John Chest, Maxim Emelyanychev, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d'Oro, Lisette Oropesa & Michael Spyres — Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

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Handel’s oratorio <i>Theodora</i> is an opera in all but name, and this riveting performance led by Russian conductor Maxim Emelyanychev confirms it as one of the composer’s greatest achievements. The American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is the star name among the soloists, poised and sonorous in her Part I aria “As With Rosy Steps the Morn”. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and countertenor Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian also excel as the Christian martyrs Theodora and Didymus, rising movingly to the challenge of the opera’s heart-wrenching final scene. The wonderfully eloquent choral singing adds further cachet to a set which lovers of Handel’s music should on no account miss hearing.

Артист

John Chest, Maxim Emelyanychev, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d'Oro, Lisette Oropesa & Michael Spyres

Треки

  1. Theodora, HWV 68: Overture 2:58
  2. Theodora, HWV 68: Trio 1:45
  3. Theodora, HWV 68: Courante 1:36
  4. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Tis Diocletian’s Natal Day" (Valens) 0:30
  5. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go" (Valens) 1:52
  6. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Chorus. "And Draw a Blessing Down" (The Heathens) 2:03
  7. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Vouchsafe, Dread Sir" (Didymus, Valens) 1:02
  8. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire" (Valens) 3:15
  9. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Chorus. "For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom" (The Heathens) 1:40
  10. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Recitative. "Most Cruel Edict" (Didymus, Septimius) 0:35
  11. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Air. "The Raptur’d Soul" (Didymus) 8:12
  12. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Recitative. "I Know Thy Virtues" (Septimius) 0:42
  13. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Air. "Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest" (Septimius) 8:11
  14. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Recitative. "Though Hard, My Friends" (Theodora) 0:27
  15. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Air. "Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu" (Theodora) 4:00
  16. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Recitative. "O Bright Example of All Goodness" (Irene) 0:38
  17. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Air. "Bane of Virtue" (Irene) 5:51
  18. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Chorus. "Come, Mighty Father" (The Christians) 2:29
  19. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Recitative. "Fly, Fly, My Brethren" (Messenger, Irene) 1:08
  20. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Air. "As with Rosy Steps the Morn" (Irene) 7:18
  21. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Chorus. "All Pow’r in Heav’n Above" (The Christians) 2:17
  22. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Recitative. "Mistaken Wretches!" (Septimius) 0:20
  23. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Air. "Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly" (Septimius) 2:41
  24. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Recitative. "Deluded Mortal!" (Theodora, Septimius) 1:02
  25. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed" (Theodora) 0:23
  26. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Air. "Angels, Ever Bright and Fair" (Theodora) 3:39
  27. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Recitative. "Unhappy, Happy Crew!" (Didymus, Irene) 1:13
  28. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Air. "Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care" (Didymus) 5:21
  29. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Recitative. "O Love, How Great Thy Pow’r!" (Irene) 0:34
  30. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Chorus. "Go, Gen’rous, Pious Youth" (The Christians) 4:41
  31. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Recitative. "Ye Men of Antioch" (Valens) 0:33
  32. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Chorus. "Queen of Summer, Queen of Love" (The Heathens) 0:42
  33. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Air. "Wide Spread His Name" (Valens) 2:11
  34. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Recitative. "Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid" (Valens) 0:40
  35. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Chorus. "Venus, Laughing from the Skies" (The Heathens) 1:19
  36. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Symphony 0:54
  37. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Recitative. "O Thou Bright Sun" (Theodora) 0:35
  38. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air. "With Darkness Deep, as is My Woe" (Theodora) 3:07
  39. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air 1:03
  40. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Recitative. "But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul" (Theodora) 0:30
  41. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air. "Oh That I on Wings Could Rise" (Theodora) 3:23
  42. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Recitative. "Long Have I Known" (Didymus, Septimius) 1:20
  43. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Air. "Though the Honours" (Septimius) 3:12
  44. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Recitative. "Oh, Save Her Then" (Didymus, Septimius) 0:38
  45. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Air. "Deeds of Kindness to Display" (Didymus) 7:01
  46. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 4: Recitative. "The Clouds Begin to Veil" (Irene) 0:40
  47. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 4: Air. "Defend Her, Heav’n!" (Irene) 5:46
  48. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Or Lull’d With Grief" (Didymus) 0:38
  49. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Air. "Sweet Rose and Lily" (Didymus) 2:17
  50. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Oh, Save Me, Heav’n" (Theodora, Didymus) 1:33
  51. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Air. "The Pilgrim’s Home" (Theodora) 2:58
  52. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Forbid It, Heav’n!" (Didymus) 0:37
  53. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Or Say, What Right Have I to Take" (Didymus, Theodora) 1:58
  54. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Duet. "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth" (Theodora, Didymus) 4:26
  55. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 6: Recitative. "’Tis Night" (Irene) 0:47
  56. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 6: Chorus. "He Saw the Lovely Youth" (The Heathens) 3:42
  57. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 1: Air. "Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day" (Irene) 7:04
  58. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Recitative. "But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus" (Irene, Theodora) 0:38
  59. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Air. "When Sunk in Anguish and Despair" (Theodora) 3:36
  60. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Theodora and Chorus. "Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow’r" (Theodora, The Christians) 3:39