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Jephtha

Neville Marriner · Paul Esswood · David Willcocks · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Choir of King's College, Cambridge · Anthony Rolfe Johnson · Christopher Keyte · Margaret Marshall · Alfreda Hodgson · Philip Langridge

London Classics1990Cat. 425 701-2Known duration: 3h 15m (55 of 55 shown tracks)55 tracks

Jephtha (1990), Format unverified, on London Classics. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields; 55 tracks.

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Composer

George Frideric Handel

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Jephtha, Act I: No. 1. Overture

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: no. 0. Overture

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:49

02

Jephtha, Act I: No. 2. Menuet

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: no. 0a. Minuet

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

1:43

03

Jephtha, Act I: No. 3. Recitative: It Must Be So – or These Vile Ammonites (Zebul)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 1. Accompagnato "It must be so or these wile Ammonites" (Zebul)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Christopher Keyte

1:27

04

Jephtha, Act I: No. 4. Air: Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray’Rs (Zebul)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 2. Air "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs" (Zebul)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Christopher Keyte

3:16

05

Jephtha, Act I: No. 5. Chorus: No More to Ammon’s God and King

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 3. Chorus "No more to Ammon's god and King"

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:58

06

Jephtha, Act I: No. 6. Recitative: But Jephtha Comes. Kind Heaven, Assist Our Plea (Zebul)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 3a. Recitative "But Jephtha comes" (Zebul, Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Christopher Keyte

1:01

07

Jephtha, Act I: No. 7. Air: Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace (Jephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 4. Air "Virtue my soul shall still embrace" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

4:04

08

Jephtha, Act I: No. 8. Recitative: ’Twill Be a Painful Separation, Jephtha (Storgè) / No. 9. Air: In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn (Storgè)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 4a. Recitative "Twill be a painful separation" (Storge)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alfreda Hodgson

5:17

09

Jephtha, Act I: No. 10. Recitative: Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis (Hamor) / No. 11. Air: Dull Delay, in Piercing Anguish (Hamor)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 5a. Recitative "Happy this embassy" (Hamor)

Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:48

10

Jephtha, Act I: No. 12. Recitative: Ill Suits the Voice of Love When Glory Calls (Iphis) / No. 13. Air: Take the Heart You Fondly Gave (Iphis)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 6a. Recitative "Ill suits the voice of love" (Iphis)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Margaret Marshall

5:00

11

Jephtha, Act I: No. 14. Recitative: I Go. My Soul, Inspir’d by Thy Command (Hamor) / No. 15. Duet: These Labours Past, How Happy We! (Iphis, Hamor)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 7a. Recitative "I go. My soul, inspir'd by thy command" (Hamor)

Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

6:41

12

Jephtha, Act I: No. 16. Recitative: What Mean These Doubtful Fancies of the Brain? (Jephtha) / Accompagnato: If, Lord, Sustained by Thy Almighty Pow’r (Jephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 8a. Recitative "What mean these doubtful fancies" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:30

13

Jephtha, Act I: Accompagnato: ’Tis Said (Jephtha) / No. 17. Chorus: O God, Behold Our Sore Distress

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 10. Chorus "O God, behold our sore distress"

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

4:42

14

Jephtha, Act I: No. 18. Recitative: Some Dire Event Hands O’Er Our Heads (Storgè) / No. 19. Air: Scenes of Horror, Scenes of Woe (Storgè)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 10a. Recitative "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" (Storge)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alfreda Hodgson

5:13

15

Jephtha, Act I: No. 20. Recitative: Say, My Dear Mother, Whence These Piercing Cries (Iphis)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 11a. Recitative "Say, my dear mother" (Iphis, Storge)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Margaret Marshall

0:52

16

Jephtha, Act I: No. 21. Air: The Smiling Dawn of Happy Days (Iphis)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 12. Air "The smiling dawn of happy days" (Iphis)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Margaret Marshall

3:02

17

Jephtha, Act I: No. 22. Recitative: Such, Jephtha, Was the Haughty King’s Reply (Zebul) / No. 23. Chorus: When His Loud Voice in Thunder Spoke

