Description
Handel - Theodora - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie / Sophie Daneman, Daniel Taylor, Richard Croft, Nathan Berg, Juliette Galstain, Laurent Slaars / Erato 3x Audio CD 2015
UPC 0825646098385
Theodora (HWV 68) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel, set to an English libretto by Thomas Morell. The oratorio concerns the Christian martyr Theodora and her Christian-converted Roman lover, Didymus. It had its first performance at Covent Garden Theatre on 16 March 1750.
Not popular with audiences in Handel's day, Theodora is now recognised as a masterpiece and is sometimes fully staged as an opera.
| Label: | Erato – 0825646098385 |
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| Format: |
3 x CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2015 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque, Oratorio |
Tracklist:
| Theodora; HVW 68 | |||
| 1-1 | Ouverture | 3:04 | |
| 1-2 | Trio | 1:33 | |
| 1-3 | Courante | 1:39 | |
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Part 1 |
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| Scene 1 | |||
| 1-4 | Recitative: Tis Diocletian's Natal Day (Valens) | 0:32 | |
| 1-5 | Air: Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens) | 1:46 | |
| 1-6 | Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down (Heathens) | 2:05 | |
| 1-7 | Recitative: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear (Didymus, Valens) | 0:55 | |
| 1-8 | Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword And Fire (Valens) | 3:35 | |
| 1-9 | Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom (Heathens) | 1:33 | |
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Scene 2 |
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| 1-10 | Recitative: Most Cruel Edict! (Didymus) | 0:30 | |
| 1-11 | Air: The Rapture'd Soul Defies The Sword (Septimius) | 8:27 | |
| 1-12 | Recitative: I Know The Virtues (Septimius) | 0:41 | |
| 1-13 | Air: Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest (Septimius) | 6:17 | |
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Scene 3 |
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| 1-14 | Recitative: Tho' Hard My Friends (Theodora) | 0:30 | |
| 1-15 | Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! (Theodora) | 4:40 | |
| 1-16 | Recitative: O Bright Example Of All Goodness! (Irene) | 0:29 | |
| 1-17 | Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene) | 5:25 | |
| 1-18 | Chorus: Come, Mighty Father (Christians) | 3:41 | |
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Scene 4 |
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| 1-19 | Recitative: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene) | 0:59 | |
| 1-20 | Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene) | 5:57 | |
| 1-21 | Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above (Christians) | 2:18 | |
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Scene 5 |
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| 1-22 | Recitativo: Mistaken Wretches! (Septimius) | 0:19 | |
| 1-23 | Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius) | 2:39 | |
| 1-24 | Recitative: Deluded Moral! (Theodora, Spetimius) | 1:01 | |
| 1-25 | Acompagnato: O Worse Than Death Indeed! (Theodora) | 0:26 | |
| 1-26 | Air; Angles, Ever Brith And Fair (Theodora) | 3:20 | |
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Scene 6 |
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| 1-27 | Recitative: Unhappy, Happy Crew! (Didymus, Irene) | 1:09 | |
| 1-28 | Air: King Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus) | 5:27 | |
| 1-29 | Recitative: O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! (Irene) | 0:23 | |
| 1-30 | Chorus: Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth | 5:52 | |
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Part 2 |
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| Scene 1 | |||
| 2-1 | Recitative: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens) | 0:36 | |
| 2-2 | Chorus: Queen Of Summer, Queen Of Love (Heathens) | 0:50 | |
| 2-3 | Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens) | 2:14 | |
| 2-4 | Recitative: Return, Septimius (Valens) | 0:37 | |
| 2-5 | Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies (Heathens) | 1:18 | |
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Scene 2 |
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| 2-6 | Symphony | 1:06 | |
| 2-7 | Recitative: O Thou Bright Sun! (Theodora) | 0:33 | |
| 2-8 | Air: With Darkness Deep As My Woe (Theodora) | 3:56 | |
| 2-9 | Symphony | 1:48 | |
| 2-10 | Recitative: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul? (Theodora) | 0:29 | |
| 2-11 | Air: Oh, That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora) | 3:40 | |
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Scene 3 |
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| 2-12 | Recitative: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius) | 1:07 | |
| 2-13 | Air: Tho' The Honours That Flora And Venus Receive (Septimius) | 3:02 | |
| 2-14 | Recitative: O Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius) | 0:36 | |
| 2-15 | Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus) | 6:34 | |
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Scene 4 |
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| 2-16 | Recitative: The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere (Irene) | 0:38 | |
| 2-17 | Air: Defend Her, Heav'n (Irene) | 4:35 | |
| 2-18 | Recitative: Or Lulled With Grief (Didymus) | 0:34 | |
| 2-19 | Air: Sweet Rose And Lily, Flow'ry Form (Didymus) | 2:43 | |
| 2-20 | Recitative: O Save Me Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus) | 1:26 | |
