Israel in Egypt

Album by George Frideric Handel

Israel in Egypt is an oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel, first performed in 1739. The work is largely choral with extended fugues and pronounced word painting drawn from his operatic technique, and it follows his shift towards English choral writing in the 1730s.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Israel in Egypt: Overture Solomon
    8:19
  2. 2.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": I. Recitative (Tenor): Now there arose a new king over Egypt
    0:24
  3. 3.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": II. Countertenor Solo and Chorus: And the children of Israel sigh'd
    3:50
  4. 4.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": III. Recitative (Tenor): Then sent He Moses
    0:32
  5. 5.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": IV. Chorus: They loathed to drink the river
    2:26
  6. 6.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": V. Air (Countertenor): Their land brought forth frogs
    2:33
  7. 7.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": VI. Chorus: He spake the word
    2:16
  8. 8.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": VII. Chorus: He gave them hailstones for rain
    2:06
  9. 9.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": VIII. Chorus: He sent a thick darkness
    3:41
  10. 10.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": IX. Chorus: He smote all the first-born of Egypt
    2:35
  11. 11.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": X. Chorus: But as for His people
    4:44
  12. 12.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": XI. Chorus: Egypt was glad when they departed
    2:41
  13. 13.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": XII. Chorus: He rebuked the Red Sea
    3:20
  14. 14.
    Israel in Egypt: Part I "Exodus": XIII. Chorus: And Israel saw the great work
    3:14

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XIV. Introitus (Chorus): Moses and the children of Israel
    3:46
  2. 3.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XV. Duet (Soprano I & II): The Lord is my strength
    4:00
  3. 4.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XVI. Chorus: He is my god
    3:34
  4. 5.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XVII. Duet (Bass I & II): The Lord is a man of war
    6:18
  5. 6.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XVIII. Chorus: The depths have covered them
    1:53
  6. 7.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XIX. Chorus: Thy right hand, O Lord
    4:06
  7. 8.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XX. Chorus: And with the blast of Thy nostrils
    3:30
  8. 9.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXI. Air (Tenor): The enemy said: I
    2:42
  9. 10.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXII. Air (Soprano): Thou didst blow with the wind
    1:49
  10. 11.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXIII. Chorus: Who is like unto Thee
    2:25
  11. 12.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXIV. Duet (Countertenor & Tenor): Thou in Thy mercy
    4:18
  12. 13.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXV. Chorus: The people shall hear
    6:07
  13. 14.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXVI. Air (Countertenor): Thou shalt bring them in
    3:53
  14. 15.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXVIIa. Chorus: The Lord shall reign
    0:50
  15. 16.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXVIII. Recitative (Tenor): For the horse of Pharaoh
    0:24
  16. 17.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXVIIb. Chorus: The Lord shall reign
    0:50
  17. 18.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXIX. Recitative (Tenor): And Miriam, the prophetess
    0:20
  18. 19.
    Israel in Egypt: Part II "Moses's song": XXX. Soprano solo and Chorus and Chorus: Sing ye to the Lord
    3:43

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