Handel - Judas Maccabaeus

TRACKLIST:


CD 1
JUDAS MACCABAEUS George Frideric Handel
1 Overture Grave - Allegro - Lentement - Allegro
6:06

2 ACT ONE
Chorus: Mourn, ye afflicted children 4:10
3 Recit: Well may your sorrows
1:07

4 Duet: From this dread scene 2:28
5 Chorus: For Sion lamentation make
2:25

6 Recit: Not vain is all this storm of grief 1:03
7 Aria: Pious orgies, pious airs
3:12

8 Chorus: O Father, whose almighty pow'r 2:15
9 Recit: I feel the deity within
0:58

10 Aria & Chorus: Arm, arm, ye brave! 3:55
11 Recit: 'Tis well, my friends
0:40

12 Aria: Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul 1:39
13 Recit: To heav'n's Almighty king
0:27

14 Aria: O liberty, thou choicest treasure 2:24
15 Aria: Come, ever-smiling liberty
2:46

16 Recit: O Judas, may these noble views 0:12
17 ARia: 'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone
2:35

18 Duet: Come, ever-smiling liberty 1:03
19 Chorus: Lead on, lead on!
0:47

20 Recit: So will'd my father 1:09
21 Semi-chorus: Disdainful of danger
1:55

22 Recit: Ambition! 0:16
23 Aria: No, no unhallow'd desire
1:52

24 Chorus: Hear us, O Lord 3:09
25 ACT TWO
Chorus: Fall'n is the foe
2:59

26 Recit: Victorious hero! 0:33
27 Aria: So rapid thy course is
3:54

28 Recit: Oh let eternal honours 0:31
29 Aria: From mighty kings
6:07

30 Duet & Chorus: Hail, hail, Judea 1:58
31 Recit: Thnaks to my brethren
0:38

32 Aria: How vain is man 5:26
33 Recit: O Judas, O my brethren!
0:38

34 Aria & Chorus: Ah! wretched Israel! 6:26



CD 2
1 Recit: Be comforted
0:43

2 Aria: The Lord worketh wonders 2:53
3 Recit: My arms! Against this Gorgias
0:20

4 Aria & Chorus: Sound an alarm! 3:46
5 Recit: Enough! To Heav'n we leave the rest
0:39

6 Aria: With pious hearts 3:11
7 Recit: Ye worshippers of God
1:00

8 Duet & Chorus: Oh! never, never bow we down 6:04
9 ACT THREE
Aria: Father of Heav'n!
6:12

10 Recit: See, see yon flames 0:32
11 Recit: Oh grant it, Heav'n
0:26

12 Aria: So shall the lute and harp awake 4:07
13 Recit: From Capharsalama
1:06

14 Chorus of Youths; Duet; Chorus: See, the conqu'ring hero comes! 1:46
15 March
1:09

16 Duet & Chorus: Sing unto God 2:21
17 Recit: Sweet flow the strains
0:49

18 Aria: With honour let desert be crown'd 3:07
19 Recit: Peace to my countrymen
0:36

20 Chorus: To our great God be all the honour giv'n 2:03
21 Recit: Again to earth
0:46

22 Duet: O lovely peace 6:35
23 Aria & Chorus: Rejoice, O Judah! Hallelujah! Amen
3:17

24 APPENDIX - Alternates & Additions
Recit: Well may we hope 0:12
25 Duet & Chorus: Sion now her head shall raise
5:23

26 Aria: Wise men, flatt'ring may deceive us 5:09
27 Aria: Far brighter than the morning
6:37

28 Recit: Sweet are thy words 0:14
29 Aria: Great in wisdom, great in glory
3:32

30 Recit: Not vain is all this storm of grief 0:51
31 Aria: Pious orgies, pious airs
2:59