Jephtha : HWV 70. These labours past (6:21) -- Joshua : HWV 64. Oh peerless maid (2:38) ; Our limpid streams (2:51) -- Belshazzar : HWV 61. Great victor, at your feet I bow (4:57) -- Susanna : HWV 66. When thou art nigh (3:32) ; To my chaste Susanna's praise (3:11) -- Theodora : HWV 68. To thee, thou glorious son of worth (5:35) ; Streams of pleasure ever flowing (5:57) -- Solomon : HWV 67. Welcome as the dawn of day (3:53) ; Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows (3:27) -- Eternal source of light divine : Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne : HWV 74. Kind health descends (4:38) -- Saul : HWV 53. O fairest of ten thousand fair (2:59) ; At persecution I can laugh (3:23) --- Deborah : HWV 51. Where do thy ardours raise me! (4:41) ; Smiling freedom, lovely guest (3:51) -- Alexander Balus : HWV 65. Hail wedded love (3:23) -- Alexander's feast, or, The power of musick : HWV 75. Let's imitate her notes above (2:35) -- Esther : HWV 50b. Who calls my parting soul (3:03).
Note
Principally oratorio excerpts; the 11th and 17th works are excerpts from secular cantatas.
"This hybrid disc plays on both CD & SACD players"--Container.
Event (note)
Recorded Jan. 2005, at St. Paul's Church, Southgate, London.
Language (note)
Sung in English.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Title
Great oratorio duets [electronic resource] / Händel.
Imprint
Åkersberga, Sweden : BIS, p2006.
Performer
Carolyn Sampson, soprano ; Robin Blaze, countertenor ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor.
Event
Recorded Jan. 2005, at St. Paul's Church, Southgate, London.