Theodora, HWV 68
~ Release by Handel; Louise Alder, Tim Mead, Anna Stéphany, Stuart Jackson, Adam Plachetka, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (see all versions of this release, 2 available)
Tracklist
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Grave – Allegro
| George Frideric Handel | 3:10 | |
| 2 | Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Trio
| George Frideric Handel | 1:37 | |
| 3 | Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Courante
| George Frideric Handel | 1:13 | |
| 4 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “’Tis Dioclesian’s Natal Day” (Valens)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:34 | |
| 5 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier” (Valens)
| George Frideric Handel | 1:54 | |
| 6 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (Chorus of Heathens)
| George Frideric Handel | 2:14 | |
| 7 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:58 | |
| 8 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire” (Valens)
| George Frideric Handel | 3:27 | |
| 9 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (Chorus of Heathens)
| George Frideric Handel | 1:45 | |
| 10 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict!” (Didymus)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:35 | |
| 11 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “The Raptur’d Soul Defies the Sword” (Didymus)
| George Frideric Handel | 7:51 | |
| 12 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:53 | |
| 13 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius)
| George Frideric Handel | 7:35 | |
| 14 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Tho’ Hard, My Friends” (Theodora)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:33 | |
| 15 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu!” (Theodora)
| George Frideric Handel | 4:38 | |
| 16 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness!” (Irene)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:34 | |
| 17 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Bane of Virtue, Nurse of Passions” (Irene)
| George Frideric Handel | 5:24 | |
| 18 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord” (Chorus of Christians)
| George Frideric Handel | 3:09 | |
| 19 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:58 | |
| 20 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “As With Rosy Steps the Morn Advancing” (Irene)
| George Frideric Handel | 7:09 | |
| 21 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (Chorus of Christians)
| George Frideric Handel | 2:17 | |
| 22 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:25 | |
| 23 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius)
| George Frideric Handel | 3:03 | |
| 24 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:52 | |
| 25 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative, Accompany’d “O Worse Than Death Indeed!” (Theodora)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:23 | |
| 26 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Angels, Ever Bright, & Fair” (Theodora)
| George Frideric Handel | 3:23 | |
| 27 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Unhappy Happy Crew!” (Didymus, Irene)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:49 | |
| 28 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care” (Didymus)
| George Frideric Handel | 5:34 | |
| 29 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Love! How Great Thy Pow’r!” (Irene)
| George Frideric Handel | 0:25 | |
| 30 | Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Go, Gen’Rous, Pious Youth” (Chorus of Christians)
| George Frideric Handel | 4:36 | |
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Credits
Release
| photography: | Marco Borggreve (photographer) Gerard Collett (photographer) Ilona Sochorová Andrew Staples (tenor & photographer) Mike Stone (photographer) |
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| liner notes: | Ruth Smith (classical liner notes writer) |
| liner notes translator: | Delphine Malik Joachim Steinheuer (musicologist) |
| mastering: | Aline Blondiau (engineer / producer) |
| design: | Valérie Lagarde (designer) |
| booklet editor: | Claire Boisteau |
| artwork: | Aurore Duhamel |
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/album/3Wm2AyeRH5yNpf4OjjfeKL [info] |
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| streaming page: | https://music.apple.com/us/album/1727728922 [info] |
Release group
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0004202434 [info] |
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