{"product_id":"pre-order-handel-theodora-cd","title":"Handel: Theodora [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe oratorio Theodora was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre on 16 March 1750 and clearly took Londoners by surprise. Handel had, after all, made a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn in his choice of subject. The grandiose episodes of the Old Testament, the glorious struggles of Solomon, Saul, or Judas Maccabaeus are no more: the young martyr Theodora leads neither a community nor troops into battle. In a work far removed from the grand spectacle of biblical oratorios, Handel invites us to witness the poignant tale of a personal drama, a drama of the beginnings of Christianity fuelled by conscience, faith, and the heartbreak that they cause.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Ouverture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: 'Tis Dioclesian's natal day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Go, my faithful soldier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Heathens: And draw a blessing down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious ear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Racks, gibbets, sword and fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Heathens: For ever thus stands fix'd the doom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Most cruel edict!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: The raptur'd soul defies the sword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: I know thy virtues, and ask not thy faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Descend, kind pity, heav'nly guest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Though hard, my friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: O bright example of all goodness!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Christians: Come, mighty Father, mighty Lord\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Fly, fly, my brethren, heathen rage pursues us swift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: As with rosy steps the morn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Christians: All pow'r in Heav'n above or earth beneath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Mistaken wretches!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Dread the fruits of Christian folly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Deluded mortal!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccompagnato: Oh, worse than death indeed!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Angels, ever bright and fair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Unhappy, happy crew!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: O love, how great thy pow'r!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part I. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Christians: Go, gen'rous, pious youth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Ye men of Antioch, with solemn pomp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Haethens: Queen of summer, queen of love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Wide spread his name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Return, Septimius, to the stubborn maid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Haethens: Venus laughing from the skies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSinfonia (Largo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: O thou bright sun!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: With darkness deep, as is my woe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir (Lentement)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: But why art thou disquieted, my soul?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Oh, that I on wings could rise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Long have I known thy friendly social soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Though the honours that Flora and Venus receive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Oh, save her then\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Deeds of kindness to display\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Defend her, Heav'n!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Or lull'd with grief, or rapt her soul to Heav'n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Sweet rose and lily, flow'ry form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Oh, save me, Heav'n, in this my perilous hour!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: The pilgrim's home, the sick man's he\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccompagnato: Forbid it, Heav'n!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Or say, what right have I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuett: To thee, thou glorious son of worth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: 'Tis night, but night's sweet blessing is denied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part II. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Christians: He saw the lovely youth, death's early prey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Lord, to Thee each night and day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: But see, the good, the virtuous Didymus!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: When sunk in anguish and despair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo and Chorus: Blest be the hand, and blest the pow'r\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Undaunted in the court stands Didymus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccompagnato: O my Irene, Heav'n is kind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Stay me not, dear friend\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuet: Whither, Princess, do you fly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: She's gone, disdaining liberty and life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: New scenes of joy come crowding on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Is it a Christian virtue then\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Be that my doom. You may inflict it here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: 'Tis kind, my friends, but kinder still\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus of Heathens: How strange their ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: On me your frowns, your utmost rage exert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir: Ye ministers of justice, lead them hence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: And must such beauty suffer?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir and Duett: Streams of pleasure ever flowing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecitative: Ere this, their doom is past and they are gone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodora, HWV 68~Part III. 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