Handel: Theodora
Leonardo García Alarcón, Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Sophie Junker, Dara Savinova, Matthew Newlin, Frederico Prohecto, Andreas Wolf, Christopher Lowrey
Recitative. 'tis Dioclesian's Natal Day (Valens)
Chorus of Heathens. And Draw a Blessing Down
Recitative. Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, a Gracious Ear (Didymus, Valens)
Air. Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire (Valens)
Chorus of Heathens. For Ever Thus Stands Fix'd the Doom
Recitative. Most Cruel Edict! (Didymus)
Air. The Raptur'd Soul Defies the Sword (Didymus)
Recitative. I Know Thy Virtues, and Ask Not Thy Faith (Septimius)
Matthew Newlin, Leonardo García Alarcón, Millenium Orchestra
Air. Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest (Septimius)
Matthew Newlin, Leonardo García Alarcón, Millenium Orchestra
Recitative. Though Hard, My Friends (Theodora)
Air. Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! (Theodora)
Recitative. O Bright Example of All Goodness! (Irene)
Leonardo García Alarcón, Dara Savinova, Millenium Orchestra
Chorus of Christians. Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord
Recitative. Fly, Fly, My Brethren, Heathen Rage Pursues Us Swift (Messenger, Irene)
Air. As With Rosy Steps the Morn (Irene)
Millenium Orchestra, Dara Savinova, Leonardo García Alarcón
Chorus of Christians. All Pow'r in Heav'n Above or Earth Beneath
Recitative. Mistaken Wretches! (Septimius)
Matthew Newlin, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón
Air. Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly (Septimius)
Leonardo García Alarcón, Matthew Newlin, Millenium Orchestra
Recitative. Deluded Mortal! (Theodora, Septimius)
Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Matthew Newlin, Sophie Junker
Accompagnato. Oh, Worse than Death Indeed! (Theodora)
Air. Angels, Ever Bright and Fair (Theodora)
Recitative. Unhappy, Happy Crew! (Didymus, Irene)
Leonardo García Alarcón, Christopher Lowrey, Millenium Orchestra, Dara Savinova
Air. Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus)
Recitative. O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! (Irene)
Millenium Orchestra, Dara Savinova, Leonardo García Alarcón
Chorus of Christians. Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth
Recitative. Ye Men of Antioch, with Solemn Pomp (Valens)
Chorus of Haethens. Queen of Summer, Queen of Love
Recitative. Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid (Valens)
Chorus of Haethens. Venus Laughing from the Skies
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2
Recitative. O Thou Bright Sun! (Theodora)
Air. With Darkness Deep, as Is My Woe (Theodora)
Recitative. But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul? (Theodora)
Air. Oh, That I on Wings Could Rise (Theodora)
Recitative. Long Have I Known Thy Friendly Social Soul (Didymus, Septimius)
Millenium Orchestra, Christopher Lowrey, Matthew Newlin, Leonardo García Alarcón
Air. Though the Honours That Flora and Venus Receive (Septimius)
Millenium Orchestra, Matthew Newlin, Leonardo García Alarcón
Recitative. Oh, Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius)
Leonardo García Alarcón, Millenium Orchestra, Matthew Newlin
Air. Deeds of Kindness to Display (Didymus)
Recitative. The Clouds Begin to Veil the Hemisphere (Irene)
Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Dara Savinova
Recitative. Or Lull'd with Grief, or Rapt Her Soul to Heav'n (Didymus)
Air. Sweet Rose and Lily, Flow'ry Form (Didymus)
Recitative. Oh, Save Me, Heav'n, in This My Perilous Hour! (Theodora, Didymus)
Air. The Pilgrim's Home, the Sick Man's He (Theodora)
Accompagnato. Forbid It, Heav'n! (Didymus)
Recitative. Or Say, What Right Have I (Didymus, Theodora)
Duett. To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth (Theodora, Didymus)
Recitative. 'Tis Night, but Night's Sweet Blessing Is Denied (Irene)
Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Dara Savinova
Chorus of Christians. He Saw the Lovely Youth, Death's Early Prey
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3
Air. Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day (Irene)
Dara Savinova, Leonardo García Alarcón, Millenium Orchestra
Recitative. But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus! (Irene, Theodora)
Dara Savinova, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Sophie Junker
Air. When Sunk in Anguish and Despair (Theodora)
Solo and Chorus. Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow'r (Christians, Theodora)
Recitative. Undaunted in the Court Stands Didymus (Messenger, Irene)
Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Dara Savinova, Frederico Prohecto
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3
Accompagnato. O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind (Theodora)
Recitative. Stay Me Not, Dear Friend (Theodora)
Duet. Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora)
Dara Savinova, Leonardo García Alarcón, Sophie Junker, Millenium Orchestra
Recitative. She's Gone, Disdaining Liberty and Life (Irene)
Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Dara Savinova
Air. New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding On (Irene)
Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Dara Savinova
Recitative. Is It a Christian Virtue Then (Valens, Didymus)
Recitative. Be That My Doom. You May Inflict It Here (Theodora, Septimius)
Sophie Junker, Matthew Newlin, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón
Air. Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r! (Valens)
Recitative. 'Tis Kind, My Friends, but Kinder Still (Didymus, Theodora)
Chorus of Heathens. How Strange Their Ends
Recitative. On Me Your Frowns, Your Utmost Rage Exert (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
Air. Ye Ministers of Justice, Lead Them Hence (Valens)
Recitative. And Must Such Beauty Suffer? (Didymus, Theodora)
Air and Duett. Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus, Theodora)
Recitative. Ere This, Their Doom Is Past and They Are Gone (Irene)
Dara Savinova, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón
Chorus of Christians. O Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame
Production
- Jerome LejeuneExecutive Producer
- Manuel MohinoRecording Engineer