Israel in Egypt

Album by George Frideric Handel & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Malcolm Sargent & Elsie Morison & Monica Sinclair & Richard Lewis & Huddersfield Choral Society

Israel in Egypt is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1739. The work features expansive choral writing and vivid settings of biblical text, employing Baroque orchestration and contrapuntal techniques, and it occupies a place in Handel's mature oratorio output during his shift from Italian opera to English choral drama.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Israel in Egypt: Introduction (Orchestra)
    0:46
  2. 2.
    Israel in Egypt: Recit: Now There Arose a New King (Tenor)
    0:31
  3. 3.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: And the Children of Egypt Sighed
    5:19
  4. 4.
    Israel in Egypt: Recit: Then He Sent Moses His Servant
    0:32
  5. 5.
    Israel in Egypt: Chorus: They Loathed to Drink of the River
    2:13
  6. 6.
    Israel in Egypt: Air: Their Land Brought Forth Frogs (Contralto)
    2:50
  7. 7.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: He Spake the Word
    2:23
  8. 8.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: He Gave Them Hailstones for Rain
    2:16
  9. 9.
    Israel in Egypt: Chorus: He Sent a Thick Darkness
    3:19
  10. 10.
    Israel in Egypt: Chorus: He Smote All the First Born of Egypt
    2:33
  11. 11.
    Israel in Egypt: Chorus: But as for His People
    4:41
  12. 12.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: He Rebuked the Red Sea... He Led Them Through the Deep
    2:25
  13. 13.
    Israel in Egypt: Chorus: But the Waters Overwhelmed Their Enemies
    1:35
  14. 14.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: And Israel Saw That Great Work... And Believed the Lord
    3:46
  15. 15.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: Moses and the Children of Israel
    4:31
  16. 16.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: He Is My God
    1:12
  17. 17.
    Israel in Egypt: Chorus: The Lord Is a Man of War
    5:37
  18. 18.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: The Depths Have Covered Them... Thy Right Hand, o Lord... And in the Greatness of Thine Excellency
    4:58
  19. 19.
    Israel in Egypt: Chorus: And With the Blast of Thy Nostrils
    3:05
  20. 20.
    Israel in Egypt: Air: The Enemy Said, I Will Pursue (Tenor)
    2:47
  21. 21.
    Israel in Egypt: Air: Thou Didst Blow With the Wind (Soprano)
    2:06
  22. 22.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: Who Is Like Unto Thee, o Lord?
    1:08
  23. 23.
    Israel in Egypt: Double Chorus: The People Shall Hear
    6:52
  24. 24.
    Israel in Egypt: Air: Thou Shalt Bring Them In (Contralto)
    3:40
  25. 25.
    Israel in Egypt: Recit (Tenor) And Double Chorus: The Lord Shall Reign... For Ever and Ever
    3:00
  26. 26.
    Israel in Egypt: Recit (Soprano) And Double Chorus: Sing Ye to the Lord
    4:22