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Special offer. Handel: Jephtha

David Portillo (Jephtha), Lauren Snouffer (Iphis), Clara Osowski (Storgè), Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Hamor), Neal Davies (Zebul), Katelyn Lee (Angel); Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Dame Jane Glover

Handel: Jephtha
This is emphatically English Handel; no Italianate excesses here, just lean precision and beautiful mellowness of tone. The contemporary instruments (played with period-informed technique) naturally...

Gramophone Magazine, January 2025

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Special offer. Handel: Jephtha

David Portillo (Jephtha), Lauren Snouffer (Iphis), Clara Osowski (Storgè), Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Hamor), Neal Davies (Zebul), Katelyn Lee (Angel); Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Dame Jane Glover

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This is emphatically English Handel; no Italianate excesses here, just lean precision and beautiful mellowness of tone. The contemporary instruments (played with period-informed technique) naturally...

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The great baroque composer George Frideric Handel’s final masterpiece! Recorded live in September2022 by multi-GRAMMY®-award winning engineer Christopher Willis, conducted by Dame Jane Glover, and performed by Music of the Baroque- Chorus and Orchestra. Now in its fifth decade, Music of the Baroque is one of the leading professional ensembles in America devoted to 17 th and 18 th -century works. The Chicago Sun-Times writes, “Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra may be the big guys on the local classical music scene, but in terms of sheer quality of performance…Music of the Baroque inhabits the same stratosphere.”

