Handel: Water Music, Concerti grossi, Israel in Egypt, The Ways of Zion Do Mourn & Semele
"Lamentations of the Israelites for the death of Joseph"
"Now there arose" (Tenor)
"And the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage" (Counter-Tenor, Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, Christopher Royall
"Then sent He Moses" (Tenor)
"They loathed to drink" (Chorus)
"Their land brought" (Counter-Tenor)
"He spake the word" (Chorus)
"He gave them hailstones" (Chorus)
"He sent a thick darkness" (Chorus)
"He smote all the first-born" (Chorus)
"But as for His people" (Chorus)
"Egypt was glad" (Chorus)
"He rebuked the Red Sea" (Chorus)
"He led them" (Chorus)
"But the waters" (Chorus)
"And Israel saw" (Chorus)
"And believed the Lord" (Chorus)
"Moses, and the children" (Chorus)
"I will sing" (Chorus)
"The Lord is my strength" (Sopranos)
"He is my God" (Chorus)
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Moses' song "And I will exalt him" (Chorus)
"The Lord is a man of war" (Basses)
Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Charles Stewart, Stephen Varcoe, George Frideric Handel
"The depths have covered them" (Chorus)
"Thy right hand" (Chorus)
"And in the greatness" (Chorus)
"Thou sentest forth" (Chorus)
"And with the blast" (Chorus)
"The enemy said" (Tenor)
"Thou didst blow" (Soprano)
Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Daryl Greene, George Frideric Handel
"Who is like unto Thee" (Chorus)
"The earth swallowed them" (Chorus)
"Thou in thy mercy" (Counter-Tenor, Tenor)
Monteverdi Orchestra, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon, George Frideric Handel
"The people shall hear" (Chorus)
"Thou shalt bring" (Counter-Tenor)
"The Lord shall reign" (Chorus)
"For the horse of Pharoah" (Tenor)
"The Lord shall reign" (Chorus)
"And Miriam the prophetess" (Tenor)
"Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriusly! The Lord shall reign..." (Soprano, Chorus)
II "The ways of Zion do mourn" (Chorus)
III "How are the mighty fall'n" (Chorus)
IV "She put on righteousness" (Chorus)
V "When the ear heard her" (Chorus, Bass, Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Soprano)
VI "How are the mighty fall'n!" (Chorus)
VII "She deliver'd the poor that cried" (Chorus)
VIII "How are the mighty fall'n!" (Chorus)
IX "The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance" (Chorus, Bass, Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Soprano)
X "Their bodies are buried in peace" (Chorus)
XI "The people will tell of their wisdom" (Chorus)
XII "They shall receive a glorious kingdom" (Chorus, Bass, Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Soprano)
XIII "The merciful goodness of the Lord endureth forever" (Chorus)
"Behold! Auspicious flashes rise" (Priest)
"Lucky omens bless our rites" (Chorus) "Daughter obey" (Cadmus, Athamas)
English Baroque Soloists, Robert Lloyd, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Timothy Penrose, George Frideric Handel
"Ah me! What refuge now is left me?" "O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose" (Semele) "Alas, she yields" (Ino, Athamas)
Catherine Denley, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes, Timothy Penrose, George Frideric Handel
"Why dost thou untimely grieve" (Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele)
English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, Catherine Denley, Robert Lloyd, George Frideric Handel, Timothy Penrose
"Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" (Chorus) "Again auspicious flashes rise" (Cadmus) "Thy aid, pronubial Juno" (Athamas, Semele)
Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Robert Lloyd, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes, George Frideric Handel, Timothy Penrose
"Cease, cease your vows" (Chorus)
"Oh Athamas; what torture hast thou borne!" (Athamas) "Turn, hopeless lover" (Ino) "Ah me, what have I heard!" (Athamas)
John Eliot Gardiner, Catherine Denley, English Baroque Soloists, Timothy Penrose, George Frideric Handel
"You've undone me" (Ino, Athamas)
English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley, John Eliot Gardiner, Timothy Penrose, George Frideric Handel
"Ah, wretched prince" (Cadmus, Athamas) "Wing'd with our fears" (Cadmus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Robert Lloyd, Timothy Penrose, George Frideric Handel
"See, see! Jove's Priests and holy Augurs come" (Cadmus) "Hail Cadmus, hail!" (Chorus)
"Endless pleasure" (Semele)
"Endless pleasure" (Chorus)
Symphony "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno, Iris)
"Look, where Cithaeron proudly stands" (Iris) "There, from mortal cares retiring" (Iris) "No more!" (Juno) "Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy" (Juno, Iris)
"Hence, Iris, hence away!" (Juno)
"Come, Zephyrs, come" (Cupid) "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (Semele)
"Let me not another moment" (Semele)
"Lay your doubts and fears aside" "You are mortal" (Jupiter)
"With fond desiring" (Semele)
"How engaging, how endearing" (Chorus) "Ah me! Why sighs my Semele?" (Semele, Jupiter)
"Too well I read her meaning" (Jupiter) "I must with speed amuse her" (Jupiter)
"Now Love" (Chorus)
"By my command" (Jupiter, Semele)
"See, she appears" (Jupiter) "Where'er you walk" (Jupiter)
"Dear sister, how was your journey hither?" (Semele, Ino) "But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round" (Ino)
"Prepare then, ye immortal choir" (Semele, Ino)
"Bless the glad earth" (Chorus)
Symphony "Somnus, awake!" (Juno, Iris)
"Leave me, loathsome light!" (Somnus) "Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall" (Iris, Juno)
"More sweet is that name" (Somnus) "My will obey, she shall be thine" (Juno, Somnus)
"Obey my will" (Juno, Somnus)
"My racking thoughts" (Semele)
"Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno, Semele)
"O ecstasy of happiness!" (Semele) "Myself I shall adore" (Semele) "Be wise, as you are beautiful" (Juno, Semele)
"Conjure him by his oath" (Juno)
"Thus let my thanks be pay'd" (Semele) "Rich odours fill the fragrant air" (Semele, Juno)
"Come to my arms" (Jupiter) "Oh Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?" (Jupiter)
"I ever am granting" (Semele),..."Then cast off this human shape" (Semele)
"Ah, take heed what you press!" (Jupiter)
"No, no, I'll take no less" (Semele)
"Ah, whither is she gone!" (Jupiter)
"Above measure is the pleasure" (Juno)
"Ah, me! too late I now repent" (Semele)
"If my ill-boding dream" (Ino) "Oh terror and astonishment!..." (Chorus) "Nature to each allots his proper sphere" (Chorus)
"See from above the bellying clouds descend" (Cadmus) Sinfonia "Apollo comes to relieve your care" (Apollo)
"Happy, happy shall we be" (Chorus)