Deborah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Yvonne Kenny & Susan Gritton & Catherine Denley & James Bowman & Michael George & Choir of New College Oxford & Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral & The King’s Consort & Robert King

Deborah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1733. The work blends Baroque orchestration and dramatic vocal writing, combining operatic-style arias, recitatives and English choral textures, and occupies a place among Handel's large-scale choral works from his mature London period.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Deborah: Act I "Overture": Grave - Allegro - Menuett
    5:56
  2. 2.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "Immortal Lord of earth and skies"
    5:44
  3. 3.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "O Barak, favour’d of the skies" (Deborah, Barak)
    0:38
  4. 4.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. III. Duet "Where do thy ardours raise me?" (Barak, Deborah)
    4:12
  5. 5.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. IV. Chorus "Forbear thy doubts! to arms! away!"
    1:18
  6. 6.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. V. Recitative "Since Heav’n has thus his will express’d" (Barak)
    0:29
  7. 7.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VI. Soli & Chorus "For ever to the voice of pray’r"
    1:49
  8. 8.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VII. Recitative "By that adorable decree" (Deborah)
    0:47
  9. 9.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VIII. Chorus "O hear thy lowly servants’ pray’r"
    2:49
  10. 10.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. IX. Recitative "Ye sons of Israel, cease your fears" (Deborah)
    0:24
  11. 11.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. X. Chorus "O blast, with thy tremendous brow"
    0:50
  12. 12.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XI. Recitative "To whomsoe’er his fate the tyrant owes" (Barak)
    0:34
  13. 13.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XII. Air "How lovely is the blooming fair" (Barak)
    1:54
  14. 14.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah! Where’er I turn" (Jael, Deborah)
    1:05
  15. 15.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. II. Air "Choirs of Angels, all around thee" (Deborah)
    3:32
  16. 16.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. III. Recitative "My transports are too great to tell" (Jael)
    0:28
  17. 17.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. IV. Air "To joy he brightens my despair" (Jael)
    3:49
  18. 18.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "Barak, my son, the joyful sound" (Abinoam)
    0:26
  19. 19.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. II. Air "Awake the ardour of thy breast" (Abinoam)
    3:28
  20. 20.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. III. Recitative "I go where Heav’n and duty call" (Barak)
    0:10
  21. 21.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. VI. Air "All danger disdaining" (Barak)
    4:12
  22. 22.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. V. Chorus "Let thy deeds be glorious"
    3:09
  23. 23.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene IV. Recitative "My charge is to declare" (Herald) / Act I, Scene V, No. I. "Let him approach..." (Deborah, Barak)
    1:19
  24. 24.
    Deborah: Act I, Scene V, No. II. Chorus "Despair all around them"
    5:23
  25. 25.
    Deborah: Act II, No. I. Chorus "See, the proud chief advances now"
    4:36
  26. 26.
    Deborah: Act II, No. II. Recitative "That here rebellious arms I see" (Sisera)
    0:31
  27. 27.
    Deborah: Act II, No. III. Air "At my feet extended low" (Sisera)
    2:16
  28. 28.
    Deborah: Act II, No. IV. Recitative "Go frown, Barbarian" (Deborah)
    0:27
  29. 29.
    Deborah: Act II, No. V. Air "In Jehovah’s awful sight" (Deborah)
    2:32
  30. 30.
    Deborah: Act II, No. VI. Recitative "Yes, how your God in wonders can excel" (Sisera)
    0:13
  31. 31.
    Deborah: Act II, No. VII. Air "Whilst you boast the wondrous story" (Sisera)
    2:45
  32. 32.
    Deborah: Act II, No. VIII. Air "Impious mortal, cease to brave us" (Barak)
    2:44

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Deborah: Act II, No. IX. Recitative "Behold the nations all around" (Chief Priest of Baal)
    0:27
  2. 3.
    Deborah: Act II, No. X. Chorus "O Baal, monarch of the skies!" (chorus of Baal's priests)
    1:59
  3. 4.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XI. Recitative "No. more, ye infidels, No. more!" (Chief Priest of the Israelites)
    0:20
  4. 5.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XII. Chorus "Lord of eternity, who hast in store" (chorus of Israelites)
    3:17
  5. 6.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XIII. Recitative "By his great name, and his alone" (Deborah, Sisera)
    0:37
  6. 7.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XIV. Soli & Chorus "All your boast will end in woe"
    3:20
  7. 8.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XV. Recitative "Great prophetess, my soul's on fire" (Barak)
    0:18
  8. 9.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XVI. Air "In the battle, fame pursuing" (Barak)
    6:05
  9. 10.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XVII. Recitative "Thy ardours warm the winter of my age" (Abinoam)
    0:31
  10. 11.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XVIII. Air "Swift inundation of desolation" (Abinoam)
    2:52
  11. 12.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XIX. Recitative "O Judah, with what joy I see" (Israelite woman)
    0:17
  12. 13.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XX. Air "No. more disconsolate I'll mourn" (Israelite woman)
    3:09
  13. 14.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XXI. Recitative "Now, Jael, to thy tent retire" (Deborah)
    0:22
  14. 15.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XXII. Air "O the pleasure my soul is possessing" (Jael)
    3:31
  15. 16.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XXIII. Recitative "Barak, we now to battle go" (Deborah)
    0:10
  16. 17.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XXIV. Duet "Smiling freedom, lovely guest" (Deborah, Barak)
    4:17
  17. 18.
    Deborah: Act II, No. XXV. Chorus "The great king of kings will aid us today"
    3:02
  18. 19.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "A grand military symphony: Now the proud insulting foe" (chorus of Israelites)
    3:33
  19. 20.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "The haughty foe whose pride to heav'n did soar" (Israelite woman)
    0:15
  20. 21.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. III. Air "Now sweetly smiling peace descends" (Israelite woman)
    2:59
  21. 22.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "My pray'rs are heard, the blessings of this day" (Abinoam, Barak)
    0:38
  22. 23.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene II, No. II. Air "Tears, such as tender fathers shed" (Abinoam)
    2:05
  23. 24.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah, my fears are o'er" (Jael)
    0:12
  24. 25.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. II. Chorus "Doleful tidings, how ye wound" (chorus of Baal's priests)
    2:25
  25. 26.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. III. Air "Our fears are now forever fled" (Israelite woman)
    2:15
  26. 27.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. IV. Recitative "I saw the tyrant breathless in her tent" (Barak, Jael)
    1:56
  27. 28.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. V. Air "Tyrant, now No. more we dread thee" (Jael)
    4:22
  28. 29.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VI. Recitative "If, Jael, I a right divine" (Deborah)
    0:20
  29. 30.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VII. Air "The glorious sun shall cease to shed" (Deborah)
    2:22
  30. 31.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VIII. Recitative "May heav'n, with kind profusion, shed" (Barak)
    0:14
  31. 32.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. IX. Air "Low at her feet he bow'd, he fell" (Barak)
    3:07
  32. 33.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. X. Recitative "O great Jehovah! may thy foes" (Deborah)
    0:40
  33. 34.
    Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. XI. Chorus "Let our glad songs to heav'n ascend"
    6:47

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