Tracklist

1-1	Intrada ~ Ouverture	5:12
Act The First
Scene I
1-2	Your Harps And Cymbals Sound (Chorus: The Priests)	3:25
1-3	Praise Ye The Lord For All His Mercies Past (Air: Levite)	4:41
1-4	With Pious Heart Resound Your Maker's Name (Chorus: The Priests)	5:16
1-5	Almighty Pow'r, Who Rul'st The Earth And Skies (Recitative: Solomon)	2:59
1-6	Imperial Solomon, Thy Pray'rs Are Heard (Recitative: Zadok)	0:43
1-7	Sacred Raptures Cheer My Breast (Air: Zadok)	4:18
1-8	Throughout The Land Jehovah's Praise Record (Chorus: The Israelites)	3:20
1-9	Bless'd Be The Lord / What Though I Trace Each Herb And Flow'r (Recitative & Air: Solomon)	6:29
Scene II
1-10	And See My Queen, My Wedded Love (Recitative: Solomon)	0:42
1-11	Bless'd The Day When First My Eyes (Air: Queen)	5:00
1-12	Thou Fair Inhabitant Of Nile / Welcome As The Dawn Of Day (Recitative & Duet: Solomon & Queen)	4:41
1-13	When Thou Art Absent From My Sight / With Thee Th'unshelter'd Moor I'd Tread (Recit. & Air: Queen) / Search Round The Word (Recit.: Zadok)	2:44
1-14	May No Rash Intruder Disturb Their Soft Hours (Chorus)	3:09
Act The Second
Scene I
1-15	From The Censer Curling Rise (Chorus)	5:02
1-16	Prais'd Be The Lord / When The Sun O'er Yonder Hills Pours In Tides The Golden Day (Recitative & Air: Solomon)	5:14
Scene II
1-17	My Sovereign Liege, Two Women Stand / Admit Them Straight (Recitatives: Attendant & Solomon)	1:48
Scene III
1-18	Words Are Weak To Paint My Fears (Air & Trio: Harlots & Solomon)	5:35
2-1	What Says The Other To Th'imputed Charge (Recitative: Solomon & Second Harlot)	1:24
2-2	Thy Sentence, Great King, Is Prudent And Wise (Air: Second Harlot) / Withhold The Executing Hand (Recitative: First Harlot)	2:24
2-3	Can I See My Infant Gor'd (Air: First Harlot)	5:00
2-4	Israel, Attend To What Your King Shall Say (Recitative: Solomon)	1:39
2-5	Thrice Bless'd Be The King, For He's Good And He's Wise (Duet: First Harlot & Solomon)	4:08
2-6	From The East Unto The West (Chorus: The Israelites)	2:34
2-7	From Morn To Eve I Could Enraptur'd Sing / See The Tall Palm That Lifts The Head (Recitative & Air: Zadok)	2:48
2-8	No More Shall Armed Bands Our Hopes Destroy / Beneath The Vine, Or Fig-tree's Shade (Recitative & Air: First Harlot)	2:58
2-9	Swell, Swell The Full Chorus To Solomon's Praise (Chorus: The Priests)	2:50
Act The Third
2-10	Sinfonia: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba	3:03
2-11	From Arabia's Spicy Shores (Recitative: Queen Of Sheba & Solomon)	1:22
2-12	Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold (Air: Queen Of Sheba)	5:26
2-13	Sweep, Sweep The String, To Sooth The Royal Fair (Recitative & Air: Solomon) / Music Spread Thy Voice Around (Chorus)	3:16
2-14	Now A Diff'rent Measure Try, Shake The Dome, And Pierce The Sky (Air: Solomon / Chorus)	1:47
2-15	Then At Once From Rage Remove; Draw The Tear From Hopeless Love (Recitative: Solomon / Chorus)	3:38
2-16	Next The Tortur'd Soul Release / Thus Rolling Surges Rise (Recitative: Solomon / Chorus)	3:40
2-17	Thy Harmony's Divine, Great King (Recitative: Queen Of Sheba)	1:13
2-18	Pious King, And Virtuous Queen (Air: Levite)	3:06
2-19	Thrice Happy King, To Have Achiev'd / Golden Columns, Fair And Bright (Recitative & Air: Zadok)	4:35
2-20	Praise The Lord With Harp And Tongue (Chorus)	4:30
2-21	May Peace In Salem Ever Dwell / Will The Sun Forget To Streak (Recitative & Air: Queen Of Sheba)	6:36
2-22	Adieu, Fair Queen (Recitative: Solomon) / Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows (Duet: Queen Of Sheba & Solomon)	3:24
2-23	The Name Of The Wicked Shall Quickly Be Past (Grand Chorus)	3:35

