Title:	Esther
Genre:	Classical
Composers:	George Frederick Handel
Conductors:	Harry Christophers
Orchestras:	Symphony of Harmony & Invention
Performers:	Anthony Robson, Lynda Russell, Mark Padmore, Matthew Vine, Michael Chance, Michael George, Nancy Argenta, Simon Berridge, The Sixteen, Thomas Randle, Tom Randle
Label:	Coro
Number of Discs:	2
Release Date:	5/11/2004

Product Type:	CD
UPC:	828021601927
Item #:	KOC160192

Tracks

- Disc 1 -
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
- Disc 2 -
1 Recitative Esther/Mordecai: " Why Sits That Sorrow on Thy Brow?"
2 Aria Mordecai: " Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger"
3 Recitative Esther: "I Go Before the King to Stand"
4 Aria Esther: " Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"
5 Chorus: " Save Us, O Lord"
6 Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: "Who Dares Intrude Into Our Presence"
7 Duet Esther/Ahasuerus: " Who Calls My Parting Soul from Death?"
8 Aria Ahasuerus: "0 Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes!"
9 Recitative Esther: " If I Find Favour in Thy Sight"
10 Aria Ahasuerus: " How Can I Stay When Love Invites?"
11 Recitative Third Israelite/Fourth Israelite: " with Inward Joy His Visage Glows"
12 Chorus: " Virtue, Truth and Innocence"
13 Arioso Priest of the Israelites: " Jehovah, Crown'd with Glory Bright"
14 Chorus: " He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes"
15 Recitative Ahasuerus/Esther: " Now, a Queen, Thy Suit Declare"
16 Arioso Haman: " Turn Not, a Queen, Thy Face Away"
17 Aria Esther: " Flatt' Ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!"
18 Recitative Ahasuerus: "Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence!"
19 Aria Haman: " How Art Thou Fall'n from Thy Height!"
20 Chorus: "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"

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