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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

Sinead Pratschke (soprano), Charles Humphries (counter-tenor), Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Purves (bass), Mark Le Brocq (tenor)

Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Musica Florea, Jurgen Budday

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

Sinead Pratschke (soprano), Charles Humphries (counter-tenor), Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Purves (bass), Mark Le Brocq (tenor)

Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Musica Florea, Jurgen Budday

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Contents and tracklist

Overture
Track length6:05
Pt. I: Mourn ye afflicted children (Chorus)
Track length5:24
Pt. I: Recitative. Well may your sorrows, brethren … (Israelitish man) - Recitative. Daughters, let you distressful cries … [Israelitish woman]
Track length1:17
Pt. I: Duet. From This dread scene, these adverse powers (Israelitish man, Israelitish woman)
Track length2:28
Pt. I: For Sion lamentation make (Chorus)
Track length3:28
Pt. I: Recitative. Not vain Is all This storm of grief (Israelitish man)
Track length0:51
Pt. I: Aria. Pious orgies, pious airs, decent sorrow, decent prayers, will to the Lord ascend (Israelitish woman)
Track length4:01
Pt. I: O Father, whose Almighty power the heavens, and earth and seas adore (Chorus)
Track length2:28
Pt. I: Recitative. I feel the Deity within (Simon)
Track length0:55
Pt. I: Aria. Arm, arm, ye brave (Simon) - We come in bright array [Chorus]
Track length3:52
Pt. I: Recitative. 'Tis well, my friends (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length0:48
Pt. I: Aria. Call forth thy powers, my soul, and dare the conflict of unequal war (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length1:48
Pt. I: Recitative. To Heaven's Almighty King we kneel (Israelitish woman)
Track length0:33
Pt. I: Aria. O liberty, thou choicest treasure, seat of virtue, source of pleasure! (Israelitish woman)
Track length3:40
Pt. I: Aria. Come, ever smiling liberty, and with thee bring thy jocurn train (Israelitish woman)
Track length2:58
Pt. I: 'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone, That gives fresh beauty to the sun (Israelitish man)
Track length2:32
Pt. I: Duet. Come, ever smiling liberty, and with thee bring thy jocund train (Israelitish woman, Israelitish man)
Track length1:11
Pt. I: Lead on, lead on (Chorus)
Track length0:58
Pt. I: Recitative. So willed my father, now at rest in the eternal mansions of blest (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length1:31
Pt. I: Disdainful of danger, we'll rush on the foe (Chorus)
Track length2:13
Pt. I: Recitative. Ambition! If ever honor was thine aim (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length0:19
Pt. I: Aria. No unhallowed desire our beasts shall desire (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length2:18
Pt. I: Recitative. Haste we, my brethren (Israelitish man)
Track length0:12
Pt. I: Hear us, O Lord (Chorus)
Track length4:10
Pt. II: Fallen in the foe, so fall thy foes, oh Lord! (Chorus) - Recitative. Victorious hero! [Israelitish man]
Track length3:17
Pt. II: Aria. So rapid thy course Is (Israelitish man)
Track length4:34
Pt. II: Recitative. Well may we hope our freedom to receive (Israelitish man)
Track length0:16
Duet. Sion now her head shall raise
Track length1:32
Tune your harps to song of praise
Track length4:28
Pt. I: Recitative. O let eternal honours crown his name (Israelitish woman)
Track length0:39
Pt. II: Aria. From Almighty Kings he took the spoil (Israelitish woman)
Track length3:57
Pt. II: Duet. Hail, Judea, happy land (Israelitish man, Israelitish woman)
Track length2:11
Pt. II: Recitative. Thanks to my brethren (JudasMaccabeus)
Track length0:45
Pt. II: Aria. How vain Is man (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length5:27
Pt. II: Recitative. Oh Judas! O my brethren (Israelitish messenger)
Track length0:42
Pt. II: Aria. Ah! Wretched Israel (Israelitish woman) - Chorus. Ah! Wretched Israel!
Track length8:44
Pt. II: Recitative. Be comforted (Simon)
Track length0:38
Pt. II: Aria. The Lord worketh wonders (Simon)
Track length2:37
Pt. II: Recitative. My arms! Against This Gorgias will I go (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length0:27
Pt. II: Aria. Sound an alarm! (Judas Maccabeus) - We hear, we hear the pleasing [Chorus]
Track length3:56
Pt. II: Aria. With pious hearts, and brave as pious, oh Sion, we thy call attend (Simon)
Track length3:06
Pt. II: Recitative. Ye worshippers of God, down, down with polluted altars, down (Israelitish man)
Track length1:20
Pt. II: Aria. Wise men, flattering, may deceive you with their, vain mysterious art (Israelitish woman)
Track length5:36
Pt. II: Duet. O never bow we down (Israelitish woman, Israelitish man, Chorus)
Track length5:45
Pt. III: Aria. Father of Heaven, from Thy eternal throne, look with an eye of blessing down (Israelitish man)
Track length7:21
Pt. III: See, see yon flames (Israelitish man)
Track length0:44
Pt. III: Recitative. O grant It, Heaven (Israelitish woman)
Track length0:31
Pt. II: Aria. So shall the lute and harp awake (Israelitish woman)
Track length4:21
Pt. III: Recitative. From Capharsalama, on eagle wings I fly (Israelitish messenger)
Track length1:17
Pt. III: See, the conqu'ring hero comes! (Chorus)
Track length2:52
Sing unto God
Track length2:38
Pt. III: Recitative. Sweet flow the strains (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length0:56
Pt. III: Aria. With honour let desert be crowned (Judas Maccabeus)
Track length2:48
Pt. III: Recitative. Peace to my countrymen (Eupolemus)
Track length0:39
Pt. III: To our great God be all the honour given (Chorus)
Track length2:35
Pt. III: Duet. O lovely peace, with plenty crowned, come (Israelitish woman, Israelitish man)
Track length8:28
Pt. III: Aria. Rejoice, O Judah (Simon)
Track length1:52
Hallelujah, Amen
Track length2:18
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