Handel / Sixteen / Christophers Esther CD

1. Overture Andante - Larghetito - Allegro 2. Recitative Habdonah/Haman: " 'Tis Greater Far to Spare" 3. Aria Haman: " Pluck Root and Branch from Out the Land" 4. Recitative Persian Officer: "Our Souls with Ardour Glow" 5. Chorus: "Shall We the God of Israel Fear?" 6. Recitative First Israelite: " Now Persecution Shall Lay By Her Iron Rod" 7. Aria: " Tune Your Harps to Cheerfull Strains" 8. Chorus: " Shall We of Servitude Complain" 9. Aria Israelite Woman: " Praise the Lord with Cheerful Noise" 10. Recitative Israelite Woman: " 0 God, Who from the Suckling's Mouth" 11. Aria Second Israelite: " Sing Songs of Praise, Bow Down the Knee" 12. Chorus: " Shall We of Servitude Complain" 13. Recitative Priest of the Israelites: " How Have Our Sins Provoked the Lord!" 14. Chorus: "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn" 15. Aria Priest Ofc the Israelites: "0 Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide" 16. Chorus: "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn" 17. Andante 18. Allegro 19. Adagio 20. Allegro 21. Recitative Esther/Mordecai: " Why Sits That Sorrow on Thy Brow?" 22. Aria Mordecai: " Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger" 23. Recitative Esther: "I Go Before the King to Stand" 24. Aria Esther: " Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving" 25. Chorus: " Save Us, O Lord" 26. Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: "Who Dares Intrude Into Our Presence" 27. Duet Esther/Ahasuerus: " Who Calls My Parting Soul from Death?" 28. Aria Ahasuerus: "0 Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes!" 29. Recitative Esther: " If I Find Favour in Thy Sight" 30. Aria Ahasuerus: " How Can I Stay When Love Invites?" 31. Recitative Third Israelite/Fourth Israelite: " with Inward Joy His Visage Glows" 32. Chorus: " Virtue, Truth and Innocence" 33. Arioso Priest of the Israelites: " Jehovah, Crown'd with Glory Bright" 34. Chorus: " He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes" 35. Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: " Now, a Queen, Thy Suit Declare" 36. Arioso Haman: " Turn Not, a Queen, Thy Face Away" 37. Aria Esther: " Flatt' Ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!" 38. Recitative Ahasuerus: "Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence!" 39. Aria Haman: " How Art Thou Fall'n from Thy Height!" 40. Chorus: "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"