Handel - James Gilchrist, Susan Bickley, Sophie Bevan, Robin Blaze, Matthew Brook, Grace Davidson, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Jephtha
| Genre: | Classical |
| Singer: | Handel |
| Title: | Jephtha |
| Short-info: | Label:
CORO – COR16121
Type: 3 x CD, Album Country: Europe Date of released: 2014 Category: Classical Style: Baroque |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1434 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1324 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC AA MIDI DTS MP3 ASF VOC MMF |
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Tracklist
| ACT ONE | ||
| 1-1 | Overture | 7:31 |
| Scene 1 | ||
| 1-2 | Accompagnato (Zebul) It Must Be So, Or These Vile Ammonites - Air (Zebul) Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray'rs | 4:18 |
| 1-3 | (Chorus Of Israelites) No More To Ammon's God And King | 2:44 |
| Scene 2 | ||
| 1-4 | Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha) But Jephtha Comes. Kind Heav'n, Assist Our Plea - Air (Jephtha) Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace | 4:45 |
| 1-5 | Recitative (Storgè) 'Twill Be A Painful Separation, Jephtha - Air (Storgè) In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn | 5:01 |
| Scene 3 | ||
| 1-6 | Recitative (Hamor) Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis - Air (Hamor) Dull Delay, In Piercing Anguish | 3:44 |
| 1-7 | Recitative (Hamor) Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis - Air (Hamor) Dull Delay, In Piercing Anguish | 3:37 |
| 1-8 | Recitative (Hamor) I Go; My Soul, Inspir'd By Thy Command - Duet (Iphis, Hamor) These Labours Past, How Happy We! | 6:40 |
| Scene 4 | ||
| 1-9 | Recitative (Jephtha) What Mean These Doubtful Fancies Of The Brain? - Accompagnato (Jephtha) If, Lord, Sustain'd By Thy Almighty Pow'r - Recitative (Jephtha) 'Tis Said | 2:00 |
| 1-10 | (Chorus Of Israelites) O God, Behold Our Sore Distress | 4:17 |
| Scene 5 | ||
| 1-11 | Recitative (Storgè) Some Dire Event Hangs O'er Our Heads - Air (Storgè) Scenes Of Horror, Scenes Of Woe | 4:57 |
| Scene 6 | ||
| 1-12 | Recitative (Iphis, Storgè) Say, My Dear Mother, Whence These Piercing Cries - Air (Iphis) The Smiling Dawn Of Happy Days | 3:43 |
| Scene 7 | ||
| 1-13 | Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha) Such, Jephtha, Was The Haughty King's Reply - (Chorus Of Israelites) When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke | 5:14 |
| ACT TWO | ||
| Scene 1 | ||
| 2-1 | Recitative (Hamor) Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee, Dear Iphis | 1:19 |
| 2-2 | (Chorus Of Israelites) Cherub And Seraphim, Unbodied Forms | 3:17 |
| 2-3 | Air (Hamor) Up The Dreadful Steep Ascending | 4:08 |
| 2-4 | Recitative (Iphis) 'Tis Well - Air (Iphis) Tune The Soft Melodious Lute | 5:13 |
| Scene 2 | ||
| 2-5 | Recitative (Jephtha) Heav'n Smiles Once More On His Repentant People - Air (Jephtha) His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow | 5:56 |
| 2-6 | (Chorus Of Israelites) In Glory High, In Might Serene | 2:31 |
| Scene 3 | ||
| 2-7 | Symphony | 1:08 |
| 2-8 | Recitative (Iphis) Hail, Glorious Conqueror! Much Lov'd Father, Hail! - Air (Iphis) Welcome As The Cheerful Light - (Chorus Of Virgins) Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire | 4:19 |
| 2-9 | Recitative (Jephtha) Horror! Confusion! Harsh This Music Graters - Air (Jephtha) Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb | 4:52 |
| 2-10 | Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha) Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted? | 1:08 |
| 2-11 | Accompagnato & Air (Storgè) First Perish Thou, And Perish All The World! | 2:19 |
| 2-12 | Recitative (Hamor) If Such Thy Cruel Purpose, Lo, Your Friend - Air (Hamor) On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal | 2:10 |
| 2-13 | Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha) Such, Jephtha, Was The Haughty King's Reply - (Chorus Of Israelites) When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke | 3:12 |
| Scene 4 | ||
| 2-14 | Quartet (Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul) O Spare Your Daughter | 1:16 |
| 2-15 | Recitative (Iphis) Such News Flies Swift. I've Heard The Mournful Cause - Accompagnato (Iphis) For Joys So Vast Too Little Is The Price | 3:51 |
| 2-16 | Air (Iphis) Happy They; This Vital Breath | 3:17 |
| 2-17 | Accompagnato (Jephtha) Deeper And Deeper Still, Thy Goodness, Child | 7:27 |
| ACT THREE | ||
| Scene 1 | ||
| 3-1 | Air (Jephtha) Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun, In Clouds | 2:43 |
| 3-2 | Accompagnato (Jephtha) A Father, Off'ring Up His Only Child - Air (Jephtha) Waft Her, Angels, Through The Skies | 5:18 |
| 3-3 | Accompagnato (Iphis) Ye Sacred Priests, Whose Hands Ne'er Yet Were Stain'd - Air (Iphis) Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs And Floods | 5:33 |
| 3-4 | (Chorus Of Priests) Doubtful Fear And Rev'rent Awe | 3:56 |
| 3-5 | Sinfonia | 2:40 |
| 3-6 | Recitative (Angel) Rise, Jephtha, And Ye Rev'rend Priests, Withhold - Air (Angel) Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live | 5:15 |
| 3-7 | Air (Jephtha) For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name | 1:01 |
| 3-8 | (Chorus Of Priests) Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise | 3:16 |
| Scene 2 | ||
| 3-9 | Recitative (Zebul) Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn - Air (Zebul) Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train | 2:39 |
| 3-10 | Recitative (Storgè) Oh, Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother's Arms - Air (Storgè) Sweet As Sight To The Blind | 2:47 |
| 3-11 | Recitative (Hamor) With Transport, Iphis, I Behold Thy Safety - Air (Hamor) 'Tis Heav'n's All-ruling Pow'r | 5:26 |
| 3-12 | Recitative (Iphis) My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence - Quintet (Iphis, Hamor, Storgè, Jephtha, Zebul) All That Is In Hamor Is Mine | 3:51 |
| 3-13 | (Chorus Of Israelites) Ye House Of Gilead, With One Voice | 3:50 |
| Act Two Scene 2: Appendix | ||
| 3-14 | Recitative (Zebul) Again Heav'n Smiles - Air (Zebul) Freedom Now | 4:01 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn
Credits
- Bass Vocals, Baritone Vocals [Zebul] – Matthew Brook
- Chorus, Orchestra – The Sixteen
- Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
- Conductor, Liner Notes – Harry Christophers
- Countertenor Vocals [Hamor] – Robin Blaze
- Engineer – Mike Hatch
- Libretto By – Thomas Morell
- Liner Notes – Ruth Smith
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Storgè] – Susan Bickley
- Producer – Mark Brown
- Soprano Vocals [Angel] – Grace Davidson
- Soprano Vocals [Iphis] – Sophie Bevan
- Tenor Vocals [Jephtha] – James Gilchrist
Notes
Recorded January 2014.Comes in CD fatbox with 40 page booklet containing liner notes, synopsis and libretto. Fatbox inside slipcase.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 828021612121











