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Theodora HWV 68

Libretto: Thomas Morell
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Players, Gabrieli Consort, Neal Davies (Bass), Robin Blaze (Countertenor), Paul Agnew (Tenor), Susan Gritton (Soprano), Susan Bickley (Alto), Angus Smith (Tenor)
2000, London, All Saints Church London
77 Tracks, 3:03:02

  • Overture

    • 1. Ouverture
      03:03
    • 2. Trio
      01:48
    • 3. Courante
      01:44

  • Part I

    • 1. "'Tis Dioclesian's natal day"
      00:34
    • 2. "Go, my faithful soldier, go"
      01:50
    • 3. "And draw a blessing down"
      02:07
    • 4. "Vouchsafe, dread Sir"
      00:55
    • 5. "Racks, gibbets, sword and fire"
      03:20
    • 6. "For ever thus stand fix'd"
      01:37
    • 7. "Most cruel edict"
      00:30
    • 8. "The raptur'd soul"
      08:18
    • 9. "I know thy virtues"
      00:45
    • 10. "Descend, kind Pity"
      07:11
    • 11. "Though hard, my friends"
      00:28
    • 12. "Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu"
      04:18
    • 13. "Oh bright example"
      00:28
    • 14. "Bane of virtue"
      05:06
    • 15. "Come, mighty Father"
      02:35
    • 16. "Fly, fly, my brethren"
      01:02
    • 17. "As with rosy steps the morn"
      06:48
    • 18. "All pow'r in heav'n"
      02:15
    • 19. "Mistaken wretches!"
      00:21
    • 20. "Dread the fruits of Christian folly"
      02:43
    • 21. "O worse than death indeed"
      01:21
    • 22. "Angels, ever bright and fair"
      03:36
    • 23. "Unhappy, happy crew!"
      01:12
    • 24. "Kind heaven, if virtue be thy care"
      05:05
    • 25. "Oh love! how great thy pow'r"
      00:23
    • 26. "Go, gen'rous pious youth"
      04:52

  • Part II

    • 1. "Ye men of Antioch"
      00:36
    • 2. "Queen of summer"
      00:50
    • 3. "Wide spread his name"
      02:22
    • 4. "Return, Septimius"
      00:37
    • 5. "Venus laughing from the skies"
      01:18
    • 6. Sinfony
      01:02
    • 7. "Oh thous bright sun!"
      00:39
    • 8. "With darkness deep"
      03:54
    • 9. Sinfony
      01:22
    • 10. "But why art thou disquieted?"
      00:21
    • 11. "O! that I on wings could rise"
      03:15
    • 12. "Long have I known"
      01:22
    • 13. "Though the honours, that Flora"
      03:57
    • 14. "O save her then"
      00:36
    • 15. "Deeds of kindness to display"
      06:58
    • 16. "The clouds begin to veil"
      00:39
    • 17. "Defend her, Heav'n"
      04:58
    • 18. "Or lull'd with grief"
      00:34
    • 19. "Sweet rose and lily"
      02:32
    • 20. "O save me, Heav'n"
      01:18
    • 21. "The pilgrim's home"
      02:43
    • 22. "Ah! what is liberty"
      01:54
    • 23. "To thee, thou glorious son of worth"
      04:36
    • 24. "'Tis night"
      00:47
    • 25. "He saw the lovely youth"
      04:49
    • 26. "Oh thou bright sun!"
      00:40
    • 27. Sinfony
      01:40
    • 28. "But why art thou disquieted?"
      00:21
    • 29. "O! that I on wings could rise"
      03:15

  • Part III

    • 1. "Lord, to thee each night and day"
      05:12
    • 2. "But see, the good, the virtuous"
      00:37
    • 3. "When sunk in anguish and despair"
      03:54
    • 4. "Blest be the hand"
      03:28
    • 5. "O my Irene, Heav'n is kind"
      01:31
    • 6. "Whither, Princess, do you fly?"
      01:09
    • 7. "She's gone disdaining liberty and life"
      00:40
    • 8. "New scenes of joy come crowding on"
      04:31
    • 9. "Is it a Christian virtue then" / "Be that my doom"
      01:55
    • 10. "From virtue springs each gen'rous deed"
      06:35
    • 11. "Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r"
      01:02
    • 12. "'Tis kind, my friends"
      00:53
    • 13. "How strange their ends"
      03:22
    • 14. "On me your frowns"
      00:32
    • 15. "Ye ministers of justice"
      01:08
    • 16. "And must such beauty suffer"
      00:55
    • 17. "Streams of pleasure ever flowing" / "Thither let our hearts aspire"
      06:05
    • 18. "Ere this their doom is past"
      00:21
    • 19. "O Love divine"
      03:02