Theodora
Mastering: Hugo ScreminProducer: Alain Lanceron
20221028
Labels: Warner Classics
Labels: Erato
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Disc1
| 1 | Theodora, HWV 68: Overture | George Frideric Handel | 2:58 |
| 2 | Theodora, HWV 68: Trio | George Frideric Handel | 1:45 |
| 3 | Theodora, HWV 68: Courante | George Frideric Handel | 1:36 |
| 4 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Recitative “’Tis Diocletian’s Natal Day” (Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 0:30 |
| 5 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go” (Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 1:52 |
| 6 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (The Heathens) | George Frideric Handel | 2:03 |
| 7 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 1:02 |
| 8 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire” (Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 3:15 |
| 9 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 1: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (The Heathens) | George Frideric Handel | 1:40 |
| 10 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict” (Didymus, Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 0:35 |
| 11 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Air “The Raptur’d Soul” (Didymus) | George Frideric Handel | 8:12 |
| 12 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 0:42 |
| 13 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 2: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 8:11 |
| 14 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Recitative “Though Hard, My Friends” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 0:27 |
| 15 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 4:00 |
| 16 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 0:38 |
| 17 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Air “Bane of Virtue” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 5:51 |
| 18 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 3: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father” (The Christians) | George Frideric Handel | 2:29 |
| 19 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 1:08 |
| 20 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Air “As with Rosy Steps the Morn” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 7:18 |
| 21 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 4: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (The Christians) | George Frideric Handel | 2:17 |
| 22 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 0:20 |
| 23 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 2:41 |
| 24 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 1:02 |
| 25 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Accompagnato “Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 0:23 |
| 26 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 5: Air “Angels, Ever Bright and Fair” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 3:39 |
| 27 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Recitative “Unhappy, Happy Crew!” (Didymus, Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 1:13 |
| 28 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Air “Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care” (Didymus) | George Frideric Handel | 5:21 |
| 29 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Recitative “O Love, How Great Thy Pow’r!” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 0:34 |
| 30 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part I Scene 6: Chorus “Go, Gen’rous, Pious Youth” (The Christians) | George Frideric Handel | 4:41 |
| 31 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Recitative “Ye Men of Antioch” (Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 0:33 |
| 32 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Chorus “Queen of Summer, Queen of Love” (The Heathens) | George Frideric Handel | 0:42 |
| 33 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Air “Wide Spread His Name” (Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 2:11 |
| 34 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Recitative “Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid” (Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 0:40 |
| 35 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 1: Chorus “Venus, Laughing from the Skies” (The Heathens) | George Frideric Handel | 1:19 |
| 36 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Symphony | George Frideric Handel | 0:54 |
| 37 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Recitative “O Thou Bright Sun” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 0:35 |
| 38 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air “With Darkness Deep, as is My Woe” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 3:07 |
| 39 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air | George Frideric Handel | 1:03 |
| 40 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Recitative “But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 0:30 |
| 41 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 2: Air “Oh That I on Wings Could Rise” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 3:23 |
| 42 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Recitative “Long Have I Known” (Didymus, Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 1:20 |
| 43 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Air “Though the Honours” (Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 3:12 |
| 44 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Recitative “Oh, Save Her Then” (Didymus, Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 0:38 |
| 45 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 3: Air “Deeds of Kindness to Display” (Didymus) | George Frideric Handel | 7:01 |
| 46 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 4: Recitative “The Clouds Begin to Veil” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 0:40 |
| 47 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 4: Air “Defend Her, Heav’n!” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 5:46 |
| 48 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Or Lull’d With Grief” (Didymus) | George Frideric Handel | 0:38 |
| 49 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Air “Sweet Rose and Lily” (Didymus) | George Frideric Handel | 2:17 |
| 50 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Oh, Save Me, Heav’n” (Theodora, Didymus) | George Frideric Handel | 1:33 |
| 51 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Air “The Pilgrim’s Home” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 2:58 |
| 52 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Accompagnato “Forbid It, Heav’n!” (Didymus) | George Frideric Handel | 0:37 |
| 53 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Recitative “Or Say, What Right Have I to Take” (Didymus, Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 1:58 |
| 54 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 5: Duet “To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth” (Theodora, Didymus) | George Frideric Handel | 4:26 |
| 55 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 6: Recitative “’Tis Night” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 0:47 |
| 56 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part II Scene 6: Chorus “He Saw the Lovely Youth” (The Heathens) | George Frideric Handel | 3:42 |
| 57 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 1: Air “Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 7:04 |
| 58 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Recitative “But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus” (Irene, Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 0:38 |
| 59 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Air “When Sunk in Anguish and Despair” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 3:36 |
| 60 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 2: Theodora and Chorus “Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow’r” (Theodora, The Christians) | George Frideric Handel | 3:39 |
| 61 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “Undaunted in the Court” (Messenger, Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 0:50 |
| 62 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Accompagnato “O My Irene” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 0:29 |
| 63 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “Stay Me Not, Dear Friend” (Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 0:14 |
| 64 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Duet “Whither, Princess, Do You Fly” (Irene, Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 1:12 |
| 65 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Recitative “She’s Gone” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 0:38 |
| 66 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 3: Air “New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 4:17 |
| 67 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 4: Recitative “Is It a Christian Virtue” (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 1:12 |
| 68 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “Be That My Doom” (Theodora, Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 1:02 |
| 69 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “From Virtue Springs Each Gen’rous Deed” (Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 5:45 |
| 70 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r” (Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 1:02 |
| 71 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “’Tis Kind, My Friends” (Didymus, Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 1:01 |
| 72 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Chorus “How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious” (The Heathens) | George Frideric Handel | 2:50 |
| 73 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Recitative “On Me Your Frowns” (Didymus, Theodora, Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 0:37 |
| 74 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens) | George Frideric Handel | 1:26 |
| 75 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 6: Recitative “And Must Such Beauty Suffer?” (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) | George Frideric Handel | 0:54 |
| 76 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 6: Air and Duet “Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing” (Didymus, Theodora) | George Frideric Handel | 5:37 |
| 77 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 7: Recitative “Ere This, Their Doom is Past” (Irene) | George Frideric Handel | 0:30 |
| 78 | Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 7: Chorus “O Love Divine” (The Christians) | George Frideric Handel | 2:42 |