Handel Edition, Vol. 6: Belshazzar; Jephtha

CD1

1. Ouverture
2. Atto I : Accompagnato E Arioso: Vain, Fluctuating State
3. Aria: Thou, God Most High
4. Recitativo: The Fate Of Babylon, Oh, Much Delov'D
5. Aria: Lament Not Thus
6. Coro: Behold, By Persia'S Hero Made
7. Recitativo: Well They May Laugh, Accompagnato: Oh Memory!
8. Aria: Oppres'D With Never-Ceasing Grief
9. Aria: Dry Those Unavailing Tears
10. Recitativo: Be Comforted, Accompagnato: Methought, As On The Bank, Recitativo...
11. Aria: Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
12. Recitativo: Can You Then Think- Aria: Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known, R...
13. Coro: All Empires
14. Arioso: Oh Sacred Oracles
15. Accompagnato: Rejoice, My Countrymen, Recitativo: For Long Ago, Accompagnato:...
16. Coro: Sing, Oh Ye Heav'Ns

CD2

1. Aria: Let Festal Joy
2. Recitativo: For You, My Friends
3. Aria: The Leafy Honours
4. Recitativo: It Is The Custom
5. Coro: Recall, Oh King !
6. Recitativo: They Tell You True
7. Duetto: Oh Dearer Than My Life
8. Coro: By Slow Degrees ( Chorus Of Jews)
9. Act Two : Coro: See, From His Post
10. Aria: Amaz'D To Find The Foe So Near
11. Coro: To Arms, To Arms! ( Chorus Of Persians)
12. Coro: Ye Tutelar Gods ( Chorus Of Babylonians)
13. Aria: Let The Deep Bowl, Accompagnato: Where Is The God, Coro: Help, Help The...
14. Sinfonia, Recitativo: Ye Sages!, Trio: Alas! Too Hard A Task ( Wise Men)
15. Coro: Oh Misery!

CD3

1. Recitativo: Oh King, Recitativo: Art Thous That Daniel
2. Aria: No! To Thyself, Accompagnato: Yet To Obey, Accompagnato: Thou, O King, ...
3. Aria: Regard, Oh Son
4. Aria: Oh God Of Truth !, Recitativo: You, Gobrias, Lead Directly
5. Coro: Oh Glorius Prince !
6. Act Ill : Aria: Alternates Hopes And Fears
7. Recitativo: Fain Would I Hope, Aria: Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin ?
8. Recitativo: My Hopes Revive
9. Coro: Bel Boweth Down! ( Chorus Of Jews)
10. Aria: I Thank Thee, Sesach, A Martial Symphony
11. Aria: To Pow'R Immortal !
12. Recitativo: Be It Thy Care, Aria: Destructive War
13. Duetto: Great Victor
14. Recitativo: Say, Venerable Prophet
15. Coro: Tell It Out ( Soli& Chorus), Accompagnato: Yes, I Will Build The City
16. Anthem: I Will Magnify Thee ( Soli & Chorus)

CD4

1. Ouverture, Menuet
2. Act I : It Must Be So
3. No Ore To Ammon'S God And King
4. But Jephta Comes
5. 'Twill Be A Painful Separation, Jephta
6. Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis
7. Ill Suits The Voice Of Love When Glory Calls
8. I Go
9. What Means These Doubtful Fancies Of The Brain?
10. O God, Behold Our Sore Distress
11. Some Dire Event Hangs O'Er Our Heads
12. Say, My Dear Mother, Whence These Piercing Cries
13. Such, Jephta, Was The Haughty King'S Reply
14. When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke

CD5

1. Act Il : Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee
2. Cherub And Seraphim
3. Up The Dreadful Steep Ascending
4. 'Tis Well
5. Again Heav'N Smiles On His Repentant People
6. Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant
7. In Glory High
8. Symphony
9. Hail, Glorious Conqueror!
10. Horror! Confusion!
11. Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted?
12. First Perish Thou
13. If Such Thy Cruel Purpose; Lo!
14. O Spare Your Daughte!
15. Such News Flies Swift
16. Deeper And Deeper Still
17. How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees!

CD6

1. Act Ill : Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams
2. Ye Sacred Priests
3. Doubtful Fear And Reverent Awe
4. And Thy Determin'D Will Declare
5. Rise, Jephta
6. For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name
7. Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise
8. Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn
9. O Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother'S Arms
10. With Transport, Iphis, I Behold Thy Safety
11. My Faithful Hamor
12. Ye House Of Gilead