Gideon

~ Release by George Frideric Handel (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Ouverture
3:55
2Minuet
2:22
3Recitative: Forthe from the swarming East
1:06
4Soli & Chorus: Comfort us, O Lord
3:15
5Recitative: A Man, a Prophet
0:17
6Accompagnato: No Wonder, That Ye Fly
0:35
7Air: Trembling with Horror
3:03
8Soli & Chorus: Lord, We Seek Thy Blessing
3:00
9Recitative: Westward from Reverend Jordan's Silver Stream
0:44
10Accompagnato: By Doubt and Shame
1:12
11Air: Rise with Furious Emulation
4:06
12Recitative: As Thus He Sung
0:46
13Air: Thou Light of Israel
3:01
14Accompagnato: Let the Command Suffice
0:52
15Recitative: He Said, and Gently Stretching Out
0:59
16Solo & Chorus: Immortal God, Whose Hand
1:39
17Recitative: A Midian Prince
0:31
18Air: Mighty Belus, Midian's Glory!
4:29
19Recitative: This Done, He with a Chosen Party Went
0:59
20Air: 'Tis Time, My Sons
2:00
21Recitative: Forth from the Town
0:39
22Duet: Sweet Is Conquest Disapproving
2:44
23Trio: Like a Bright Cherub
1:57
24Recitative: Then Bowing Mild
0:56
25Air: May Kind Angels Still Attend Thee
6:35
26Recitative: And Thus the Choral Band
0:10
27Chorus: Hail, Enlivener of Our Cause!
2:18
28Recitative: Triumphant to the Town
0:49
29Air: How Sweet the Rose
1:54
30Soli & Chorus: Great Jehovah
2:52
31Recitative: TH' Assembly Rose
0:58
32Air: Israel's Guardian, Sole Creator!
1:08
33Recitative: Silent He March'd
0:54
34Air: Hark, How the Winds Around
3:08
35Chorus: Destroy These Idols
1:59
36Recitative: Gideon, Preparing Now
0:18
37Accompagnato & Recitative: Not These Imperfect Rites
1:20
38Air: O Glorious Mortal
5:54
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Credits

Release

orchestra:Barockorchester Frankfurt
conductor:Joachim Carlos Martini (conductor)
composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
John Christopher Smith
librettist:Thomas Morell
vocals:David Cordier (counter tenor)
Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor)
Stephan MacLeod (bass-baritone / conductor)
Linda Perillo (soprano)
Knut Schoch (tenor)
Nicola Wemyss (soprano)
booklet editor:Keith Anderson (Naxos related liner notes writer)