Solomon HWV 67
Daniel Reuss, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Dame Sarah Connolly (Alto), Carolyn Sampson (Soprano), Susan Gritton (Soprano), Mark Padmore (Tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (Bass)
2016, Berlin, Teldex Studios
Act I
- 06:55No. 1 Overture
- 03:41No. 2 Chorus of Priests 'Your harps and cymbals sound'
- 04:59No. 3 Air. Levite 'Praise ye the Lord for all his mercies past' (Bass)
- 04:45No. 4 Chorus of Priests 'With pious heart, and holy tongue'
- 03:15No. 5 Accompagnato. Solomon 'Almighty pow'r' (Alto)
- 00:33No. 6 Recitative. Zadok 'Imperial Solomon' (Tenor)
- 04:33No. 7 Air. Zadok 'Sacred raptures cheer my breast' (Tenor)
- 03:51No. 8 Chorus of Israelites 'Throughout the land Jehovah's praise record'
- 00:26No. 9 Recitative. Solomon 'Bless'd be the Lord' (Alto)
- 05:59No. 10 Air. Solomon 'What though I trace each herb and flow'r' (Alto)
- 00:42No. 11 Recitative. Solomon 'And see my queen, my wedded love' (Alto)
- 04:53No. 12 Air. Queen 'Bless'd the day when first my eyes' (Soprano)
- 00:43No. 13 Recitative. Solomon, Queen 'Thou fair inhabitant of Nile' (Alto, Soprano)
- 03:29No. 14 Duet. Queen, Solomon 'Welcome as the dawn of the day' (Alto, Soprano)
- 00:10No. 17 Recitative. Solomon 'My blooming fair' (Alto)
- 02:46No. 18 Air. Solomon 'Haste, haste to the cedar grove' (Alto)
- 00:15No. 19 Recitative. Queen 'When thou art absent from my sight' (Soprano)
- 02:26No. 20 Air. Queen 'With thee th'unshelter'd moor I'd tread' (Soprano)
- 00:11No. 21 Recitative. Zadok 'Search round the world' (Tenor)
- 04:26No. 22 Chorus 'May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours'
Act II
- 05:20No. 23 Chorus of Israelites 'From the censer curling rise'
- 00:54No. 24 Recitative. Solomon 'Prais'd be the Lord' (Alto)
- 04:05No. 25 Air. Solomon 'When the sun o'er yonder hills' (Alto)
- 00:20No. 26 Recitative. Levite 'Great Prince, thy resolution's just' (Bass)
- 03:24No. 27 Air. Levite 'Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king' (Bass)
- 01:52No. 28 Recitative. Attendant, Solomon 'My sovereign liege' (Alto, Tenor) - First Harlot 'Thou son of David' (Soprano)
- 05:17No. 29 Trio. Solomon, two Harlots 'Words are weak to paint my fears' (Alto, Soprano)
- 01:12No. 30 Recitative. Solomon, second Harlot 'What says the other to th'imputed charge?' (Alto, Soprano)
- 01:56No. 31 Air. Second Harlot 'Thy sentence, great king' (Soprano)
- 00:11No. 32 Recitative. First Harlot 'Withhold, withhold the executing hand' (Soprano)
- 04:33No. 33 Air. First Harlot 'Can I see my enfant gor'd' (Soprano)
- 01:32No. 34 Accompagnato. Solomon 'Israel, attend to what your king shall say' (Alto)
- 03:07No. 35 Duet. First Harlot, Solomon 'Thrice bless'd the king' (Soprano, Alto)
- 02:54No. 36 Chorus of Israelites 'From the east unto the west'
- 00:18No. 37 Recitative. Zadok 'From morn to eve I could enraptur'd sing' (Tenor)
- 05:46No. 38 Air. Zadok 'See the tall palm that lifts the head' (Tenor)
- 00:19No. 39 Recitative. First Harlot 'No more shall armed bands our hopes destroy' (Soprano)
- 06:27No. 40 Air. First Harlot 'Beneath the vine, or fig-tree's shade' (Soprano)
- 03:10No. 41 Chorus of Priests 'Swell, swell the full chorus to Solomon’s praise'
Act III
- 02:52No. 42 Sinfonia: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- 01:10No. 43 Recitative. Queen of Sheba, Solomon 'From Arabia's spicy shores' (Soprano, Alto)
- 04:43No. 44 Air. Queen of Sheba 'Ev'ry sight these eyes behold' (Soprano)
- 00:13No. 45 Recitative. Solomon 'Sweep, sweep the string' (Alto)
- 02:32No. 46 Solo. Solomon and Israelites 'Music, spread thy voice around' (Alto)
- 01:53No. 47 Solo. Solomon and Israelites 'Now a diff'rent measure try' (Alto)
- 00:32No. 48 Recitative. Solomon 'Then at once from rage remove' (Alto)
- 02:52No. 49 Chorus of Israelites 'Draw the tear from hopeless love'
- 00:15No. 50 Recitative. Solomon 'Next the tortur'd soul release' (Alto)
- 03:43No. 51 Solo. Solomon and Israelites 'Thus rolling surges rise' (Alto)
- 01:01No. 52 Recitative. Queen of Sheba 'Thy harmony's divine, great king' (Soprano)
- 00:40No. 53 Recitative. Zadok 'Thrice happy king, to have achiev'd' (Tenor)
- 03:18No. 54 Air. Zadok 'Golden columns, fair and bright' (Tenor)
- 00:26No. 55 Recitative. Solomon 'Gold now is common on our happy shore' (Alto)
- 02:40No. 56 Air. Solomon 'How green our fertile pastures look' (Alto)
- 00:41No. 57 Recitative. Queen of Sheba 'May peace in Salem ever dwell!' (Soprano)
- 06:22No. 58 Air. Queen of Sheba 'Will the sun forget to streak' (Soprano)
- 00:17No. 59 Recitative. Solomon 'Adieu, fair queen, and in thy breast' (Alto)
- 02:53No. 60 Duet. Queen of Sheba, Solomon 'Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows' (Soprano, Alto)
- 04:22No. 61 Double Chorus 'Praise the Lord with harp and tongue!'
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