‎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"

James Gilchrist · John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Matthew Brook

0:41

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

Dunedin Consort · Matthew Brook · John Butt

1:59

III. Recitative "Our Souls with Ardour Glow"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Ashley Turnell

0:07

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

John Butt · Dunedin Consort

1:51

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

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Thomas Hobbs

0:16

II. Air "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains"

Thomas Hobbs · John Butt · Dunedin Consort

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 · John Butt · Electra Lochhead

0:16

V. Air "Praise the Lord with Cheerful Noise"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Electra Lochhead

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"

Robin Blaze · Dunedin Consort · John Butt

1:05

II. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

John Butt · Dunedin Consort

1:52

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

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Robin Blaze

7:42

IV. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt

2:09

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

Susan Hamilton · Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Nicholas Mulroy

1:02

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

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Nicholas Mulroy

4:25

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

Susan Hamilton · Dunedin Consort · John Butt

0:13

IV. Air "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"

Susan Hamilton · Dunedin Consort · John Butt

2:50

V. Chorus "Save Us, O Lord"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt

1:27

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

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Susan Hamilton · James Gilchrist

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!"

James Gilchrist · John Butt · Dunedin Consort

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?"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · James Gilchrist

3:08

VI. Recitative "With Inward Joy His Visage Glows"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · Ashley Turnell · Thomas Hobbs

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"

Dunedin Consort · John Butt

4:17

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

James Gilchrist · Susan Hamilton · Dunedin Consort · John Butt

1:38

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

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Matthew Brook

2:36

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

John Butt · Dunedin Consort · Susan Hamilton

4:52

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

Dunedin Consort · John Butt · James Gilchrist

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

11:56

Georg Friedrich Haendel

Composition
John Butt

Direction d’orchestre
Dunedin Consort

Orchestre, Ensemble de musique baroque, Chœur
James Gilchrist

Chant, Ténor
Matthew Brook

Chant, Baryton‑basse

Philip Hobbs

Production
John Butt

Notes d’accompagnement

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

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