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act I, no. 12a. Recitative "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty King's reply" (Zebul, Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Christopher Keyte

5:07

Disc 2

01

Jephtha, Act II: No. 24. Recitative: Glad Tidings of Great Joy (Hamor)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 13a. Recitative "Glad things of great joy" (Hamor)

Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

1:10

02

Jephtha, Act II: No. 25. Chorus: Cherub and Seraphim

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 14. Chorus "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:13

03

Jephtha, Act II: No. 26. Air: Up the Dreadful Steep Ascending (Hamor)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 15. Air "Up the dreadful steep ascending" (Hamor)

Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:27

04

Jephtha, Act II: No. 27. Recitative: ’Tis Well. Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens (Iphis) / No. 28. Air: Tune the Soft Melodious Lute (Iphis)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 15a. Recitative "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" (Iphis)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Margaret Marshall

5:07

05

Jephtha, Act II: No. 29. Recitative: Again Heav’n Smiles on His Repentant People (Zebul) / No. 30. Air: Freedom Now Once More Possessing (Zebul)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 16a. Recitative "Heav'n smiles once more" (Zebul)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Christopher Keyte

4:05

06

Jephtha, Act II: No. 31. Recitative: Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant (Jephtha) / No. 32. Air: His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow (Fephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 17a. Recitative "Zebul, thy deeds were valiant" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

6:05

07

Jephtha, Act II: No. 33. Chorus: In Glory High, in Might Serene

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 19. Chorus: "In glory high, in might serene"

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:26

08

Jephtha, Act II: No. 34. Symphony

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 20. Symphony

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

1:19

09

Jephtha, Act II: No. 35. Recitative: Hail, Glorious Conqueror (Iphis) / No. 36. Air: Welcome as the Cheerful Light… Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire (Iphis, Chorus of Boys)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 20a. Recitative "Hail, glorious conqueror!" (Iphis)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Margaret Marshall

4:03

10

Jephtha, Act II: No. 37. Recitative: Horror! Confusion! (Jephtha) / No. 38. Air: Open Thy Marble Jaws, o Tomb (Jephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 21a. Recitative "Horror! Confusion! Harsh this music grates" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

4:51

11

Jephtha, Act II: No. 39. Recitative: Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted? (Zebul)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 22a. Recitative "Why is my brother thus afflicted?" (Zebul, Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Christopher Keyte

1:15

12

Jephtha, Act II: No. 40. Concitato: First Perish Thou, and Perish All the World! (Storgè) / Air: Let Other Creatures Die (Storgè)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 23. Accompagnato and Arioso "First perish thou and perish all the world!" (Storge)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alfreda Hodgson

2:14

13

Jephtha, Act II: No. 41. Recitative: If Such Thy Cruel Purpose (Hamor) / No. 42. Air: On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal (Hamor)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 23a. Recitative "If such thy cruel purpose, lo!" (Hamor)

Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

1:51

14

Jephtha, Act II: No. 43. Quartet: O Spare Your Daughter (Zebul, Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 25. Quartet "O spare your daughter!" (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)

Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:40

15

Jephtha, Act II: No. 44. Recitative: Such News Flies Swift (Iphis) / No. 45. Air: Happy They! This Vital Breath (Iphis)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 25a. Recitative "Such news flies swift" (Iphis)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Margaret Marshall

4:13

16

Jephtha, Act II: No. 46. Accompagnato: Deeper, and Deeper Still (Jephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 28. Accompagnato "Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

3:23

17

Jephtha, Act II: No. 47. Chorus: How Dark, o Lord, Are Thy Decrees

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 29. Chorus "How dark, o Lord, are thy decrees!"

