Tracklist

Ouverture
1-1	[Grave] - Allegro	3:03
1-2	Trio	1:48
1-3	Courante	1:44
Part I - Erster Teil - Premiére Partie
Scene 1
1-4	Recitative (Valens): Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day	0:34
1-5	Air (Valens): Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go	1:51
1-6	Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down	2:07
1-7	Recitative (Didymus, Valens): Vouchsafe, Dread Sir	0:55
1-8	Air (Valens): Racks, Gibbets, Sword & Fire	3:20
1-9	Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom	1:37
Scene 2
1-10	Recitative (Didymus): Most Cruel Edict	0:30
1-11	Air (Didymus): The Rapture'd Soul	8:18
1-12	Recitative (Septimius): I Know Thy Virtues	0:45
1-13	Air (Septimius): Descend, Kind Pity	7:11
Scene 3
1-14	Recitative (Theodora): Tho' Hard My Friends	0:28
1-15	Air (Theodora): Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu	4:18
1-16	Recitative (Irene): O Bright Example	0:28
1-17	Air (Irene): Bane Of Virtue	5:06
1-18	Chorus: Come, Mighty Father	2:35
Scene 4
1-19	Recitative (Messenger, Irene): Fly, Fly, My Brethren	1:02
1-20	Air (Irene): As With Rosy Steps	6:48
1-21	Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n	2:15
Scene 5
1-22	Recitativo (Septimius): Mistaken Wretches	0:21
1-23	Air (Septimius): Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly	2:43
1-24	Recitative Accompagnato (Theodora, Spetimius): Deluded Mortal	1:21
1-25	Air (Theodora): Angles, Ever Brigth, And Fair	3:36
Scene 6
1-26	Recitative (Didymus, Irene): Unhappy, Happy Crew	1:12
1-27	Air (Didymus): Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care	5:05
1-28	Recitative (Irene): O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r	0:23
1-29	Chorus: Go, Gen'rous Pious Youth	4:52
Part II - Zweiter Teil - Deuxieme Partie
Scene 1
2-1	Recitative (Valens): Ye Men Of Antioch	0:36
2-2	Chorus: Queen Of Summer	0:50
2-3	Air ( Valens): Wide Spread His Name	2:22
2-4	Recitative (Valens): Return, Septimius	0:37
2-5	Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies	1:18
Scene 2
2-6	Symphony	1:02
2-7	Recitative (Theodora): O Thou Bright Sun	0:39
2-8	Air (Theodora): With Darkness Deep As Is My Woe	3:54
2-9	Symphony Of Soft Musick	1:22
2-10	Recitative (Theodora): But Why Art Thou Disquieted	0:22
2-11	Air (Theodora): Oh, That I On Wings Could Rise	3:13
Scene 3
2-12	Recitative (Didymus, Septimius): Long Have I Known	1:22
2-13	Air (Septimius): Tho' The Honours	3:57
2-14	Recitative (Didymus, Septimius): O Save Her Then	0:36
2-15	Air (Didymus): Deeds Of Kindness	6:58
Scene 4
2-16	Recitative (Irene): The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere	0:39
2-17	Air (Irene): Defend Her, Heav'n	4:58
Scene 5
2-18	Recitative (Didymus): Or Lulled With Grief	0:34
2-19	Air (Didymus): Sweet Rose And Lily	2:32
2-20	Recitative (Theodora, Didymus): O Save Me Heav'n	1:18
2-21	Air (Theodora): The Pilgrim's Home	2:43
2-22	Acompagnato - Recitative (Didymus): Forbid It, Heav'n	1:54
2-23	Duet (Theodora, Didymus): To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth	4:36
Scene 6
2-24	Recitative (Irene): 'Tis Night	0:47
2-25	Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth	4:49
Alternative Version Of Scene 2
2-26	Recitative (Theodora): O Thou Bright Sun	0:40
2-27	Symphony	1:40
2-28	Recitative (Theodora): But Why Art Thou Disquieted	0:21
2-29	Air (Theodora): O That I On Wings Could Rise	3:15
Part III - Deitter Teil - Troisieme Partie
Scene 1
3-1	Air (Irene): Lord, To Thee	5:12
Scene 2
3-2	Recitative (Irene, Theodora): But See, The Good, The Virtuous Didymus	0:37
3-3	Air (Theodora): When Sunk In Anguish	3:55
3-4	Chorus: Blest Be The Hand	3:28
Scene 3
3-5	Recitiative - Acompagnato (Messenger, Irene, Theodora): Undaunted In The Court	1:31
3-6	Duet (Irene, Theodora): Whither, Princess	1:09
3-7	Recitative (Irene): She's Gone	0:40
3-8	Air (Irene): New Scenes Of Joy	4:31
Scenes 4 And 5
3-9	Recitative (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius): Is It A Christian Virtue Then	1:55
3-10	Air (Septimius): From Virtue Springs	6:35
3-11	Air (Valens): Cease, Ye Slaves	1:02
3-12	Recitative (Didymus, Theodora): 'Tis Kind, My Friends	0:53
3-13	Chorus: How Strange Their Ends	3:22
3-14	Recitative (Didymus, Theodora, Valens): On Me Your Frowns	0:32
3-15	Air (Valens): Ye Ministers Of Justice	1:08
Scene 6
3-16	Recitative (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius): And Must Such Beauty Suffer	0:55
3-17	Air (Didymus, Theodora): Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing	6:05
Scene 7
3-18	Recitative (Irene): Ere This Their Doom Is Past	0:21
3-19	Chorus: O Love Divine	3:02

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
• Copyright (c) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH

Credits

• Art Direction – Lutz Bode
• Bass Vocals – Neal Davies
• Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
• Conductor – Paul McCreesh
• Countertenor Vocals – Robin Blaze
• Edited By – Oliver Curdt
• Engineer [Balance] – Ulrich Vette
• Engineer [Recording] – Reinhard Lagemann
• Ensemble – Gabrieli Consort
• Liner Notes – Paul McCreesh, Ruth Smith
• Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins
• Liner Notes [German Translation] – Stefan Lerche
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Susan Bickley
• Producer – Christopher Alder
• Soprano Vocals – Susan Gritton
• Tenor Vocals – Angus Smith, Paul Agnew

Notes

Recording: London, Tooting, All Saints Church, 1/2000.
Total Playing Time CD 1 = 76:21.
Total Playing Time CD 2 = 60:36.
Total Playing Time CD 3 = 46:56.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 028946906125
• Label Code: LC 0113
• Other (SPARS Code): DDD