Acis & Galatea

Disc: 1

1. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. Sinfonia

2. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 2. Chorus. Oh, the pleasure of the plains!

3. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 3. Accompagnato. Ye verdant plains and woody mountains

4. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 4. Air. Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!

5. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 5. Air. Where shall I seek the charming fair?

6. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 5. Recitative. Stay, shepherd, stay!

7. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 6. Air. Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?

8. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 6. Recitative. Lo! Here my love

9. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 7. Air. Love in her eyes sits playing

10. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 7. Recitative. Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love

11. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 8. Air. As when the dove laments her love

12. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 9a. Duet. Happy we! What joys I feel!

13. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 1. No. 9b. Chorus. Happy we! What joys I feel!

Disc: 2

1. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 10. Chorus. Wretched lovers! Fate has passed this sad decree

2. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 11. Accompagnato. I rage, I burn!

3. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 12. Air. O ruddier than the cherry

4. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 12. Recitative. Whither, fairest, art thou running

5. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 13. Air. Cease to beauty to be suing

6. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 14. Air. Would you gain the tender creature, softly, gently, kindly treat her

7. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 14. Recitative. His hideous love provokes my rage

8. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 15. Air. Love sounds th'alarm, and fear is a-flying

9. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 16. Air. Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting's the pleasure

10. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 16. Recitative. Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth

11. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 17. Trio. The flocks shall leave the mountains

12. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 18. Accompagnato. Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!

13. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 19. Chorus. Mourn, all ye muses! Weep, all ye swains!

14. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 20a. Solo and Chorus. Must I my Acis still bemoa, inglorious crush'd beneath that ston

15. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 20a. Recitative. 'Tis done: thus I exert pow'r divine; be thou immortal

16. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Act 2. No. 22. Chorus. Galatea, dry thy tears, Acis now a god appears!

Disc: 3

1. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Ouverture. (Grave) - Allegro

2. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Ouverture. Trio

3. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Ouverture. Courante

4. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis Diocletian's natal day

5. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 1. No. 1a. Air. Go, my faithful soldier, go

6. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 1. No. 2. Chorus. And draw a blessing down on his imperial crown

7. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 1. Recitative. Vouchsafe, dread Sir, a gracious ear to my request

8. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 1. No. 3. Air. Racks, gibbets, sword and fire shall speak my vengeful ire

9. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 1. No. 4. Chorus. For ever thus stands fixed the doom of rebels

10. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Most cruel edict!

11. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 2. No. 5. Air. The raptur'd soul defies the sword

12. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 2. Recitative. I know thy virtues, and ask not thy faith

13. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 2. No. 6. Air. Descend, kind pity, heav'nly guest

14. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Tho' hard, my friends, yet wholesome are the truths

15. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 3. No. 7. Air. Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!

16. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 3. Recitative. O bright example of all goodness!

17. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 3. No. 8. Air. Bane of virtue, nurse of passions

18. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 3. No. 9. Chorus. Come, mighty Father, mighty Lord

19. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 4. Recitative. Fly, fly, my brethren, heathen rage pursues us / Recitative. Ah! whith

20. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 4. No. 10. Air. As with rosy steps the morn advancing, drives the shades of night

21. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 4. No. 11. Chorus. All pow'r in Heav'n above, or Earth beneath

22. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Mistaken wretches!

23. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 5. No. 12. Air. Dread the fruits of Christian folly

24. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Deluded mortal! Call it not rebellion

25. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 5. No. 13. Accompagnato. Oh worse than death indeed!

26. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 5. No. 14. Air. Angels, ever bright and fair

27. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 6. Recitative. Unhappy, happy crew!

28. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 6. No. 16. Air. Kind Heav'n, if virtue be thy care with courage fire me

29. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 6. Recitative. O love, how great thy pow'r!

30. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 1. Scene 6. No. 16. Chorus. Go, gen'rous, pious youth

Disc: 4

1. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Ye men of Antioch

2. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 1. No. 17. Chorus. Queen of summer, queen of love

3. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 1. No. 18. Air. Wide spread his name

4. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Return, Septimius, to the stubborn maid

5. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 1. No. 19. Chorus. Venus, laughing from the skies, will applaud her votaries

6. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 2. No. 20. Symphony

7. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 2. Recitative. O thou bright sun! How sweet thy rays to health and liberty!

8. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 2. No. 21a. Air. With darkness deep as is my woe

9. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 2. No. 21c. Sinfonia

10. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 2. Recitative. But why art thou disquieted, my soul?

11. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 2. No. 22. Air. Oh, that I on wings could rise

12. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Long have I known thy friendly, social soul

13. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 3. No. 23. Air. Tho' the honours that Flora and Venus receive

14. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 3. Recitative. O save her then, or give me pow'r to save

15. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 3. No. 24. Air. Deeds of kindness to display

16. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 4. Recitative. The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere

17. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 4. No. 25. Air. Defend her, Heav'n

18. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. Or lulled with grief, or rapt her soul to Heav'n

19. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 5. No. 26. Air. Sweet rose and lily, flow'ry form, take me, your faithful guard

20. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. O save me, Heav'n, in this my perilous hour!

21. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 5. No. 27. Air. The pilgrim's home, the sick man's health

22. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 5. No. 28. Accompagnato. Forbid it, Heav'n!

23. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. Or say, what right have I to take

24. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 5. No. 29. Duet. To thee, thou glorious son of worth

25. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 5. Recitative. 'Tis night, but night's sweet blessing is denied

26. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 2. Scene 6. No. 30. Chorus. He saw the lovely youth, Death's early prey

Disc: 5

1. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 1. No. 31. Air. Lord, to thee, each night and day

2. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 2. Recitative. But see the good, the virtuous Didymus!

3. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 2. No. 32a. Air. When sunk in anguish and despair, to Heav'n I cried

4. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 2. No. 33. Solo and Chorus. Blest be the hand and blest the pow'r

5. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 3. Recitative. Undaunted in the Court stands Didymus

6. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 3. No. 34. Accompagnato. O my Irene, Heav'n is kind / Recitative. Stay me not, my fri

7. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 3. No. 35. Duet. Whither, Princess, do you fly

8. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 3. Recitative. She's gone, disdaining liberty and life

9. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 3. No. 36. Air. New scenes of joy come crowding on

10. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 4. Recitative. Is it a Christian virtue, then / Scene 5. Recitative. Be that my doom

11. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 5. No. 37. Air. From Virtue springs each gen'rous deed

12. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 5. No. 38. Air. Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray'r

13. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 5. Recitative. 'Tis kind, my friends

14. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 5. No. 39. Chorus. How strange their ends and yet how glorious

15. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 5. Recitative. On me your frowns, your utmost rage exert

16. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 6. Recitative. And must such beauty suffer?

17. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 6. No. 41. Air and Duet. Streams of pleasure ever flowing... Thither let our hearts a

18. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 7. Recitative. Ere this their doom is past

19. Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68: Part 3. Scene 7. No. 42. Chorus. O love divine, thou source of fame

Disc: 6

1. Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sar? pur vero), cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 110: No. 3. Arioso e Recitativo. C

2. Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sar? pur vero), cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 110: No. 4. Aria. Se infelice al m

3. Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sar? pur vero), cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 110: Recitativo. Prema l'ingrato f

4. Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sar? pur vero), cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 110: No. 5. Aria. Su, lacerate il

5. Armida Abbandonata (Dietro l'orme fugaci), cantata, HWV 105: No. 1. Recitativo accompagnato. Dietro l'orme fugaci del guerrier

6. Armida Abbandonata (Dietro l'orme fugaci), cantata, HWV 105: No. 2. Aria. Ah! crudele, e pur ten' vai

7. Armida Abbandonata (Dietro l'orme fugaci), cantata, HWV 105: Recitativo. Per te mi struggo, infido

8. Armida Abbandonata (Dietro l'orme fugaci), cantata, HWV 105: No. 3. Accompagnato. O voi, dell'incostante e procelloso mare orridi mos

9. Armida Abbandonata (Dietro l'orme fugaci), cantata, HWV 105: Recitativo. Ma che parlo, che dico?

10. Armida Abbandonata (Dietro l'orme fugaci), cantata, HWV 105: No. 5. Aria. In tanti affianni miei assistimi almen tu, Nume d'amore!

11. La Lucrezia (O Numi Eterni), cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 145: Recitativo. O Numi eterni! O stelle! che fulminate empii tirann

12. La Lucrezia (O Numi Eterni), cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 145: Recitativo. Ma voi forse nel Cielo, per castigo maggior del mio

13. La Lucrezia (O Numi Eterni), cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 145: No. 2. Aria. Il suol che preme, l'aura che spira l'empio Romano

14. La Lucrezia (O Numi Eterni), cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 145: Recitativo. Ah! che ancor nell'abisso dormon le furie

15. La Lucrezia (O Numi Eterni), cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 145: No. 3. Arioso. Alla salma infedel porga la pena

16. La Lucrezia (O Numi Eterni), cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 145: Recitativo. A voi padre, consorte, a Roma, al mondo presento il

17. La Lucrezia (O Numi Eterni), cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 145: No. 4. Arioso. Gi? nel seno comincia a compir questo ferro i du