Deborah

Album by George Frideric Handel & Elisabeth Scholl & Natacha Ducret & Lawrence Zazzo & Ewa Wolak & Knut Schoch & Jelle Draijer & Barockorchester Frankfurt & Junge Kantorei & Joachim Carlos Martini

Deborah is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1733. It belongs to the English Baroque oratorio tradition, featuring choral writing, recitative and da capo arias and representing one of Handel's large-scale sacred dramatic works from his London period.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Deborah: Overture
    8:17
  2. 2.
    Deborah: Chorus - Immortal Lord of Earth and Skies
    6:33
  3. 3.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:46
  4. 4.
    Deborah: Duet - Where Do Thy Ardours Raise Me?
    4:26
  5. 5.
    Deborah: Chorus - Forbear Thy Doubts!
    1:17
  6. 6.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:34
  7. 7.
    Deborah: Soloists and Chorus - For Ever to the Voice of Pray'r
    1:25
  8. 8.
    Deborah: Accompanied Recitative
    0:57
  9. 9.
    Deborah: Chorus - O Hear Thy Lowly Servants' Pray'r
    2:34
  10. 10.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:33
  11. 11.
    Deborah: Chorus - O Blast With Thy Tremendous Brow
    0:48
  12. 12.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:37
  13. 13.
    Deborah: Air - How Lovely Is the Blooming Fair
    1:50
  14. 14.
    Deborah: Recitative
    1:15
  15. 15.
    Deborah: Air - Choirs of Angels, All Around Thee
    4:03
  16. 16.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:27
  17. 17.
    Deborah: Air - To Joy He Brightens My Despair
    3:47
  18. 18.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:36
  19. 19.
    Deborah: Air - Awake the Ardour of Thy Breast
    3:20
  20. 20.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:13
  21. 21.
    Deborah: Air - All Danger Disdaining
    4:18
  22. 22.
    Deborah: Chorus - Let Thy Deeds Be Glorious
    3:25
  23. 23.
    Deborah: Recitative
    1:17
  24. 24.
    Deborah: Air - Hateful Man
    2:52
  25. 25.
    Deborah: Air - My Vengeance Awakes Me
    4:59
  26. 26.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:28
  27. 27.
    Deborah: Air - Cease, O Judah, Cease Thy Mourning
    7:51
  28. 28.
    Deborah: Chorus - Despair, All Around Them
    1:55
  29. 29.
    Deborah: Chorus - Alleluia
    2:09

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Deborah: Chorus of the Israelites - See, The Proud Chief
    4:52
  2. 3.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:41
  3. 4.
    Deborah: Air - At My Feet Extended Low
    2:17
  4. 5.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:37
  5. 6.
    Deborah: Air - In Jehova's Awful Sight
    1:54
  6. 7.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:16
  7. 8.
    Deborah: Air - Whilst You Boast the Wondrous...
    2:38
  8. 9.
    Deborah: Air - Impious Mortal, Cease to Brave Us
    2:35
  9. 10.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:23
  10. 11.
    Deborah: Chorus of Baal's Priests - O Baal, Monarch of the Skies!
    1:55
  11. 12.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:23
  12. 13.
    Deborah: Chorus of the Israelites - Lord of Eternity
    0:57
  13. 14.
    Deborah: Chorus of the Israelites - Plead Thy Just Cause
    2:04
  14. 15.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:43
  15. 16.
    Deborah: Soloists and Chorus - All Your Boast Will End in Woe
    2:49
  16. 17.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:20
  17. 18.
    Deborah: Air - In the Battle, Fame Pursuing
    6:32
  18. 19.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:38
  19. 20.
    Deborah: Air - Swift Inundation of Desolation
    2:46
  20. 21.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:14
  21. 22.
    Deborah: Air - No More Disconsolate I'll Mourn
    2:54
  22. 23.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:27
  23. 24.
    Deborah: Air - O the Pleasure My Soul Is Possessing
    2:44
  24. 25.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:13
  25. 26.
    Deborah: Duet - Smiling Freedom
    4:23
  26. 27.
    Deborah: Chorus - The Great King of Kings Will Aid Us Too
    2:48

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Deborah: A Military Symphony
    2:18
  2. 4.
    Deborah: Chorus of the Israelites - Now the Proud Insulting Foe
    3:07
  3. 5.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:14
  4. 6.
    Deborah: Air - Now Sweetly Smiling Peace Descends
    2:43
  5. 7.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:44
  6. 8.
    Deborah: Air - Tears, Such As Tender Fathers Shed
    1:36
  7. 9.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:13
  8. 10.
    Deborah: Air - Hark! Hark! Hark! His Thunders...
    2:12
  9. 11.
    Deborah: Chorus of Baal's Priests - Doleful Tidings
    1:51
  10. 12.
    Deborah: Air - Our Fears Are Now For Ever Fled
    2:12
  11. 13.
    Deborah: Recitative
    2:22
  12. 14.
    Deborah: Air - Tyrant, Now No More We Dread Thee
    4:37
  13. 15.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:25
  14. 16.
    Deborah: Air - The Glorius Sun Shall Cease to Shed
    2:41
  15. 17.
    Deborah: Recitative
    0:16
  16. 18.
    Deborah: Air - Low At Her Feet He Bow'd, He Fell
    3:11
  17. 19.
    Deborah: Accompanied Recitative
    0:52
  18. 20.
    Deborah: Symphony
    1:25
  19. 21.
    Deborah: Chorus - Let Our Glad Songs to Heav'n Ascend
    6:35

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