Special offer. Handel: Jephtha
Paul Esswood (counter-tenors), Thomas Thomaschke (bass), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Gabriele Sima (soprano), Glenys Linos (soprano)
Mozart Boys' Choir, Arnold Schönberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Special offer. Handel: Jephtha
Paul Esswood (counter-tenors), Thomas Thomaschke (bass), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Gabriele Sima (soprano), Glenys Linos (soprano)
Mozart Boys' Choir, Arnold Schönberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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- Thomas Thomaschke (bass), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Glenys Linos (soprano), Paul Esswood (countertenor), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Gabriele Sima (soprano)
- Concentus musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Mozart Sängerknaben
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Erwin Ortner
Act 1 "It must be so - or these vile Ammonites" "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs" [Zebul]
Track length6:45
Act 1 "But Jephtha comes" [Zebul, Jephtha] "Virtue my soul shall still embrace" [Jephtha]
Track length5:06
Act 1 "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" "In gentle murmurs will I mourn" [Storgè]
Track length5:54
Act 1 "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" "Dull delay, in piercing anguish" [Hamor]
Track length5:06
Act 1 "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" "Take the heart you fondly gave" [Iphis]
Track length4:26
Act 1 "I go; my soul, inspir'd by thy command" [Hamor] "These labours past, how happy we!" [Iphis]
Track length6:52
Act 1 "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" [Storgè]
Track length5:12
Act 1 "Say, my dear mother" [Iphis, Storgè] "The smiling dawn of happy days" [Iphis]
Track length4:13
Act 2 "Again Heav'n smiles on his repentant people" "Freedom now once more possessing" [Zebul]
Track length3:43
Act 2 "First perish thou, and perish all the world!... Let other creatures die" [Storgè]
Track length2:50
Act 3 "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun" "A father, offering up" "Waft her, angels, through the skies" [Jephtha]
Track length6:20
Act 3 "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests" "Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live" [Angel]
Track length5:53
Act 3 "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" "Sweet as sight to the blind" [Storgè]
Track length2:31
Act 3 "With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety" "'Tis Heaven's all-ruling pow'r" [Hamor]
Track length7:35