Israel in Egypt / The Ways of Zion Do Mourn

Album by George Frideric Handel & Monteverdi Choir & Monteverdi Orchestra & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Israel in Egypt / The Ways of Zion Do Mourn is a collection of choral works by Georg Friedrich Händel, composed and first performed in 1738–1739. The music exemplifies Baroque sacred choral and oratorio writing, featuring large-scale choruses, contrapuntal complexity and continuo-led orchestral textures, and it marks a key stage in Händel's development of English choral and oratorio practice.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Israel in Egypt: Ouverture
    2:14
  2. 2.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Who is like unto Thee
    1:35
  3. 3.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The earth swallowed them
    1:11
  4. 4.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: Now here arose
    0:25
  5. 5.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thou is thy mercy
    4:26
  6. 6.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: And the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage
    3:55
  7. 7.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: Then sent He Moses
    0:33
  8. 8.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The people shall hear
    7:33
  9. 9.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: They loathed to drink
    2:18
  10. 10.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thou shalt bring
    3:54
  11. 11.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: Their land brought
    2:17
  12. 12.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The Lord shall reign
    0:42
  13. 13.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He spake the word
    2:08
  14. 14.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: For the horse of Pharoah
    0:25
  15. 15.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The Lord shall reign
    0:40
  16. 16.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He gave them hailstones
    2:13
  17. 17.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: And Mirian the prophetess
    0:23
  18. 18.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He sent a thick darkness
    3:19
  19. 19.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He smote all the first born
    2:27
  20. 20.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously! The Lord shall reign...
    3:41
  21. 21.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: But as for His people
    4:09
  22. 22.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: Sinfonia
    2:05
  23. 23.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: The ways of Zion
    6:32
  24. 24.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: Egypt was glad
    3:03
  25. 25.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: How are the mighty fall'n!
    2:35
  26. 26.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He rebuked the Red Sea
    0:46
  27. 27.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: He led them
    1:25
  28. 28.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: She put on righteousness
    2:47
  29. 29.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: But the waters
    1:03
  30. 30.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: When the ear heard her
    3:22
  31. 31.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: How are the mighty fall'n!
    0:56
  32. 32.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: And Israel saw
    0:58
  33. 33.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: She deliver'd the poor
    5:48
  34. 34.
    Israel in Egypt: Exodus: And believed the Lord
    3:42
  35. 35.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: How are the mighty fall'n!
    0:55
  36. 36.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Moses, and the children
    0:57
  37. 37.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: The righteous shall be had
    4:04
  38. 38.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: I will sing
    2:37
  39. 39.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The Lord is my strength
    4:36
  40. 40.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: Their bodies are buried in peace
    5:05
  41. 41.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: The people will tell
    2:06
  42. 42.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: He is my God
    0:51
  43. 43.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: They shall receive a glorious kingdom
    3:51
  44. 44.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: And I will exalt him
    2:55
  45. 45.
    The Ways of Zion do mourn: The merciful goodness of the Lord
    3:45
  46. 46.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The Lord is a man of war
    5:46
  47. 47.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The depths have covered them
    2:49
  48. 48.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thy right hand
    1:27
  49. 49.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: And in the greatness
    0:37
  50. 50.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thou sentest forth
    2:02
  51. 51.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: And with the blast
    3:02
  52. 52.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: The enemy said
    2:27
  53. 53.
    Israel in Egypt: Moses' song: Thou didst blow
    2:24

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