Theodora, HWV 68

Theodora, HWV 68

Handel; Louise Alder, Tim Mead, Anna Stéphany, Stuart Jackson, Adam Plachetka, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

TypeAlbum
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2024
LabelAlpha Classics
Genre
Classical
Style
Baroque Oratorio

Tracks

# Title Popular Duration
1 Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Grave – Allegro 3:10
2 Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Trio 1:37
3 Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Courante 1:12
4 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “’Tis Dioclesian’s Natal Day” (Valens) 0:34
5 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier” (Valens) 1:54
6 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (Chorus of Heathens) 2:13
7 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens) 0:57
8 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire” (Valens) 3:26
9 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (Chorus of Heathens) 1:44
10 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict!” (Didymus) 0:34
11 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “The Raptur’d Soul Defies the Sword” (Didymus) 7:50
12 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius) 0:53
13 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius) 7:34
14 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Tho’ Hard, My Friends” (Theodora) 0:32
15 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu!” (Theodora) 4:38
16 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness!” (Irene) 0:33
17 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Bane of Virtue, Nurse of Passions” (Irene) 5:24
18 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord” (Chorus of Christians) 3:09
19 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene) 0:58
20 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “As With Rosy Steps the Morn Advancing” (Irene) 7:08
21 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (Chorus of Christians) 2:16
22 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius) 0:24
23 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius) 3:03
24 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius) 0:51
25 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative, Accompany’d “O Worse Than Death Indeed!” (Theodora) 0:22
26 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Angels, Ever Bright, & Fair” (Theodora) 3:22
27 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Unhappy Happy Crew!” (Didymus, Irene) 0:49
28 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care” (Didymus) 5:33
29 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Love! How Great Thy Pow’r!” (Irene) 0:24
30 Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Go, Gen’Rous, Pious Youth” (Chorus of Christians) 4:35
31 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Ye Men of Antioch” (Valens) 0:33
32 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “Queen of Summer, Queen of Love” (Chorus of Heathens) 0:38
33 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Wide Spread His Name” (Valens) 2:21
34 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid” (Valens) 0:34
35 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “Venus Laughing From the Skies” (Chorus of Heathens) 1:17
36 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: [Sinfonia] 0:57
37 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Thou Bright Sun!” (Theodora) 0:36
38 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “With Darkness Deep as Is My Woe” (Theodora) 4:07
39 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Symphony of Soft Musick 1:29
40 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?” (Theodora) 0:27
41 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “O That I on Wings Cou’d Rise” (Theodora) 3:21
42 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Long Have I Known Thy Friendly Social Soul” (Didymus, Septimius) 1:06
43 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Tho’ the Honours” (Didymus) 3:48
44 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Save Her Then, or Give Me Pow’r to Save” (Didymus, Septimius) 0:40
45 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Deeds of Kindness to Display” (Didymus) 6:29
46 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “The Clouds Begin to Veil the Hemisphere” (Irene) 0:42
47 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Defend Her, Heav’n” (Irene) 5:37
48 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Or Lull’d With Grief” (Didymus) 0:34
49 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Sweet Rose, & Lily” (Didymus) 2:41
50 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Save Me, Heav’n” (Theodora, Didymus) 1:09
51 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “The Pilgrim’s Home” (Theodora) 3:20
52 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative, Accompany’d “Forbid It, Heav’n!” (Didymus) 0:25
53 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Or Say, What Right Have I” (Didymus, Theodora) 1:19
54 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Duet “To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth” (Theodora, Didymus) 4:29
55 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “’Tis Night” (Irene) 0:55
56 Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “He Saw the Lovely Youth” (Chorus of Christians) 4:32
57 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Lord to Thee, Each Night, & Day” (Irene) 5:21
58 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus!” (Irene, Theodora) 0:36
59 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “When Sunk in Anguish, & Despair” (Theodora) 3:50
60 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “Blest Be the Hand” (Theodora, Chorus of Christians) 3:09
61 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Undaunted in the Court Stands Didymus” (Messenger, Irene) 0:49
62 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative, Accompany’d “O My Irene, Heav’n Is Kind” (Theodora) 0:26
63 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Stay Me Not, Dear Friend” (Theodora) 0:11
64 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Duet “Whither, Princess, Do You Fly” (Theodora, Irene) 1:14
65 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “She’s Gone, Disdaining Liberty & Life” (Irene) 0:40
66 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on” (Irene) 3:57
67 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Is It a Christian Virtue Then” (Valens, Didymus) 1:03
68 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Be That My Doom” (Theodora, Septimius) 1:03
69 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “From Virtue Springs Each Generous Deed” (Septimius) 6:06
70 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r” (Valens) 1:07
71 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “’Tis Kind, My Friends” (Didymus, Septimius, Theodora) 0:48
72 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “How Strange Their Ends” (Chorus of Heathens) 3:19
73 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “On Me Your Frowns” (Didymus, Valens, Theodora) 0:30
74 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens) 1:22
75 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “And Must Such Beauty Suffer!” (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) 0:53
76 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing” (Didymus) / Duet “Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire” (Didymus, Theodora) 6:02
77 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Ere This Their Doom Is Past” (Irene) 0:26
78 Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “O Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame” (Irene, Chorus of Christians) 3:09
78 tracks, 2 hr 58 min

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