‎Handel: Esther, First Reconstructable Version (Cannons), 1720 par John Butt

I. Andante

John Butt · Dunedin Consort

1:58

II. Larghetto

John Butt · Dunedin Consort

2:35

III. Allegro

Dunedin Consort · John Butt

2:26

I. Recitative "'Tis Greater Far to Spare, Than to Destroy"

Matthew Brook · Dunedin Consort · James Gilchrist · John Butt

0:41

II. Air "Pluck Root and Branch from out the Land"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Matthew Brook

1:59

III. Recitative "Our Souls with Ardour Glow"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Ashley Turnell

0:07

IV. Chorus "Shall We the God of Israel's Fear?"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt

1:51

I. Recitative "Now Persecution Shall Lay by Her Iron Rod"

Thomas Hobbs · John Butt · Dunedin Consort

0:16

II. Air "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains"

Dunedin Consort · Thomas Hobbs · John Butt

4:21

III. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt

1:24

IV. Recitative "O God, Who from the Suckling's Mouth"

Dunedin Consort · Electra Lochhead · John Butt

0:16

V. Air "Praise the Lord with Cheerful Noise"

John Butt · Electra Lochhead · Dunedin Consort

5:38

VI. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort

1:24

I. Recitative "How Have Our Sins Provok'd the Lord"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Robin Blaze

1:05

II. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt

1:52

III. Air "O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Robin Blaze

7:42

IV. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort

2:09

I. Recitative "Why Sits That Sorrow on thy Brow?"

Susan Hamilton · John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Nicholas Mulroy

1:02

II. Air "Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Nicholas Mulroy

4:25

III. Recitative "I Go Before the King to Stand"

Dunedin Consort · Susan Hamilton · John Butt

0:13

IV. Air "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Susan Hamilton

2:50

V. Chorus "Save Us, O Lord"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort

1:27

I. Recitative "Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence Without Our Leave?"

Dunedin Consort · James Gilchrist · John Butt · Susan Hamilton

1:09

II. Duet "Who Calls My Parting Soul from Death?"

Susan Hamilton · James Gilchrist · John Butt · Dunedin Consort

2:46

III. Air "O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes!"

Dunedin Consort · James Gilchrist · John Butt

7:18

IV. Recitative "If I Find Favour in thy Sight"

John Butt · Susan Hamilton · Dunedin Consort

0:19

V. Air "How Can I Stay, When Love Invites?"

James Gilchrist · John Butt · Dunedin Consort

3:08

VI. Recitative "With Inward Joy His Visage Glows"

Ashley Turnell · Thomas Hobbs · John Butt · Dunedin Consort

0:15

VII. Chorus "Virtue, Truth and Innocence"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt

2:42

I. Air "Jehovah Crown'd with Glory Bright"

John Butt · Robin Blaze · Dunedin Consort

1:57

II. Chorus "He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort

4:17

I. Recitative "Now, O Queen, They Suit Declare"

Dunedin Consort · Susan Hamilton · James Gilchrist · John Butt

1:38

II. Accompagnato "Turn Not, O Queen, thy Face Away"

Matthew Brook · John Butt · Dunedin Consort

2:36

III. Air "Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!"

Dunedin Consort · Susan Hamilton · John Butt

4:52

IV. Recitative "Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence!"

Dunedin Consort · James Gilchrist · John Butt

0:40

V. Air "How Art Thou Fall'n from thy Height!"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Matthew Brook

6:10

VI. Chorus "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"

Nicholas Mulroy · Robert Davies · Susan Hamilton · Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Robin Blaze · Matthew Brook

11:56

Georg Friedrich Haendel

Composition
John Butt

Direction d’orchestre
Dunedin Consort

Orchestre, Ensemble de musique baroque, Chœur
Matthew Brook

Chant, Baryton‑basse
James Gilchrist

Chant, Ténor

Philip Hobbs

Production
John Butt

Notes d’accompagnement

Handel: Esther, First Reconstructable Version (Cannons), 1720

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