HANDEL Judas Maccabaeus Mackerras

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Judas Maccabaeus
Davies · Palmer
Baker · Shirley-Quirk
Wandsworth School Choir
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Int. Release 01 Sep. 1995
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Track List

CD 1: Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63

1.
Overture
0:00
7:55

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Part 1

2.
2. Chorus: "Mourn, ye afflicted children"
0:00
5:37

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir

3.
3. Recit.: "Well, may our sorrows, brethren, flow"
0:00
1:23

Janet Baker, Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

4.
4. Duet: "From this dread scene"
0:00
2:54

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

5.
5. Chorus: "For Sion lamentation make"
0:00
3:35

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir

6.
6. Recit.: "Not vain is all the storm of grief"
0:00
1:10

7.
7. Aria: "Pious orgies, pious airs"
0:00
3:47

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

8.
8. Chorus: "Oh Father, whose Almighty pow'r"
0:00
2:27

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir

9.
9. Recit.: "I feel, I fee the Deity within"
0:00
1:04

10.
10. Aria: "Arm, arm, ye brave!"
0:00
3:06

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

11.
11. Chorus: "We come, we come, in bright array"
0:00
1:06

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir

12.
12. Recit.: "'Tis well, my friends"
0:00
0:50

13.
13. Aria: "Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul"
0:00
2:15

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

14.
14. Recit.: "To Heav'n's Almighty king we kneel"
0:00
0:31

15.
15. Aria: "Oh liberty, thou choicest treasure"
0:00
2:41

16.
16. Aria: "Come, ever-smiling liberty"
0:00
3:20

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

17.
17. Recit.: "Oh Judas, may these noble views inspire"
0:00
0:15

18.
18. Aria: "'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone"
0:00
2:57

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

19.
19. Duet: "Come, ever-smiling liberty"
0:00
1:19

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

20.
20. Chorus: "Lead on, lead on! Judah disdains"
0:00
0:50

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir

21.
21. Recit.: "So will'd my father, now a rest"
0:00
1:38

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

22.
22. Semi-chorus: "Disdainfull of danger"
0:00
2:13

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir

23.
23. Recit.: "Ambition! if e'er honour was thine aim"
0:00
0:22

24.
24. Aria: "No unhallow'd desire"
0:00
2:27

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

25.
25. Recit.: "Haste we, my brethren"
0:00
0:12

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

26.
26. Chorus: "Hear us Lord, on thee we call"
0:00
3:43

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir

Total Playing Time 59:37

CD 2: Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63

Part 2

1.
27. Chorus: "Fall'n is the foe"
0:00
3:25

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

2.
28. Recit.: "Victorious hero! Fame shall tell"
0:00
0:46

3.
29. Aria: "So rapid thy course is"
0:00
4:26

4.
30. Recit.: "Well, may we hope our freedom to receive"
0:00
0:21

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

5.
31./32. Duet And Chorus:"Sion now her head shall rise"
0:00
6:46

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

6.
33. Recit.: "Oh let eternal honours crown his name"
0:00
0:32

7.
34. Aria: "From mighty kings he took the spoil"
0:00
8:13

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

8.
35./36. Duet And Chorus: "Hail, hail, Judea, happy land!"
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2:16

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

9.
37. Recit.: "Thanks to my brethren, but look up to Heav'n"
0:00
0:49

10.
38. Aria: "How vain is man, who boasts in fight"
0:00
5:57

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

11.
39. Recit.: "Oh Judas, oh my brethren!"
0:00
0:48

Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

12.
40./41. Aria And Chorus: "Ah! wretched, wretched Israel!"
0:00
6:29

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

13.
42. Recit.: "Be comforted"
0:00
0:44

14.
43. Aria: "The Lord worketh wonders"
0:00
3:05

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

15.
44. Recit.:"My arms! - against this Gorgias will I go"
0:00
0:27

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

16.
45. Aria: "Sound an alarm!" 46. Chorus: "We hear, we hear the pleasing dreadful sound"
0:00
4:44

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

17.
47. Recit.: "Enough!" To Heav'n we leave the rest"
0:00
0:49

18.
48. Aria: "With pious hearts, and brave as pious"
0:00
2:38

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

19.
49. Recit.: "Ye worshippers of God"
0:00
1:18

Janet Baker, Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

20.
50. Aria: "Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive us"
0:00
5:58

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

21.
51. Duet: "Oh! never, never bow we down" - 52. Chorus: We never, never will bow down
0:00
6:54

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

Total Playing Time 1:07:25

CD 3: Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63

Part 3

1.
53. Aria: "Father of Heav'n! from Thy eternal throne"
0:00
7:08

2.
54. Recit.: "See, see yon flames"
0:00
0:47

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

3.
55. Recit.: "Oh grant it, Heav'n"
0:00
0:32

4.
56. Aria: "So shall the lute and harp awake"
0:00
4:32

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

5.
57. Recit.: "From Capharsalama, on eagle wings I fly"
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1:25

Paul Esswood, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

6.
58. Chorus Of Youth: "See, the conqu'ring hero comes!"- Chorus Of Virgins: "See, the godlike youth advance!" - Chorus: "See, the conqu'ring hero comes!"
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2:50

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir

7.
59. March
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1:46

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

8.
60. Chorus: "Sing unto God"
0:00
2:54

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

9.
61. Recit.: " Sweet flow the strains"
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1:17

10.
62. Aria: "With honour let desert be crown'd"
0:00
3:20

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

11.
63. Recit: "Peace to my countrymen"
0:00
0:50

Christopher Keyte, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

12.
64. Chorus:"To our great God be all the honours giv'n"
0:00
2:28

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

13.
65. Recit.: "Again to earth let gratitude descend"
0:00
0:56

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

14.
66. Aria, Duett:"Oh lovely peace, with plenty crown'd"
0:00
8:10

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

15.
67. Aria: "Rejoice, oh Judah! and in songs devine"
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1:51

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

16.
68. Chorus: "Hallelujah! Amen!"
0:00
1:41

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Russell Burgess

Total Playing Time 42:27

. . .[an] essential recording.
Record Review / Berta Joncus, BBC Music Magazine (London) / 01. December 2013
. . . [cet hymne poétique et patriotique sied à] Mackerras et sa noble compagnie (Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk).
Record Review / Ivan A. Alexandre, Diapason (Paris) / 01. November 2017