‎Handel: Theodora van Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Overture

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

6:28

Act 1. Recit: 'Tis Dioclesian's natal Day

David Thomas, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

0:25

Act 1. Air: Go my faithful Soldier, go

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, David Thomas

1:54

Act 1. Chorus: And draw a Blessing down

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus

1:58

Act 1. Recit: Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious Ear

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, David Thomas

0:51

Act 1. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire

David Thomas, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

3:21

Act 1. Chorus: For ever thus stands fix'd the Doom

U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

1:53

Act 1. Recit: Most cruel Edict

Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

0:30

Act 1. Air: The raptur'd Soul defies the Sword

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter

8:03

Act 1. Recit: I know thy Virtues

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Jeffrey Thomas

0:37

Act 1. Air: Descend, kind Pity

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Thomas

7:37

Act 1. Recit: Tho' hard, my Friends, yet Wholesome

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

0:19

Act 1. Air: Fond, flatt'ring World

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

3:26

Act 1. Recit: O bright Example of all Goodness

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Jennifer Lane

0:26

Act 1. Air: Bane of Virtue

Jennifer Lane, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

5:40

Act 1. Chorus: Come, mighty Father

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Nicholas McGegan

2:17

Act 1. Recit: Fly, fly, my Brethren

Neal Rogers, Nicholas McGegan, Jennifer Lane, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

0:43

Act 1. Air: As with rosy steps the Morn

Jennifer Lane, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

5:45

Act 1. Chorus: All Pow'r in Heav'n above

U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

2:18

Act 1. Recit: Mistaken wretches

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Thomas

0:19

Act 1. Air: Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Jeffrey Thomas, Nicholas McGegan

2:58

Act 1. Recit: Deluded Mortal

Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Jeffrey Thomas, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

1:00

Act I, Air, "Angels, ever bright and fair" (Theodora)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan

4:24

Act 1. Recit: Unhappy, happy Crew

Jennifer Lane, Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

0:56

Act 1. Air: Kind Heav'n

Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

5:30

Act 1. Recit: O Love: how great thy Pow'r

Jennifer Lane, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

0:19

Act 1. Chorus: Go, gen'rous, pious Youth

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus

3:31

Act 2. Recit: Ye Men of Antioch

David Thomas, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

0:26

Act 2. Chorus: Queen of Summer

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus

0:52

Act 2. Air: Wide spread his Name

David Thomas, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

2:12

Act 2. Recit: Return, Septimius

Nicholas McGegan, David Thomas, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

0:36

Act 2. Chorus: Venus laughing from the skies

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Nicholas McGegan

1:19

Act 2. Interlude

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

0:40

Act II, Recit, "O Thou bright Sun" (Theodora)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

0:27

Act II, Air, "With Darkness" (Theodora)

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

3:43

Act 2. Interlude

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

1:06

Act 2. "Symphony of Soft Musick"

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

1:09

Act 2. Recit: But why art Thou disquieted

Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

0:22

Act II, Air, "Oh! that I on wings could rise" (Theodora)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

4:07

Act 2. Recit: Long have I known

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Thomas

1:08

Act 2. Air: Tho' the Honours

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Thomas

3:46

Act 2. Recit: O save her then

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Thomas

0:37

Act 2. Air: Deeds of Kindness to display

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan

6:58

Act 2. Recit: The Clouds begin

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Jennifer Lane

0:26

Act 2. Air: Defend her, Heav'n

Jennifer Lane, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

3:53

Act 2. Recit: Or lull'd with Grief

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter

0:38

Act 2. Air: Sweet Rose, & Lilly

Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

2:37

Act 2. Recit: O save me, Heav'n

Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

1:12

Act 2. Air: The Pilgrim's Home

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

2:45

Act 2. Recit: Forbid it, Heav'n

Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

2:01

Act II, Duet, "To Thee, Thou glorious Son" (Theodora, Didymus)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan

4:53

Act 2. Recit: 'Tis night

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Jennifer Lane, Nicholas McGegan

0:42

Act 2. Chorus: He saw the lovely Youth

Nicholas McGegan, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

4:36

Act 3. Air: Lord, to Thee

Nicholas McGegan, Jennifer Lane, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

4:58

Act 3. Recit: But see!

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Jennifer Lane, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

0:30

Act 3. Air: When sunk in Anguish & Despair

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan

3:24

Act 3. Chorus: Blest be the Hand

Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

3:34

Act 3. Recit: Undaunted in the Court

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Neal Rogers

0:26

Act 3. Recit: Ah! Theodora

Nicholas McGegan, Jennifer Lane, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

0:35

Act 3. Duet: Whither, Princess, do you fly

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Jennifer Lane, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

1:19

Act 3. Recit: She's gone

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Jennifer Lane, Nicholas McGegan

0:24

Act 3. Air: New scenes of Joy

Jennifer Lane, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

3:46

Act 3. Recit: Is it a Christian Virtue - Be That my Doom

Jeffrey Thomas, David Thomas, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan

1:51

Act 3. Air: From Virtue springs each gen'rous Deed

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

5:39

Act 3. Air: Cease, ye Slaves, your fruitless Pray'r

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, David Thomas

1:08

Act 3. Recit: 'Tis kind, my Friends

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan

0:47

Act 3. Chorus: How strange their Ends

Nicholas McGegan, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

3:00

Act 3. Recit: On me your Frowns

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan, David Thomas, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter

0:31

Act 3. Air: Ye Ministers of Justice

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, David Thomas

1:15

Act 3. Recit: And must such Beauty suffer

Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Thomas, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

0:39

Act 3. Air: Streams of Pleasure ever flowing - Duet: Thither let our Hearts aspire

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Drew Minter, Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

5:48

Act 3. Recit: E'er This, their Doom is past

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Jennifer Lane

0:16

Act 3. Chorus: O Love Divine

U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Jennifer Lane

2:24

George Frideric Handel

Componist
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Mezzosopraan, Sopraan
Nicholas McGegan

Klavecimbel, Dirigent
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Orkest
U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus

Koor

Paul F. Witt

Assistent-producent
Robina G. Young

Producent
Paul F. Witt

Editing engineer
Doug Schwartz

Mastering engineer
Willy Levins

Editing engineer
Hugh B. Davies

Editing engineer
John Polito

Mastering engineer
Tony Faulkner

Engineer
Alvaro Yanez

Fotografie
Dennis Bade

Liner notes
Thomas Hudson

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Handel: Theodora

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George Frideric Handel

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Nicholas McGegan

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus

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Handel: Theodora

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