Jephtha HWV 70
Jürgen Budday, Ensemble il capriccio, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Simon Bailey (Bass), Benjamin Hulett (Tenor), Annelie Sophie Müller (Mezzo-soprano), David Allsopp (Countertenor), Kirsten Blaise (Soprano)
℗ 2013, Maulbronn, Maulbronn Monastery, Unesco World Heritage Site
- 03:58Ouverture
Act 1
- 01:35No. 1 Accompagnato 'It must be so' (Zebul)
- 03:32No. 2 Air 'Pour forth no more unheeded prayr's' (Zebul)
- 03:04No. 3 'No more to Ammon's god and king' (Chorus)
- 01:04Recitative 'But Jephtha comes' (Zebul, Jephtha)
- 04:22No. 4 Air 'Virtue my soul shall still embrace' (Jephtha)
- 05:58Recitative 'Twill be a painful separation' - No. 5 Air 'In gentle murmurs' (Storgè)
- 00:55Recitative 'Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis' (Hamor)
- 03:10No. 6 Air 'Dull delay, in piercing anguish' (Hamor)
- 04:40Recitative 'Ill suits the voice of love' - No. 7 Air 'Take the heart' (Iphis)
- 07:45Recitative 'I go, my soul' - No. 8 Duet 'These labours past' (Hamor, Iphis)
- 02:26Recitative 'What mean these doubtful fancies' - No. 9 Accompagnato 'If, Lord' (Jephtha)
- 04:18No. 10 'O God, behold our sore distress' (Chorus)
- 00:34Recitative 'Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply' (Zebul, Jephtha)
- 04:55No. 13 'When his loud voice in thunder spoke' (Chorus)
Act 2
- 01:37Recitative 'Glad tidings of great joy' (Hamor)
- 03:27No. 14 'Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms' (Chorus)
- 04:44No. 15 Air 'Up the dreadful steep ascending' (Hamor)
- 05:36Recitative 'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens' - No. 16 Air 'Tune the soft' (Iphis)
- 00:41Recitative 'Heav'n smiles once more' (Jephtha)
- 05:41No. 18 Air 'His mighty arm' (Jephtha)
- 02:59No. 19 'In glory high' (Chorus)
- 01:32No. 20 Symphony - Recitative 'Hail, glorious conqueror'
- 04:01No. 21 Solo and Chorus 'Welcome, as the cheerful light' - Recitative 'Horror, confusion!' (Iphis, Chorus - Jephtha)
- 06:21No. 22 Air 'Open thy marble jaws, O tomb' (Jephtha)
- 01:32Recitative 'Why is my brother thus afflicted?' (Zebul, Jephtha)
- 02:43No. 23 Accompagnato and Arioso 'First perish thou' (Storgè)
- 02:04Recitative 'If such thy cruel purpose' - No. 24 Air 'On me' (Hamor)
- 03:59No. 25 Quartet 'O spare your daughter!' (Storgè, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)
- 01:39Recitative 'Such news flies swift' - No. 26 Accompagnato 'For joys so vast' (Iphis)
- 04:41No. 27 Air 'Happy they! This vital breath' (Iphis)
- 04:42No. 28 Accompagnato 'Deeper, and deeper' (Jephtha)
- 09:20No. 29 'How dark, O Lord, are thy decrees!' (Chorus)
Act 3
- 02:51No. 30 Air 'Hide thou thy hated beams' - No. 31 Accompagnato 'A father' (Jephtha)
- 04:18No. 32 Air 'Waft her, angels' (Jephtha)
- 06:49No. 33 Accompagnato 'Ye sacred priests' - No. 34 Air 'Farewell' (Iphis)
- 04:11No. 35 'Doubtful fear and reverend awe' (Chorus)
- 02:00No. 36 Symphony
- 06:11Recitative 'Rise, Jephtha' - No. 37 Air 'Happy, Iphis' (Angel)
- 01:40No. 38 Arioso 'For ever blessed be' (Jephtha)
- 03:31No. 39 'Theme sublime' (Chorus)
- 02:05Recitative 'Let me congratulate' - No. 40 Air 'Laud her' (Zebul)
- 02:05Recitative 'O let me fold thee' - No. 41 Air 'Sweet as sight' (Storgè)
- 00:49Recitative 'With transport, Iphis' (Hamor)
- 07:32No. 43b Quintet 'All that is in Hamor mine' - No. 44 'Ye house of Gilead' (Iphis, Hamor, Storge, Jephtha, Zebul, Chorus)
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