Deborah
Robert King · Edward Higginbottom · Richard Seal · The King's Consort · James Bowman · Yvonne Kenny · Susan Gritton
Deborah (1993), CD, on Hyperion. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by Robert King, Edward Higginbottom, Richard Seal, The King's Consort; 65 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Deborah: Act I "Overture": Grave - Allegro - Menuett
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "Immortal Lord of earth and skies"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "Immortal Lord of earth and skies"
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "O Barak, favour’d of the skies" (Deborah, Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "O Barak, favour’d of the skies" (Deborah, Barak)
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. III. Duet "Where do thy ardours raise me?" (Barak, Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. III. Duet "Where do thy ardours raise me?" (Barak, Deborah)
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. IV. Chorus "Forbear thy doubts! to arms! away!"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. IV. Chorus "Forbear thy doubts! to arms! away!"
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. V. Recitative "Since Heav’n has thus his will express’d" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. V. Recitative "Since Heav’n has thus his will express’d" (Barak)
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VI. Soli & Chorus "For ever to the voice of pray’r"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. VI. Soli & Chorus "For ever to the voice of pray’r"
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VII. Recitative "By that adorable decree" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. VII. Recitative "By that adorable decree" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. VIII. Chorus "O hear thy lowly servants’ pray’r"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. VIII. Chorus "O hear thy lowly servants’ pray’r"
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. IX. Recitative "Ye sons of Israel, cease your fears" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. IX. Recitative "Ye sons of Israel, cease your fears" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. X. Chorus "O blast, with thy tremendous brow"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. X. Chorus "O blast, with thy tremendous brow"
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XI. Recitative "To whomsoe’er his fate the tyrant owes" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XI. Recitative "To whomsoe’er his fate the tyrant owes" (Barak)
Deborah: Act I, Scene I, No. XII. Air "How lovely is the blooming fair" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene I, No. XII. Air "How lovely is the blooming fair" (Barak)
Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah! Where’er I turn" (Jael, Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah! Where’er I turn" (Jael, Deborah)
Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. II. Air "Choirs of Angels, all around thee" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene II, No. II. Air "Choirs of Angels, all around thee" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. III. Recitative "My transports are too great to tell" (Jael)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene II, No. III. Recitative "My transports are too great to tell" (Jael)
Deborah: Act I, Scene II, No. IV. Air "To joy he brightens my despair" (Jael)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene II, No. IV. Air "To joy he brightens my despair" (Jael)
Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "Barak, my son, the joyful sound" (Abinoam)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "Barak, my son, the joyful sound" (Abinoam)
Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. II. Air "Awake the ardour of thy breast" (Abinoam)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene III, No. II. Air "Awake the ardour of thy breast" (Abinoam)
Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. III. Recitative "I go where Heav’n and duty call" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene III, No. III. Recitative "I go where Heav’n and duty call" (Barak)
Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. VI. Air "All danger disdaining" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene III, No. VI. Air "All danger disdaining" (Barak)
Deborah: Act I, Scene III, No. V. Chorus "Let thy deeds be glorious"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene III, No. V. Chorus "Let thy deeds be glorious"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene IV. Recitative "My charge is to declare" (Herald) / Act I, Scene V, No. I. "Let him approach..." (Deborah, Barak)
Deborah: Act I, Scene V, No. II. Chorus "Despair all around them"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act I, Scene V, No. II. Chorus "Despair all around them"
Deborah: Act II, No. I. Chorus "See, the proud chief advances now"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. I. Chorus "See, the proud chief advances now"
Deborah: Act II, No. II. Recitative "That here rebellious arms I see" (Sisera)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. II. Recitative "That here rebellious arms I see" (Sisera)
Deborah: Act II, No. III. Air "At my feet extended low" (Sisera)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. III. Air "At my feet extended low" (Sisera)
Deborah: Act II, No. IV. Recitative "Go frown, Barbarian" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. IV. Recitative "Go frown, Barbarian" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act II, No. V. Air "In Jehovah’s awful sight" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. V. Air "In Jehovah’s awful sight" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act II, No. VI. Recitative "Yes, how your God in wonders can excel" (Sisera)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. VI. Recitative "Yes, how your God in wonders can excel" (Sisera)
