Jephtha (3CD)

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CD 11. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Overture - Menuet2. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 It must be so - or these vile Ammonites Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs [Zebul] 3. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 No more to Ammon's god and king [Chorus] 4. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 But Jephtha comes [Zebul, Jephtha] Virtue my soul shall still embrace [Jephtha] 5. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha In gentle murmurs will I mourn [Storgè] 6. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis Dull delay, in piercing anguish [Hamor] 7. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls Take the heart you fondly gave [Iphis] 8. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 I go; my soul, inspir'd by thy command [Hamor] These labours past, how happy we! [Iphis] 9. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 What mean these doubtful fancies If, Lord, susain'd 'Tis said [Jephtha] 10. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 O God, behold our sore distress [Chorus] 11. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 Some dire event hangs o'er our heads Scenes of horror, scenes of woe [Storgè] 12. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 Say, my dear mother [Iphis, Storgè] The smiling dawn of happy days [Iphis] 13. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply [Zebul, Jephtha] 14. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 1 When his loud voice in thunder spoke [Chorus] CD 21. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis [Hamor] 2. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms [Chorus] 3. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Up the dreadful steep ascending [Hamor] 4. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens Tune the soft melodious lute [Iphis] 5. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Again Heav'n smiles on his repentant people Freedom now once more possessing [Zebul] 6. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Zebul, thy deeds were valiant His mighty arm, with sudden blow [Jephtha] 7. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 In glory high, in might serene [Chorus] 8. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Symphony9. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Hail, glorious conqueror! Welcome as the cheerful light [Iphis, Chorus] 10. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Horror! confusion! Open thy marble jaws, O tomb [Jephtha] 11. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Why is my brother thus afflicted [Zebul, Jephtha] 12. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 First perish thou, and perish all the world!... Let other creatures die [Storgè] 13. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 If such thy cruel purpose On me let blind mistaken zeal [Hamor] 14. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 O spare your daughter! [Zebul, Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha] 15. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Such news fly swift Happy they! this vital breath [Iphis] 16. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 Deeper and deeper still [Jephtha] 17. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 2 How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees! [Chorus] CD 31. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun A father, offering up Waft her, angels, through the skies [Jephtha] 2. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 Ye sacred priests Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods [Iphis] 3. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe [Chorus] 4. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 And they determin'd will declare Symphony [Chorus] 5. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live [Angel] 6. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 For ever blessed be thy holy name [Jephtha] 7. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 Theme sublime of endless praise [Chorus] 8. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 Let me congratulate this happy turn Laud her, all ye virgin train [Zebul] 9. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 O let me fold thee in a mother's arms Sweet as sight to the blind [Storgè] 10. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety 'Tis Heaven's all-ruling pow'r [Hamor] 11. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 My faithful Hamor, may that Providence Freely I to Heaven resign [Iphis] 12. Handel : Jephtha HWV70 : Act 3 Ye house of Gilead, with one voice [Chorus]