Theodora

Album by George Frideric Handel & Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Drew Minter & Jennifer Lane & Jeffrey Thomas & David Thomas & UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Nicholas McGegan

Theodora is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1750. A Baroque sacred oratorio in English, it combines recitative, aria and chorus to dramatise its narrative and is one of Handel's later works from his London oratorio period, illustrating his integration of operatic elements into large-scale choral writing.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Theodora: Overture
    6:28
  2. 2.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: 'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day (Valens)
    0:25
  3. 3.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: Go My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens)
    1:54
  4. 4.
    Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down
    1:58
  5. 5.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear (Didymus, Valens)
    0:51
  6. 6.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire (Valens)
    3:21
  7. 7.
    Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fix'd The Doom
    1:53
  8. 8.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Most Cruel Edict (Didymus)
    0:30
  9. 9.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: The Raptur'd Soul Defies The Sword (Didymus)
    8:03
  10. 10.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: I Know Thy Virtues (Septimius)
    0:37
  11. 11.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: Descend, Kind Pity (Septimius)
    7:37
  12. 12.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Tho' Hard, My Friends, Yet Wholesome (Theodora)
    0:19
  13. 13.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World (Theodora)
    3:26
  14. 14.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: O Bright Example Of All Goodness (Irene)
    0:26
  15. 15.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene)
    5:40
  16. 16.
    Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: Come, Mighty Father
    2:17
  17. 17.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene)
    0:43
  18. 18.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene)
    5:45
  19. 19.
    Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above
    2:18
  20. 20.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Mistaken Wretches (Septimius)
    0:19
  21. 21.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius)
    2:58
  22. 22.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Deluded Mortal (Theodora, Septimius)
    1:00
  23. 23.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: Angels, Ever Bright And Fair (Theodora)
    4:24
  24. 24.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: Unhappy, Happy Crew (Didymus, Irene)
    0:56
  25. 25.
    Theodora: Act 1. Air: Kind Heav'n (Didymus)
    5:30
  26. 26.
    Theodora: Act 1. Recit: O Love: How Great Thy Pow'r (Irene)
    0:19
  27. 27.
    Theodora: Act 1. Chorus: Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth
    3:31

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens)
    0:26
  2. 3.
    Theodora: Act 2. Chorus: Queen Of Summer
    0:52
  3. 4.
    Theodora: Act 2. Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens)
    2:12
  4. 5.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Return, Septimius (Valens)
    0:36
  5. 6.
    Theodora: Act 2. Chorus: Venus Laughing From The Skies
    1:19
  6. 7.
    Theodora: Act 2. Interlude
    0:40
  7. 8.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit, O Thou Bright Sun (Theodora)
    0:27
  8. 9.
    Theodora: Act 2. Air, With Darkness (Theodora)
    3:43
  9. 10.
    Theodora: Act 2. Interlude
    1:06
  10. 11.
    Theodora: Act 2. Symphony Of Soft Musick
    1:09
  11. 12.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: But Why Art Thou Disquieted (Theodora)
    0:22
  12. 13.
    Theodora: Act 2. Air, Oh! That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora)
    4:07
  13. 14.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius)
    1:08
  14. 15.
    Theodora: Act 2. Air: Tho' The Honours (Septimius)
    3:46
  15. 16.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: O Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius)
    0:37
  16. 17.
    Theodora: Act 2. Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus)
    6:58
  17. 18.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: The Clouds Begin (Irene)
    0:26
  18. 19.
    Theodora: Act 2. Air: Defend Her, Heav'n (Irene)
    3:53
  19. 20.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Or Lull'd With Grief (Didymus)
    0:38
  20. 21.
    Theodora: Act 2. Air: Sweet Rose, & Lilly (Didymus)
    2:37
  21. 22.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: O Save Me, Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus)
    1:12
  22. 23.
    Theodora: Act 2. Air: The Pilgrim's Home (Theodora)
    2:45
  23. 24.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: Forbid It, Heav'n (Didymus, Theodora)
    2:01
  24. 25.
    Theodora: Act 2. Duet, To Thee, Thou Glorious Son (Theodora, Didymus)
    4:53
  25. 26.
    Theodora: Act 2. Recit: 'Tis Night (Irene)
    0:42
  26. 27.
    Theodora: Act 2. Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth
    4:36

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Theodora: Act 3. Air: Lord, To Thee (Irene)
    4:58
  2. 4.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: But See! (Irene, Theodora)
    0:30
  3. 5.
    Theodora: Act 3. Air: When Sunk In Anguish & Despair (Theodora)
    3:24
  4. 6.
    Theodora: Act 3. Chorus: Blest Be The Hand
    3:34
  5. 7.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger)
    0:26
  6. 8.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: Ah! Theodora (Irene, Theodora)
    0:35
  7. 9.
    Theodora: Act 3. Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora)
    1:19
  8. 10.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: She's Gone (Irene)
    0:24
  9. 11.
    Theodora: Act 3. Air: New Scenes Of Joy (Irene)
    3:46
  10. 12.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: Is It A Christian Virtue (Valens, Didymus) / Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius)
    1:51
  11. 13.
    Theodora: Act 3. Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius)
    5:39
  12. 14.
    Theodora: Act 3. Air: Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r (Valens)
    1:08
  13. 15.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: 'Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora)
    0:47
  14. 16.
    Theodora: Act 3. Chorus: How Strange Their Ends
    3:00
  15. 17.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
    0:31
  16. 18.
    Theodora: Act 3. Air: Ye Ministers Of Justice (Valens)
    1:15
  17. 19.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: And Must Such Beauty Suffer (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
    0:39
  18. 20.
    Theodora: Act 3. Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus) / Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire (Theodora, Didymus)
    5:48
  19. 21.
    Theodora: Act 3. Recit: E'er This, Their Doom Is Past (Irene)
    0:16
  20. 22.
    Theodora: Act 3. Chorus: O Love Divine
    2:24

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