Solomon

Album by George Frideric Handel & Carolyn Sampson & Susan Gritton & Sarah Connolly & Mark Padmore & David Wilson‐Johnson & RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Daniel Reuss

Solomon is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1749. Blending Baroque choral writing, solo arias and orchestral sinfonias, it exemplifies Handel's mature dramatic style and his late-career focus on biblical narrative works, with contrasts between grand ceremonial scenes and more intimate pastoral passages.
First released: 2007

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Solomon: Act I, No.1 - Overture
    6:55
  2. 2.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Recitative, Solomon, 2nd Harlot
    1:11
  3. 3.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Air, 2nd Harlot
    1:56
  4. 4.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: Your harps and cymbals sound
    3:40
  5. 5.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Recitative, First Harlot
    0:11
  6. 6.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: Praise ye Lord for all his mercies past
    4:58
  7. 7.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: With pious heart, and holy tongue
    4:44
  8. 8.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Air, First Harlot
    4:33
  9. 9.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: Almighty pow'r
    3:15
  10. 10.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Accompagnato, Solomon
    1:31
  11. 11.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Duet, First Harlot, Solomon
    3:06
  12. 12.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: Imperial Solomon
    0:32
  13. 13.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: Sacred raptures cheer my breast
    4:33
  14. 14.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Chorus of Israelites
    2:54
  15. 15.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: Throughout the land Jehovah's praise record
    3:51
  16. 16.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Recitative, Zadok
    0:17
  17. 17.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Air Zadok
    5:46
  18. 18.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: Bless'd be the Lord
    0:26
  19. 19.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Recitative, First Harlot
    0:19
  20. 20.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 1: What though i trace each herb and flow'r
    5:59
  21. 21.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Air First Harlot
    6:27
  22. 22.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: And see my queen, my wedded love
    0:41
  23. 23.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Chorus of Priest
    3:10
  24. 24.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: Bless'd the day when first my eyes
    4:52
  25. 25.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: Thou fair inhabitant of Nile
    0:43
  26. 26.
    Solomon: Act III: Symphony: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
    2:52
  27. 27.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative
    1:10
  28. 28.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: Welcome as the dawn of the day
    3:28
  29. 29.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: My blooming fair
    0:09
  30. 30.
    Solomon: Act III: Air 'Ev'ry sight these eyes behold'
    4:42
  31. 31.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative 'Sweep, sweep the string'
    0:13
  32. 32.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: Haste, haste to the cedar grove
    2:45
  33. 33.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: When thou art absent from my sight
    0:15
  34. 34.
    Solomon: Act III: Solo, Solomon and Israelites
    2:31
  35. 35.
    Solomon: Act III: Solo, Solomon and Israelites
    1:53
  36. 36.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: With thee th'unshelter'd moor i'd tread
    2:25
  37. 37.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: Search round the world
    0:11
  38. 38.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative, Solomon
    0:31
  39. 39.
    Solomon: Act I, Scene 2: May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours
    4:25
  40. 40.
    Solomon: Act III: Chorus of Isrealites
    2:51
  41. 41.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 1: From the censer curling rise
    5:20
  42. 42.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative, Solomon
    0:15
  43. 43.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 1: Prais'd be the Lord
    0:54
  44. 44.
    Solomon: Act III: Solo, Solomon and Israelites
    3:42
  45. 45.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative, Queen of Sheba
    1:01
  46. 46.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 1: When the sun o'er yonder hills
    4:05
  47. 47.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 1: Great Prince, thy resolution's just
    0:19
  48. 48.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative, Zadok
    0:39
  49. 49.
    Solomon: Act III: Air, Zadok 'Golden columns, fair and bright'
    3:17
  50. 50.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 1: Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king
    3:24
  51. 51.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 2: My sovereign liege
    1:51
  52. 52.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative, Solomon
    0:25
  53. 53.
    Solomon: Act II, Scene 3: Thou son of David, hear a mother's grief
    5:17
  54. 54.
    Solomon: Act III: Air, Solomon
    2:39
  55. 55.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative, Queen of Sheba
    0:40
  56. 56.
    Solomon: Act III: Air, Queen of Sheba
    6:22
  57. 57.
    Solomon: Act III: Recitative, Solomon
    0:17
  58. 58.
    Solomon: Act III: Duet, Queen of Sheba, Solomon
    2:52
  59. 59.
    Solomon: Act III: Double Chorus
    4:21

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