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Jephtha HWV 70

Text: Thomas Morell
Marcus Creed, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Julia Gooding (Soprano), Christiane Oelze (Soprano), Catherine Denley (Alto), Axel Köhler (Countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (Tenor), Michael George (Bass)
℗ 2015
47 Tracks, 1:58:21
    • Overture -
      05:30
    • - 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 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 Foundly Gave (Iphis)
      03:57
    • 12. I Go. My Soul (Hamor)
      00:31
    • 13 These Labours Past, How Happy We (Jephtha)
      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
      02:24
    • 9. Symphony
      01:13
    • 10. Hail, Glorious Conqueror! (Iphis)
      00:24
    • 11. Welcome, as the Cheerful Light (Iphis) - Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire (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