Handel: Theodora (Selections/Extraits/Auszuge) - Lorraine Hunt, Drew Minter, Jennifer Thomas, David Thomas / U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Harmonia Mundi France Audio CD / HMU 907188
UPC 093046718824
Theodora (HWV 68) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel, set to an English libretto by Thomas Morell. The oratorio concerns the Christian martyr Theodora and her Christian-converted Roman lover, Didymus. It had its first performance at Covent Garden Theatre on 16 March 1750. Not popular with audiences in Handel's day, Theodora is now recognised as a masterpiece. It is usually given in concert, being an oratorio, but is sometimes staged.
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Harmonia Mundi France – HMU 907188
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Production USA |
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CD, Album
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Germany |
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Classical |
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Baroque, Oratorio |
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Tracklist:
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Theodora Selections = Extraits = Auszüge |
(1:02:11) |
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Air, "Angels, Ever Bright And Fair" (Theodora) |
4:25 |
| 3 |
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Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care |
5:32 |
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Venus Laughing From The Skies |
1:20 |
| 6 |
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O Thou Bright Sun! |
0:27 |
| 7 |
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With Darkness, Deep As Is My Woe |
3:43 |
| 9 |
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Oh! That I On Wings Could Rise |
4:07 |
| 10 |
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Defend Her, Heav'n |
3:53 |
| 11 |
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To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth |
4:54 |
| 12 |
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He Saw The Lovely Youth |
4:35 |
| 13 |
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Lord, To Thee Each Night & Day |
4:59 |
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Blest Be The Hand & Blest The Pow'r |
3:36 |
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From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed |
5:41 |
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Ye Ministers Of Justice, Lead Them Hence |
1:18 |
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Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing - Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire |
5:50 |
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O Love Diviine, Thou Source Of Fame |
2:25 |
- Bass Vocals – David Thomas (9)
- Choir – University Of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
- Conductor – Nicholas McGegan
- Countertenor Vocals – Drew Minter
- Edited By – Paul F. Witt
- Engineer – Tony Faulkner
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Jennifer Lane (2)
- Orchestra – Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- Producer – Robina Young
- Soprano Vocals – Lorraine Hunt
- Tenor Vocals – Jeffrey Thomas (2), Neal Rogers
