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Jephtha HWV 70

Text: Thomas Morell
Marcus Creed, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, John Mark Ainsley (Tenor), Michael George (Bass), Catherine Denley (Mezzo Soprano), Christiane Oelze (Soprano), Axel Köhler (Countertenor), Julia Gooding (Soprano)
1992 - 1992, Berlin-Karlshorst, Kirche "Zur frohen Botshaft" Berlin-Karlshorst
66 Tracks, 2:40:10
    • 1. Overture
      05:30
    • 2. Menuet
      01:38

  • Act I

    • 1. It must be so (Zebul)
      01:30
    • 2. Pour forth no more unheeded prayr's (Zebul)
      04:58
    • 3. No more to Ammon's god and king (Chorus)
      02:38
    • 4. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)
      01:05
    • 5. Virtue my soul shall still embrace (Jephtha)
      04:07
    • 6. Twill be a painful separation (Storgè)
      00:30
    • 7. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storgè)
      05:10
    • 8. Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis (Hamor)
      00:51
    • 9. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)
      03:05
    • 10. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)
      00:30
    • 11. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)
      03:57
    • 12. I go, my soul (Hamor)
      00:31
    • 13. These labours past, how happy we (Iphis, Hamor)
      05:47
    • 14. What mean these doubtful fancies (Jephtha)
      00:56
    • 15. If, Lord, sustain'd by thy almighty pow'r - Tis said. Attend, ye Chiefs (Jephtha)
      01:10
    • 16. O God, Behold our Sore Distress (Chorus)
      04:10
    • 17. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads (Storgè)
      00:28
    • 18. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storgè)
      04:17
    • 19. Say, my dear mother (Iphis, Storgè)
      00:59
    • 20. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)
      03:18
    • 21. Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply (Zebul, Jephtha)
      00:29
    • 22. When His Loud Voice in Thunder Spoke (Chorus)
      04:20

  • Act II

    • 1. Glad tidings of great joy (Hamor)
      01:19
    • 2. Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)
      03:07
    • 3. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)
      04:33
    • 4. Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens (Iphis)
      00:23
    • 5. Tune the Soft Melodious Lute (Iphis)
      04:19
    • 6. Heav'n smiles once more (Jephtha)
      00:33
    • 7. His mighty arm (Jephtha)
      05:26
    • 8. In glory high (Chorus)
      02:24
    • 9. Symphony
      01:13
    • 10. Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)
      00:24
    • 11. Welcome, as the cheerful light … Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire (Iphis, Chorus)
      03:57
    • 12. Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha)
      00:26
    • 13. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb (Jephtha)
      04:32
    • 14. Why is my brother thus afflicted? (Zebul, Jephtha)
      01:06
    • 15. First perish thou - Let other creatures (Storgè)
      02:14
    • 16. If such thy cruel purpose (Hamor)
      00:23
    • 17. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)
      01:36
    • 18. O spare your daughter! (Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)
      02:47
    • 19. Such news flies swift (Iphis)
      00:30
    • 20. For joys so vast (Iphis)
      00:49
    • 21. Happy they! (Iphis)
      03:40
    • 22. Deeper and deeper still (Jephtha)
      03:37
    • 23. How dark, O Lord, are thy decrees! (Chorus)
      07:09

  • Act III

    • 1. Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)
      02:40
    • 2. A father, off'ring up (Jephtha)
      00:26
    • 3. Waft her, angels (Jephtha)
      04:06
    • 4. Ye sacred priests (Iphis)
      00:35
    • 5. Farewell, ye limpid springs (Iphis)
      05:02
    • 6. Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)
      03:43
    • 7. Sinfonia
      01:54
    • 8. Rise, Jephtha (Angel)
      01:10
    • 9. Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Angel)
      04:42
    • 10. For ever blessed be (Jephtha)
      01:31
    • 11. Theme Sublime of Endless Praise
      03:25
    • 12. Let me congratulate (Zebul)
      00:30
    • 13. Laud her, all ye virgin train (Zebul)
      02:16
    • 14. O let me fold thee (Storgè)
      00:20
    • 15. Sweet as sight to the blind (Storge)
      01:56
    • 16. With transport, Iphis (Hamor)
      00:21
    • 17. My faithful Hamor (Iphis)
      00:15
    • 18. All that is in Hamor mine (Iphis, Hamor, Storgè, Jephtha, Zebul)
      03:36
    • 19. Ye House of Gilead (Chorus)
      03:21