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SO 238

Handel: Esther

Released Date:
01 Mar 2008

Originally recorded in 2008
Artists:

London Handel Orchestra


Laurence Cummings


Christopher Purves

bass - Haman

James Bowman

countertenor - Ahasuerus

Susan Bickley

mezzo-soprano - Mordecai

Rosemary Joshua

soprano - Esther

Rebecca Outram

soprano - Isaraelite Woman

Cecilia Osmond

soprano - Second Israelite

Andrew Kennedy

tenor - First Israelite

Angus Smith

tenor - Harbonah

Christopher Watson

tenor - Persian Officer

London Handel Choir



Venue:

St Georges Church, Hanover Square, London W1



Producer:

Siva Oke


Siva Oke

(Executive)

Engineer:

Simon Eadon



Record Label
Somm

Genre:

Choir


Orchestral & Concertos

Total Time - 136:47
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

(1685-1759)
   


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Esther

 137:19  
  Version of 1732 (HWV 50b)  
  An Oratorio in three acts  
  Libretto by Samuel Humphreys and others  
  Performing edition prepared by Anthony Hicks and Peter Jones  
   
  COMPACT DISC ONE  
  Act 1  
  Scene 1  
1 Overture: Andante - Larghetto - Allegro 7:06
  Israelite Woman  
2 Breathe soft ye gales 3:44
3 Watchful Angels 1:34
  Esther  
4 O King of kings, celestial Lord! 0:23
5 Alleluia 3:06
  Mordecai  
6 With transport, lovely queen 0:38
7 So much beatury sweetly blooming 4:16
8 Again shall Salem, to the skies 0:15
  Anthem  
  Solos & Chorus  
9 My heart is inditing 2:43
10 Kings' daughters 3:20
11 Upon the right hand 2:58
12 Kings shall be thy nursing fathers 3:10
  Scene 2  
  Ahasuerus  
13 Let me with freedom thy petition know 1:10
  Ahaseurus  
14 Endless fame 7:30
  Scene 3  
  Harbonah  
15 'Tis greater far to spare 0:38
  Haman  
16 Pluck root and branch 2:06
  Officer  
17 Our souls with ardour glow 0:08
  Chorus  
18 Shall we the God of Israel fear? 1:42
  Scene 4  
  First Israelite  
19 Jerusalem no more shall mourn 0:30
  Israelite Woman  
20 Tune your harps to cheerful strains 4:16
  Second Israelite  
21 Shall we of servitude complain 0:12
  Israelite Woman  
22 Praise the Lord with cheerful noise 2:34
  Scene 5  
  Mordecai  
23 How have our sins provok'd the Lord! 0:53
  Chorus  
24 Ye sons of Israel, mourn 2:16
  Mordecai  
25 O Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide! 8:22
  Chorus  
26 Ye sons of Israel, mourn 2:44


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1 Tyrants may awhile presume 2:43
  Scene 2  
  Esther  
2 Why sits that sorrow on thy brow? 0:51
  Mordecai  
3 Dread not, righteous Queen 5:08
  Israelite Woman  
4 O heaven, protect her 0:14
  Duet  
  Israelite Woman & Mordecai  
5 Blessings descend on downy wings 4:34
  Esther  
6 I go, the pow'r of grief to prove 0:16
7 Tears assist me, pity moving 3:01
  Chorus  
8 Save us, O Lord! 1:35
  Scene 3  
  Ahasuerus  
9 Who dares intrude into our presence 1:11
  Duet  
  Esther, Ahasuerus  
10 Who calls my parting soul from death? 2:54
  Ahasuerus  
11 O beauteous queen, unclose those eyes 5:49
  Esther  
12 If I find favour in thy sight 0:24
  Ahasuerus  
13 How can I stay when love invites? 3:14
  Scene 4  
  First Israelite  
14 With inward joy his visage glows 0:36
  Israelite Woman  
15 Heav'n has lent her ev'ry charm 4:36
  First Israelite  
16 The king will listen to the royal fair 0:13
  Anthem  
  Chorus  
17 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord 5:25
  Act 3  
  Scene 1  
  Mordecai  
18 Jehovah crown'd with glory bright 1:34
  Chorus  
19 He comes! He comes to end our woes 2:00
  Scene 2  
  Ahasuerus  
20 Now O my queen, thy suit declare 1:25
  Haman  
21 Turn not, O queen, thy face away 2:27
  Esther  
22 Flatt'ring tongue, no more I hear thee 4:33
  Ahasuerus  
23 Guards, seize the traitor 0:26
24 Through the nation he shall be 1:43
  Chorus  
25 All applauding crowds, around 0:51
  Haman  
26 How art thou fall'n from thy height! 2:46
  Duet  
  Ester, Israelite Woman  
27 I'll proclaim the wond'rous story 2:48
  Scene 3  
  Chorus with Solos  
28 The Lord our enemy has slain, Allelujah! 5:16


Sung in English. Libretto by Samuel Humphreys and others. Live recording of First London Performance - recorded in collaboration with the London Handel Society. Rosemary Joshua, James Bowman et al, The London Handel Orchestra, Laurence Cummings, Conductor. The oratorio tells the love story of Esther, the Queen of the Israelites. As well as the Coronation anthems Esther includes ’Zadok the Priest’ and ’My heart is inditing’. The revised version of Esther has added music which is exhilarating and beautiful for all the forces concerned - for the orchestra, choir and virtuoso solo singers.
 

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Gramophone - January 2008



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