Theodora
By Georg Friedrich Händel, Gabrieli Consort, and Paul McCreesh
Tracklist
- Ouverture
- 1a. [Grave] - Allegro
- 1b. Trio
- 1c. Courante
- Part I = Erster Teil -= Premiére Partie
- Scene 1
- 2. Recitative (Valens): Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day
- 3. Air (Valens): Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go
- 4. Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down
- 5. Recitative (Didymus, Valens): Vouchsafe, Dread Sir
- 6. Air (Valens): Racks, Gibbets, Sword & Fire
- 7. Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom
- Scene 2
- 8. Recitative (Didymus): Most Cruel Edict
- 9. Air (Didymus): The Rapture'd Soul
- 10. Recitative (Septimius): I Know Thy Virtues
- 11. Air (Septimius): Descend, Kind Pity
- Scene 3
- 12. Recitative (Theodora): Tho' Hard My Friends
- 13. Air (Theodora): Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu
- 14. Recitative (Irene): O Bright Example
- 15. Air (Irene): Bane Of Virtue
- 16. Chorus: Come, Mighty Father
- Scene 4
- 17. Recitative (Messenger, Irene): Fly, Fly, My Brethren
- 18. Air (Irene): As With Rosy Steps
- 19. Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n
- Scene 5
- 20. Recitativo (Septimius): Mistaken Wretches
- 21. Air (Septimius): Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly
- 22. Recitative – Accompagnato (Theodora, Spetimius): Deluded Mortal
- 23. Air (Theodora): Angles, Ever Brigth, And Fair
- Scene 6
- 24. Recitative (Didymus, Irene): Unhappy, Happy Crew
- 25. Air (Didymus): Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care
- 26. Recitative (Irene): O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r
- 27. Chorus: Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth
- Part II = Zweiter Teil = Deuxieme Partie
- Scene 1
- 28. Recitative (Valens): Ye Men Of Antioch
- 29. Chorus: Queen Of Summer
- 30. Air (Valens): Wide Spread His Name
- 31. Recitative (Valens): Return, Septimius
- 32. Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies
- Scene 2
- 33. Symphony
- 34. Recitative (Theodora): O Thou Bright Sun
- 35. Air (Theodora): With Darkness Deep As Is My Woe
- 36. Symphony Of Soft Musick
- 37. Recitative (Theodora): But Why Art Thou Disquieted
- 38. Air (Theodora): Oh, That I On Wings Could Rise
- Scene 3
- 39. Recitative (Didymus, Septimius): Long Have I Known
- 40. Air (Septimius): Tho' The Honours
- 41. Recitative (Didymus, Septimius): O Save Her Then
- 42. Air (Didymus): Deeds Of Kindness
- Scene 4
- 43. Recitative (Irene): The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere
- 44. Air (Irene): Defend Her, Heav'n
- Scene 5
- 45. Recitative (Didymus): Or Lulled With Grief
- 46. Air (Didymus): Sweet Rose, And Lily
- 47. Recitative (Theodora, Didymus): O Save Mem Heav'n
- 48. Air (Theodora): The Pilgrim's Home
- 49. Accompagnato v Recitative (Didymus): Forbid It, Heav'n
- 50. Duet (Theodora, Didymus): To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth
- Scene 6
- 51. Recitative (Irene): 'Tis Night
- 52. Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth
- Alternative Version Of Scene 2
- 34a. Recitative (Theodora): O Thou Bright Sun
- 36a. Symphony
- 37. Recitative (Theodora): But Why Art Thou Disquieted
- 38. Air (Theodora): O That I On Wings Could Rise
- Part III = Deitter Teil = Troisieme Partie
- Scene 1
- 53. Air (Irene): Lord, To Thee
- Scene 2
- 54. Recitative (Irene, Theodora): But See, The Good, The Virtuous Didymus
- 55. Air (Theodora): When Sunk In Anguish
- 56. Chorus: Blest Be The Hand
- Scene 3
- 57. Recitiative – Acompagnato (Messenger, Irene, Theodora): Undaunted In The Court
- 58. Duet (Irene, Theodora): Whither, Princess
- 59. Recitative (Irene): She's Gone
- 60. Air (Irene): New Scenes Of Joy
- Scenes 4 And 5
- 61. Recitative (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius): Is It A Christian Virtue Then
- 62. Air (Septimius): From Virtue Springs
- 63. Air (Valens): Cease, Ye Slaves
- 64. Recitative (Didymus, Theodora): 'Tis Kind, My Friends
- 65. Chorus: How Strange Their Ends
- 656. Recitative (Didymus, Theodora, Valens): On Me Your Frowns
- 67. Air (Valens): Ye Ministers Of Justice
- Scene 6
- 68. Recitative (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius): And Must Such Beauty Suffer
- 69. Air – Duet (Didymus, Theodora): Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing
- Scene 7
- 70. Recitative (Irene): Ere This Their Doom Is Past
- 71. Chorus: O Love Divine