‎Handel: Theodora HWV 68 par Gabrieli Consort & Players

1a. Ouverture

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:03

1b. Trio

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:48

1c. Courante

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

1:44

2. Recitative - "'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day" - Valens - Sc. 1

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Neal Davies

0:33

3. Aria - "Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go" - Valens - Sc. 1

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Neal Davies

1:50

4. Chorus of Heathens - "And Draw a Blessing Down" - Sc. 1

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2:06

5. Recitative - "Vouchsafe, Dread Sir" - Didymus, Valens - Sc. 1

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze, Paul McCreesh, Neal Davies

0:55

6. Aria - "Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire" - Valens - Sc. 1

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Neal Davies

3:20

7. Chorus of Heathens - "For Ever Thus Stand Fix'd" - Sc. 1

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:37

8. Recitative - "Most Cruel Edict" - Didymus - Sc. 2

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze, Paul McCreesh

0:30

9. Aria - "The Raptur'd Soul" - Didymus - Sc. 2

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze, Paul McCreesh

8:18

10. Recitative - "I Know Thy Virtues" - Septimius - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:44

11. Aria - "Descend, Kind Pity" - Septimius - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players

7:10

12. Recitative - "Though Hard, My Friends" - Theodora, HWV 68 Sc. 3

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton, Paul McCreesh

0:28

13. Aria - "Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players

4:18

14. Recitative - "Oh Bright Example" - Irene - Sc. 3

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

0:27

15. Aria - "Bane of Virtue" - Irene - Sc. 3

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

5:06

16. Chorus of Christians - "Come, Mighty Father" - Sc. 3

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

2:35

17. Recitative - "Fly, Fly, My Brethren" - Messenger, Irene - Sc. 4

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Angus Smith, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

1:01

18. Aria - "As With Rosy Steps the Morn" - Irene - Sc. 4

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

6:48

19. Chorus - "All Pow'r in Heav'n" - Sc. 4

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2:15

20. Recitative - "Mistaken Wretches!" - Septimius - Sc. 5

Paul McCreesh, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:21

21. Aria - "Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly" - Septimius - Sc. 5

Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

2:43

22. Recitative - "Deluded Mortal" - Accompagnato: "O Worse Than Death Indeed" - Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 5

Susan Gritton, Paul McCreesh, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:21

