Tracklista:  George Frideric Handel 1. Susanna - Crystal streams in murmurs flowing (Air from Act II, Scene 2 of the three-act oratorio "Susanna", HWV 66) 2. Sinfonia 3. Theodora - O thou bright Sun! 4. With Darkness deep as is my Woe 5. Symphony of soft Musick 6. Theodora - But why art thou disquieted 7. O that I on Wings cou’d rise (Sinfonie, accompanied recitatives, and airs from Act II, Scene 2 of the three-act oratorio "Theodora", HWV 68) 8. Pleasure - There the brisk sparkling nectar drain (Air from Scene 1 of the one-act oratorio "The Choice of Hercules", HWV 69) 9. Iphis - Ye sacred priests 10. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods (Accompanied recitative and air from Act III, Scene 1 of the three-act oratorio "Jephtha", HWV 70) 11. Queen of Sheba - Will the Sun forget to streak (Air from Act III of the three-act oratorio "Solomon", HWV 67)  Vincenzo Ciampi 12. Emirena - O Dio! Mancar mi sento (Aria from Act III, Scene 7 of the three-act ‘dramma per musica’ "Adriano in Siria") 13. Camilla - L? per l’ombrosa sponda (Aria from Act II, Scene 1 of the ‘dramma per musica’ "Il trionfo di Camilla")  Thomas Augustine Arne 14. Arbaces - Why is death for ever late (Air from Act III, Scene 1 of the three-act serious opera "Artaxerxes") 15. Eltruda - Gracious Heav’n, O hear me! (Air from Act II, Scene 2 of the three-act masque "Alfred")  John Christopher Smith 16. Eve - Oh! do not, Adam, exercise on me thy hatred - 17. It comes! it comes! it must be death! (Accompanied recitative and song from Act III of the three-act oratorio "Paradise Lost") 18. Rebecca - But see, the night with silent pace steals on – 19. O balmy Sleep! (Accompanied recitative and song from Act II of the three-act oratorio "Rebecca")  Philip Hayes 20. Parthenope - Soon arrives thy fatal hour (Air from Act I of the two-act masque "Telemachus")


  • Wykonawca Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment , Hughes Ruby
  • Data premiery 2018-03-01
  • Nośnik SACD
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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
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Tracklista:1. Who's Calling?2. Heaven3. Theodora Na Na Na4. How Many Miles?5. Mazzel6. Winnie7. Palindrome8. Clair-obscur9. Mare Nostrum10. Final Analysis11. Focus 11


