tracks

Ouvertüre
Gigue
Air (Josabeth) "Blooming Virgins"
Solo (Josabeth) & Chorus "Tyrants Would In Impious Throngs"
Accompagnato (joad) "Oh Judah, Judah! Chosen Seed!"
Solo (Joad) & Chorus "O Lord, Whom We Adore - Here From Thy Mercy"
Accompagnata (Athalia) "What Scenes Of Horror"
Recitativo (Athalia, Mathan) "Oh Nathan, Aid Me To Control"
Accompagnato (Athalia) "O, Athalia, Tremble At Thy Fate"
Air (Mathan)"The Gods, Who Chosen Blessing Seed"
Recitativo (Athalia) "Her Form At This Began To Fate"
Chorus "Cheer Her, O Baal"
Recitativo (Athalia, Mathan) "Amidst These Horrors"
Air (Mathan) "Gentles Airs, Melodious Strains"
Air (Athalia) "Softest Sounds No More Can Ease Me"
Recitativo (Mathan, Abner) "Swift To The Temple"
Chorus "The Traitor If You There Descry"
1735/I. Aria (Joad) "Bianco Giglio"
Recitativo (Joad, Josabeth, Abner) "My Josabeth!"
Air (Josabeth) "Faithful Cares In Vain Extended"
Recitativo (Abner) "O Cease, Fair Princess"
1735/II. Aria (Joad) "L'innocenza"
Duett & Chorus (Joad, Abner) "When Storms The Proud"
Chorus "Allelujah"
Chorus & Solo (Joad) "The Mighty Pow'r, In Whom We trust"
Air (Josabeth) "Through The Land So Lovely Blooming"
Recitativo (Abner, Joad) "Ah! Where This Land"
Air (Abner) "Ah, Canst Thou But Prove Me!"
Recitativo (Athalia, Josabeth, Joas) "Confusion To My Thoughts!"
Air (Joas) "Will God, Whose Mercies Ever Flow"
Recitativo (Athalia, Joas) "This Is My Intention"
Air (Mathan) "My Vengance Awakes Me"
Duett (Josabeth, Joas) "My Spirits Fail"
Duett (Joad, Josabeth) "Cancia In Gioia"
Recitiativo (Abner) "Joad, Ere Day Has Ebded Half This Race"
1735/III. Aria (Joad) "Quella Farma Ch'or Ti Chiama"
Chorus "The Clouded Scene Begins To Clear"
Accompagnato (Joad) "What Sacred Horrors Shake My Breast!"
Chorus "Unfold, Great Seer"
Accompagnato (Joad) "Chi Ha La Pietate"
1735/IV. Aria (Joad) "Cor Fedele"
Recitativo (Joad, Joas, Josabeth) "Eliakim! My Father"
Chorus "With Firm United Hearts We Stand"
Recitativo (Mathan, Josabeth) "Oh Princess, I Approach Thee"
Air (Josabeth) "Soothing Tyrant, Falsley Smiling!"
Recitativo (Joad, Mathan) "Apostate Priest"
Recitativo (Joad, Athalia) "O Bold Seducer"
Chorus & Solo (Joad) "Around Let Acclamations Ring"
Recitativo (Athalia, Mathan) "Where I Am?"
Air (Mathan) "Hark! Hark! - His Thunders Round Me Roll"
Recitativo (Joad, Athalia) "Yes Proud Apostate Thou Shall Fall"
Air (Athalia) "I See All Hopes, All Succors Fail"
Recitativo (Joad, Josabeth) "Now, Josabeth"
1735/V. Aria (Joad) "Angelico Splendor"
Recitativo (Abner) "Rejoice, O Judah"
1735/VI. Orgelkonzert
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro
Chorus "Alleluja"

notes

℗ & © 2010 Sony Music Entertainment

Version of 1735, premiere in the new edition of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe
Recording: Les Dominicains Guebwiler, France, 20.-24. & 29.-30. November 2009
Total Time
CD1: 75:57
CD2: 69:13

Cover painting: Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) "Oath of the Horatii / "Der Schwur der Horatier / Le Sermet des Horaces, 1748 (detail)
Include booklet with notes and sung text in German and English
Made in the EU

credits

Alto Vocals [Choir] – Anja Schumacher, Anna Charim, Dominika Hirschler, Edzard Burchards, Elena Pozhidaeva, Gunther Vandeven
Baritone Vocals [Abner] – David Wilson-Johnson
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Christoph Drescher, Falk Joost, Friedemann Klos, Simon Berg, Simon Robinson (8)
Bass Vocals [Joad 2] – Clemens Heidrich
Bassoon – Claudio Matteo Severi, Donna Agrell
Cello – Christoph Dangel, Georg Dettweiler, Mara Miribung
Choir – Vocalconsort Berlin
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Contrabass – David Sinclair (9), Stefan Preyer
Countertenor Vocals [Joad] – Lawrence Zazzo
Directed By – Paul Goodwin (2)
Engineer – Jakob Händel
Flute – Daniela Lieb
Harpsichord – Nicola Cumer
Horn – Anna Barbara Schranz, Konstantin Timokhine
Libretto By – Samuel Humphreys
Liner Notes – Guido Johannes Joerg
Liner Notes [English Translation] – Clive Williams (2)
Oboe – Ingo Müller, Kerstin Kramp
Orchestra – Kammerorchester Basel
Organ – Daniel Moult
Painting [Cover] – Jacques-Louis David
Producer [Recording], Edited By, Mastered By – Andreas Werner (4)
Soprano Vocals [Athalia] – Geraldine McGreevy
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Alexandra Lachmann, Anja Bittner, Christiane Büttig, Friederike Adamski, Katja Kunze, Nathalie Siebert
Soprano Vocals [Josabeth] – Nuria Rial
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Friedemann Hecht, Jon Etxabe-Arzuaga, Markus Schuck, Rolf Ehlers, Stephen Ng, Thomas Volle
Tenor Vocals [Mathan] – Charles Daniels (2)
Theorbo – Toshinori Ozaki
Timbales – Olivier Membrez
Treble Vocals [Joas] – Aaron Mächler
Trumpet – Andrew Hammersley, Simon Lilly
Viola – Anna Pfister, Bodo Friedrich, Renée Straub
Violin [1] – Elisabeth Kohler, Ewa Miribung, Matthias Müller (13), Nina Candik, Plamena Nikitassova, Valentina Giusti
Violin [2] – Jörn-Sebastian Kuhlmann, Lotta Suvanto, Noëlle-Anne Darbellay, Regina Schröder, Tamás Vásárhelyi

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
Recorded At – Église des Dominicains Guebwiller

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