Handel: Theodora

CD 1Overture 2:58Trio 1:45Courante 1:35Recitative: 'Tis Diocletian's Natal Day (Valens) 0:31Air: Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens) 1:53Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down (The Heathens) 2:03Recitative: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir (Didymus, Valens) 1:02Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword And Fire (Valens) 3:15Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom (The Heathens) 1:40Recitative: Most Cruel Edict! (Didymus) 0:36Air: The Raptured Soul (Didymus) 8:12Recitative: I Know Thy Virtues (Septimius) 0:42Air: Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest (Septimius) 8:12Recitative: Tho' Hard, My Friends (Theodora) 0:27Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! (Theodora) 4:01Recitative: O Bright Example Of All Goodness! (Irene) 0:37Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene) 5:52Chorus: Come, Mighty Father (The Christians) 2:29Recitative: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene) 1:08Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene) 7:19Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above (The Christians) 2:17Recitative: Mistaken Wretches! (Septimius) 0:20Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius) 2:41Recitative: Deluded Mortal! (Theodora, Septimius) 1:02Accompagnato: Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed! (Theodora) 0:23Air: Angels, Ever Bright And Fair (Theodora) 3:39Recitative: Unhappy, Happy Crew! (Didymus, Irene) 1:13Air: Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus) 5:21Recitative: O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! (Irene) 0:34Chorus: Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth (The Christians) 4:41CD 2Recitative: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens) 0:33Chorus: Queen Of Summer, Queen Of Love (The Heathens) 0:42Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens) 2:11Recitative: Return, Septimius, To The Stubborn Maid (Valens) 0:41Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies (The Heathens) 1:19Symphony 0:54Recitative: O Thou Bright Sun! (Theodora) 0:35Air: With Darkness Deep, As Is My Woe (Theodora) 3:08Symphony 1:03Recitative: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul! (Theodora) 0:31Air: Oh That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora) 3:23Recitative: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius) 1:20Air: Tho' The Honours (Septimius) 3:12Recitative: Oh, Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius) 0:38Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus) 2:18Recitative: The Clouds Begin To Veil (Irene) 1:33Air: Defend Her, Heav'n! (Irene) 2:58Recitative: Or Lull'd With Grief (Didymus) 0:37Air: Sweet Rose And Lily (Didymus) 2:18Recitative: Oh, Save Me, Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus) 1:33Air: Recitative: The Pilgrim's Home (Theodora) 2:58Accomagnato: Forbid It, Heav'n! (Didymus) 0:37Recitative: Or Say, What Right Have I To Take (Didymus, Theodora)Duet: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth (Theodora, Didymus) 4:26Recitative: 'Tis Night (Irene) 0:47Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth (The Christians) 3:42CD 3Air: Lord, To Thee Each Night And Day (Irene) 7:04Recitative: But See, The Good, The Virtuous Didymus! (Irene, Theodora) 0:38Air: When Sunk In Anguish And Despair (Theodora) 3:36Theodora And Chorus: Blest Be The Hand, And Blest The Pow'r (Theodora, The Christians) 3:39Recitative: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger, Irene) 0:50Air: O My Irene (Theodora) 0:29Recitative: Stay Me Not, Dear Friend (Theodora) 0:14Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora) 1:12Recitative: She's Gone (Irene) 0:39Air: New Scenes Of Joy Come Crowding On (Irene) 4:17Recitative: Is It A Christian Virtue (Valens, Didymus) 1:12Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius) 1:02Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius) 5:45Air: Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r (Valens) 1:02Recitative: Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora) 1:02Chorus: How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious (The Heathens) 2:50Recitative: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens) 0:37Air: Ye Ministers...