| 2-21 | Air: The Pilgrim's Home, The Sick Man's Health (Theodora) | 3:19 | |
| 2-22 | Acompagnato: Forbid It, Heav'n! (Didymus) | 0:31 | |
| 2-23 | Recitative: Or Say, What Right Have I (Didymus, Theodora) | 1:33 | |
| 2-24 | Duet: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth (Theodora, Didymus) | 4:34 | |
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Scene 6 |
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| 2-25 | Recitative: 'Tis Night, But Night's Sweet Blessing (Irene) | 0:44 | |
| 2-26 | Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth (Christians) | 5:15 | |
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Part 3 |
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| Scene 1 | |||
| 3-1 | Air: Lord, To Thee, Each Night And Day (Irene) | 4:20 | |
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Scene 2 |
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| 3-2 | Recitative: But See The Good, The Virtuous Didymus! (Irene, Theodora) | 0:36 | |
| 3-3 | Air: When Sunk In Anguish And Despair (Theodora) | 4:29 | |
| 3-4 | Chorus: Blest Be The Hand (Christians) | 3:26 | |
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Scene 3 |
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| 3-5 | Recitiative: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger, Irene) | 0:45 | |
| 3-6 | Accompangato: O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind (Theodora) | 0:34 | |
| 3-7 | Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora) | 0:31 | |
| 3-8 | Recitative: She's Gone, Disdaining Liberty And Life (Irene) | 0:31 | |
| 3-9 | Air: New Scenes Of Joy Come Crowding On (Irene) | 3:29 | |
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Scene 4 |
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| 3-10 | Recitative: Is It A Christian Virtue, Then (Valens, Didymus) | 1:53 | |
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Scene 5 |
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| Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius | |||
| 3-11 | Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius) - Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius) | 7:05 | |
| 3-12 | Air: Cease, Ye Slaves Your Friends (Septimius) | 1:04 | |
| 3-13 | Recitative: 'Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora) | 0:55 | |
| 3-14 | Chorus: How Strange Their Ends (Heathens) | 4:24 | |
| 3-15 | Recitative: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens) | 0:42 | |
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Scene 6 |
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| 3-16 | Recitative: And Must Such Beauty Suffer! (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) | 0:39 | |
| 3-17 | Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus), Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire (Theodora, Didymus) | 5:20 | |
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Scene 7 |
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| 3-18 | Recitative: Ere This Their Doom Is Past (Irene) | 0:25 | |
| 3-19 | Chorus: O Love Divine, Thou Source Of Fame (Irene, Christians) | 4:09 |
- Alto Vocals [Choir] – Anne Lelong, Armand Gavrillidès, Dominique Favat, Jean-Paul Bonnevalle, Pierre Kuzor
- Baritone Vocals [Messenger] – Laurent Slaars
- Baritone Vocals [Valens] – Nathan Berg
- Bass Vocals [Choir] – Christophe Olive, David Le Monnier, Fabrice Chomienne, Frits Vanhulle, Jean-François Gay, Laurent Collobert
- Bassoon – Claude Wassmer, Rhoda Patrick
- Cello – Alix Verzier, Damien Launay, Emmanuel Balssa, Paul Carlioz, Ulrike Brutt
- Cello [Continuo] – David Simpson (2)
- Chorus Master – François Bazola
- Composed By – Handel
- Conductor – William Christie
- Countertenor Vocals [Dydimus] – Daniel Taylor (3)
- Design – Smith & Gilmour
- Double Bass – Michael Greenberg
- Double Bass [Continuo] – Jonathan Cable
- Engineer [Sound, Editing] – Didier Jean
- Ensemble – Les Arts Florissants
- Executive-Producer – Arnaud Moral
- Flute – Charles Zebley, Serge Saïtta
- Harpsichord [Continuo] – Béatrice Martin (2)
- Horn – Denis Maton
- Libretto By – Thomas Morell
- Liner Notes – Anthony Hicks (2)
- Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins (2), Virginie Bauzou
- Liner Notes [German Program Translation] – Anne Steeb
- Liner Notes [German Text and Program Translation] – Almut Lenz-Konrad
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Bernd Müller (2)
- Management [Project] – Lee Woollard
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Irene] – Juliette Galstain
- Oboe – Geoffrey Burgess, Machico Ueno, Michel Henry, Pier Luigi Fabretti
- Painting – Frederick Sandys
- Percussion – Marie-Ange Petit
- Repetiteur [Choir] – Anne-Catherine Vinay
- Repetiteur [Language Coach] – Alan Woodhouse
- Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Anne Mopin, Anne Pichard, Cassandra Harvey, Isabelle Sauvageot, Jeanette Wilson-Best, Nicole Dubrovitch, Roselyne Tessier-Lemoine, Sheena Wolstencroft, Sophie Decaudaveine
- Soprano Vocals [Theodora] – Sophie Daneman
- Tenor Vocals – Michael Loughlin-Smith
- Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Bruno Renhold, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Maurizio Rossano, Nicolas Maire
- Tenor Vocals [Soloist] – Richard Croft
- Theorbo [Continuo] – Elizabeth Kenny
- Trumpet – Joël Lahens, René Maze
- Typography [Typesetting] – Peter Vogelpoel
- Viola – Anne Weber, Galina Zinchenko, Jean-Luc Thonnerieux, Michel Renard
- Violin [1] – Catherine Girard, Jean-Paul Burgos, Michèle Sauvé, Mihoko Kimura, Peter Van Boxelaere, Ruth Weber, Simon Heyerick
- Violin [2] – George Willms, Guya Martinini, Martha Moore (2), Myriam Gevers, Roberto Crisafulli, Sophie Demoures, Valérie Mascia
- Violin, Concertmaster – Hiro Kurosaki
