Solomon

Album by George Frideric Handel & Chœur de Chambre de Namur & Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón

Solomon is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1748 and first performed in 1749. The work exemplifies Handel's mature Baroque choral-orchestral style, combining choral writing, solo arias and recitative with instrumental interludes to set a biblical narrative, and it sits among his later oratorios that contributed to the English choral tradition.
First released: 17th February 2023

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Solomon, HWV 67: Ouverture
    3:38
  2. 2.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Recitative: What Says the Other (Solomon, Second Woman)
    1:20
  3. 3.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Air: Thy Sentence, Great King (Second Woman)
    2:02
  4. 4.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Chorus of Priests: Your Harps and Cymbals Sound
    3:08
  5. 5.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Recitative: Withhold the Executing Hand! (First Woman)
    0:14
  6. 6.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Air: Praise Ye the Lord (Levite)
    4:24
  7. 7.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Chorus: With Pious Heart
    4:17
  8. 8.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Air: Can I See My Infant Gor’d (First Woman)
    4:18
  9. 9.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Accompagnato: Almighty Pow’r (Solomon)
    2:45
  10. 10.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Accompagnato: Israel, Attend To What Your King Shall Say (Solomon)
    1:47
  11. 11.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Duet: Thrice Bless’d Be the King (First Woman, Solomon)
    3:17
  12. 12.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Recitative: Imperial Solomon (Zadok)
    0:10
  13. 13.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Accompagnato: See, From the Op’ning Skies (Zadok)
    0:38
  14. 14.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Chorus: From the East Unto the West
    2:07
  15. 15.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Air: Sacred Raptures (Zadok)
    4:19
  16. 16.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Recitative: From Mom To Eve (Zadok)
    0:30
  17. 17.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Air: See the Tall Palm (Zadok)
    5:14
  18. 18.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Chorus: Throughout the Land
    2:51
  19. 19.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Recitative: No More Shall Armed Bands (First Woman)
    0:22
  20. 20.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Recitative: Bless’d Be the Lord (Solomon)
    0:24
  21. 21.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Air: Beneath the Vine (First Woman)
    3:46
  22. 22.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene I: Air: What Though I Trace (Solomon)
    6:07
  23. 23.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Chorus: Swell the Full Chorus
    1:13
  24. 24.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Recitative: And See, My Queen (Solomon)
    0:47
  25. 25.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Symfony
    2:54
  26. 26.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Air: Bless’d the Day (Queen)
    5:29
  27. 27.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Recitative: Thou Fair Inhabitant (Solomon, Queen)
    0:53
  28. 28.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: From Arabia’s Spicy Shores (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
    1:29
  29. 29.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Duet: Welcome as the Dawn of Day (Solomon, Queen)
    3:54
  30. 30.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Air: Ev’ry Sight These Eyes Behold (Queen of Sheba)
    4:29
  31. 31.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: Sweep, Sweep the String (Solomon)
    0:19
  32. 32.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Recitative: Vain Are the Transient Beauties (Zadok)
    0:44
  33. 33.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Solo and Chorus: Music, Spread Thy Voice Around (Solomon, Chorus)
    3:32
  34. 34.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Air: Indulge Thy Faith and Wedded Truth (Zadok)
    3:36
  35. 35.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Solo and Chorus: Now A Diff’rent Measure Try – Shake the Dome (Solomon, Chorus)
    1:41
  36. 36.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Recitative: My Blooming Fair (Solomon)
    0:12
  37. 37.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: Then At Once From Rage Remove (Solomon)
    0:41
  38. 38.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Air: Haste To the Cedar Grove (Solomon)
    3:03
  39. 39.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Recitative: When Thou Art Absent From My Sight (Queen)
    0:23
  40. 40.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Chorus: Draw the Tear From Hopeless Love
    2:43
  41. 41.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Air: With Thee Th’ Unsheltere’d Moor I’d Tread (Queen)
    1:39
  42. 42.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: Next the Tortur’d Soul Release (Solomon)
    0:15
  43. 43.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Solo and Chorus: Thus Rolling Surges Rise (Solomon, Chorus)
    2:58
  44. 44.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Recitative: Search Round the World (Zadok)
    0:18
  45. 45.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act I Scene II: Chorus: May No Rash Intruder Disturb Their Soft Hours
    3:25
  46. 46.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: Thy Harmony’s Divine (Queen of Sheba)
    1:08
  47. 47.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Air: Pious King and Virtuous Queen (Levite)
    2:32
  48. 48.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene I: Chorus: From the Censer
    4:38
  49. 49.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene I: Recitative: Prais’d Be the Lord (Solomon)
    1:08
  50. 50.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: Thrice Happy King (Zadok)
    0:55
  51. 51.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene I: Air: When the Sun O’re Yonder Hills (Solomon)
    4:41
  52. 52.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Air: Golden Columns (Zadok)
    2:54
  53. 53.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene I: Recitative: Great Prince, Thy Resolution’s Just (Levite)
    0:23
  54. 54.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Chorus: Praise the Lord
    3:38
  55. 55.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: Gold Now is Common (Solomon)
    0:30
  56. 56.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene I: Air: Thrice Bless’d That Wise Discerning King (Levite)
    3:13
  57. 57.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene II: Recitative: My Sovereign Liege (an Attendant, Solomon)
    0:51
  58. 58.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Air: How Green Our Fertile Pastures Look (Solomon)
    1:59
  59. 59.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Recitative: Thou Son of David (First Woman)
    1:12
  60. 60.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: May Peace in Salem Ever Dwell! (Queen of Sheba)
    0:45
  61. 61.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene III: Air and Terzetto: Words Are Weak (First Woman, Second Woman, Solomon)
    5:14
  62. 62.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Air: Will the Sun Forget To Streak (Queen of Sheba)
    5:37
  63. 63.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Recitative: Adieu, Fair Queen (Solomon)
    0:19
  64. 64.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Duet: Ev’ry Joy That Wisdom Knows (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
    2:45
  65. 65.
    Solomon, HWV 67, Act II Scene IIII: Chorus: The Name of the Wicked
    2:58

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