BIS-SACD-1436
Total Time: 70'57 – Release: Feb 2006

EAN 7318599914367


Händel - Great Oratorio Duets
10/10/10 Klassik-Heute.de May 2006
Disc of the Month Classic FM May 2006
Georg Friedrich Händel
from Jephtha (HWV 70): 1. These labours past 6'21

from Joshua (HWV 64): 2. Oh peerless maid 2'38
3. Our limpid streams 2'51

from Balshazzar (HWV 61): 4. Great victor, at your feet I bow 4'57

from Susanna (HWV 66): 5. When thou art nigh 3'32
6. To my chaste Susanna's praise 3'11

from Theodora (HWV 68): 7. To thee, thou glorious son of worth 5'35
8. Streams of pleasure ever flowing 5'57

from Salomon (HWV 67): 9. Welcome as the dawn of day 3'53
10. Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows 3'27

from Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74): 11. Kind Health descends 4'38

from Saul (HWV 53): 12. O fairest of ten thousand fair 2'59
13. At persecution I can laugh 1'23

from Deborah (HWV 51): 14. Where do thy ardours raise me! 4'41
15. Smiling freedom, lovely guest 3'51

from Alexander Balus (HWV 65): 16. Hail wedded love 3'23

from Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick (HWV 75): 17. Let's imitate her notes above 2'35

from Esther (HWV 50b): 18. Who calls my parting soul 3'03

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Robin Blaze, counter-tenor
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor