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Jephtha
baroque · 1989 · 48 tracks

Jephtha

George Frideric Handel

February 28, 1989 · Argo (2)

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Tracklist · 48 Tracks
01
Jephtha: Overture / Menuet
5:13
02
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"
1:23
03
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"
2:51
04
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "No more to Ammon's god and king"
2:55
05
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "But Jephtha comes"
0:53
06
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"
4:07
07
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" / "In gentle murmurs will I mourn"
4:59
08
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" / "Dull delay, in piercing anguish"
3:50
09
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" / "Take the heart you fondly gave"
4:14
10
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "I go, My soul, inspir'd by thy command" / "These labours past, how happy we!"
7:28
11
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "What mean these doubtful fancies"
1:57
12
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "O God, behold our sore distress"
4:35
13
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 5. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" / "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"
4:57
14
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "Say, my dear mother"
0:53
15
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "The smiling dawn of happy days"
3:33
16
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply"
0:26
17
Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"
4:39
18
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"
1:14
19
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"
3:12
20
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"
4:15
21
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" / "Tune the soft melodious lute"
4:42
22
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 2. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people" / "His mighty arm, with sudden blow"
6:28
23
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "In glory high, in might serene"
2:32
24
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. Symphony / "Hail glorious conqueror!"
1:30
25
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Welcome as the cheerful light"
3:52
26
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Horror! confusion!" / "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"
4:59
27
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Why is my brother thus afflicted"
0:58
28
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!"
2:20
29
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "If such thy cruel purpose" / "On me let blind mistaken zeal"
1:48
30
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "O spare your daughter"
3:13
31
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Such news flies swift"
1:21
32
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Happy they! this vital breath"
3:32
33
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Deeper, and deeper still"
3:27
34
Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"
8:04
35
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"
3:03
36
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"
4:30
37
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Ye sacred priests" / "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"
6:27
38
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"
3:50
39
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. Symphony
2:44
40
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests"
1:01
41
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"
4:00
42
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"
1:29
43
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Theme sublime of endless praise"
3:23
44
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" / "Laud her, all ye virgin train"
2:22
45
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" / "Sweet as sight to the blind"
2:16
46
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" / "All that is in Hamor mine"
3:37
47
Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"
3:00
48
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0:18

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