Solomon HWV 67 (Version Beecham)
Sir Thomas Beecham, Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young (Voice), Elsie Morison (Soprano), John Cameron (Bass-baritone), Lois Marshall (Soprano)
℗ 2005
Part I
- 04:17No. 1 Overture
- 03:59No. 2 Chorus of Priests 'Your harps and cymbals sound' (Chorus)
- 02:29No. 3 Recitative 'Almighty Power, who rul'st the earth and skies' (Solomon)
- 04:41No. 4 Chorus of Priests 'With pious heart and holy tongue' (Chorus)
- 00:43No. 5 Recitative 'Imperial Solomon, thy prayers are heard' (Zadok)
- 05:05No. 6 Air 'Sacred raptures cheer my breast' (Zadok)
- 00:36No. 7 Recitative 'Blest be the Lord' (Solomon)
- 03:32No. 8 Air 'What though I trace each herb and flower' (Solomon)
- 05:33No. 9 Air 'Bless'd the day' (Queen)
- 00:53No. 10 Recitative 'Thou fair inhabitant of Nile' (Solomon, Queen)
- 04:09No. 11 Duet 'Welcome as the dawn of day' (Queen, Solomon)
- 00:17No. 12 Recitative 'When thou art absent from my sight' (Queen)
- 03:15No. 13 Air 'With thee the unsheltered moor I'd tread' (Queen)
- 00:17No. 14 Recitative 'My blooming fair, come, come away' (Solomon)
- 04:00No. 15 Chorus 'May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours' (Chorus)
- 03:12No. 16 Sinfonia. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- 00:30No. 17 Recitative 'From Arabia's spicy shores' (Queen)
- 04:52No. 18 Air 'Ev'ry sight these eyes behold' (Queen)
- 00:21No. 19 Recitative 'Sweep, sweep the string' (Solomon)
- 04:15No. 20 Solomon and Israelites 'Music, spread thy voice around' (Solomon, Chorus)
- 02:03No. 21 Solomon and Israelites 'Now a diff'rent measure try' (Solomon, Chorus)
- 03:48No. 22 Recitative and Chorus 'Then, at once, from rage remove' (Solomon, Chorus)
- 00:21No. 23 Recitative 'Next the tortured soul release' (Solomon)
- 02:06No. 24 Chorus 'Thus rolling surges rise' (Chorus)
- 01:41No. 25 Recitative 'Thy harmony's divine, great King!' (Queen)
Part II
- 05:58No. 26 Chorus of Israelites 'From the censer curling rise' (Chorus)
- 03:11No. 27 Chorus of Israelites 'From the East unto the West' (Chorus)
- 01:10No. 28 Recitative 'Thrice happy King!' (Zadok)
- 03:19No. 29 Air 'Golden columns, fair and bright' (Zadok)
- 03:19No. 30 Air 'Beneath the vine' (First Harlot)
- 00:43No. 31 Recitative 'Gold is now common' (Solomon)
- 04:21No. 32 Air 'How green our fertile pastures look' (Solomon)
- 03:45No. 33 Chorus of Priests 'Sweel the full chorus to Solomon's praise' (Chorus)
- 01:06No. 34 Recitative 'May peace in Salem ever dwell' (Queen)
- 05:10No. 35 Air 'Will the sun forget to streak' (Queen)
- 00:19No. 36 Recitative 'Adieu, fair Queen' (Solomon)
- 04:25No. 37 Double Chorus 'Praise the Lord' (Chorus)
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