  • Wykonawca Focus
  • Data premiery 2019-01-25
  • Nośnik Płyta Analogowa
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Dwie kanadyjskie śpiewaczki – Karina Gauvin i Marie-Nicole Lemieux z towarzyszeniem Il Complesso Barocco pod dyrekcją Alana Curtisa nagrały 15 najpiękniejszych arii z 9 oratoriów Haendla, min: Theodora, Belshazzar, Alexander Balus, Susanna, Solomon itd. We wszystkich tych dziełach zostały wykorzystane fragment Biblijne. Arie wykonane zarówno solo, jak i w duetach ukazały geniusz kompozytora w kwestii opisywania uczuć – od czułości, aż po furię. Tytuł płyty: 'Streams of pleasure' (‘Potok przyjemności’) nawiązuje do arii z oratorium Theodora.Dobór artystów gwarantuje wysoki poziom wykonawczy. Marie-Nicole Lemieux (operująca rzadkim kobiecym głosem – kontraaltem) jest pierwszą kanadyjką, która wygrała prestiżowy konkurs Królowej Zofii w Belgii, co otworzyło przed nią światowe sceny koncertowe. Doskonale czuje się zarówno w operach (od Monteverdiego po Honeggera), jak i w muzyce oratoryjnej i pieśniach. Jej towarzyszka – Karina Gauvin także jest laureatką prestiżowych konkursów: Hertogenbosch International Vocal Competition, BBC Competitions for Young Performers, Virginia Parker Prize i Maggie Teyte Memorial Prize. Jej repertuar obejmuje muzykę od Bacha do Brittena. Występowała z renomowanymi orkiestrami: New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra oraz zespołami muzyki dawnej: Venice Baroque Orchestra, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Les Violons du Roy. Na scenie towarzyszyli jej tak wybitni dyrygenci jak Charles Dutoit czy Kent Nagano.Il Complesso barocco zostało założone przez Alan Curtisa w 1979 roku w Amsterdamie i koncentruje się na wykonawstwie muzyki włoskiego baroku i oratoriach. Zespół przyczynił się do zrewitalizowania opery barokowej, szczególnie Monteverdiego, Vivaldiego i Haendla. Alan Curtis zaś jest pionierem wykonawstwa na instrumentach z epoki we wczesnych operach.1. Belshazzar,D estructive War2. Theodora, Thee,Thou Glorious Son of Worth3. Alexander, Fury With Red Sparkling Eyes4. Susanna, Hwv 66/Lead Me-Crystal Streams In Murmurs Flowings5. Juda Maccabaeus, Hwv 63/From This Dread Scene6. Theodora, Hwv 68/Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing7. Theodora, Hwv 68/Ahwhither Should We Fly-As With Rosy Steps the Morn8. Joseph and His Brethren, Hwv 59/Prophetic Raptures Swell My Breast9. Joshua, Hwv 64/Our Limpid Streams With Freedom Flow10. Solomon, Hwv 67/Can I See My Infant Gor'd11. Alexander Balus, Hwv 65/Fair Virtue Shall Charm Me12. Solomon, Hwv 67/Thou Fair Inhabitant-Welcome As the Dawn of Day13. Hercules, Hwv 60/Forgive Me-My Father14. Theodora, Hwv 68/But Why Art Thou Disquieted-Ohthat I On Wings Could R15. Belshazzar, Hwv 61/Great Victor,At Your Feet I Bow


  • Wykonawca Il Complesso Barocco , Gauvin Karina , Lemieux Marie Nicole
  • Data premiery 2012-03-23
  • Nośnik CD
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Here for the first time on CD is Glyndebourne’s acclaimed 1996 production of Handel’s oratorio Theodora. Although Theodora is a story of a virtuous woman and sexual persecution, this has not proved to be an obstacle to its enduring success, the subject a deeply touching one, resonating from the age of antiquity to the present day. The recording is the debut on the Glyndebourne label for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, one of Glyndebourne’s two resident orchestras.This audio release, in no way detracting from the extraordinary Peter Sellar’s production, allows the focus to be on the soloists, conductor and orchestra. This recording confirms Lorraine Hunt as a true Handelian, capturing the spirit of Irene as few others could. In counter-tenor David Daniels as Didymus, there is a breadth of range drawing the listener away from the oft strained and forced falsetto sound. From the outset Dawn Upshaw is a heartfelt Theodora culminating magnificently in her final duet with Daniels ‘Thither let our hearts aspire…’ the delivery, sensitivity and ensemble nothing short of numbing.There is no better choice of debut release from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on the Glyndebourne label, William Christie’s musical approach one of transcendence, making the most of this wonderful music.Great opera performances are often fleeting moments in time but since 1960, every note of every Glyndebourne Festival performance has been recorded. ‘Eaves-dropping’ on these live performances allows some of the most seminal opera performances of the last fifty years to be enjoyed by all.


