12 Act II Scene 3: Recitative: Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha) 00:00:26
13 Act II Scene 3: Air: Open thy marble jaws, O tomb (Jephtha) 00:04:32
14 Act II Scene 3: Recitative: Why is my brother thus afflicted? (Zebul, Jephtha) 00:01:06
15 Act II Scene 3: Accompagnato and Arioso: First perish thou - Let other creatures (Storge) 00:02:07
16 Act II Scene 3: Recitative: If such thy cruel purpose (Hamor) 00:00:23
17 Act II Scene 3: Air: On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor) 00:01:36
18 Act II Scene 3: Quartet: O spare your daughter! (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul) 00:02:47
19 Act II Scene 4: Recitative: Such news flies swift (Iphis) 00:00:30
20 Act II Scene 4: Accompagnato: For joys so vast (Iphis) 00:00:49
21 Act II Scene 4: Air: Happy they! (Iphis) 00:03:40
22 Act II Scene 4: Accompagnato: Deeper and deeper still (Jephtha) 00:00:37
23 Act II Scene 4: How dark, O Lord, are thy decrees! (Chorus) 00:07:09

Disc 3
Handel, George Frideric
Morell, Thomas - lyricist(s)
Jephtha, HWV 70- 02:37:02
1 Act III Scene 1: Arioso: Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha) 00:02:40
2 Act III Scene 1: Accompagnato: A father, off'ring up (Jephtha) 00:00:26
3 Act III Scene 1: Air: Waft her, angels (Jephtha) 00:04:06
4 Act III Scene 1: Accompagnato: Ye sacred priests (Iphis) 00:00:35
5 Act III Scene 1: Air: Farewell, ye limpid springs (Iphis) 00:05:02
6 Act III Scene 1: Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus) 00:03:42
7 Act III Scene 1: Symphony 00:01:54
8 Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Rise, Jephtha (Angel) 00:01:10
9 Act III Scene 1: Air: Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Angel) 00:04:42
10 Act III Scene 1: Arioso: For ever blessed be (Jephtha) 00:01:31
11 Act III Scene 1: Theme sublime (Chorus) 00:03:25
12 Act III Scene 2: Recitative: Let me congratulate (Zebul) 00:00:30
13 Act III Scene 2: Air: Laud her, all ye virgin train (Zebul) 00:02:16
14 Act III Scene 2: Recitative: O let me fold thee (Storge) 00:00:20
15 Act III Scene 2: Air: Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge) 00:01:56
16 Act III Scene 2: Recitative: With transport, Iphis (Hamor) 00:00:21
17 Act III Scene 2: Recitative: My faithful Hamor (Iphis) 00:00:15
18 Act III Scene 2: Quintet: All that is in Hamor mine (Iphis, Hamor, Storge, Jephtha, Zebul) 00:03:36
19 Act III Scene 2: Ye house of Gilead (Chorus) 00:03:21