Handel: Deborah (oratorio) (3CD)

George Frideric Handel: Deborah, HWV 51

Part I: Overture

Part I: Chorus - Immortal Lord of earth and skies

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Duet - Where do thy ardours raise me?

Part I: Chorus - Forbear thy doubts!

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Soloists and Chorus - For ever to the voice of pray'r

Part I: Accompanied Recitative

Part I: Chorus - O hear thy lowly servants' pray'r

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Chorus - O blast with thy tremendous brow

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Air - How lovely is the blooming fair

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Air: Choirs of Angels, all around thee

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Air - To joy he brightens my despair

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Air - Awake the ardour of thy breast

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Air - All danger disdaining

Part I: Chorus - Let thy deeds be glorious

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Air - Hateful man

Part I: Air - My Vengeance awakes me

Part I: Recitative

Part I: Air - Cease, O Judah, cease thy mourning

Part I: Chorus - Despair, all around them

Part I: Chorus - Alleluia

Part II: Chorus of the Israelites - See, the proud chief

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Air - At my feet extended low

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Air - In Jehova's awful sight

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Air - Whilst you boast the wondrous...

Part II: Air - Impious mortal, cease to brave us

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Chorus of Baal's Priests - O Baal, Monarch of the skies!

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Chorus of Israelites - Lord of Eternity

Part II: Chorus of Israelites - Plead thy just cause

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Soloists and Chorus - All your boast will end in woe

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Air - In the battle, fame pursuing

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Air - Swift inundation of desolation

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Air - No more disconsolate I'll mourn

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Air - O the pleasure my Soul is possessing

Part II: Recitative

Part II: Duet - Smiling freedom

Part II: Chorus - The great King of Kings will aid us too

Part III: A military symphony

Part III: Chorus of the Israelites - Now the proud insulting foe

Part III: Recitative

Part III: Air - Now sweetly smiling peace descends

Part III: Recitative

Part III: Air - Tears, such as tender fathers shed

Part III: Recitative

Part III: Air - Hark! Hark! Hark! His thunders...

Part III: Chorus of Baal's Priests - Doleful tidings

Part III: Air - Our fears are now for ever fled

Part III: Recitative

Part III: Air - Tyrant, now no more we dread thee

Part III: Recitative

Part III: Air - The glorious sun shall cease to shed

Part III: Recitative

Part III: Air - Low at her feet he bow'd, he fell

Part III: Accompanied Recitative

Part III: Symphony

Part III: Chorus - Let our glad songs to heav'n ascend