Georg Friedrich Händel: Theodora on DVD

Theodora HWV 68 (Oratorium) (Gesamtaufnahme)

1. 1 Ouvertüre
2. 2 Rezitativ: 'Tis Diocletian's natal day (1. Akt)
3. 3 Arie: Go, my faithful soldier, go
4. 4 Chor: And draw a blessing down
5. 5 Rezitativ: Vouchsafe, dread Sir
6. 6 Arie: Racks, gibbets, sword and fire
7. 7 Chor: For ever thus stand fix'd the doom
8. 8 Rezitativ: Most cruel edict!
9. 9 Arie: The raptur'd soul
10. 10 Rezitativ: I know thy virtues
11. 11 Arie: Descend, kind Pity
12. 12 Arie: Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!
13. 13 Rezitativ: O bright example of all goodness
14. 14 Arie: Bane of virtue
15. 15 Chor: Come, mighty Father
16. 16 Rezitativ: Fly, fly, my brethren!
17. 17 Arie: As with rosy steps
18. 18 Chor: All pow'r in heav'n
19. 19 Rezitativ: Mistaken wretches!
20. 20 Arie: Dread the fruits of Christian folly
21. 21 Rezitativ: Deluded mortal!
22. 22 Accompagnato: Oh, worse than death indeed!
23. 23 Arie: Angels, ever bright and fair
24. 24 Rezitativ: Ye men of Antioch
25. 25 Arie: Wide spread his name
26. 26 Rezitativ: Return, Septimius
27. 27 Chor: Venus laughing from the skies
28. 28 Rezitativ: Unhappy, happy crew!
29. 29 Arie: Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care
30. 30 Rezitativ: O love, how great thy pow'r!
31. 31 Chor: Go, gen'rous, pious youth
32. 32 Sinfonia (2. Akt)
33. 33 Rezitativ: O thou, bright sun!
34. 34 Arie: With darkness deep as is my woe
35. 35 Sinfonia
36. 36 Arie: Oh, that I on wings could rise
37. 37 Arie: Defend her, Heav'n
38. 38 Rezitativ: Long have I known
39. 39 Arie: Deeds of kindness
40. 40 Sinfonia
41. 41 Rezitativ: Or lull'd with grief
42. 42 Arie: The pilgrim's home
43. 43 Accompagnato - Rezitativ: Forbid it, Heav'n!
44. 44 Duett: To thee, thou glorious son of worth
45. 45 Chor: He saw the lovely youth
46. 46 Arie: Lord, to thee (3. Akt)
47. 47 Rezitativ: But see! The good, the virtuous Didymus!
48. 48 Arie: When sunk in anguish
49. 49 Chor and Solo: Blest be the hand
50. 50 Rezitativ: Undaunted in the court
51. 51 Arie: From virtue springs
52. 52 Rezitativ: 'Tis kind, my friends
53. 53 Chor: How strange their ends
54. 54 Rezitativ: On me your frowns
55. 55 Arie: Cease, ye slaves
56. 56 Rezitativ: And must such beauty suffer?
57. 57 Arie und Duett: Streams of pleasure
58. 58 Rezitativ: Ere this their doom
59. 59 Chor: O Love Divine