Solomon
By Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Sampson, Susan Gritton, Sarah Connolly, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson, RIAS-Kammerchor, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, and Daniel Reuss
Tracklist
- Act One
- No.1 Overture
- Scene 1
- No.2 Chorus Of Priests Your Harps And Cymbals Sound
- No.3 Air. Levite Praise Ye The Lord For All His Mercies Past
- No.4 Chorus Of Priests With Pious Heart, And Holy Tongue
- No.5 Accompagnato. Solomon Almighty Pow'r
- No.6 Recitative. Zadok Imperial Solomon
- No.7 Air. Zadok Sacred Raptures Cheer My Breast
- No.8 Chorus Of Israelites Throughout The Land Jehovah's Praise Record
- No.9 Recitative. Solomon Bless'd Be The Lord
- No.10 Air. Solomon What Though I Trace Each Herb And Flow'r
- Scene 2
- No.11 Recitative. Solomon And See My Queen, My Wedded Love
- No.12 Air. Queen Bless'd The Day When First My Eyes
- No.13 Recitative. Solomon, Queen Thou Fair Inhabitant Of Nile
- No.14 Duet. Queen, SolomonWelcome As The Dawn Of The Day
- No.17 Recitative. Solomon My Blooming Fair
- No.18 Air. Solomon Haste, Haste To Cedar Grove
- No.19 Recitative. Queen When Thou Art Absent From My Sight
- No.20 Air. Queen With Thee Th'Unshelter'd Morr I'd Tread
- No.21 Recitative. Zadok Search Round The World
- No.22 Chorus May No Rash Intruder Disturb Their Soft Hours
- Act Two
- Scene 1
- No.23 Chorus Of Israelites From The Censer Curling Rise
- No.24 Recitative. Solomon Prais'd Be The Lord
- No.25 Air. Solomon When The Sun O'er Yonder Hills
- No.26 Recitative. Levite Great Prince, Thy Resolution's Just
- No.27 Air. Levite Thrice Bless'd That Wise Discerning King
- Scene 2
- No.28 Recitative. Attendant, Solomon My Sovereign Liege
- Scene 3
- First Harlot Thou Son Of David, Hear A Mother's Grief
- No.29 Trio. Solomon, Two Harlots Words Are Weak To Paint My Fears
- No.30 Recitative. Solomon, 2n Harlot What Says The Other To Th'Imputed Charge?
- No.31 Air. Second Harlot Thy Sentence, Great King
- No.32 Recitative. First Harlot Whithhold, Whittold The Executing Hand
- No.33 Air. First Harlot Can I See My Enfant Gor'd
- No.34 Accompagnato. Solomon Israel, Attend To What Your King Shall Say
- No.35 Duet. First Harlot, Solomon Thrice Bless'd The King
- No.36 Chorus Of Israelites From The East Unto The West
- No.37 Recitative. Zadok From Morn To Eve I Could Enraptur'd Sing
- No.38 Air. Zadok See The Tall Palm That Lifts The Head
- No.39 Recitative. First Harlot No More Shall Armed Bands Our Hopes Destroy
- No.40 Air. First Harlot Beneath The Vine, Or Fig-Tree's Shade
- No.41 Chorus Of Priests Swell, Swell The Full Chorus To Solomon's Praise
- Act Three
- No.42 Symphony: Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
- No.43 Recitative. Queen Of Sheba, Solomon From Arabia Spicy Shores
- No.44 Air. Queen Of Sheba Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold
- No.45 Recitative. Solomon Sweep, Sweep The String
- No.46 Solo. Solomon And Israelites Music, Spread Thy Voice Around
- No.47 Solo. Solomon And Israelites Now A Diff'rent Measure Try
- No.48 Recitative. Solomon Then At Once From Rage Remove
- No.49 Chorus Of Israelites Draw The Tear From Hopeless Love
- No.50 Recitative. Solomon Next The Tortur'd Soul Release
- No.51 Solo. Solomon And Israelites Thus Rolling Surges Rise
- No.52 Recitative. Queen Of Sheba Thy Harmony's Divine, Great King
- No.53 Recitative. Zadok Thrice Happy King, To Have Achiev'd
- No.54 Air. Zadok Golden Columns, Fair And Bright
- No.55 Recitative. Solomon Gold Now Is Common On Our Happy Shore
- No.56 Air. Solomon How Green Our Fertile Pastures Look
- No.57 Recitative. Queen Of Sheba May Peace In Salem Ever Dwell!
- No.58 Air. Queen Of Sheba Will The Sun Forget To Streak
- No.59 Recitative. Solomon Adieu, Fair Queen, And In Thy Breast
- No.60 Duet. Queen Of Sheba, Solomon Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows
- No.61 Double Chorus Praise The Lord With Harp And Tongue!