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Theodora; HVW 68 | |||
1-1 | Ouverture | 3:04 | |
1-2 | Trio | 1:33 | |
1-3 | Courante | 1:39 | |
Part 1 | |||
Scene 1 | |||
1-4 | Recitative: Tis Diocletian's Natal Day (Valens) | 0:32 | |
1-5 | Air: Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens) | 1:46 | |
1-6 | Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down (Heathens) | 2:05 | |
1-7 | Recitative: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear (Didymus, Valens) | 0:55 | |
1-8 | Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword And Fire (Valens) | 3:35 | |
1-9 | Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom (Heathens) | 1:33 | |
Scene 2 | |||
1-10 | Recitative: Most Cruel Edict! (Didymus) | 0:30 | |
1-11 | Air: The Rapture'd Soul Defies The Sword (Septimius) | 8:27 | |
1-12 | Recitative: I Know The Virtues (Septimius) | 0:41 | |
1-13 | Air: Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest (Septimius) | 6:17 | |
Scene 3 | |||
1-14 | Recitative: Tho' Hard My Friends (Theodora) | 0:30 | |
1-15 | Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! (Theodora) | 4:40 | |
1-16 | Recitative: O Bright Example Of All Goodness! (Irene) | 0:29 | |
1-17 | Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene) | 5:25 | |
1-18 | Chorus: Come, Mighty Father (Christians) | 3:41 | |
Scene 4 | |||
1-19 | Recitative: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene) | 0:59 | |
1-20 | Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene) | 5:57 | |
1-21 | Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above (Christians) | 2:18 | |
Scene 5 | |||
1-22 | Recitativo: Mistaken Wretches! (Septimius) | 0:19 | |
1-23 | Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius) | 2:39 | |
1-24 | Recitative: Deluded Moral! (Theodora, Spetimius) | 1:01 | |
1-25 | Acompagnato: O Worse Than Death Indeed! (Theodora) | 0:26 | |
1-26 | Air; Angles, Ever Brith And Fair (Theodora) | 3:20 | |
Scene 6 | |||
1-27 | Recitative: Unhappy, Happy Crew! (Didymus, Irene) | 1:09 | |
1-28 | Air: King Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus) | 5:27 | |
1-29 | Recitative: O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! (Irene) | 0:23 | |
1-30 | Chorus: Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth | 5:52 | |
Part 2 | |||
Scene 1 | |||
2-1 | Recitative: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens) | 0:36 | |
2-2 | Chorus: Queen Of Summer, Queen Of Love (Heathens) | 0:50 | |
2-3 | Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens) | 2:14 | |
2-4 | Recitative: Return, Septimius (Valens) | 0:37 | |
2-5 | Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies (Heathens) | 1:18 | |
Scene 2 | |||
2-6 | Symphony | 1:06 | |
2-7 | Recitative: O Thou Bright Sun! (Theodora) | 0:33 | |
2-8 | Air: With Darkness Deep As My Woe (Theodora) | 3:56 | |
2-9 | Symphony | 1:48 | |
2-10 | Recitative: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul? (Theodora) | 0:29 | |
2-11 | Air: Oh, That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora) | 3:40 | |
Scene 3 | |||
2-12 | Recitative: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius) | 1:07 | |
2-13 | Air: Tho' The Honours That Flora And Venus Receive (Septimius) | 3:02 | |
2-14 | Recitative: O Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius) | 0:36 | |
2-15 | Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus) | 6:34 | |
Scene 4 | |||
2-16 | Recitative: The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere (Irene) | 0:38 | |
2-17 | Air: Defend Her, Heav'n (Irene) | 4:35 | |
2-18 | Recitative: Or Lulled With Grief (Didymus) | 0:34 | |
2-19 | Air: Sweet Rose And Lily, Flow'ry Form (Didymus) | 2:43 | |
2-20 | Recitative: O Save Me Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus) | 1:26 | |
2-21 | Air: The Pilgrim's Home, The Sick Man's Health (Theodora) | 3:19 | |
2-22 | Acompagnato: Forbid It, Heav'n! (Didymus) | 0:31 | |
2-23 | Recitative: Or Say, What Right Have I (Didymus, Theodora) | 1:33 | |
2-24 | Duet: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth (Theodora, Didymus) | 4:34 | |
Scene 6 | |||
2-25 | Recitative: 'Tis Night, But Night's Sweet Blessing (Irene) | 0:44 | |
2-26 | Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth (Christians) | 5:15 | |
Part 3 | |||
Scene 1 | |||
3-1 | Air: Lord, To Thee, Each Night And Day (Irene) | 4:20 | |
Scene 2 | |||
3-2 | Recitative: But See The Good, The Virtuous Didymus! (Irene, Theodora) | 0:36 | |
3-3 | Air: When Sunk In Anguish And Despair (Theodora) | 4:29 | |
3-4 | Chorus: Blest Be The Hand (Christians) | 3:26 | |
Scene 3 | |||
3-5 | Recitiative: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger, Irene) | 0:45 | |
3-6 | Accompangato: O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind (Theodora) | 0:34 | |
