Handel Edition, Vol. 6: Belshazzar; Jephtha
Nikolaus HarnoncourtCD1
- Ouverture
- Atto I : Accompagnato E Arioso: Vain, Fluctuating State
- Aria: Thou, God Most High
- Recitativo: The Fate Of Babylon, Oh, Much Delov'D
- Aria: Lament Not Thus
- Coro: Behold, By Persia'S Hero Made
- Recitativo: Well They May Laugh, Accompagnato: Oh Memory!
- Aria: Oppres'D With Never-Ceasing Grief
- Aria: Dry Those Unavailing Tears
- Recitativo: Be Comforted, Accompagnato: Methought, As On The Bank, Recitativo...
- Aria: Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
- Recitativo: Can You Then Think- Aria: Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known, R...
- Coro: All Empires
- Arioso: Oh Sacred Oracles
- Accompagnato: Rejoice, My Countrymen, Recitativo: For Long Ago, Accompagnato:...
- Coro: Sing, Oh Ye Heav'Ns
CD2
- Aria: Let Festal Joy
- Recitativo: For You, My Friends
- Aria: The Leafy Honours
- Recitativo: It Is The Custom
- Coro: Recall, Oh King !
- Recitativo: They Tell You True
- Duetto: Oh Dearer Than My Life
- Coro: By Slow Degrees ( Chorus Of Jews)
- Act Two : Coro: See, From His Post
- Aria: Amaz'D To Find The Foe So Near
- Coro: To Arms, To Arms! ( Chorus Of Persians)
- Coro: Ye Tutelar Gods ( Chorus Of Babylonians)
- Aria: Let The Deep Bowl, Accompagnato: Where Is The God, Coro: Help, Help The...
- Sinfonia, Recitativo: Ye Sages!, Trio: Alas! Too Hard A Task ( Wise Men)
- Coro: Oh Misery!
CD3
- Recitativo: Oh King, Recitativo: Art Thous That Daniel
- Aria: No! To Thyself, Accompagnato: Yet To Obey, Accompagnato: Thou, O King, ...
- Aria: Regard, Oh Son
- Aria: Oh God Of Truth !, Recitativo: You, Gobrias, Lead Directly
- Coro: Oh Glorius Prince !
- Act Ill : Aria: Alternates Hopes And Fears
- Recitativo: Fain Would I Hope, Aria: Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin ?
- Recitativo: My Hopes Revive
- Coro: Bel Boweth Down! ( Chorus Of Jews)
- Aria: I Thank Thee, Sesach, A Martial Symphony
- Aria: To Pow'R Immortal !
- Recitativo: Be It Thy Care, Aria: Destructive War
- Duetto: Great Victor
- Recitativo: Say, Venerable Prophet
- Coro: Tell It Out ( Soli& Chorus), Accompagnato: Yes, I Will Build The City
- Anthem: I Will Magnify Thee ( Soli & Chorus)
CD4
- Ouverture, Menuet
- Act I : It Must Be So
- No Ore To Ammon'S God And King
- But Jephta Comes
- 'Twill Be A Painful Separation, Jephta
- Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis
- Ill Suits The Voice Of Love When Glory Calls
- I Go
- What Means These Doubtful Fancies Of The Brain?
- O God, Behold Our Sore Distress
- Some Dire Event Hangs O'Er Our Heads
- Say, My Dear Mother, Whence These Piercing Cries
- Such, Jephta, Was The Haughty King'S Reply
- When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke
CD5
- Act Il : Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee
- Cherub And Seraphim
- Up The Dreadful Steep Ascending
- 'Tis Well
- Again Heav'N Smiles On His Repentant People
- Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant
- In Glory High
- Symphony
- Hail, Glorious Conqueror!
- Horror! Confusion!
- Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted?
- First Perish Thou
- If Such Thy Cruel Purpose; Lo!
- O Spare Your Daughte!
- Such News Flies Swift
- Deeper And Deeper Still
- How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees!
CD6
- Act Ill : Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams
- Ye Sacred Priests
- Doubtful Fear And Reverent Awe
- And Thy Determin'D Will Declare
- Rise, Jephta
- For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name
- Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise
- Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn
- O Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother'S Arms
- With Transport, Iphis, I Behold Thy Safety
- My Faithful Hamor
- Ye House Of Gilead