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

8:45

Disc 3

01

Jephtha, Act III: No. 48. Accompagnato: Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, o Sun (Jephtha) / Recitative: A Father, Offering Up His Only Child (/Ephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 30. Arioso "Hide thou thy hated beams" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

2:55

02

Jephtha, Act III: No. 49. Air: Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies (Jephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 32. Air "Waft her, angels, through the skies" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

4:49

03

Jephtha, Act III: No. 50. Accompagnato: Ye Sacred Priests, Whose Hands Ne’er Yet (Iphis) / No. 51. Air: Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs and Floods (Iphis)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 33. Accompagnato "Ye sacred priests, whose hands" (Iphis)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Margaret Marshall

6:03

04

Jephtha, Act III: No. 52. Chorus: Doubtful Fear and Rev’rent Awe

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 35. Chorus "Doubtful fear and reverend awe" (Preists)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:00

05

Jephtha, Act III: No. 53. Symphony

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 36. Symphony

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

1:28

06

Jephtha, Act III: No. 54. Recitative: Rise, Jephtha, and Ye Rev’rend Priests (Angel)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 36a. Recitative "Rise, Jephtha, and ye reverend priests" (Angel)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Emma Kirkby

1:12

07

Jephtha, Act III: No. 55. Air: Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live (Angel)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 37. Air "Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live" (Angel)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Emma Kirkby

4:44

08

Jephtha, Act III: No. 56. Arioso: For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name (Jephtha)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 38. Arioso "For ever blessed be thy holy name" (Jephtha)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:51

09

Jephtha, Act III: No. 57. Chorus: Theme Sublime of Endless Praise

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 39. Chorus "Theme sublime of endless praise"

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:10

10

Jephtha, Act III: No. 58. Recitative: Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn (Zebul) / No. 59. Air: Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train (Zebul)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 40. Air "Laud her, all ye virgin train" (Zebul)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Christopher Keyte

1:45

11

Jephtha, Act III: No. 60. Recitative: O Let Me Fold Thee in a Mother’s Arms (Storgè) / No. 61. Air: Sweet as Sight to the Blind (Storgè)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 40a. Recitative "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" (Storge)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alfreda Hodgson

2:32

12

Jephtha, Act III: No. 62. Recitative: With Transport, Iphis, I Behold Thy Safety (Hamor) / No. 63. Air: ’Tis Heaven’s All-Ruling Pow’r (Hamor)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 42. Air "'Tis Heaven's all-ruling pow'r" (Hamor)

Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:41

13

Jephtha, Act III: No. 64. Recitative: My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence (Iphis) / No. 65. Quintet: All That Is in Hamor Mine (Iphis, Hamor, Storgè, Jephtha, Zebul)

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 42a. Recitative "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" (Iphis)

Neville Marriner, Paul Esswood, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:21

14

Jephtha, Act III: No. 66. Chorus: Ye House of Gilead

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 44. Chorus "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:47

15

Chandos Anthem no. 2: Sinfonia / Chorus: In the Lord I Put My Trust

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthem no. 2, HWV 247 “In the Lord put I my trust”: Sonata

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

8:22

16

Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: God is a Constant Sure Defence (tenor)

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthem no. 2, HWV 247 “In the Lord put I my trust”: Solo “God is a constant sure defence” (tenor)

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Langridge

2:41

17

Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Behold, the Wicked Bend Their Bow

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthem no. 2, HWV 247 “In the Lord put I my trust”: Chorus “Behold! The wicked bend their bow”

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:51

18

Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: But God, Who Hears the Suff’ring Poor (tenor)

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthem no. 2, HWV 247 “In the Lord put I my trust”: Solo “But God, who hears the suff’ring pow’r” (tenor)

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Langridge

2:23

19

Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Snares, Fire and Brimstone

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthem no. 2, HWV 247 “In the Lord put I my trust”: Chorus “Snares, fire and brimstone”

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

1:57

20

Chandos Anthem no. 2: Solo: The Righteous Lord Will Righteous Deeds (tenor)

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthem no. 2, HWV 247 “In the Lord put I my trust”: Solo “The righteous Lord” (tenor)

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Langridge

2:21

21

Chandos Anthem no. 2: Chorus: Then Shall My Song, With Praise Inspir’d

George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthem no. 2, HWV 247 “In the Lord put I my trust”: Chorus “Then shall my song”

David Willcocks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:28