HANDEL: Solomon, HWV 67 Classical Naxos

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

COMPACT DISC ONE

Solomon, HWV 67

Part I: Overture

3:41

Part I: Allegro

2:31

Part I Scene 1: Your harps and cymbals sound (Chorus of Priests)

3:39

Part I Scene 1: Air: Praise ye the Lord (Levite)

4:44

Part I Scene 1: With pious hearts (Chorus of Priests)

4:26

Part I Scene 1: Accompagnato: Almighty pow'r! (Solomon)

2:27

Part I Scene 1: Recitative: Imperial Solomon (Zadok)

0:44

Part I Scene 1: Air: Sacred raptures (Zadok)

4:16

Part I Scene 1: Throughout the land Jehovah's praise (Chorus of Israelites)

3:11

10.

Part I Scene 1: Recitative: Bless'd be the Lord (Solomon)

0:24

11.

Part I Scene 1: Air: What tho' I trace (Solomon)

5:52

12.

Part I Scene 2: Recitative: And see my Queen (Solomon)

0:45

13.

Part I Scene 2: Air: Bless'd the day (Queen)

5:11

14.

Part I Scene 2: Recitative: Thou fair inhabitant of Nile (Solomon, Queen)

0:39

15.

Part I Scene 2: Duet: Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon, Queen)

3:29

16.

Part I Scene 2: Recitative: Vain are the transient beauties (Zadok)

0:40

17.

Part I Scene 2: Air: Indulge thy faith (Zadok)

2:44

18.

Part I Scene 2: Recitative: My blooming fair (Solomon)

0:14

19.

Part I Scene 2: Air: Haste to the cedar grove (Solomon)

3:07

20.

Part I Scene 2: Recitative: When thou art absent from my sight (Queen)

0:12

21.

Part I Scene 2: Air: With thee th'unshelter'd moor I tread (Queen)

2:08

22.

Part I Scene 2: Recitative: Search round the world (Zadok)

0:17

23.

Part I Scene 2: May no rash intruder (Chorus)

3:16

24.

Part II Scene 1: From the censer curling rise (Chorus)

5:21

25.

Part II Scene 1: Recitative: Prais'd be the Lord (Solomon)

1:07

26.

Part II Scene 1: Air: When the sun o'er yonder hills (Solomon)

4:40

27.

Part II Scene 1: Recitative: Great prince (Levite)

0:28

28.

Part II Scene 1: Air: Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king (Levite)

3:17

29.

Part II Scene 2: Recitative: My sovereign liege, two women stand (Attendant, Solomon, First Woman)

2:05

30.

Part II Scene 2: Air and Trio: Words are weak to paint my Fears (First Woman, Second Woman, Solomon)

5:30

COMPACT DISC TWO

Part II Scene 3: Recitative: What says the other (Solomon, Second Woman)

1:23

Part II Scene 3: Air: Thy sentence, great king (Second Woman)

2:07

Part II Scene 3: Recitative: Withhold the executing hand (First Woman)

0:14

Part II Scene 3: Air: Can I see my infant gor'd (First Woman)

4:49

Part II Scene 3: Accompagnato: Israel, attend (Solomon)

2:01

Part II Scene 3: Duet: Thrice bless'd be the king (First Woman, Solomon)

3:41

Part II Scene 3: From the east unto the west (Chorus of Israelites)

2:39

Part II Scene 3: Recitative: From morn to eve (Zadok)

0:25

Part II Scene 3: Air: See the tall Palm (Zadok)

5:09

10.

Part II Scene 3: Recitative: No more shall armed bands (First Woman)

0:18

11.

Part II Scene 3: Air: Beneath the vine (First Woman)

6:29

12.

Part II Scene 3: Swell the full chorus (Chorus of Priests)

2:37

13.

Part III: Sinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba'

3:06

14.

Part III: Recitative: From Arabia's spicy shores (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)

1:12

15.

Part III: Air: Ev'ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba)

4:20

16.

Part III: Recitative: Sweep the string (Solomon)

0:16

17.

Part III: Air and Chorus: Music, spread thy voice around (Solomon, Chorus)

2:52

18.

Part III: Air and Chorus: Now a diff'rent measure try (Solomon, Chorus)

1:51

19.

Part III: Recitative: Then at once (Solomon)

0:38

20.

Part III: Draw the tear from hopeless love (Chorus)

2:23

21.

Part III: Recitative: Next the tortur'd soul release (Solomon)

0:21

22.

Part III: Air and Chorus: Thus rolling surges rise (Solomon)

2:53

23.

Part III: Recitative: Thy Harmony's divine (Queen of Sheba)

1:05

24.

Part III: Air: Pious king, and virtuous queen (Levite)

2:50

25.

Part III: Recitative: Thrice happy king (Zadok)

0:48

26.

Part III: Air: Golden columns, fair and bright (Zadok)

2:57

27.

Part III: Praise the Lord (Chorus)

4:48

28.

Part III: Recitative: Gold now is common (Solomon)

0:26

29.

Part III: Air: How green our fertile pastures look (Solomon)

2:11

30.

Part III: Recitative: May peace in Salem ever dwell (Queen of Sheba)

0:43

31.

Part III: Air: Will the sun forget to streak (Queen of Sheba)

5:50

32.

Part III: Recitative: Adieu, fair queen (Solomon)

0:25

33.

Part III: Duet: Ev'ry joy, that wisdom knows (Solomon, Queen of Sheba)

2:42

34.

Part III: The name of the wicked (Chorus)

2:34

Solo: Ewa Wolak mezzo-soprano

Solo: Elisabeth Scholl soprano

Solo: Nicola Wemyss soprano

Solo: Knut Schoch tenor

Solo: Matthias Vieweg bass

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

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