Disc 2
Deborah: Act II, No. IX. Recitative "Behold the nations all around" (Chief Priest of Baal)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. IX. Recitative "Behold the nations all around" (Chief Priest of Baal)
Deborah: Act II, No. X. Chorus "O Baal, monarch of the skies!" (chorus of Baal's priests)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. X. Chorus "O Baal, monarch of the skies!" (chorus of Baal's priests)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XI. Recitative "No. more, ye infidels, No. more!" (Chief Priest of the Israelites)
Deborah: Act II, No. XII. Chorus "Lord of eternity, who hast in store" (chorus of Israelites)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XII. Chorus "Lord of eternity, who hast in store" (chorus of Israelites)
Deborah: Act II, No. XIII. Recitative "By his great name, and his alone" (Deborah, Sisera)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah: Act II, No. XIII. Recitative "By his great name, and his alone" (Deborah, Sisera)
Deborah: Act II, No. XIV. Soli & Chorus "All your boast will end in woe"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XIV. Soli & Chorus "All your boast will end in woe"
Deborah: Act II, No. XV. Recitative "Great prophetess, my soul's on fire" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XV. Recitative "Great prophetess, my soul's on fire" (Barak)
Deborah: Act II, No. XVI. Air "In the battle, fame pursuing" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XVI. Air "In the battle, fame pursuing" (Barak)
Deborah: Act II, No. XVII. Recitative "Thy ardours warm the winter of my age" (Abinoam)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XVII. Recitative "Thy ardours warm the winter of my age" (Abinoam)
Deborah: Act II, No. XVIII. Air "Swift inundation of desolation" (Abinoam)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XVIII. Air "Swift inundation of desolation" (Abinoam)
Deborah: Act II, No. XIX. Recitative "O Judah, with what joy I see" (Israelite woman)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XIX. Recitative "O Judah, with what joy I see" (Israelite woman)
Deborah: Act II, No. XX. Air "No. more disconsolate I'll mourn" (Israelite woman)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XX. Air "No. more disconsolate I'll mourn" (Israelite woman)
Deborah: Act II, No. XXI. Recitative "Now, Jael, to thy tent retire" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XXI. Recitative "Now, Jael, to thy tent retire" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act II, No. XXII. Air "O the pleasure my soul is possessing" (Jael)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XXII. Air "O the pleasure my soul is possessing" (Jael)
Deborah: Act II, No. XXIII. Recitative "Barak, we now to battle go" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XXIII. Recitative "Barak, we now to battle go" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act II, No. XXIV. Duet "Smiling freedom, lovely guest" (Deborah, Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XXIV. Duet "Smiling freedom, lovely guest" (Deborah, Barak)
Deborah: Act II, No. XXV. Chorus "The great king of kings will aid us today"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act II, No. XXV. Chorus "The great king of kings will aid us today"
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene I, No. I. Chorus "A grand military symphony: Now the proud insulting foe" (chorus of Israelites)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene I, No. II. Recitative "The haughty foe whose pride to heav'n did soar" (Israelite woman)
Deborah: Act III, Scene I, No. III. Air "Now sweetly smiling peace descends" (Israelite woman)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene I, No. III. Air "Now sweetly smiling peace descends" (Israelite woman)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene II, No. I. Recitative "My pray'rs are heard, the blessings of this day" (Abinoam, Barak)
Deborah: Act III, Scene II, No. II. Air "Tears, such as tender fathers shed" (Abinoam)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene II, No. II. Air "Tears, such as tender fathers shed" (Abinoam)
Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah, my fears are o'er" (Jael)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene III, No. I. Recitative "O Deborah, my fears are o'er" (Jael)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. II. Chorus "Doleful tidings, how ye wound" (chorus of Baal's priests)
Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. III. Air "Our fears are now forever fled" (Israelite woman)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene III, No. III. Air "Our fears are now forever fled" (Israelite woman)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene III, No. IV. Recitative "I saw the tyrant breathless in her tent" (Barak, Jael)
Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. V. Air "Tyrant, now No. more we dread thee" (Jael)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene III, No. V. Air "Tyrant, now No. more we dread thee" (Jael)
Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VI. Recitative "If, Jael, I a right divine" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene III, No. VI. Recitative "If, Jael, I a right divine" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VII. Air "The glorious sun shall cease to shed" (Deborah)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene III, No. VII. Air "The glorious sun shall cease to shed" (Deborah)
Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. VIII. Recitative "May heav'n, with kind profusion, shed" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene III, No. VIII. Recitative "May heav'n, with kind profusion, shed" (Barak)
Deborah: Act III, Scene III, No. IX. Air "Low at her feet he bow'd, he fell" (Barak)
George Frideric Handel - Deborah, HWV 51: Act III, Scene III, No. IX. Air "Low at her feet he bow'd, he fell" (Barak)