3-7 | Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora) | 0:31 | |
3-8 | Recitative: She's Gone, Disdaining Liberty And Life (Irene) | 0:31 | |
3-9 | Air: New Scenes Of Joy Come Crowding On (Irene) | 3:29 | |
Scene 4 | |||
3-10 | Recitative: Is It A Christian Virtue, Then (Valens, Didymus) | 1:53 | |
Scene 5 | |||
Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius | |||
3-11 | Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius) - Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius) | 7:05 | |
3-12 | Air: Cease, Ye Slaves Your Friends (Septimius) | 1:04 | |
3-13 | Recitative: 'Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora) | 0:55 | |
3-14 | Chorus: How Strange Their Ends (Heathens) | 4:24 | |
3-15 | Recitative: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens) | 0:42 | |
Scene 6 | |||
3-16 | Recitative: And Must Such Beauty Suffer! (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) | 0:39 | |
3-17 | Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus), Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire (Theodora, Didymus) | 5:20 | |
Scene 7 | |||
3-18 | Recitative: Ere This Their Doom Is Past (Irene) | 0:25 | |
3-19 | Chorus: O Love Divine, Thou Source Of Fame (Irene, Christians) | 4:09 |
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Anne Lelong
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Armand Gavrillidès
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Dominique Favat
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Jean-Paul Bonnevalle
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Pierre Kuzor
Baritone Vocals [Messenger] – Laurent Slaars
Baritone Vocals [Valens] – Nathan Berg
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Christophe Olive
Bass Vocals [Choir] – David Le Monnier
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Fabrice Chomienne
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Frits Vanhulle
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Jean-François Gay
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Laurent Collobert
Bassoon – Claude Wassmer
Bassoon – Rhoda Patrick
Cello – Alix Verzier
Cello – Damien Launay
Cello – Emmanuel Balssa
Cello – Paul Carlioz
Cello – Ulrike Brutt
Cello [Continuo] – David Simpson
Chorus Master – François Bazola
Composed By – Handel
Conductor – William Christie
Countertenor Vocals [Dydimus] – Daniel Taylor
Design – Smith & Gilmour
Double Bass – Michael Greenberg
Double Bass [Continuo] – Jonathan Cable
Engineer [Sound, Editing] – Didier Jean
Ensemble – Les Arts Florissants
Executive-Producer – Arnaud Moral
Flute – Charles Zebley
Flute – Serge Saïtta
Harpsichord [Continuo] – Béatrice Martin
Horn – Denis Maton
Libretto By – Thomas Morell
Liner Notes – Anthony Hicks
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Virginie Bauzou
Liner Notes [German Program Translation] – Anne Steeb
Liner Notes [German Text and Program Translation] – Almut Lenz-Konrad
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Bernd Müller
Management [Project] – Lee Woollard
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Irene] – Juliette Galstain
Oboe – Geoffrey Burgess
Oboe – Machico Ueno
Oboe – Michel Henry
Oboe – Pier Luigi Fabretti
Painting – Frederick Sandys
Percussion – Marie-Ange Petit
Repetiteur [Choir] – Anne-Catherine Vinay
Repetiteur [Language Coach] – Alan Woodhouse
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Anne Mopin
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Anne Pichard
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Cassandra Harvey
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Isabelle Sauvageot
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Jeanette Wilson-Best
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Nicole Dubrovitch
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Roselyne Tessier-Lemoine
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Sheena Wolstencroft
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Sophie Decaudaveine
Soprano Vocals [Theodora] – Sophie Daneman
Tenor Vocals – Michael Loughlin-Smith
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Bruno Renhold
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Jean-Yves Ravoux
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Maurizio Rossano
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Nicolas Maire
Tenor Vocals [Soloist] – Richard Croft
Theorbo [Continuo] – Elizabeth Kenny
Trumpet – Joël Lahens
Trumpet – René Maze
Typography [Typesetting] – Peter Vogelpoel
Viola – Anne Weber
Viola – Galina Zinchenko
Viola – Jean-Luc Thonnerieux
Viola – Michel Renard
Violin [1] – Catherine Girard
Violin [1] – Jean-Paul Burgos
Violin [1] – Michèle Sauvé
Violin [1] – Mihoko Kimura
Violin [1] – Peter Van Boxelaere
