Handel: Esther

Album by Anthony Rolfe Johnson.

Release date: 1985-09-06

Tracks (22)

  1. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 1: Ouverture..."Tis greater far to spare"
  2. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 1: "Pluck root and branch from out the land"
  3. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 1: "Shall we the God of Israel fear?"
  4. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 2: "Tune your harps to cheerful strains"
  5. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 2: "Shall we of servitude complain"
  6. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 2: "Praise the Lord with cheerful noise"
  7. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 2: "Sing songs of praise, bow down the knee"
  8. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 3: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
  9. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 3: "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
  10. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 4: "Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger"
  11. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 4: "Tears assist me, pity moving"
  12. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 4: "Save us, O Lord"
  13. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 5: "Who dares intrude into our presence"
  14. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 5: "Who calls my parting soul from death?"
  15. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 5: "O beauteous Queen"...Recit:"If I find favour"
  16. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 5: "How can I stay when love invites"
  17. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 5: "Virtue, truth and innocence"
  18. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 5: "Jehovah, crown'd with glory bright"
  19. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 6: "Turn not, O Queen, thy face away"
  20. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 6: "Flatt'ring tongue, no more I hear thee!"
  21. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 6: "How art thou fall'n from thy height!"
  22. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 6: "The Lord our enemy has slain"

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