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Excerpt,Handel: Jephtha
Work length4:43
  • Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Neal Davies, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Neal Davies (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Overture
Track length3:16
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 1: Accompagnato. "It must be so"
Track length1:27
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part I Scene 1
Work length5:58
  • Neal Davies, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Neal Davies (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 1: Aria. "Pour forth no more"
Track length3:04
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 1: Chorus. "No more to Ammon's god and king"
Track length2:54
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part I Scene 2
Work length9:39
  • David Portillo, Neal Davies, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, David Portillo (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist), David Portillo, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Clara Osowski, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 2: Recitative. "But Jephtha comes"
Track length0:58
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 2: Aria. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"
Track length3:51
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 2: Recitative. "'Twill be a painful separation"
Track length0:27
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 2: Aria. "In gentle murmurs will I mourn"
Track length4:23
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part I Scene 3
Work length11:13
  • Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist), Lauren Snouffer, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Lauren Snouffer, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 3: Recitative. "Happy this embassy"
Track length0:46
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 3: Aria. "Dull delay, in piercing anguish"
Track length3:02
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 3: Recitative. "Ill suits the voice of love"
Track length0:25
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 3: Aria. "Take the heart you fondly gave"
Track length3:25
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 3: Recitative. "I go, my soul"
Track length0:25
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 3: Duet. "These labours past"
Track length3:10
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part I Scene 4
Work length6:03
  • Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, David Portillo (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 4: Recitative. "What mean these doubtful fancies"
Track length0:51
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 4: Recitative. "If, Lord, sustain'd"
Track length0:41
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 4: Recitative. "Tis said, Attend ye chiefs"
Track length0:15
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 4: Chorus. "O God behold our sore distress"
Track length4:16
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part I Scene 5
Work length2:40
  • Clara Osowski, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Clara Osowski (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 5: Recitative. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads"
Track length0:25
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 5: Aria. "Scenes of horror"
Track length2:15
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part I Scene 6
Work length3:20
  • Lauren Snouffer, Clara Osowski, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist), Lauren Snouffer, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 6: Recitative. "Say, my dear mother"
Track length0:46
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 6: Aria. "The smiling dawn of happy days"
Track length2:34
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part I Scene 7
Work length4:56
  • Neal Davies, David Portillo, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, David Portillo (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 7: Recitative. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply"
Track length0:27
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. I Scene 7: Chorus. "When His loud voice in thunder spoke"
Track length4:29
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part II Scene 1
Work length8:15
  • Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist), Lauren Snouffer, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 1: Recitative. "Glad tidings of great joy"
Track length1:14
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 1: Aria. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"
Track length4:47
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 1: Recitative. "'Tis well, haste, haste, ye maidens"
Track length0:20
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 1: Aria. "Tune the soft melodious lute"
Track length1:54
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part II Scene 2
Work length8:49
  • Neal Davies, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Neal Davies (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist), Neal Davies, David Portillo, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 2: Recitative. "Again Heav'n smiles"
Track length0:22
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 2: Aria. "Freedom now once more" - Recitative. "Zebul, thy deeds were valiant"
Track length3:33
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 2: Aria. "His mighty arm"
Track length2:22
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 2: Chorus. "In glory high"
Track length2:32
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part II Scene 3
Work length2:27
  • Lauren Snouffer, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Recitative. "Hail, glorious conqueror"
Track length0:28
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Aria. "Welcome as the cheerful light"
Track length1:59
Excerpt,Handel: Jephtha
Work length1:00
  • Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Chorus. "Welcome thou, whose deeds"
Track length1:00
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part II Scene 3
Work length12:50
  • David Portillo, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, David Portillo (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist), Neal Davies, David Portillo, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Clara Osowski, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Neal Davies, Clara Osowski, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, David Portillo, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Recitative. "Horror, confusion!"
Track length0:24
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Aria. "Open thy marble jaws"
Track length4:35
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Recitative. "Why is my brother thus afflicted?"
Track length1:09
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Recitative. "First perish thou" - Aria. "Let other creatures die"
Track length2:21
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Recitative. "If such thy cruel purpose"
Track length0:12
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Aria. "On me let blind mistaken zeal"
Track length1:33
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 3: Quartet. "Oh, spare your daughter"
Track length2:36
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part II Scene 4
Work length14:42
  • Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 4: Recitative. "Such news flies swift"
Track length0:25
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 4: Recitative. "For joys so vast"
Track length0:41
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 4: Aria. "Happy they!"
Track length2:59
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 4: Recitative. "Deeper and deeper still"
Track length3:14
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. II Scene 4: Chorus. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"
Track length7:23
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part III Scene 1
Work length25:50
  • Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, David Portillo (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Neal Davies (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist)
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Recitative. "Hide thou thy hated beams"
Track length2:17
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Recitative. "A father, off'ring up his only child"
Track length0:19
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Aria. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"
Track length3:57
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Recitative. "Ye sacred priests"
Track length0:32
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Aria. "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"
Track length4:57
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Chorus. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"
Track length3:43
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Recitative. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests"
Track length1:05
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Aria. "Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live"
Track length4:34
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Aria. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"
Track length1:20
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 1: Chorus. "Theme sublime of endless praise"
Track length3:06
Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Part III Scene 2
Work length9:34
  • Neal Davies, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra and Dame Jane Glover, Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Neal Davies (soloist), Andrew Megill (chorusmaster), David Portillo (soloist), Lauren Snouffer (soloist), Clara Osowski (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum (soloist), Katelyn Lee (soloist), Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
  • Dame Jane Glover
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 2: Recitative. "Let me congratulate"
Track length0:27
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 2: Aria. "Laud her, all ye virgin train"
Track length1:06
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 2: Recitative. "Oh, let me fold these"
Track length0:17
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 2: Recitative. "With transport, Iphis"
Track length0:18
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 2: Recitative. "My faithful Hamor"
Track length0:16
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 2: Quintet. "All that is in Hamor mine"
Track length3:44
Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. III Scene 2: Chorus. "Ye house of Gilead"
Track length3:26

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January 2025

This is emphatically English Handel; no Italianate excesses here, just lean precision and beautiful mellowness of tone. The contemporary instruments (played with period-informed technique) naturally soften musical brushstrokes and fill out the texture, and the voices of Music of the Baroque’s chorus match them for blend.
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