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Jephtha HWV 70

Text: Thomas Morell
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson (Tenor), Lynne Dawson (Soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (Alto), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Stephen Varcoe (Baritone), Ruth Holton (Soprano)
1988, Göttingen, Stadthalle
47 Tracks, 2:37:55
    • Overture – Menuet
      05:11

  • Act I

    • 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"
      01:23
    • 2. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"
      02:51
    • 3. "No more to Ammon's god and king"
      02:55
    • 4. "But Jephta comes"
      00:53
    • 5. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"
      04:07
    • 6. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephta...In gentle murmurs will I mourn"
      04:59
    • 7. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis...Dull delay, in piercing anguish"
      03:50
    • 8. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls...Take the heart you fondly gave"
      04:14
    • 9. "I go. My soul, inspir'd by thy command...These labours past, how happy we!"
      07:28
    • 10. "What mean these doubtful fancies"
      01:57
    • 11. "O God, behold our sore distress"
      04:34
    • 12. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads...Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"
      04:57
    • 13. "Say, my dear mother"
      00:53
    • 14. "The smiling dawn of happy days"
      03:33
    • 15. "Such, Jephta, was the haughty king's reply"
      00:26
    • 16. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"
      04:39

  • Act II

    • 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"
      01:14
    • 2. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"
      03:12
    • 3. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"
      04:15
    • 4. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens...Tune the soft melodious lute"
      04:42
    • 5. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people...His mighty arm, with sudden blow"
      06:28
    • 6. "In glory high, in might serene"
      02:32
    • 7. Symphony – "Hail, glorious conqueror"
      01:30
    • 8. "Welcome as the cheerful light"
      03:52
    • 9. "Horror! confusion!...Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"
      04:59
    • 10. "Why is my brother thus afflicted"
      00:58
    • 11. "First perish thou, and perish all the world"
      02:20
    • 12. "If such thy cruel purpose...On me let blind mistaken zeal"
      01:48
    • 13. "O spare your daughter"
      03:13
    • 14. "Such news flies swift"
      01:21
    • 15. "Happy they! this vital breath"
      03:30
    • 16. "Deeper, and deeper still"
      03:26
    • 17. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"
      08:04

  • Act III

    • 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"
      03:03
    • 2. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"
      04:29
    • 3. "Ye sacred priests...Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"
      06:27
    • 4. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"
      03:50
    • 5. Symphony
      02:44
    • 6. "Rise, Jephta, and ye rev'rend priests"
      01:01
    • 7. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"
      04:00
    • 8. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"
      01:29
    • 9. "Theme sublime of endless praise"
      03:23
    • 10. "Let me congratulate this happy turn...Laud her, all ye virgin train"
      02:22
    • 11. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms...Sweet as sight
      02:16
    • 12. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence...All that is in Hamor mine"
      03:37
    • 13. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"
      03:00