‎Handel: Jephtha by Håvard Stensvold

Overture

Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, James Gilchrist

5:05

Menuet

Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist

1:21

Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites (Zebul)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

1:37

Air. Pour forth no more unheeded prayr's (Zebul)

Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Audience

4:57

No more to Ammon's god and king (Chorus)

Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud

3:07

Recitative. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)

Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Audience

0:57

Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)

Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Audience

4:01

Recitative. Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha (Storge)

Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, James Gilchrist, Marianne Beate Kielland

0:34

Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)

James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

4:31

Recitative. Happy This embassy, my charming Iphis (Hamor)

Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson

0:46

Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)

Håvard Stensvold, Audience, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

2:37

Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:29

Air. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson

3:07

Recitative. I go, my soul, inspir'd by thy command (Hamor)

Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson

0:27

Duet. These labours past, how happy we (Iphis, Hamor)

Audience, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi

4:26

Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent

2:22

O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus)

Audience, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

4:48

Recitative. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads (Storge)

Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

0:31

Air. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storge)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson

3:56

Recitative. Say, my dear mother, whence these piercing cries (Iphis, Storge)

Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud

0:54

Air. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

1:59

Recitative. Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply (Zebul, Jephtha)

Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold

0:35

When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson

4:22

Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis (Hamor)

Mona Julsrud, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent

1:22

Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Fabio Biondi

3:34

Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)

Audience, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud

4:55

Recitative. Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

0:23

Air. Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis)

Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

3:36

Recitative. Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:40

Air. His mighty arm, with sudden blow (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, James Gilchrist, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

5:19

In glory high, in might serene (Chorus)

Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist

2:59

Symphony

Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson

0:47

Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)

Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:23

Air and Chorus. Welcome, as the cheerful light … Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire (Iphis, Chorus)

Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

2:04

Recitative. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

0:27

Air. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb (Jephtha)

Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience

3:09

Recitative. Why Is my brother thus afflicted? (Zebul, Jephtha)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp

1:13

Accompagnato and Arioso. First perish thou, and perish all the world! - Let other creatures (Storge)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud

2:06

Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, lo, your friend (Hamor)

James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:24

Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)

Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold

1:54

Quartet: O spare your daughter! (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold

1:57

Recitative. Such news flies swift (Iphis)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent

1:28

Air. Happy they! (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist

3:08

Accompagnato. Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child (Jephtha)

Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Audience, James Gilchrist

3:02

How dark, O Lord, Are thy decrees! (Chorus)

Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

8:49

Arioso. Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)

Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

2:23

Air. Waft her, angels, through the skies (Jephtha)

Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Audience, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

4:33

Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, whose hands ne’er yet were stain'd (Iphis)

Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Mona Julsrud

0:39

Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods (Iphis)

Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, James Gilchrist

5:24

Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)

Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold

3:19

Symphony

Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience

1:16

Recitative. Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev’rend priests, withhold (Angel)

Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland

1:14

Air. Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Angel)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud

4:01

Arioso. For ever blessed be Thy holy name (Jephtha)

Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent

1:00

Theme sublime of endless praise (Chorus)

Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, James Gilchrist, Marianne Beate Kielland

4:00

Recitative. Let me congratulate, This happy turn (Zebul)

Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:31

Air. Laud her, all ye virgin train (Zebul)

Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist

2:05

Recitative. O let me fold thee in a mother's arms (Storge)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:18

Air. Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge)

Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Audience, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp

2:09

Recitative. With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety (Hamor)

Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi

0:32

Recitative. With transport… - Aria. 'Tis Heaven's all ruling power… (Hamor)

Fabio Biondi, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent

4:51

Recitative. My faithful Hamor, may That Providence (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist

0:22

Quintet: All That Is in Hamor mine (Iphis, Hamor, Storge, Jephtha, Zebul)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist

3:46

Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Chorus)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

3:58

Applause

Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist

0:47

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Håvard Stensvold

Baritone
Elisabeth Jansson

Mezzo-Soprano
James Gilchrist

Tenor
Mona Julsrud

Soprano

Handel: Jephtha

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