‎Handel: Jephtha by Elisabeth Jansson

Overture

Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

5:05

Menuet

Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Håvard Stensvold

1:21

Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites (Zebul)

Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

1:37

Air. Pour forth no more unheeded prayr's (Zebul)

Elizabeth Rapp, Mona Julsrud, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi

4:57

No more to Ammon's god and king (Chorus)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Audience

3:07

Recitative. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud

0:57

Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)

Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson

4:01

Recitative. Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha (Storge)

Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

0:34

Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)

Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold

4:31

Recitative. Happy This embassy, my charming Iphis (Hamor)

Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi

0:46

Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)

Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Audience, Mona Julsrud

2:37

Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)

Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland

0:29

Air. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)

Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland

3:07

Recitative. I go, my soul, inspir'd by thy command (Hamor)

James Gilchrist, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:27

Duet. These labours past, how happy we (Iphis, Hamor)

Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland

4:26

Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? (Jephtha)

James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent

2:22

O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus)

James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp

4:48

Recitative. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads (Storge)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Audience

0:31

Air. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storge)

James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold

3:56

Recitative. Say, my dear mother, whence these piercing cries (Iphis, Storge)

Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold

0:54

Air. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

1:59

Recitative. Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply (Zebul, Jephtha)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Mona Julsrud, Marianne Beate Kielland

0:35

When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus)

Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

4:22

Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis (Hamor)

Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi

1:22

Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Fabio Biondi, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson

3:34

Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)

Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent

4:55

Recitative. Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens (Iphis)

Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Audience

0:23

Air. Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud

3:36

Recitative. Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elizabeth Rapp

0:40

Air. His mighty arm, with sudden blow (Jephtha)

Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi

5:19

In glory high, in might serene (Chorus)

Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent

2:59

Symphony

Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud

0:47

Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:23

Air and Chorus. Welcome, as the cheerful light … Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire (Iphis, Chorus)

James Gilchrist, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Håvard Stensvold

2:04

Recitative. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Audience, Mona Julsrud

0:27

Air. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Marianne Beate Kielland, Audience

3:09

Recitative. Why Is my brother thus afflicted? (Zebul, Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent

1:13

Accompagnato and Arioso. First perish thou, and perish all the world! - Let other creatures (Storge)

Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold

2:06

Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, lo, your friend (Hamor)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elizabeth Rapp, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:24

Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)

Fabio Biondi, Elizabeth Rapp, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold

1:54

Quartet: O spare your daughter! (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)

Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland

1:57

Recitative. Such news flies swift (Iphis)

Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud

1:28

Air. Happy they! (Iphis)

Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

3:08

Accompagnato. Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child (Jephtha)

Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Elisabeth Jansson, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold

3:02

How dark, O Lord, Are thy decrees! (Chorus)

Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud

8:49

Arioso. Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson

2:23

Air. Waft her, angels, through the skies (Jephtha)

Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

4:33

Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, whose hands ne’er yet were stain'd (Iphis)

Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Mona Julsrud, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:39

Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods (Iphis)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson

5:24

Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Fabio Biondi

3:19

Symphony

James Gilchrist, Collegium Vocale Gent, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Elisabeth Jansson, Elizabeth Rapp

1:16

Recitative. Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev’rend priests, withhold (Angel)

Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

1:14

Air. Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Angel)

Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, James Gilchrist, Audience

4:01

Arioso. For ever blessed be Thy holy name (Jephtha)

Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience

1:00

Theme sublime of endless praise (Chorus)

Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp

4:00

Recitative. Let me congratulate, This happy turn (Zebul)

James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Håvard Stensvold, Fabio Biondi, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:31

Air. Laud her, all ye virgin train (Zebul)

Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi

2:05

Recitative. O let me fold thee in a mother's arms (Storge)

Håvard Stensvold, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elisabeth Jansson, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Marianne Beate Kielland, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:18

Air. Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge)

James Gilchrist, Håvard Stensvold, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Fabio Biondi

2:09

Recitative. With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety (Hamor)

Elizabeth Rapp, Mona Julsrud, Fabio Biondi, Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, Håvard Stensvold, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:32

Recitative. With transport… - Aria. 'Tis Heaven's all ruling power… (Hamor)

Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud

4:51

Recitative. My faithful Hamor, may That Providence (Iphis)

Marianne Beate Kielland, Elisabeth Jansson, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Collegium Vocale Gent, Mona Julsrud, James Gilchrist, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

0:22

Quintet: All That Is in Hamor mine (Iphis, Hamor, Storge, Jephtha, Zebul)

James Gilchrist, Audience, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Marianne Beate Kielland, Mona Julsrud, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi

3:46

Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Chorus)

Elisabeth Jansson, Mona Julsrud, Collegium Vocale Gent, Marianne Beate Kielland, James Gilchrist, Audience, Elizabeth Rapp, Fabio Biondi, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

3:58

Applause

James Gilchrist, Audience, Marianne Beate Kielland, Fabio Biondi, Elisabeth Jansson, Collegium Vocale Gent, Elizabeth Rapp, Mona Julsrud, Håvard Stensvold, Stavanger Symfoniorkester

0:47

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Elisabeth Jansson

Mezzo-Soprano
Mona Julsrud

Soprano
Håvard Stensvold

Baritone
Elizabeth Rapp

Soprano

Handel: Jephtha

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