Solomon

Album by George Frideric Handel & Gabrieli Consort & Players & Paul McCreesh

Solomon is an oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel, composed in 1748. The work is baroque in style, scored for choir and orchestra with solo vocal passages in English, and it was written late in Handel's oratorio career when his choral and orchestral writing had reached maturity.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Solomon: Overture: [Grave] - Fuga: Allegro moderato - Allegro
    6:41
  2. 2.
    Solomon, Act I: "Your Harps and Cymbals Sound" (Chorus)
    3:16
  3. 3.
    Solomon, Act I: "Praise Ye the Lord" (Air: Levite)
    5:06
  4. 4.
    Solomon, Act I: "With Pious Heart" (Chorus)
    4:24
  5. 5.
    Solomon, Act I: "Almighty Pow'r" (Air: Solomon)
    3:19
  6. 6.
    Solomon, Act I: "Imperial Solomon" (Accompagnato: Zadok)
    0:38
  7. 7.
    Solomon, Act I: "Sacred Raptures" (Air: Zadok)
    4:11
  8. 8.
    Solomon, Act I: "Throughout the Land" (Chorus)
    3:32
  9. 9.
    Solomon, Act I: "Bless'd Be the Lord" (Recitative: Solomon)
    0:31
  10. 10.
    Solomon, Act I: "What Tho' I trace" (Air: Solomon)
    6:29
  11. 11.
    Solomon, Act I: "And See My Queen" (Recitative: Solomon)
    0:45
  12. 12.
    Solomon, Act I: "Bless'd the Day" (Air: Queen)
    4:20
  13. 13.
    Solomon, Act I: "Thou Fair Inhabitant of Nile" (Recitative: Solomon, Queen)
    0:41
  14. 14.
    Solomon, Act I: "Welcome as the Dawn of Day" (Duet: Queen, Solomon)
    3:15
  15. 15.
    Solomon, Act I: "Vain Are the Transient Beauties" (Recitative: Zadok)
    0:41
  16. 16.
    Solomon, Act I: "Indulge Thy Faith" (Air: Zadok)
    3:38
  17. 17.
    Solomon, Act I: "My Blooming Fair" (Recitative: Solomon)
    0:10
  18. 18.
    Solomon, Act I: "Haste to the Cedar Grove" (Air: Solomon)
    2:47
  19. 19.
    Solomon, Act I: "When Thou Art Absent" (Recitative: Queen)
    0:18
  20. 20.
    Solomon, Act I: "With Thee th'unshelter'd Moor" (Air: Queen)
    2:10
  21. 21.
    Solomon, Act I: "Search Round the World" (Recitative: Zadok)
    0:20
  22. 22.
    Solomon, Act I: "May No Rash Intruder" (Chorus)
    4:21

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Solomon, Act II: "From the Censer Curling Rise" (Chorus)
    5:01
  2. 3.
    Solomon, Act II: "Prais'd Be the Lord" (Recitative: Solomon)
    1:13
  3. 4.
    Solomon, Act II: "When the Sun O'er Yonder Hills" (Air: Solomon)
    4:04
  4. 5.
    Solomon, Act II: "Great Prince" (Recitative: Levite)
    0:21
  5. 6.
    Solomon, Act II: "Thrice Bless'd That Wise Discerning King" (Air: Levite)
    3:08
  6. 7.
    Solomon, Act II: "My Sovereign Liege" (Recitative: Attendant, Solomon, 1st Harlot)
    1:54
  7. 8.
    Solomon, Act II: "Words Are Weak" (Trio: 1st Harlot, 2nd Harlot, Solomon)
    5:27
  8. 9.
    Solomon, Act II: "What Says the Other" (Recitative: Solomon, 2nd Harlot)
    1:22
  9. 10.
    Solomon, Act II: "Thy Sentence, Great King" (Air: 2nd Harlot)
    1:48
  10. 11.
    Solomon, Act II: "Withhold, Withhold the Executing Hand!" (Recitative: 1st Harlot)
    0:13
  11. 12.
    Solomon, Act II: "Can I See My Infant Gor'd" (Air: 1st Harlot)
    4:38
  12. 13.
    Solomon, Act II: "Israel, Attend" (Accompagnato: Solomon)
    1:55
  13. 14.
    Solomon, Act II: "Thrice Bless'd Be the King" (Duet: 1st Harlot, Solomon)
    3:39
  14. 15.
    Solomon, Act II: "From the East Unto the West" (Chorus)
    2:32
  15. 16.
    Solomon, Act II: "From Morn to Eve" (Recitative: Zadok)
    0:23
  16. 17.
    Solomon, Act II: "See the Tall Palm" (Air: Zadok)
    4:52
  17. 18.
    Solomon, Act II: "No More Shall Armed Bands" (Recitative: 1st Harlot)
    0:21
  18. 19.
    Solomon, Act II: "Beneath the Vine" (Air: 1st Harlot)
    5:02
  19. 20.
    Solomon, Act II: "Swell, Swell the Full Chorus" (Chorus)
    2:57

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Solomon, Act III: Symfony
    2:54
  2. 4.
    Solomon, Act III: "From Arabia's Spicy Shores" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
    1:19
  3. 5.
    Solomon, Act III: "Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold" (Air: Queen of Sheba)
    4:15
  4. 6.
    Solomon, Act III: "Sweet, Sweep the String" (Recitative: Solomon)
    0:17
  5. 7.
    Solomon, Act III: "Music, Spread Thy Voice Around" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)
    3:48
  6. 8.
    Solomon, Act III: "Now a Diff'rent Measure Try" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)
    1:41
  7. 9.
    Solomon, Act III: "Then at Once From Rage Remove" (Recitative: Solomon)
    0:44
  8. 10.
    Solomon, Act III: "Draw the Tear From Hopeless Love" (Chorus)
    3:01
  9. 11.
    Solomon, Act III: "Next the Tortur'd Soul Release" (Recitative: Solomon)
    0:16
  10. 12.
    Solomon, Act III: "Thus Rolling Surges Rise" (Air: Solomon, Chorus)
    3:18
  11. 13.
    Solomon, Act III: "Thy Harmony's Divine" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba)
    1:08
  12. 14.
    Solomon, Act III: "Pious King" (Air: Levite)
    2:40
  13. 15.
    Solomon, Act III: "Thrice Happy King" (Recitative: Zadok)
    0:49
  14. 16.
    Solomon, Act III: "Golden Columns"(Air: Zadok)
    3:09
  15. 17.
    Solomon, Act III: "Praise the Lord" (Chorus)
    4:16
  16. 18.
    Solomon, Act III: "Gold Now Is Common" (Recitative: Solomon)
    0:29
  17. 19.
    Solomon, Act III: "How Green Our Fertile Pastures Look!" (Air: Solomon)
    1:55
  18. 20.
    Solomon, Act III: "May Peace in Salem" (Recitative: Queen of Sheba)
    0:53
  19. 21.
    Solomon, Act III: "Will the Sun Forget to Streak" (Air: Queen of Sheba)
    6:20
  20. 22.
    Solomon, Act III: "Adieu, Fair Queen" (Recitative: Solomon)
    0:15
  21. 23.
    Solomon, Act III: "Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows" (Duet: Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
    2:29
  22. 24.
    Solomon, Act III: "The Name of the Wicked" (Grand Chorus)
    2:23

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