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Jephtha HWV 70

Text: Thomas Morell
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Mozart-Sängerknaben, Thomas Thomaschke (Bass), Werner Hollweg (Tenor), Glenys Linos (Soprano), Paul Esswood (Countertenor), Elizabeth Gale (Soprano), Gabriele Sima (Soprano)
℗ 1979, Vienna
43 Tracks, 2:55:49
    • Overture - Menuet
      06:52

  • Act I

    • 1. "It must be so - or these vile Ammonites" "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs" [Zebul]
      06:45
    • 2. "No more to Ammon's god and king" [Chorus]
      02:46
    • 3. "But Jephtha comes" [Zebul, Jephtha] "Virtue my soul shall still embrace" [Jephtha]
      05:07
    • 4. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" "In gentle murmurs will I mourn" [Storgè]
      05:55
    • 5. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" "Dull delay, in piercing anguish" [Hamor]
      05:07
    • 6. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" "Take the heart you fondly gave" [Iphis]
      04:26
    • 7. "I go; my soul, inspir'd by thy command" [Hamor] "These labours past, how happy we!" [Iphis]
      06:53
    • 8. "What mean these doubtful fancies" "If, Lord, susain'd" "'Tis said" [Jephtha]
      01:48
    • 9. "O God, behold our sore distress" [Chorus]
      04:06
    • 10. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" [Storgè]
      05:12
    • 11. "Say, my dear mother" [Iphis, Storgè] "The smiling dawn of happy days" [Iphis]
      04:13
    • 12. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply" [Zebul, Jephtha]
      00:30
    • 13. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke" [Chorus]
      04:29

  • Act II

    • 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis" [Hamor]
      01:05
    • 2. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms" [Chorus]
      03:36
    • 3. "Up the dreadful steep ascending" [Hamor]
      04:57
    • 4. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" "Tune the soft melodious lute" [Iphis]
      04:37
    • 5. "Again Heav'n smiles on his repentant people" "Freedom now once more possessing" [Zebul]
      03:44
    • 6. "Zebul, thy deeds were valiant" "His mighty arm, with sudden blow" [Jephtha]
      06:30
    • 7. "In glory high, in might serene" [Chorus]
      02:24
    • 8. Symphony
      01:23
    • 9. "Hail, glorious conqueror!" "Welcome as the cheerful light" [Iphis, Chorus]
      04:55
    • 10. "Horror! confusion!" "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb" [Jephtha]
      04:18
    • 11. "Why is my brother thus afflicted" [Zebul, Jephtha]
      01:11
    • 12. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!... Let other creatures die" [Storgè]
      02:51
    • 13. "If such thy cruel purpose" "On me let blind mistaken zeal" [Hamor]
      01:52
    • 14. "O spare your daughter!" [Zebul, Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha]
      02:33
    • 15. "Such news fly swift" "Happy they! this vital breath" [Iphis]
      05:18
    • 16. "Deeper and deeper still" [Jephtha]
      03:40
    • 17. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!" [Chorus]
      06:43

  • Act III

    • 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun" "A father, offering up" "Waft her, angels, through the skies" [Jephtha]
      06:20
    • 2. "Ye sacred priests" "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods" [Iphis]
      05:40
    • 3. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe" [Chorus]
      03:07
    • 4. "And they determin'd will declare" Symphony [Chorus]
      01:53
    • 5. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests" "Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live" [Angel]
      05:54
    • 6. "For ever blessed be thy holy name" [Jephtha]
      01:48
    • 7. "Theme sublime of endless praise" [Chorus]
      03:09
    • 8. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" "Laud her, all ye virgin train" [Zebul]
      02:39
    • 9. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" "Sweet as sight to the blind" [Storgè]
      02:32
    • 10. "With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety" "'Tis Heaven's all-ruling pow'r" [Hamor]
      07:36
    • 11. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" "Freely I to Heaven resign" [Iphis]
      05:59
    • 12. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice" [Chorus]
      03:26