HANDEL Solomon Watkinson/Argenta/Hendricks

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Solomon
Watkinson · Argenta · Hendricks ·
Rodgers · Rolfe Johnson
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Int. Release 06 Mar. 2006
2 CDs / Download

Track List

CD 1: Handel: Solomon

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Solomon HWV 67

1.
Overture
5:09

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Act 1

2.
" Your harps and cymbals"
3:18

The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3.
" Praise ye the Lord "
4:46

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4.
" With pious heart "
4:40

The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

5.
" Almighty Power "
2:58

Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

6.
" Imperial Solomon" - " Sacred rapture "
4:49

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

7.
" Throughout the land "
3:30

The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

8.
" Bless'd be the Lord " - " What though I trace "
7:00

9.
" And see my Queen "
0:44

Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

10.
" Bless'd the day "
4:45

Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

11.
" Thou fair inhabitant" - "Welcome as the dawn of day"
3:58

Carolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

12.
" My blooming fair" - " Haste, haste "
3:22

Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

13.
" When thou art absent" - " With thee th'unshelter "
2:21

Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

14.
" May no rash intruder "
3:16

Act 2

15.
" From the censer "
5:10

The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

16.
" Prais'd be the Lord" - " When the sun "
5:10

Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

17.
" Great prince " - " Thrice bless'd "
3:41

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Total Playing Time: 1:08:37

CD 2: Handel: Solomon

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Solomon HWV 67

Act 2

1.
" My sovereign liege "
1:53

Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2.
" Thou son of David " - " Words are weak "
5:35

Joan Rodgers, Della Jones, Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3.
" What says the other " - " Thy sentence, great king"
3:28

Della Jones, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4.
" Withhold the executing hand" - " Can I see my infant gor'd"
4:23

Joan Rodgers, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

5.
" Israel' attend "
1:19

Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

6.
" Thrice bless'd be the king "
3:58

Joan Rodgers, Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

7.
" From the east unto the west "
2:29

The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

8.
" No more shall armed bands" - " Beneath the vine "
6:23

Joan Rodgers, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9.
" Swell, swell the full chorus "
2:43

The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Act 3

10.
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
3:01

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

11.
" From Arabia's spicy shores "
1:25

Barbara Hendricks, Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

12.
" Sweep, sweep the string" - " Music, spread thy voice
3:35

13.
" Now a diff'rent measure" - " Shake the dome "
1:47

14.
" Then at once from rage" - " Draw the tear "
3:20

15.
" Next the tortur'd soul" - " Thus rolling surges rises "
3:40

Carolyn Watkinson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

16.
" Thy harmony's divine "
0:59

Barbara Hendricks, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

17.
" Thrice happy king " - " Golden columns "
3:58

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

18.
" May peace in Salem ever dwell" - " Will the sun for- get to streak "
5:54

Barbara Hendricks, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

19.
" Adieu, fair queen" - " Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows"
3:01

Barbara Hendricks, Carolyn Watkinson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

20.
" Praise the Lord "
4:39

The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Total Playing Time: 1:07:30