Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) - Theodora HWV 68 (3 CD)

1 Ouvertüre
2 Rezitativ: 'Tis Dioclesioan's natal day (1. Teil)
3 Arie: Go, my faithful soldier
4 And draw a blessing down
5 Rezitativ: Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious ear
6 Arie: Racks, gibbets, sword and fire
7 For ever thus stands fix'd the doom
8 Rezitativ: Most cruel edict!
9 Arie: The raptur'd soul defies the sword
10 Rezitativ: I know thy virtues, and ask not thy faith
11 Arie: Descend, kind pity, heav'nly guest
12 Rezitativ: Though hard, my friends
13 Arie: Fond, flatt'ring wolrd, adieu!
14 Rezitativ: O bright example of all goodness!
15 Come, mighty Father, mighty Lord
16 Rezitativ: Fly, fly, my brethren, heathen rage pursues us swift
17 Arie: As with rosy steps the morn
18 All pow'r in Heav'n above or earth beneath
19 Rezitativ: Mistaken wretches!
20 Arie: Dread the fruits of Christian folly
21 Rezitativ: Deluded mortal!
22 Accompagnato: Oh, worse than death indeed!
23 Arie: Angels, ever bright and fair
24 Rezitativ: Unhappy, happy crew!
25 Arie: Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care
26 Rezitativ: O love, how great thy pow'r!
27 Go, gen'rous, pious youth
1 Rezitativ: Ye men of Antioch, with solemn pomp (2. Teil)
2 Queen of summer, queen of love
3 Arie: Wide spread his name
4 Rezitativ: Return, Septimius, to the stubborn maid
5 Venus laughing from the skies
6 Sinfonia: Largo
7 Rezitativ: O thou bright sun!
8 Arie: With darkness deep, as is my woe
9 Arie: Lentement
10 Rezitativ: But why art thou disquieted, my soul?
11 Arie: Oh, that I on wings could rise
12 Rezitativ: Long have I known thy friendly social soul
13 Arie: Though the honours that Flora and Venus receive
14 Rezitativ: Oh, save her then
15 Arie: Deeds of kindness to display
16 Rezitativ: The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere
17 Arie: defend her, Heav'n!
18 Rezitativ: Or lull'd with grief, or rapt her soul to Heav'n
19 Arie: Sweet rose and lily, flow'ry form
20 Rezitativ: Oh, save me, Heav'n, in this my perilous hour!
21 Arie: The pilgrim's home, the sick man's he
22 Accompagnato: Forbid it, Heav'n!
23 Rezitativ: Or say, what right have I
24 To thee, thou glorious son of worth
25 Rezitativ: 'Tis night, but night'ssweet blessing is denied
26 He saw the lovely youth, death's early prey
1 Arie: Lord, to Thee each nicht and day (3. Teil)
2 Rezitativ: But see, the good, the virtuous Didymus!
3 Arie: When sunk in anguish and despair
4 Blest be the hand, and blest the pow'r
5 Rezitativ: Undaunted in the court stands Didymus
6 Accompagnato: O my Irene, Heav'n is kind
7 Rezitativ: Stay me not, dear friend
8 Whither, Princess, do you fly
9 Rezitativ: She's gone, disdaining liberty and life
10 Arie: New scenes of joy come crowding on
11 Rezitativ: Is it a Christian virtue then
12 Rezitativ: Be that my doom. You may inflict it here
13 Arie: Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r!
14 Rezitativ: 'Tis kind, my friends, but kinder still
15 How strange their ends
16 Rezitativ: On me your frowns, your utmost rage exert
17 Arie: Ye ministers of justice, lead them hence
18 Rezitativ: And must such beauty suffer?
19 Arie - Duett: Streams of pleasure ever flowing
20 Rezitativ: Ere this, their doom is past and they are gone
21 O love divine, thou source of fame