Episode 4
Donald Macleod explores Handel's oratorios, focusing on warlike works for troubled times. With excerpts from Judas Maccabaeus, Alexander Balus and Joshua.
Donald Macleod explores Handel's oratorios, focusing on warlike works for troubled times.
Come, ever-smiling liberty (Judas Maccabaeus, 1746)
Israeliltish Woman ...... Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Israelitish Man ...... Catherine Denley (contralto)
Hyperion CDA66641/2, CD 1 Tr 18
Father of Heav'n; Wise man, flatt'ring, may deceive us (Judas Maccabeus)
Priest ...... James Bowman (countertenor)
Israeliltish Woman ...... Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Hyperion CDA66641/2, CD 2 Trs 23, 13
Sinfonia; Tis true, instinctive nature seldom points; Here amid the shady woods; Ah! was it not my Cleopatra's voice? Pow'rful guardians of all nature; Treach'ry, O king, unheard of treachery; Fury, with red sparkling eyes (Alexander Balus, Act 3)
The King's Consort
Robert King (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67241/2, CD 2 Trs 13-19
Now Give the Army Breath; Heroes When with Glory Burning; Indulgent Heav'n Hath Heard My Virgin Pray'r; As Cheers the Sun the Tender Flow'r; Sure I'm Deceiv'd, With Sorrow I Behold! Nations, Who in Future Story; Brethren and Friends, What Joy This Scene Imparts; Flourish of Warlike Instruments; Thus Far Our Cause Is Favour'd By the Lord; Flourish of Warlike Instruments; O Thou Bright Orb, Great Ruler of the Day (Joshua)
Joshua ...... James Gilcrhist (tenor)
Caleb ...... Konstantin Wolff (bass)
Achsah ...... Myung-Hee Hynun (soprano)
Othniel ...... Alex Potter (countertenor)
Kolner Kammerchor
Collegium Cartusianum
Peter Neumann (conductor)
MDG 332 1532-2, CD 2 Trs 14-24.
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