Judas Maccabaeus

Album by George Frideric Handel & Guy de Mey & Lisa Saffer & Patricia Spence & David Thomas & UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Judas Maccabaeus is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1746. Musically it exemplifies Handel's mature Baroque oratorio style, with dramatic recitatives, lyrical arias and expansive choral writing supported by orchestral forces, and it belongs to his mid-1740s pivot from Italian opera towards English oratorio that contributed to the development of the English choral tradition.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Overture: Grave - Allegro - Lentement - Allegro
    6:05
  2. 2.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Chorus: Mourn, ye afflicted children
    4:09
  3. 3.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Recit: Well may your sorrows
    1:06
  4. 4.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Duet: From this dread scene
    2:27
  5. 5.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Chorus: For Sion lamentation make
    2:24
  6. 6.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Recit: Not vain is all this storm of grief
    1:02
  7. 7.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Aria: Pious orgies, pious airs
    3:12
  8. 8.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Chorus: O Father, whose almighty pow'r
    2:15
  9. 9.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Recit: I feel the deity within
    0:58
  10. 10.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Aria: Arm, arm, ye brave! - Chorus: We come, we come
    3:55
  11. 11.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Recit: 'Tis well, my friends
    0:39
  12. 12.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Aria: Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul
    1:38
  13. 13.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Recit: To heav'n's Almighty king
    0:26
  14. 14.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Aria: O liberty, thou choicest treasure
    2:23
  15. 15.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Aria: Come, ever-smiling liberty
    2:45
  16. 16.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Recit: O Judas, may these noble views
    0:11
  17. 17.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Aria: 'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone
    2:34
  18. 18.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Duet: Come, ever-smiling liberty
    1:02
  19. 19.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Chorus: Lead on, lead on!
    0:47
  20. 20.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Recit: So will'd my father
    1:08
  21. 21.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Semi-chorus: Disdainful of danger
    1:54
  22. 22.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Recit: Ambition!
    0:15
  23. 23.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Aria: No, no unhallow'd desire
    1:52
  24. 24.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 1. Chorus: Hear us, O Lord
    3:19
  25. 25.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Chorus: Fall'n is the foe
    2:58
  26. 26.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Recit: Victorious hero!
    0:33
  27. 27.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Aria: So rapid thy course is
    3:54
  28. 28.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Recit: Oh let eternal honours
    0:31
  29. 29.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Aria: From mighty kings
    6:06
  30. 30.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Duet & Chorus: Hail, hail, Judea
    1:57
  31. 31.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Recit: Thanks to my brethren
    0:38
  32. 32.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Aria: How vain is man
    5:26
  33. 33.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Recit: O Judas, O my brethren!
    0:37
  34. 34.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Aria & Chorus: Ah! wretched Israel!
    6:26

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Recit: Be comforted
    0:44
  2. 3.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Aria: The Lord worketh wonders
    2:52
  3. 4.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Recit: My arms! Against this Gorgias
    0:20
  4. 5.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Aria: Sound an alarm! - Chorus: We hear the pleasing, dreadful call
    3:45
  5. 6.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Recit: Enough! To Heav'n we leave the rest
    0:39
  6. 7.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Aria: With pious hearts
    3:10
  7. 8.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Recit: Ye worshippers of God
    1:00
  8. 9.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 2. Duet & Chorus: Oh! never, never bow we down
    6:14
  9. 10.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Aria: Father of Heav'n!
    6:11
  10. 11.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Recit: See, see yon flames
    0:31
  11. 12.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Recit: Oh grant it, Heav'n
    0:25
  12. 13.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Aria: So shall the lute and harp awake
    4:07
  13. 14.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Recit: From Capharsalama
    1:06
  14. 15.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Chorus of Youths: See, the conqu'ring hero comes - Duet: See the godlike youth - Chorus: See, the conqu'ring hero comes
    1:45
  15. 16.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. March
    1:09
  16. 17.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Duet & Chorus: Sing unto God
    2:21
  17. 18.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Recit: Sweet flow the strains
    0:49
  18. 19.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Aria: With honour let desert be crown'd
    3:07
  19. 20.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Recit: Peace to my countrymen
    0:35
  20. 21.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Chorus: To our great God be all the honour giv'n
    2:03
  21. 22.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Recit: Again to earth
    0:46
  22. 23.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Duet: O lovely peace
    6:35
  23. 24.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Act 3. Aria & Chorus: Rejoice, O Judah!; Hallelujah! Amen
    3:26
  24. 25.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Appendix. Act II, Recit: Well may we hope
    0:12
  25. 26.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Appendix. Act II, Duet & Chorus: Sion now her head shall raise
    5:24
  26. 27.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Appendix. Act II, Aria: Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive us
    5:10
  27. 28.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Appendix. Act I, Aria: Far brighter than the morning
    6:40
  28. 29.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Appendix. Act II, Recit: Sweet are thy words
    0:13
  29. 30.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Appendix. Act II, Aria: Great in wisdom, great in glory
    3:33
  30. 31.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Appendix. Recit: Not vain is all this storm of grief
    0:50
  31. 32.
    Judas Maccabaeus: Appendix. Act I, Aria: Pious orgies, pious airs
    2:59

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