Esther (1718 version)

Album by Nancy Argenta.

Release date: 1995-10-22

Tracks (40)

  1. Esther, HWV 50a: Overture
  2. Esther, HWV 50a: Why Sits That Sorrow on They Brow? (Recitative - Esther, Mordecai)
  3. Esther, HWV 50a: Tis Greater Far to Spare (Recitative - Habdonah, Haman)
  4. Esther, HWV 50a: Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger (Aria - Mordecai)
  5. Esther, HWV 50a: Pluck Root and Branch From Out the Land (Aria - Haman)
  6. Esther, HWV 50a: I Go Before the King to Stand (Recitative - Esther)
  7. Esther, HWV 50a: Our Souls With Ardour Glow (Recitative - Persian Officer)
  8. Esther, HWV 50a: Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving (Aria - Esther)
  9. Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We God of Israel Fear (Chorus)
  10. Esther, HWV 50a: Save Us, O Lord (Chorus)
  11. Esther, HWV 50a: Now Persecution Shall Lay By Her Iron Rod (Recitative - First Israelite)
  12. Esther, HWV 50a: Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence (Recitative - Ahasuerus, Esther)
  13. Esther, HWV 50a: Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains (Aria - First Israelite)
  14. Esther, HWV 50a: Who Calls My Parting Soul From Death? (Duet - Esther, Ahasuerus)
  15. Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We of Servitude Complain, I (Chorus)
  16. Esther, HWV 50a: O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes! (Aria - Ahasuerus)
  17. Esther, HWV 50a: Praise the Lord With Cheerful Noise (Aria - Israelite Woman)
  18. Esther, HWV 50a: If I Find Favour in Thy Sight (Recitative - Esther)
  19. Esther, HWV 50a: O God, Who From the Suckling's Mouth (Recitative - Israelite Woman)
  20. Esther, HWV 50a: How Can I Stay When Love Invites? (Aria - Ahasuerus)
  21. Esther, HWV 50a: Sing Songs of Praise, Bow Down the Knee (Aria - Second Israelite)
  22. Esther, HWV 50a: With Inward Joy His Visage Glows (Recitative - Third Israelite, Fourth Israelite)
  23. Esther, HWV 50a: Shall We of Servitude Complain, II (Chorus)
  24. Esther, HWV 50a: Virtue, Truth and Innocence (Chorus)
  25. Esther, HWV 50a: How Have Our Sins Provoked the Lord (Recitative - Priest of the Israelites)
  26. Esther, HWV 50a: Jehovah, Crow'nd With Glory Bright (Arioso - Priest of the Israelites)
  27. Esther, HWV 50a: Ye Sons of Israel Mourn, I (Chorus)
  28. Esther, HWV 50a: He Comes, He Comes To End Our Woes (Chorus)
  29. Esther, HWV 50a: O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide (Aria - Priest of the Israelites)
  30. Esther, HWV 50a: Now, O Queen, Thy Suit Declare (Recitative - Ahasuerus, Esther)
  31. Esther, HWV 50a: Ye Sons of Israel Mourn, II (Chorus)
  32. Esther, HWV 50a: Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away (Arioso - Haman)
  33. Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Andante
  34. Esther, HWV 50a: Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee! (Aria - Esther)
  35. Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Allegro, I
  36. Esther, HWV 50a: Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence (Recitative - Ahasuerus)
  37. Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Adagio
  38. Esther, HWV 50a: How Art Thou Fall'n From Thy Height! (Aria - Haman)
  39. Oboe Sonata in G Minor, HWV 404: Allegro, II
  40. Esther, HWV 50a: The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain (Chorus)

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