tracks

Act I
Introduction
Chorus: Ye Sons Of Israel
Recitative: Behold, My Friends
Air: O First In Wisdom
Recitative: Matrons And Virgins
Air: Oh! Who Can Tell!
Recitative: Caleb, Attend To All
Chorus And Joshua: To Long Posterity We Here
Accompagnato: So Long The Memory Shall Last
Air: While Kedron's Brook To Jordan's Stream
Recitative: But, Who Is He?
Air: Awful, Pleasing Being
Recitative: Joshua, I Come Commission'd From On High / Accompagnato: Leader Of Israel / Recitative: To Give Command
Accompagnato. Leader Of Israel, 'tis The Lord's Decree
Recitative. To Give Command, Prerogative Is Thine
Air: Haste, Israel Haste
Chorus: The Lord Commands
Accompagnato: In These Blest Scenes / Recitative: Tis Achsah's Voice / Accompagnato: Hail! Lovely Virgin
Air: Hark! 'Tis The Linnet And The Thrush
Recitative: O Achsah, Form'd For Ev'ry Chaste Delight
Duet: Our Limpid Streams With Freedom Flow
Trumpets Flourish
Recitative: The Trumpet Calls
Chorus: May All The Host Of Heav'n Attend Him Round
Act II
Recitative: 'Tis Well; Six Times The Lord Hath Been Obey'd
A Solemn March
Chorus And Joshua: Glory To God
Recitative: The Walls Are Levell'd
Air: See, The Raging Flames Arise
Air: To Vanity And Earthly Pride
Recitative: Let All The Seed Of Abrah'm
Chorus: Almighty Ruler Of The Skies / Thy Mercy Did With Israel Dwell
Recitative: Joshua, The Men Dispatch'd By Thee
Chorus: How Soon Our Tow'ring Hopes
Recitative: Whence This Dejection
Air And Chorus: With Redoubled Rage Return
Chorus. We With Redoubled Rage Return
Recitative: Now Give The Army Breath
Air: Heroes When With Glory Burning
Recitative: Indulgent Heav'n Hath Heard My Virgin Pray'r
Air: As Cheers The Sun The Tender Flow'r
Recitative: Sure I'm Deceiv'd, With Sorrow I Behold
Air: Nations, Who In Future Story
Recitative: Brethren And Friends, What Joy This Scene Imparts / Recitative: Thus Far Our Cause Is Favour'd By The Lord
Flourish Of Warlike Instruments
Recitative. Thus Far Our Cause Is Favour'd By The Lord
Flourish Of Warlike Instruments
Chorus And Joshua: Oh! Thou Bright Orb, Great Ruler Of The Day
Act III
Chorus: Hail, Mighty Joshua, Hail
Air: Happy, Oh, Trice Happy We
Recitative: Caleb, For Holy Eleazer Send
Air: Shall I In Mamre's Fertile Plain / Chorus: For All These Mercies We Will Sing
Chorus. For All These Mercies We Will Sing
Recitative: O Caleb, Fear'd By Foes
Air: Place Danger Around Me
Chorus: Father Of Mercy
Recitative: In Bloom Of Youth
Chorus: See The Conqu'ring Hero Comes
Recitative: Welcome! My Son, My Othniel
Air: Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre
Recitative: While Life Shall Last
O Peerless Maid, With Beauty Blest
Recitative: While Lawless Tyrants
Chorus: The Great Jehovah Is Our Awful Theme

notes

© + ℗ 2008, Made in Germany
Recording Date: 17-19 November, 2007
Recording Location: Trinitatiskirche Köln
Total Time: CD1 49'36, CD2 73'04

credits

Alto Vocals – Alex Potter
Bass Vocals – Konstantin Wolff
Chorus – Kölner Kammerchor
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Peter Neumann (2)
Executive-Producer – Werner Dabringhaus
Liner Notes – Markus Schwering
Orchestra – Collegium Cartusianum
Producer – Reimund Grimm
Soprano Vocals – Myung-Hee Hyun
Tenor Vocals – Georg Poplutz, James Gilchrist

companies

Recorded At – Trinitatiskirche Köln

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