Album · 2004
Esther (1718 version)
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Esther, HWV 50a: Overture
Esther (1718 version)
7:01
2
Esther, HWV 50a: Tis Greater Far to Spare (Recitative - Habdonah, Haman)
Esther (1718 version)
0:38
3
Esther, HWV 50a: Pluck Root and Branch From Out the Land (Aria - Haman)
Esther (1718 version)
1:56
4
Esther, HWV 50a: Our Souls With Ardour Glow (Recitative - Persian Officer)
Esther (1718 version)
0:09
5
Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We God of Israel Fear (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
1:39
6
Esther, HWV 50a: Now Persecution Shall Lay By Her Iron Rod (Recitative - First Israelite)
Esther (1718 version)
0:18
7
Esther, HWV 50a: Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains (Aria - First Israelite)
Esther (1718 version)
3:53
8
Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We of Servitude Complain, I (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
1:20
9
Esther, HWV 50a: Praise the Lord With Cheerful Noise (Aria - Israelite Woman)
Esther (1718 version)
5:36
10
Esther, HWV 50a: O God, Who From the Suckling's Mouth (Recitative - Israelite Woman)
Esther (1718 version)
0:20
11
Esther, HWV 50a: Sing Songs of Praise, Bow Down the Knee (Aria - Second Israelite)
Esther (1718 version)
3:33
12
Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We of Servitude Complain, II (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
1:17
13
Esther, HWV 50a: How Have Our Sins Provoked the Lord (Recitative - Priest of the Israelites)
Esther (1718 version)
1:01
14
Esther, HWV 50a: Ye Sons of Israel Mourn, I (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
2:02
15
Esther, HWV 50a: O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide (Aria - Priest of the Israelites)
Esther (1718 version)
6:48
16
Esther, HWV 50a: Ye Sons of Israel Mourn, II (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
2:11
17
Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Andante
Esther (1718 version)
2:21
18
Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Allegro, I
Esther (1718 version)
1:50
19
Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Adagio
Esther (1718 version)
1:09
20
Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Allegro, II
Esther (1718 version)
2:28
Disc 2
1
Esther, HWV 50a: Why Sits That Sorrow on They Brow? (Recitative - Esther, Mordecai)
Esther (1718 version)
0:58
2
Esther, HWV 50a: Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger (Aria - Mordecai)
Esther (1718 version)
4:11
3
Esther, HWV 50a: I Go Before the King to Stand (Recitative - Esther)
Esther (1718 version)
0:15
4
Esther, HWV 50a: Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving (Aria - Esther)
Esther (1718 version)
2:59
5
Esther, HWV 50a: Save Us, O Lord (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
0:58
6
Esther, HWV 50a: Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence (Recitative - Ahasuerus, Esther)
Esther (1718 version)
1:16
7
Esther, HWV 50a: Who Calls My Parting Soul From Death? (Duet - Esther, Ahasuerus)
Esther (1718 version)
2:31
8
Esther, HWV 50a: O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes! (Aria - Ahasuerus)
Esther (1718 version)
6:44
9
Esther, HWV 50a: If I Find Favour in Thy Sight (Recitative - Esther)
Esther (1718 version)
0:21
10
Esther, HWV 50a: How Can I Stay When Love Invites? (Aria - Ahasuerus)
Esther (1718 version)
3:21
11
Esther, HWV 50a: With Inward Joy His Visage Glows (Recitative - Third Israelite, Fourth Israelite)
Esther (1718 version)
0:18
12
Esther, HWV 50a: Virtue, Truth and Innocence (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
2:40
13
Esther, HWV 50a: Jehovah, Crow'nd With Glory Bright (Arioso - Priest of the Israelites)
Esther (1718 version)
1:34
14
Esther, HWV 50a: He Comes, He Comes To End Our Woes (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
4:01
15
Esther, HWV 50a: Now, O Queen, Thy Suit Declare (Recitative - Ahasuerus, Esther)
Esther (1718 version)
1:28
16
Esther, HWV 50a: Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away (Arioso - Haman)
Esther (1718 version)
2:31
17
Esther, HWV 50a: Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee! (Aria - Esther)
Esther (1718 version)
5:00
18
Esther, HWV 50a: Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence (Recitative - Ahasuerus)
Esther (1718 version)
0:35
19
Esther, HWV 50a: How Art Thou Fall'n From Thy Height! (Aria - Haman)
Esther (1718 version)
5:06
20
Esther, HWV 50a: The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain (Chorus)
Esther (1718 version)
11:01