Jephtha

Album by George Frideric Handel & Nigel Robson & Lynne Dawson & Anne Sofie von Otter & Michael Chance & Stephen Varcoe & Ruth Holton & English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Jephtha is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, premiered in 1752. A Baroque work for soloists, chorus and orchestra, it features expressive arias, dramatic choral writing and accompanied recitative, and represents Handel's final oratorio, marking the culmination of his English oratorio output.
First released: 28th February 1989

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Jephtha: Overture / Menuet
    5:13
  2. 2.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"
    3:03
  3. 3.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"
    1:14
  4. 4.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"
    3:12
  5. 5.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"
    1:23
  6. 6.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"
    4:30
  7. 7.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"
    2:51
  8. 8.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Ye sacred priests" / "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"
    6:27
  9. 9.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"
    4:15
  10. 10.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" / "Tune the soft melodious lute"
    4:42
  11. 11.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "No more to Ammon's god and king"
    2:55
  12. 12.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"
    3:50
  13. 13.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 2. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people" / "His mighty arm, with sudden blow"
    6:28
  14. 14.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "But Jephtha comes"
    0:53
  15. 15.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. Symphony
    2:44
  16. 16.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests"
    1:01
  17. 17.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"
    4:07
  18. 18.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "In glory high, in might serene"
    2:32
  19. 19.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. Symphony / "Hail glorious conqueror!"
    1:30
  20. 20.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"
    4:00
  21. 21.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" / "In gentle murmurs will I mourn"
    4:59
  22. 22.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"
    1:29
  23. 23.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" / "Dull delay, in piercing anguish"
    3:50
  24. 24.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Welcome as the cheerful light"
    3:52
  25. 25.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" / "Take the heart you fondly gave"
    4:14
  26. 26.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Horror! confusion!" / "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"
    4:59
  27. 27.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Theme sublime of endless praise"
    3:23
  28. 28.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "I go, My soul, inspir'd by thy command" / "These labours past, how happy we!"
    7:28
  29. 29.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" / "Laud her, all ye virgin train"
    2:22
  30. 30.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Why is my brother thus afflicted"
    0:58
  31. 31.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" / "Sweet as sight to the blind"
    2:16
  32. 32.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!"
    2:20
  33. 33.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "What mean these doubtful fancies"
    1:57
  34. 34.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "O God, behold our sore distress"
    4:35
  35. 35.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "If such thy cruel purpose" / "On me let blind mistaken zeal"
    1:48
  36. 36.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" / "All that is in Hamor mine"
    3:37
  37. 37.
    Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"
    3:00
  38. 38.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 5. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" / "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"
    4:57
  39. 39.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "O spare your daughter"
    3:13
  40. 40.
    [applause]
    0:18
  41. 41.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Such news flies swift"
    1:21
  42. 42.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "Say, my dear mother"
    0:53
  43. 43.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "The smiling dawn of happy days"
    3:33
  44. 44.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Happy they! this vital breath"
    3:32
  45. 45.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply"
    0:26
  46. 46.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Deeper, and deeper still"
    3:27
  47. 47.
    Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"
    8:04
  48. 48.
    Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"
    4:39

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