23. Aria - "Angels, Ever Bright and Fair" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:36

24. Recitative - "Unhappy, Happy Crew!" - Didymus, Irene - Sc. 6

Robin Blaze, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:11

25. Air - "Kind Heaven, If Virtue Be Thy Care" - Didymus - Sc. 6

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze, Paul McCreesh

5:04

26. Recitative - "Oh Love! How Great Thy Pow'r" - Irene - Sc. 6

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

0:23

27. Chorus - "Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth" - Sc. 6

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

4:51

28. Recitative - "Ye Men of Antioch" - Valens - Sc. 1

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Neal Davies

0:36

29. Chorus of Heathens - "Queen of Summer" - Sc. 1

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

0:50

30. Aria - "Wide Spread His Name" - Valens - Sc. 1

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Neal Davies

2:22

31. Recitative - "Return, Septimius" - Valens - Sc. 1

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Neal Davies

0:36

32. Chorus of Heathens - "Venus Laughing from the Skies" - Sc. 1

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:18

33. Sinfony - Sc. 2

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

1:02

34. Recitative - "Oh Thous Bright Sun!" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton

0:39

35. Aria - "With Darkness Deep" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:53

36. Sinfony - original Version - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:22

37. Recitative - "But Why Art Thou Disquieted?" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:21

38. Aria - "O! That I On Wings Could Rise" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2

Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

3:13

39. Recitative - "Long Have I Known" - Didymus, Septimius - Sc. 3

Paul McCreesh, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze

1:21

40. Aria - "Though the Honours, That Flora" - Septimius - Sc. 3

Paul McCreesh, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:57

41. Recitative - "O Save Her Then" - Didymus, Septimius - Sc. 3

Paul McCreesh, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze

0:35

42. Aria - "Deeds of Kindness to Display" - Didymus - Sc. 3

Robin Blaze, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

6:57

43. Recitative - "The Clouds Begin to Veil" - Irene - Sc. 4

Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:38

44. Aria - "Defend Her, Heav'n" - Irene - Sc. 4

Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

4:57

45. Recitative - "Or Lull'd With Grief" - Didymus - Sc. 5

Robin Blaze, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

0:33

46. Aria - "Sweet Rose and Lily" - Didymus - Sc. 5

Paul McCreesh, Robin Blaze, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2:32

47. Recitative - "O Save Me, Heav'n" - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5

Paul McCreesh, Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:18

48. Aria - "the Pilgrim's Home" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5

Susan Gritton, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2:43

49. Accompagnato: "Forbid It, Heav'n!" - Rec. "Ah! What Is Liberty" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5

Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:54

50. Duet - "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth" - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze

4:36

50. Duet - "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth" - Theodora, HWV 68, Didymus - Sc. 5

Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:47

52. Chorus of Christians - "He Saw the Lovely Youth" - Sc. 6

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

4:48

34a. Recitative - "Oh Thou Bright Sun!" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Alternative Ending (Alternative Ending)

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:39

36a. Sinfony - Alternative Version (Alternative Version)

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:40

37. Recitative - "But Why Art Thou Disquieted?" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:21

38. Aria - "O! That I On Wings Could Rise" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton

3:14

53. Aria - "Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day" - Irene - Sc. 1

Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

5:11

54. Recitative - "But See, the Good, the Virtuous" - Irene - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley

0:37

55. Aria - "When Sunk in Anguish and Despair" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton

3:54

56. Chorus of Christians and Theodora, HWV 68 - "Blest Be the Hand" - Chorus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 2

Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

3:27

57. Recitative - "Undaunted in the Court" - Messenger, Irene – Accompagnato - "O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind" - Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3

Susan Gritton, Angus Smith, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:30

58. Duet - "Whither, Princess, Do You Fly?" - Irene, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 3

Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

1:09

59. Recitative - "She's Gone Disdaining Liberty and Life" - Irene - Sc. 3

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

0:40

60. Aria - "New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding On" - Irene - Sc. 3

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Susan Bickley

4:31

61. Recitative - "Is It a Christian Virtue Then" - Sc. 4 - "Be That My Doom" - Valens, Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 5

Paul McCreesh, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Neal Davies, Susan Gritton

1:54

62. Aria - "From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed" - Septimius - Sc. 5

Paul McCreesh, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players

6:34

63. Aria - "Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r" - Valens - Sc. 5

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Neal Davies

1:02

64. Recitative - "'Tis Kind, My Friends" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 5

Susan Gritton, Paul McCreesh, Robin Blaze, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:53

65. Chorus - of Heathens - "How Strange Their Ends" - Sc. 5

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

3:22

66. Recitative - "On Me Your Frowns" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Valens - Sc. 5

Neal Davies, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze

0:31

67. Aria - "Ye Ministers of Justice" - Valens - Sc. 5

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Neal Davies

1:07

68. Recitative - "And Must Such Beauty Suffer" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68, Septimius - Sc. 6

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:55

69. Aria and Duet - "Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing" - "Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire" - Didymus, Theodora, HWV 68 - Sc. 6

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze

6:04

70. Recitative - "Ere This Their Doom Is Past" - Irene - Sc. 7

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

0:21

71. Chorus - of Christians - "O Love Divine" - Sc. 7

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:02

Georg Friedrich Haendel

Composition
Gabrieli Consort & Players

Ensemble, Ensemble vocal
Paul McCreesh

Direction d’orchestre
Neal Davies

Basse
Robin Blaze

Contre‑ténor

Christopher Alder

Production
Oliver Curdt

Ingénierie de montage
Ulrich Vette

Ingénierie du son
Reinhard Lagemann

Ingénierie de prise de son

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