  • Wykonawca Various Artists
  • Data premiery 2012-04-01
  • Nośnik CD

Tracklista: CD 1 1. Overture 2. Act I Scene 1: Recitativo: 'Tis Dioclesian's natal day (Valens) 3. Act I Scene 1: Air: Go, my faithful soldier, go (Valens) 4. Act I Scene 1: Chorus: And draw a blessing down (Chorus of Heathens) 5. Act I Scene 1: Recitativo: Vouchsafe, dread Sir (Didymus, Valens) 6. Act I Scene 1: Air: Racks, gibbets, sword and fire (Valens) 7. Act I Scene 1: Chorus: For ever thus stands fix'd the doom (Chorus of Heathens) 8. Act I Scene 2: Recitativo: Most cruel edict! (Didymus) 9. Act I Scene 2: Air: The raptur'd soul (Didymus) 10. Act I Scene 2: Recitativo: I know thy virtues, and ask not thy faith (Septimius) 11. Act I Scene 2: Air: Descend, kind Pity (Septimius) 12. Act I Scene 3: Recitativo: Though hard, my friends (Theodora) 13. Act I Scene 3: Air: Fond flatt'ring world, adieu! (Theodora) 14. Act I Scene 3: Recitativo: Oh bright example of all goodness (Irene) 15. Act I Scene 3: Air: Bane of virtue, nurse of passions (Irene) 16. Act I Scene 3: Chorus: Come, mighty Father, mighty Lord (Chorus of Christians) 17. Act I Scene 4: Recitativo: Fly, fly my brethren (Messenger, Irene) 18. Act I Scene 4: Air: As With Rosy Steps (Irene) 19. Act I Scene 4: Chorus: All pow'r in Heaven above, or earth beneath (Chorus of Christians) 20. Act I Scene 5: Recitativo: Mistaken wretches, why thus blind to fate (Septimius) 21. Act I Scene 5: Air: Dread the fruits of Christian folly (Septimius) 22. Act I Scene 5: Recitativo: Deluded mortal! (Theodora, Septimius) 23. Act I Scene 5: Accompagnato: Oh worse than death indeed! (Theodora) 24. Act I Scene 5: Air: Angels, ever bright and fair (Theodora) 25. Act I Scene 6: Recitativo: Unhappy, happy crew! (Didymus, Irene) 26. Act I Scene 6: Accompagnato and Air: Kind Heaven, if virtue be thy care (Didymus) 27. Act I Scene 6: Recitativo: Oh Love, how great thy pow'r! (Irene) 28. Act I Scene 6: Chorus: Go, gen'rous pious youth! (Chorus of Christians) CD 2 1. Act II Scene 1: Recitativo: Ye men of Antioch, with solemn pomp (Valens) 2. Act II Scene 1: Chorus: Queen of summer, queen of love (Chorus of Heathens) 3. Act II Scene 1: Air: Wide spread his Name (Valens) 4. Act II Scene 1: Recitativo: Return, Septimius, to the stubborn maid (Valens) 5. Act II Scene 1: Chorus: Venus laughing from the skies (Chorus of Heathens) 6. Act II Scene 2: Symphony 7. Act II Scene 2: Recitativo: O thou bright sun! How sweet thy rays (Theodora) 8. Act II Scene 2: Air: With darkness deep (Theodora) 9. Act II Scene 2: Symphony 10. Act II Scene 2: Recitativo: But why art thou disquieted, my soul (Theodora) 11. Act II Scene 2: Air: Oh that I on wings could rise (Theodora) 12. Act II Scene 3: Recitativo: Long have I known thy friendly social soul (Didymus, Septimius) 13. Act II Scene 3: Air: Though the honours, that Flora and Venus receive from the Romans (Septimius) 14. Act II Scene 3: Recitativo: Oh save her then, or give me pow'r (Didymus, Septimius) 15. Act II Scene 3: Air: Deeds of kindness to display, pity suing (Didymus) 16. Act II Scene 4: Recitativo: The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere (Irene) 17. Act II Scene 4: Air: Defend her Heaven! (Irene) 18. Act II Scene 5: Recitativo: Or lull'd with grief or rapt her soul to heaven (Didymu) 19. Act II Scene 5: Air: Sweet Rose and Lily (Didymus) 20. Act II Scene 5: Recitativo: Oh save me, Heaven (Theodora, Didymus) 21. Act II Scene 5: Air: The pilgrim's home (Theodora) 22. Act II Scene 5: Accompagnato: Forbid it, Heaven! (Didymus) 23. Act II Scene 5: Recitativo: Or say, what right have I to take what just reflection (Didymus, Theodora) 24. Act II Scene 5: Duet: To thee, thou glorious son of worth (Theodora, Didymus) 25. Act II Scene 6: Recitativo: 'Tis night; but night's sweet blessing (Irene) 26. Act II Scene 6: Chorus: He saw the lovely youth, death's early prey (Chorus of Christians) CD 3 1. Act III Scene 1: Air: Lord, to Thee each night and day (Irene) 2. Act III Scene 2: Recitativo: But see, the good, the virtuous Didymus (Irene, Theodora) 3. Act III Scene 2: Air: When sunk in anguish and despair (Theodora) 4. Act III Scene 2: Chorus: Blest be the hand, and blest the pow'r (TheodoraChorus of Christians) 5. Act III Scene 3: Recitativo and Accompagnato: Undaunted in the court stands Didymus (Messenger, Irene, Theodora) 6. Act III Scene 3: Duet: Whither, Princess, do you fly (Irene, Theodora) 7. Act III Scene 3: Recitativo: She's gone, disdaining liberty and life (Irene) 8. Act III Scene 3: Air: New scenes of joy (Irene) 9. Act III Scene 4: Recitativo: Is it a Christian virtue then (Valens, Didymus) - Scene 5: Be that my doom! (Theodora, Septimius) 10. Act III Scene 5: Air: From virtue springs each gen'rous deed (Septimius) 11. Act III Scene 5: Air: Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r (Valens) 12. Act III Scene 5: Recitativo: 'Tis kind, my friends, but kinder still (Didymus, Theodora) 13. Act III Scene 5: Chorus: How strange their ends (Chorus of Heathens) 14. Act III Scene 5: Recitativo: On me your frowns your utmost rage exert (Didymus, Theodora, Valens) 15. Act III Scene 5: Air: Ye ministers of justice, lead them hence (Valens) 16. Act III Scene 6: Recitativo: And must such beauty suffer (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) 17. Act III Scene 6: Air and Duet: Streams of pleasure ever flowing (Didymus, Theodora) 18. Act III Scene 7: Recitativo: Ere this their doom is past (Irene) 19. Act III Scene 7: Chorus: Oh love devine, thou source of fame (Chorus of Christians)


