‎Handel: Theodora HWV 68 by Paul McCreesh

1a. Ouverture

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:03

1b. Trio

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

1:48

1c. Courante

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:44

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, 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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

2:06

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

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

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

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze

0:30

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Robin Blaze

8:18

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

Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

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

Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

0:28

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton, Paul McCreesh

4:18

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

Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

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 Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

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

Susan Gritton, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:36

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

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

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

Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:23

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

4:51

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

Paul McCreesh, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:36

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

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

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

Paul McCreesh, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:36

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

1:18

33. Sinfony - Sc. 2

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton, Paul McCreesh

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

Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

0:21

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton

3:13

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

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

1:21

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

Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

3:57

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

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

0:35

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

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

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, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton

1:18

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton

2:43

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

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

1:54

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

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton, 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

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

4:48

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

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Gritton

0:39

36a. Sinfony - Alternative Version (Alternative Version)

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

1:40

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

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

5:11

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh

0:37

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

Paul McCreesh, Susan Gritton, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:54

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

Susan Gritton, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:27

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

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

1:30

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

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

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

Susan Bickley, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

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

1:54

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

Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

6:34

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

Neal Davies, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

1:02

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

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

0:53

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

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:22

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

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

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

0:55

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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, 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

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

3:02

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Paul McCreesh

Conductor
Gabrieli Consort & Players

Vocal Ensemble, Ensemble
Neal Davies

Bass
Robin Blaze

Countertenor

Christopher Alder

Producer
Ulrich Vette

Tonmeister
Oliver Curdt

Editing Engineer
Reinhard Lagemann

Recording Engineer

Handel: Theodora HWV 68

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George Frideric Handel

Paul McCreesh

Gabrieli Consort & Players

Neal Davies

Robin Blaze

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