To legendarne nagranie dostępne jest w sprzedaży po raz pierwszy od wielu lat. Uważane jest za jedno z najlepszych, a nawet za wzorcowe wykonanie oratorium Haendla. Kunszt artystyczny zespołu Les Arts Florissants pod dyrekcją Williama Chrisite jest wprost niebywały. W rolach głównych słyszymy: Sophie Daneman (Theodora), Daniel Taylor (Didymus), Richard Croft (Septimius), Nathan Berg (Valens), Juliette Galstian (Irene) oraz Laurent Slaars (Messenger).Tracklista:CD 31. Theodora: Overture to Part I - Allegro2. Theodora: Overture to Part I - Trio3. Theodora: Overture to Part I - Courante4. Theodora: Part I "'Tis Diocletian's natal day" [Valens]5. Theodora: Part I "Go, my faithful soldier, go" [Valens]6. Theodora: Part I "And draw a blessing down" [Chorus]7. Theodora: Part I "Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious ear" [Didymus, Valens]8. Theodora: Part I "Racks, gibbets, sword and fire" [Valens]9. Theodora: Part I "For ever thus stands fixed the doom" [Chorus]10. Theodora: Part I "Most cruel edict!" [Didymus]11. Theodora: Part I "The raptur'd soul defies the sword" [Didymus]12. Theodora: Part I "I know thy virtues" [Septimius]13. Theodora: Part I "Desend, kind pity, heav'nly guest" [Septimius]14. Theodora: Part I "Tho' hard, my friends" [Theodora]15. Theodora: Part I "Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!" [Theodora]16. Theodora: Part I "O bright example of all goodness!" [Irene]17. Theodora: Part I "Bane of virtue" [Irene]18. Theodora: Part I "Come, mighty Father" [Chorus]19. Theodora: Part I "Fly, fly, my brethren" [Messenger] "Ah! whither should we fly?" [Irene]20. Theodora: Part I "As with rosy steps the morn" [Irene]21. Theodora: Part I "All pow'r in Heav'n above" [Chorus]22. Theodora: Part I "Mistaken wretches!" [Septimius]23. Theodora: Part I "Dread the fruits of Christian folly" [Septimius]24. Theodora: Part I "Deluded mortal!" [Theodora, Septimius]25. Theodora: Part I "Oh worse than death indeed!" [Theodora]26. Theodora: Part I "Angels, ever bright and fair" [Theodora]27. Theodora: Part I "Unhappy, happy crew!" [Didymus, Irene]28. Theodora: Part I "Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care" [Didymus]29. Theodora: Part I "O love, how great thy pow'r!" [Irene]30. Theodora: Part I "Go gen'rous, pious youth" [Chorus]CD 21. Theodora: Part II "Ye men of Antioch" [Valens]2. Theodora: Part II "Queen of summer, queen of love" [Chorus]3. Theodora: Part II "Wide spread his name" [Valens]4. Theodora: Part II "Return, Septimius" [Valens]5. Theodora: Part II "Venus, laughing from the skies" [Chorus]6. Theodora: Part II Symphony7. Theodora: Part II "O thou bright sun!" [Theodora]8. Theodora: Part II "With Darkness deep as is my woe" [Theodora]9. Theodora: Part II Sinfonia10. Theodora: Part II "But why art thou disquieted, my soul?" [Theodora]11. Theodora: Part II "Oh, that I on wings could rise" [Theodora]12. Theodora: Part II "Long have I known" [Didymus, Septimius]13. Theodora: Part II "Tho' the honours that Flora and Venus receive" [Septimius]14. Theodora: Part II "O save her then" [Didymus, Septimius]15. Theodora: Part II "Deeds of kindness to display" [Didymus]16. Theodora: Part II "The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere" [Irene]17. Theodora: Part II "Defend her, Heav'n" [Irene]18. Theodora: Part II "Or lulled with grief" [Didymus]19. Theodora: Part II "Sweet rose and lilly, flow'ry form" [Didymus]20. Theodora: Part II "O save me, Heav'n" [Theodora, Didymus]21. Theodora: Part II "The pilgrim's home, the sick man's health" [Theodora]22. Theodora: Part II "Forbid it, Heav'n!" [Didymus]23. Theodora: Part II "Or say, what right have I" [Didymus, Theodora]24. Theodora, HWV 68, Part 2: "To thee, thou glorious son of worth" (Theodora, Didymus)25. Theodora: Part II "'Tis night, but night's sweet blessing" [Irene]26. Theodora: Part II "He saw the lovely youth" [Chorus]CD 31. Theodora: Part III "Lord to thee, each night and day" [Irene]2. Theodora: Part III "But see, the good, the virtuous Didymus!" [Irene, Theodora]3. Theodora: Part III "When sunk in anguish and despair" [Theodora]4. Theodora: Part III "Blest be the hand" [Chorus, Theodora]5. Theodora: Part III "Undaunted in the court" [Messenger, Irene]6. Theodora: Part III "O my Irene, Heav'n is kind" "Stay me not, my friend" [Theodora]7. Theodora: Part III "Whither, Princess, do you fly" [Irene, Theodora]8. Theodora: Part III "She's gone, disdaining liberty and life" [Irene]9. Theodora: Part III "New scenes of joy come crowding on" [Irene]10. Theodora: Part III "Is it a Christian virtue, then" [Valens, Didymus] "Be that my doom" [Theodora, Septimius]11. Theodora: Part III "From Virtue springs each gen'rous deed" [Septimius]12. Theodora: Part III "Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r" [Valens]13. Theodora: Part III "'Tis kind, my friends" [Didymus, Theodora]14. Theodora: Part III "How strange their ends" [Chorus]15. Theodora: Part III "On me your frowns" [Didymus, Theodora, Valens]16. Theodora: Part III "And must such beauty suffer!" [Didymus, Theodora, Septimius]17. Theodora: Part III "Streams of pleasure ever flowing..." "Thither let our hearts aspire!" [Didymus, Theodora]18. Theodora: Part III "Ere this their doom is past" [Irene]19.Theodora: Part III "O love divine, thou source of fame" [Irene, Chorus]
- Wykonawca Les Arts Florissants , Daneman Sophie , Taylor Daniel , Croft Richard , Berg Nathan , Galstian Juliette , Slaars Laurent
- Data premiery 2015-09-11
- Nośnik CD