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English arias / Handel.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
- Series:
- Classical music library.
- Classical music library
- Standardized Title:
- Oratorios. Selections
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Oratorios--Excerpts.
- Oratorios.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Oratorios.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hyperion, [1995]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- Yet can I hear that dulcet lay : from The choice of Hercules (3:59)
- How can I stay, when love invites : from Esther (3:02)
- O fairest of ten thousand fair : from Saul (3:11)
- Great God! who, yet but darkly known : from Belshazzar (3:28)
- The raptur'd soul : from Theodora (8:14)
- Father of heav'n : from Judas Maccabaeus (7:24)
- Overture to Esther (6:28)
- O Lord, whose mercies numberless : from Saul (3:30)
- What though I trace each herb : from Solomon (6:13)
- Martial symphony ; and Destructive war : from Belshazzar (2:50)
- Welcome as the dawn of day : from Solomon (3:33)
- Kind heaven, if virtue be thy care : from Theodora (5:13)
- Almighty pow'r : from Solomon (2:45)
- Tune your harps : from Haman and Mordecai (5:06).
- Participant:
- James Bowman, countertenor ; King's Consort ; Robert King, conductor ; with Susan Gritton, soprano (3rd and 11th works).
- Notes:
- Oratorio excerpts.
- Originally issued as a compact disc.
- Program notes by Robert King in English, French, and German, and texts in English (27 p. : ports.) in container.
- Recorded Mar. 1992 (6th work) and Mar. 9-11, 1995 (remainder).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Classical music library). Available via World Wide Web.
- Contains:
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Belshazzar. Destructive war, thy limits know
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Belshazzar. Great God! who, yet, but darkly known
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Belshazzar. Martial symphony
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Choice of Hercules. Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Esther. How can I stay, when love invites?
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Esther. Overture.
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Esther. Tune, tune your harps to cheerful strains.
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Judas Maccabaeus. Father of heav'n!
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Saul. O fairest of ten thousand fair
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Saul. O Lord, whose mercies numberless
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Solomon. Almighty pow'r! who rul'st the earth and skies
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Solomon. Welcome as the dawn of day to the pilgrim on his way
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Solomon. What though I trace each herb and flow'r
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Theodora. Kind heav'n, kind heav'n if virtue be thy care
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Theodora. Raptur'd soul, the raptur'd soul defies the sword
- OCLC:
- 673104422
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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