  • Wykonawca Various Artists
  • Data premiery 2016-03-11
  • Nośnik CD
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Album został wydany przez wytwórnię Christophorus (CHR 77441). Wydawnictwo otrzymało nagrodę Audio Video Płyta Miesiąca (Audio Video, 12-2019). Tracklista: 1. Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Anne, HWV 74 - Eternal Source Of Light 2. Joshua, HWV 64 - Heroes When With Glory Burning 3. Alexander Balus, HWV 65 - Ouvertüre 4. Alexander Balus, HWV 65 - Mighty Love Now Calls To Arm 5. Saul, HWV 53 - O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless 6. Susanna, HWV 66 - On The Rapid Whirlwind´S Wing 7. Concerto Grosso C-Dur Alexander-Feast, HWV 318 - Allegro 8. Theodora, HWV 68 - As With Rosy Steps The Morn 9. Concerto Grosso Op. 3 Nr. 4, HWV 315 - Andante · Allegro 10. Theodora, HWV 68 - The Raptured Soul 11. Solomon, HWV 67 - Bless´D Be The Lord & What Though I Trace 12. Susanna, HWV 66 - Ouvertüre 13. Susanna, HWV 66 - When First I Saw My Lovely Maid


  • Wykonawca L'Orfeo Barockorchester , Vitzthum Franz
  • Data premiery 2020-01-01
  • Nośnik CD

Tracklista: 1. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Recit. Ah! Whither Should We Fly 0:49 2. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Aria. As with rosy steps the morn 8:19 3. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Recit. O bright example of all goodness! 0:31 4. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Aria. Bane of virtue, nurse of passions 6:15 5. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Recit. The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere 0:48 6. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Aria. Defend her Heav'n! 5:42 7. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Aria. Lord, to Thee each night and day 6:09 8. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Recit. She's gone, disdaining liberty and life 0:49 9. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Aria. New scenes of joy 5:41 10. La Lucrezia (O Numi Eterni), cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 145 21:03 11. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Aria. Se bramate d'amar, chi vi sdegna 6:41 12. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Recit. Frondi tenere e belle 0:45 13. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Aria. Ombra mai fů 3:18


  • Wykonawca Hunt Lorraine
  • Data premiery 2004-01-01
  • Nośnik CD
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