Handel: Water Music, Concerti grossi, Israel in Egypt, The Ways of Zion Do Mourn & Semele
Handel: Suite in F major HWV 348, 'Water Music'
"Lamentations of the Israelites for the death of Joseph"
"Now there arose" (Tenor)
"And the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage" (Counter-Tenor, Chorus)
Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, Christopher Royall
"Then sent He Moses" (Tenor)
"They loathed to drink" (Chorus)
"Their land brought" (Counter-Tenor)
"He spake the word" (Chorus)
"He gave them hailstones" (Chorus)
"He sent a thick darkness" (Chorus)
"He smote all the first-born" (Chorus)
"But as for His people" (Chorus)
"Egypt was glad" (Chorus)
"He rebuked the Red Sea" (Chorus)
"He led them" (Chorus)
"But the waters" (Chorus)
"And Israel saw" (Chorus)
"And believed the Lord" (Chorus)
"Moses, and the children" (Chorus)
"I will sing" (Chorus)
"The Lord is my strength" (Sopranos)
"He is my God" (Chorus)
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Moses' song "And I will exalt him" (Chorus)
"The Lord is a man of war" (Basses)
Stephen Varcoe, Charles Stewart, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, George Frideric Handel
"The depths have covered them" (Chorus)
"Thy right hand" (Chorus)
"And in the greatness" (Chorus)
"Thou sentest forth" (Chorus)
"And with the blast" (Chorus)
"The enemy said" (Tenor)
"Thou didst blow" (Soprano)
Daryl Greene, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, George Frideric Handel
"Who is like unto Thee" (Chorus)
"The earth swallowed them" (Chorus)
"Thou in thy mercy" (Counter-Tenor, Tenor)
John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Paul Elliott, Brian Gordon, George Frideric Handel
"The people shall hear" (Chorus)
"Thou shalt bring" (Counter-Tenor)
"The Lord shall reign" (Chorus)
"For the horse of Pharoah" (Tenor)
"The Lord shall reign" (Chorus)
"And Miriam the prophetess" (Tenor)
"Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriusly! The Lord shall reign..." (Soprano, Chorus)
Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn, HWV 264
II "The ways of Zion do mourn" (Chorus)
III "How are the mighty fall'n" (Chorus)
IV "She put on righteousness" (Chorus)
V "When the ear heard her" (Chorus, Bass, Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Soprano)
VI "How are the mighty fall'n!" (Chorus)
VII "She deliver'd the poor that cried" (Chorus)
VIII "How are the mighty fall'n!" (Chorus)
IX "The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance" (Chorus, Bass, Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Soprano)
Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn, HWV 264
X "Their bodies are buried in peace" (Chorus)
XI "The people will tell of their wisdom" (Chorus)
XII "They shall receive a glorious kingdom" (Chorus, Bass, Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Soprano)
XIII "The merciful goodness of the Lord endureth forever" (Chorus)
"Behold! Auspicious flashes rise" (Priest)
"Lucky omens bless our rites" (Chorus) "Daughter obey" (Cadmus, Athamas)
Robert Lloyd, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, Timothy Penrose
"Ah me! What refuge now is left me?" "O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose" (Semele) "Alas, she yields" (Ino, Athamas)
Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley, George Frideric Handel, Timothy Penrose
"Why dost thou untimely grieve" (Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele)
Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, Robert Lloyd, English Baroque Soloists, George Frideric Handel, Timothy Penrose, Catherine Denly
"Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" (Chorus) "Again auspicious flashes rise" (Cadmus) "Thy aid, pronubial Juno" (Athamas, Semele)
Robert Lloyd, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Timothy Penrose, George Frideric Handel
"Cease, cease your vows" (Chorus)
"Oh Athamas; what torture hast thou borne!" (Athamas) "Turn, hopeless lover" (Ino) "Ah me, what have I heard!" (Athamas)
Catherine Denley, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, George Frideric Handel, Timothy Penrose
"You've undone me" (Ino, Athamas)
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Catherine Denley, George Frideric Handel, Timothy Penrose
"Ah, wretched prince" (Cadmus, Athamas) "Wing'd with our fears" (Cadmus)
Robert Lloyd, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, George Frideric Handel, Timothy Penrose
"See, see! Jove's Priests and holy Augurs come" (Cadmus) "Hail Cadmus, hail!" (Chorus)
"Endless pleasure" (Semele)
"Endless pleasure" (Chorus)
Symphony "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno, Iris)
"Look, where Cithaeron proudly stands" (Iris) "There, from mortal cares retiring" (Iris) "No more!" (Juno) "Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy" (Juno, Iris)
"Hence, Iris, hence away!" (Juno)
"Come, Zephyrs, come" (Cupid) "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (Semele)
"Let me not another moment" (Semele)
"Lay your doubts and fears aside" "You are mortal" (Jupiter)
"With fond desiring" (Semele)
"How engaging, how endearing" (Chorus) "Ah me! Why sighs my Semele?" (Semele, Jupiter)
"Too well I read her meaning" (Jupiter) "I must with speed amuse her" (Jupiter)
"Now Love" (Chorus)
"By my command" (Jupiter, Semele)
"See, she appears" (Jupiter) "Where'er you walk" (Jupiter)
"Dear sister, how was your journey hither?" (Semele, Ino) "But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round" (Ino)
"Prepare then, ye immortal choir" (Semele, Ino)
"Bless the glad earth" (Chorus)
Symphony "Somnus, awake!" (Juno, Iris)
"Leave me, loathsome light!" (Somnus) "Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall" (Iris, Juno)
"More sweet is that name" (Somnus) "My will obey, she shall be thine" (Juno, Somnus)
"Obey my will" (Juno, Somnus)
"My racking thoughts" (Semele)
"Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno, Semele)
"O ecstasy of happiness!" (Semele) "Myself I shall adore" (Semele) "Be wise, as you are beautiful" (Juno, Semele)
"Conjure him by his oath" (Juno)
"Thus let my thanks be pay'd" (Semele) "Rich odours fill the fragrant air" (Semele, Juno)
"Come to my arms" (Jupiter) "Oh Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?" (Jupiter)
"I ever am granting" (Semele),..."Then cast off this human shape" (Semele)
"Ah, take heed what you press!" (Jupiter)
"No, no, I'll take no less" (Semele)
"Ah, whither is she gone!" (Jupiter)
"Above measure is the pleasure" (Juno)
"Ah, me! too late I now repent" (Semele)
"If my ill-boding dream" (Ino) "Oh terror and astonishment!..." (Chorus) "Nature to each allots his proper sphere" (Chorus)
"See from above the bellying clouds descend" (Cadmus) Sinfonia "Apollo comes to relieve your care" (Apollo)
"Happy, happy shall we be" (Chorus)