‎Handel: Esther, First Reconstructable Version (Cannons), 1720 de John Butt

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort· John Butt

1:58

II. Larghetto

Dunedin Consort· John Butt

2:35

III. Allegro

John Butt· Dunedin Consort

2:26

I. Recitative "'Tis Greater Far to Spare, Than to Destroy"

James Gilchrist· Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Matthew Brook

0:41

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

Matthew Brook· Dunedin Consort· John Butt

1:59

III. Recitative "Our Souls with Ardour Glow"

Ashley Turnell· Dunedin Consort· John Butt

0:07

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

Dunedin Consort· John Butt

1:51

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

John Butt· Thomas Hobbs· Dunedin Consort

0:16

II. Air "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains"

Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Thomas Hobbs

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· Electra Lochhead· John Butt

0:16

V. Air "Praise the Lord with Cheerful Noise"

Dunedin Consort· Electra Lochhead· John Butt

5:38

VI. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"

Dunedin Consort· John Butt

1:24

I. Recitative "How Have Our Sins Provok'd the Lord"

John Butt· Dunedin Consort· Robin Blaze

1:05

II. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

Dunedin Consort· John Butt

1:52

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

Robin Blaze· Dunedin Consort· John Butt

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"

Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Nicholas Mulroy

4:25

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

Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Susan Hamilton

0:13

IV. Air "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"

Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Susan Hamilton

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?"

James Gilchrist· Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Susan Hamilton

1:09

II. Duet "Who Calls My Parting Soul from Death?"

John Butt· James Gilchrist· Susan Hamilton· Dunedin Consort

2:46

III. Air "O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes!"

James Gilchrist· Dunedin Consort· John Butt

7:18

IV. Recitative "If I Find Favour in thy Sight"

Susan Hamilton· Dunedin Consort· John Butt

0:19

V. Air "How Can I Stay, When Love Invites?"

James Gilchrist· Dunedin Consort· John Butt

3:08

VI. Recitative "With Inward Joy His Visage Glows"

Ashley Turnell· Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Thomas Hobbs

0:15

VII. Chorus "Virtue, Truth and Innocence"

Dunedin Consort· John Butt

2:42

I. Air "Jehovah Crown'd with Glory Bright"

Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Robin Blaze

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· Matthew Brook· Dunedin Consort

2:36

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

Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Susan Hamilton

4:52

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

James Gilchrist· Dunedin Consort· John Butt

0:40

V. Air "How Art Thou Fall'n from thy Height!"

Dunedin Consort· John Butt· Matthew Brook

6:10

VI. Chorus "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"

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

11:56

George Frideric Handel

Composición
John Butt

Dirección
Dunedin Consort

Orquesta, Coro, Conjunto de música barroca
James Gilchrist

Tenor, Voces
Matthew Brook

Bajo-barítono, Voces

Philip Hobbs

Producción
John Butt

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

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