Solomon
By Georg Friedrich Händel
Tracklist
- Intrada ~ Ouverture
- Act The First
- Scene I
- Your Harps And Cymbals Sound (Chorus: The Priests)
- Praise Ye The Lord For All His Mercies Past (Air: Levite)
- With Pious Heart Resound Your Maker's Name (Chorus: The Priests)
- Almighty Pow'r, Who Rul'st The Earth And Skies (Recitative: Solomon)
- Imperial Solomon, Thy Pray'rs Are Heard (Recitative: Zadok)
- Sacred Raptures Cheer My Breast (Air: Zadok)
- Throughout The Land Jehovah's Praise Record (Chorus: The Israelites)
- Bless'd Be The Lord / What Though I Trace Each Herb And Flow'r (Recitative & Air: Solomon)
- Scene II
- And See My Queen, My Wedded Love (Recitative: Solomon)
- Bless'd The Day When First My Eyes (Air: Queen)
- Thou Fair Inhabitant Of Nile / Welcome As The Dawn Of Day (Recitative & Duet: Solomon & Queen)
- When Thou Art Absent From My Sight / With Thee Th'unshelter'd Moor I'd Tread (Recit. & Air: Queen) / Search Round The Word (Recit.: Zadok)
- May No Rash Intruder Disturb Their Soft Hours (Chorus)
- Act The Second
- Scene I
- From The Censer Curling Rise (Chorus)
- Prais'd Be The Lord / When The Sun O'er Yonder Hills Pours In Tides The Golden Day (Recitative & Air: Solomon)
- Scene II
- My Sovereign Liege, Two Women Stand / Admit Them Straight (Recitatives: Attendant & Solomon)
- Scene III
- Words Are Weak To Paint My Fears (Air & Trio: Harlots & Solomon)
- What Says The Other To Th'imputed Charge (Recitative: Solomon & Second Harlot)
- Thy Sentence, Great King, Is Prudent And Wise (Air: Second Harlot) / Withhold The Executing Hand (Recitative: First Harlot)
- Can I See My Infant Gor'd (Air: First Harlot)
- Israel, Attend To What Your King Shall Say (Recitative: Solomon)
- Thrice Bless'd Be The King, For He's Good And He's Wise (Duet: First Harlot & Solomon)
- From The East Unto The West (Chorus: The Israelites)
- From Morn To Eve I Could Enraptur'd Sing / See The Tall Palm That Lifts The Head (Recitative & Air: Zadok)
- No More Shall Armed Bands Our Hopes Destroy / Beneath The Vine, Or Fig-tree's Shade (Recitative & Air: First Harlot)
- Swell, Swell The Full Chorus To Solomon's Praise (Chorus: The Priests)
- Act The Third
- Sinfonia: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
- From Arabia's Spicy Shores (Recitative: Queen Of Sheba & Solomon)
- Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold (Air: Queen Of Sheba)
- Sweep, Sweep The String, To Sooth The Royal Fair (Recitative & Air: Solomon) / Music Spread Thy Voice Around (Chorus)
- Now A Diff'rent Measure Try, Shake The Dome, And Pierce The Sky (Air: Solomon / Chorus)
- Then At Once From Rage Remove; Draw The Tear From Hopeless Love (Recitative: Solomon / Chorus)
- Next The Tortur'd Soul Release / Thus Rolling Surges Rise (Recitative: Solomon / Chorus)
- Thy Harmony's Divine, Great King (Recitative: Queen Of Sheba)
- Pious King, And Virtuous Queen (Air: Levite)
- Thrice Happy King, To Have Achiev'd / Golden Columns, Fair And Bright (Recitative & Air: Zadok)
- Praise The Lord With Harp And Tongue (Chorus)
- May Peace In Salem Ever Dwell / Will The Sun Forget To Streak (Recitative & Air: Queen Of Sheba)
- Adieu, Fair Queen (Recitative: Solomon) / Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows (Duet: Queen Of Sheba & Solomon)
- The Name Of The Wicked Shall Quickly Be Past (Grand Chorus)
