‎Esther I, HWV50a recording by Dunedin Consort — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:58

II. Larghetto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:35

III. Allegro

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:26

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

James Gilchrist, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:41

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

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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"

Thomas Hobbs, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:16

II. Air "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains"

Thomas Hobbs, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:21

III. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:24

IV. Recitative "O God, Who from the Suckling's Mouth"

Electra Lochhead, Dunedin Consort, 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"

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:24

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Robin Blaze

1:05

II. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:52

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

John Butt, Robin Blaze, Dunedin Consort

7:42

IV. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:09

I. Recitative "Why Sits That Sorrow on thy Brow?"

Nicholas Mulroy, Susan Hamilton, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:02

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

Dunedin Consort, Susan Hamilton, John Butt

0:13

IV. Air "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Susan Hamilton

2:50

V. Chorus "Save Us, O Lord"

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:27

I. Recitative "Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence Without Our Leave?"

John Butt, James Gilchrist, Dunedin Consort, Susan Hamilton

1:09

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

John Butt, James Gilchrist, Dunedin Consort, Susan Hamilton

2:46

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

John Butt, James Gilchrist, Dunedin Consort

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"

John Butt, Ashley Turnell, Dunedin Consort, Thomas Hobbs

0:15

VII. Chorus "Virtue, Truth and Innocence"

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:42

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

Robin Blaze, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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"

Susan Hamilton, James Gilchrist, 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!"

Susan Hamilton, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:52

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

James Gilchrist, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:40

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

6:10

VI. Chorus "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"

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

11:56

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Dunedin Consort

Baroque Music Ensemble, Orchestra, Choir
John Butt

Conductor
James Gilchrist

Tenor
Matthew Brook

Bass-Baritone