Violin [1] – Ruth Weber
Violin [1] – Simon Heyerick
Violin [2] – George Willms
Violin [2] – Guya Martinini
Violin [2] – Martha Moore
Violin [2] – Myriam Gevers
Violin [2] – Roberto Crisafulli
Violin [2] – Sophie Demoures
Violin [2] – Valérie Mascia
Violin, Concertmaster – Hiro Kurosaki
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Armand Gavrillidès
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Dominique Favat
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Jean-Paul Bonnevalle
Alto Vocals [Choir] – Pierre Kuzor
Baritone Vocals [Messenger] – Laurent Slaars
Baritone Vocals [Valens] – Nathan Berg
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Christophe Olive
Bass Vocals [Choir] – David Le Monnier
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Fabrice Chomienne
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Frits Vanhulle
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Jean-François Gay
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Laurent Collobert
Bassoon – Claude Wassmer
Bassoon – Rhoda Patrick
Cello – Alix Verzier
Cello – Damien Launay
Cello – Emmanuel Balssa
Cello – Paul Carlioz
Cello – Ulrike Brutt
Cello [Continuo] – David Simpson
Chorus Master – François Bazola
Composed By – Handel
Conductor – William Christie
Countertenor Vocals [Dydimus] – Daniel Taylor
Design – Smith & Gilmour
Double Bass – Michael Greenberg
Double Bass [Continuo] – Jonathan Cable
Engineer [Sound, Editing] – Didier Jean
Ensemble – Les Arts Florissants
Executive-Producer – Arnaud Moral
Flute – Charles Zebley
Flute – Serge Saïtta
Harpsichord [Continuo] – Béatrice Martin
Horn – Denis Maton
Libretto By – Thomas Morell
Liner Notes – Anthony Hicks
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Virginie Bauzou
Liner Notes [German Program Translation] – Anne Steeb
Liner Notes [German Text and Program Translation] – Almut Lenz-Konrad
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Bernd Müller
Management [Project] – Lee Woollard
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Irene] – Juliette Galstain
Oboe – Geoffrey Burgess
Oboe – Machico Ueno
Oboe – Michel Henry
Oboe – Pier Luigi Fabretti
Painting – Frederick Sandys
Percussion – Marie-Ange Petit
Repetiteur [Choir] – Anne-Catherine Vinay
Repetiteur [Language Coach] – Alan Woodhouse
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Anne Mopin
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Anne Pichard
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Cassandra Harvey
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Isabelle Sauvageot
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Jeanette Wilson-Best
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Nicole Dubrovitch
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Roselyne Tessier-Lemoine
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Sheena Wolstencroft
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Sophie Decaudaveine
Soprano Vocals [Theodora] – Sophie Daneman
Tenor Vocals – Michael Loughlin-Smith
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Bruno Renhold
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Jean-Yves Ravoux
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Maurizio Rossano
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Nicolas Maire
Tenor Vocals [Soloist] – Richard Croft
Theorbo [Continuo] – Elizabeth Kenny
Trumpet – Joël Lahens
Trumpet – René Maze
Typography [Typesetting] – Peter Vogelpoel
Viola – Anne Weber
Viola – Galina Zinchenko
Viola – Jean-Luc Thonnerieux
Viola – Michel Renard
Violin [1] – Catherine Girard
Violin [1] – Jean-Paul Burgos
Violin [1] – Michèle Sauvé
Violin [1] – Mihoko Kimura
Violin [1] – Peter Van Boxelaere
Violin [1] – Ruth Weber
Violin [1] – Simon Heyerick
Violin [2] – George Willms
Violin [2] – Guya Martinini
Violin [2] – Martha Moore
Violin [2] – Myriam Gevers
Violin [2] – Roberto Crisafulli
Violin [2] – Sophie Demoures
Violin [2] – Valérie Mascia
Violin, Concertmaster – Hiro Kurosaki
Recording: IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris, 12-20 May 2000
Total Time: 178'10
Includes 80 page booklet with notes and sung text in English, German and French
Cover Illustration: Frederick Sandys (1829-1904) "Mary Magdalene" (c. 1859), Delaware Art Museum (AKG Paris)
© 2003 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Manufactured in the E.U.
Total Time: 178'10
Includes 80 page booklet with notes and sung text in English, German and French
Cover Illustration: Frederick Sandys (1829-1904) "Mary Magdalene" (c. 1859), Delaware Art Museum (AKG Paris)
© 2003 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Manufactured in the E.U.
Barcode – 0825646098385
Mastering SID Code – IFPI F016
Mould SID Code – IFPI 0528
Mastering SID Code – IFPI F016
Mould SID Code – IFPI 0528