Louise Alder, Tim Mead, Anna Stéphany, Stuart Jackson, Adam Plachetka, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen - Handel: Theodora, HWV 60 (2024) [Hi-Res]

• Title: Handel: Theodora, HWV 60
  
• Year Of Release: 2024
  
• Label: Alpha Classics
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
  
• Total Time: 02:58:28
  
• Total Size: 972 mb / 3.29 gb
  
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Tracklist

CD1
01. Theodora, HWV 68, Overture: Grave - Allegro
02. Theodora, HWV 68, Overture: Trio
03. Theodora, HWV 68, Overture: Courante
04. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. ’Tis Dioclesian’s Natal Day
05. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. Go, My Faithful Soldier
06. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Chorus. And Draw A Blessing Down
07. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. Vouchsafe, Dread Sir
08. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire
09. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Chorus. For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d The Doom
10. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. Most Cruel Edict!
11. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. The Raptur’d Soul Defies The Sword
12. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. I Know Thy Virtues
13. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air’ Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest
14. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. Tho’ Hard, My Friends
15. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu!
16. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. O Bright Example Of All Goodness!
17. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. Bane Of Virtue, Nurse Of Passions
18. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Chorus. Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord
19. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. Fly, Fly, My Brethren
20. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. As With Rosy Steps The Morn Advancing
21. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Chorus. All Pow’r In Heav’n Above
22. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. Mistaken Wretches!
23. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly
24. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. Deluded Mortal!
25. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative, Accompany’d 'O Worse Than Death Indeed!
26. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. Angels, Ever Bright, & Fair
27. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. Unhappy Happy Crew!
28. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Air. Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care
29. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Recitative. O Love! How Great Thy Pow’r!
30. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. I: Chorus. Go, Gen’rous, Pious Youth

CD2
01. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. Ye Men Of Antioch
02. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Chorus. Queen Of Summer, Queen Of Love
03. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Air. Wide Spread His Name
04. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. Return, Septimius, To The Stubborn Maid
05. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Chorus. Venus Laughing From The Skies
06. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Sinfonia
07. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. O Thou Bright Sun!
08. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Air. With Darkness Deep As Is My Woe
09. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Symphony Of Soft Musick
10. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?
11. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Air. O That I On Wings Cou’d Rise
12. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. Long Have I Known Thy Friendly Social Soul
13. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Air. Tho’ The Honours
14. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. O Save Her Then, Or Give Me Pow’r To Save
15. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Air. Deeds Of Kindness To Display
16. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere
17. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Air. Defend Her, Heav’n
18. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. Or Lull’d With Grief
19. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Air. Sweet Rose, & Lily
20. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. O Save Me, Heav’n
21. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Air. The Pilgrim’s Home
22. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative, Accompany’d 'Forbid It, Heav’n!
23. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. Or Say, What Right Have I
24. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Duet. To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth
25. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Recitative. ’Tis Night
26. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. II: Chorus. He Saw The Lovely Youth

CD3
01. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Air. Lord To Thee, Each Night, & Day
02. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. But See, The Good, The Virtuous Didymus!
03. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Air. When Sunk In Anguish, & Despair
04. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Chorus. Blest Be The Hand
05. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. Undaunted In The Court Stands Didymus
06. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative, Accompany’d 'O My Irene, Heav’n Is Kind
07. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. Stay Me Not, Dear Friend
08. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Duet. Whither, Princess, Do You Fly
09. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. She’s Gone, Disdaining Liberty & Life
10. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Air. New Scenes Of Joy Come Crowding On
11. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. Is It A Christian Virtue Then
12. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. Be That My Doom
13. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Air. From Virtue Springs Each Generous Deed
14. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Air. Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r
15. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. ’Tis Kind, My Friends
16. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Chorus. How Strange Their Ends
17. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. On Me Your Frowns
18. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Air. Ye Ministers Of Justice
19. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. And Must Such Beauty Suffer!
20. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Air. Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing’ / Duet. Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire
21. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Recitative. Ere This Their Doom Is Past
22. Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. III: Chorus. O Love Divine, Thou Source Of Fame

Among Handel's seventeen English oratorios, Theodora (1750) is unique. The story is not taken from the Bible, it is set in the Christian era, there is no national triumph and it does not end in joy. At the end, the hero and heroine are dead, the community with which the audience identifies is in mortal danger, and the final chorus is in a minor key. As a musical drama, it is the direct ancestor of Dialogues des Carmélites . At the age of 65, Handel produced a work that was too radical and complex for most of his audience. Today, Theodora is regarded as a benchmark "thinking person’s opera", both deeply stimulating and powerfully moving.

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