Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

1. 1
   Theodora, HWV 68: Overture
   2:58
2. 2
   Theodora, HWV 68: Trio
   1:45
3. 3
   Theodora, HWV 68: Courante
   1:36
4. 4
   Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Tis Diocletian's Natal Day" (Valens)
   0:30
5. 5
   Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go" (Valens)
   1:52
6. 6
   Theodora, HWV 68, Act 1: Chorus. "And Draw a Blessing Down" (The Heathens)
   2:03
7. 7
   Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Recitative. "Vouchsafe, Dread Sir" (Didymus, Valens)
   1:02
8. 8
   Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 1: Air. "Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire" (Valens)
   3:15
9. 9
   Theodora, HWV 68, Act 1: Chorus. "For Ever Thus Stands Fix'd the Doom" (The Heathens)
   1:40
10. 10
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Recitative. "Most Cruel Edict" (Didymus, Septimius)
    0:35
11. 11
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Air. "The Raptur'd Soul" (Didymus)
    8:12
12. 12
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Recitative. "I Know Thy Virtues" (Septimius)
    0:42
13. 13
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 2: Air. "Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest" (Septimius)
    8:11
14. 14
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Recitative. "Though Hard, My Friends" (Theodora)
    0:27
15. 15
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Air. "Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu" (Theodora)
    4:00
16. 16
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Recitative. "O Bright Example of All Goodness" (Irene)
    0:38
17. 17
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Air. "Bane of Virtue" (Irene)
    5:51
18. 18
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 3: Chorus. "Come, Mighty Father" (Chorus)
    2:29
19. 19
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Recitative. "Fly, Fly, My Brethren" (Messenger, Irene)
    1:08
20. 20
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Air. "As with Rosy Steps the Morn" (Irene)
    7:18
21. 21
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 4: Chorus. "All Pow'r in Heav'n Above" (Chorus)
    2:17
22. 22
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Recitative. "Mistaken Wretches!" (Septimius)
    0:20
23. 23
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Air. "Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly" (Septimius)
    2:41
24. 24
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Recitative. "Deluded Mortal!" (Theodora, Septimius)
    1:02
25. 25
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed" (Theodora)
    0:23
26. 26
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 5: Air. "Angels, Ever Bright and Fair" (Theodora)
    3:39
27. 27
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Recitative. "Unhappy, Happy Crew!" (Didymus, Irene)
    1:13
28. 28
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Air. "Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care" (Didymus)
    5:21
29. 29
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Recitative. "O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r!" (Irene)
    0:34
30. 30
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 1 Scene 6: Chorus. "Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth" (Chorus)
    4:41
31. 31
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Recitative. "Ye Men of Antioch" (Valens)
    0:33
32. 32
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Chorus. "Queen of Summer, Queen of Love" (Chorus)
    0:42
33. 33
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Air. "Wide Spread His Name" (Valens)
    2:11
34. 34
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Recitative. "Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid" (Valens)
    0:40
35. 35
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 1: Chorus. "Venus, Laughing from the Skies" (Chorus)
    1:19
36. 36
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Symphony
    0:54
37. 37
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Recitative. "O Thou Bright Sun" (Theodora)
    0:35
38. 38
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air. "With Darkness Deep, as is My Woe" (Theodora)
    3:07
39. 39
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air
    1:03
40. 40
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Recitative. "But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul" (Theodora)
    0:30
41. 41
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 2: Air. "Oh That I on Wings Could Rise" (Theodora)
    3:23
42. 42
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Recitative. "Long Have I Known" (Didymus, Septimius)
    1:20
43. 43
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Air. "Though the Honours" (Septimius)
    3:12
44. 44
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Recitative. "Oh, Save Her Then" (Didymus, Septimius)
    0:38
45. 45
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 3: Air. "Deeds of Kindness to Display" (Didymus)
    7:01
46. 46
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 4: Recitative. "The Clouds Begin to Veil" (Irene)
    0:40
47. 47
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 4: Air. "Defend Her, Heav'n!" (Irene)
    5:46
48. 48
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Or Lull'd With Grief" (Didymus)
    0:38
49. 49
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Air. "Sweet Rose and Lily" (Didymus)
    2:17
50. 50
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Oh, Save Me, Heav'n" (Theodora, Didymus)
    1:33
51. 51
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Air. "The Pilgrim's Home" (Theodora)
    2:58
52. 52
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Forbid It, Heav'n!" (Didymus)
    0:37
53. 53
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Recitative. "Or Say, What Right Have I to Take" (Didymus, Theodora)
    1:58
54. 54
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 5: Duet. "To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth" (Theodora, Didymus)
    4:26
55. 55
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 6: Recitative. "'Tis Night" (Irene)
    0:47
56. 56
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 2 Scene 6: Chorus. "He Saw the Lovely Youth" (Chorus)
    3:42
57. 57
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 1: Air. "Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day" (Irene)
    7:04
58. 58
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Recitative. "But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus" (Irene, Theodora)
    0:38
59. 59
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Air. "When Sunk in Anguish and Despair" (Theodora)
    3:36
60. 60
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 2: Theodora and Chorus. "Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow'r" (Theodora, Chorus)
    3:39
61. 61
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "Undaunted in the Court" (Messenger, Irene)
    0:50
62. 62
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Accompagnato. "O My Irene" (Theodora)
    0:29
63. 63
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "Stay Me Not, Dear Friend" (Theodora)
    0:14
64. 64
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Duet. "Whither, Princess, Do You Fly" (Irene, Theodora)
    1:12
65. 65
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Recitative. "She's Gone" (Irene)
    0:38
66. 66
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 3: Air. "New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on" (Irene)
    4:17
67. 67
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 4: Recitative. "Is It a Christian Virtue" (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
    1:12
68. 68
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "Be That My Doom" (Theodora, Septimius)
    1:02
69. 69
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed" (Septimius)
    5:45
70. 70
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r" (Valens)
    1:02
71. 71
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "'Tis Kind, My Friends" (Didymus, Theodora)
    1:01
72. 72
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Chorus. "How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious" (Chorus)
    2:50
73. 73
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Recitative. "On Me Your Frowns" (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
    0:37
74. 74
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 5: Air. "Ye Ministers of Justice" (Valens)
    1:26
75. 75
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 6: Recitative. "And Must Such Beauty Suffer?" (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
    0:54
76. 76
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 6: Air and Duet. "Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing" (Didymus, Theodora)
    5:37
77. 77
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 7: Recitative. "Ere This, Their Doom is Past" (Irene)
    0:30
78. 78
    Theodora, HWV 68, Pt. 3 Scene 7: Chorus. "O Love Divine" (Chorus)
    2:42

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