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Choir 1] – Angelika Stössel, Beate Roth, Carmen Andruschkewitsch, Marianne Dohse, Mirjam Budday, Roswitha Fydrich-Steiner
• Alto Vocals [Choir 2] – Beata Fechau, Bettina van der Ham, Hella Pilz, Kathrin Gölz, Margret Sanwald, Rebekka Eberhardt, Sabine Jurgan
• Artwork – Josef-Stefan Kindler
• Bass Vocals [Choir 1] – Benjamin Schneider, Eberhard Maier, Jo Dohse, Karl Bihlmaier, Werner Pfeiffer
• Bass Vocals [Choir 2] – Burkhard Miehlich, Daniel Fritsch, Frieder Weckermann, Hans-Martin Uhde, Paul-Theodor Bräuchle
• Bass Vocals [Levite] – Steffen Balbach
• Bassoon – Alexander Golde, Hans von Busch
• Cello – Daniela Wartenberg, Dorothee Palm
• Choir – Maulbronn Chamber Choir*
• Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
• Concertmaster – Marlene Goede-Uter
• Conductor – Jürgen Budday
• Countertenor Vocals [Solomon] – Michael Chance
• Engineer – Andreas Otto Grimminger
• Flute – Margret Schaal-Van Buren, Roman Namakonov
• French Horn – Malte Mory, Thomas Crome
• Harpsichord, Organ [Regal] – Sabine Erdmann
• Libretto By [Words Attributed To] – Newburgh Hamilton
• Lute – Joachim Klingenfuß
• Mastered By – Andreas Otto Grimminger, Josef-Stefan Kindler
• Oboe – Annette Berryman, Ulrike Neukamm
• Orchestra [On Period Instruments] – Hanoverian Court Orchestra*
• Photography By – Josef-Stefan Kindler
• Producer – Andreas Otto Grimminger, Josef-Stefan Kindler
• Soprano Vocals [Choir 1] – Anne Nonnenmann, Elisabeth Hofmann-Ehret, Ina Probst, Katja Körtge, Sabine Widmann, Susanne Ferber, Sylvia Dieter, Veronika Miehlich
• Soprano Vocals [Choir 2] – Ilka Hüftle, Katharina Eberhardt, Miriam Wolff, Sabine Stöffler, Silke Vogelmann, Susanne Laenger, Teresa Frick, Ulrike Rapp
• Soprano Vocals [Queen Of Sheba, Second Harlot] – Laurie Reviol
• Soprano Vocals [Solomon's Queen, First Harlot] – Nancy Argenta
• Tenor Vocals [Choir 1] – Hartmut Meier, Johannes Budday, Sebastian Fuierer
• Tenor Vocals [Choir 2] – Konrad Mohl, Rolf-Rüdiger Most*, Rudolf Roth, Ulrich Kiefner
• Tenor Vocals [Zadok] – Julian Podger
• Timpani [Baroque Timpani] – Martin van der Valk
• Trumpet [Baroque Trumpets] – Christoph Draeger, Friedemann Immer
• Viol [Bass Viols] – Cordula Cordes, Irmelin Heiseke
• Viola – Bettina Ihrig, Florian Schulte, Hella Hartmann, Klaus Bona
• Violin – Birgit Fischer , Christoph Heidemann, Eva Politt, Heidrun Heidarsdottir, Katharina Huche-Kohn, Marlene Goede-Uter, Mechthilde Werner, Stephanie Bücker, Susanne Dietz

Notes

Oratorium in drei Akten in englischer Sprache und historischer Aufführungspraxis
English Oratorio in three acts, performed according to the traditions of the time
The recording of a concert in the church of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Maulbronn Abbey, September 27 & 28, 2003.
2-CD-Box · Duration: c. 136 minutes · DDD · KuK 73 · ISBN 3-930643-73-1 · EAN 42 6000591 026 1
(c) K&K Verlagsanstalt anno 2004

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