Handel: Judas Maccabaeus – English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63: Overture

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

7:55

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 2. Chorus: "Mourn, ye afflicted children"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

5:37

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 3. Recit.: "Well, may our sorrows, brethren, flow"

Janet Baker, Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

1:23

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 4. Duet: "From this dread scene"

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

2:55

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 5. Chorus: "For Sion lamentation make"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

3:35

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 6. Recit.: "Not vain is all the storm of grief"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

1:10

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 7. Aria: "Pious orgies, pious airs"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

3:48

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 8. Chorus: "Oh Father, whose Almighty pow'r"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

2:27

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 9. Recit.: "I feel, I fee the Deity within"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

1:05

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 10. Aria: "Arm, arm, ye brave!"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

3:07

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 11. Chorus: "We come, we come, in bright array"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

1:07

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 12. Recit.: "'Tis well, my friends"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:50

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 13. Aria: "Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

2:16

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 14. Recit.: "To Heav'n's Almighty king we kneel"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:31

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 15. Aria: "Oh liberty, thou choicest treasure"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

2:41

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 16. Aria: "Come, ever-smiling liberty"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

3:20

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 17. Recit.: "Oh Judas, may these noble views inspire"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:15

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 18. Aria: "'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

2:58

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 19. Duet: "Come, ever-smiling liberty"

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

1:19

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 20. Chorus: "Lead on, lead on! Judah disdains"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:51

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 21. Recit.: "So will'd my father, now a rest"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

1:38

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 22. Semi-chorus: "Disdainfull of danger"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

2:13

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 23. Recit.: "Ambition! if e'er honour was thine aim"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:22

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 24. Aria: "No unhallow'd desire"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

2:27

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 25. Recit.: "Haste we, my brethren"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:13

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1: 26. Chorus: "Hear us Lord, on thee we call"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

3:43

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 27. Chorus: "Fall'n is the foe"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Russell Burgess

3:25

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 28. Recit.: "Victorious hero! Fame shall tell"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:46

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 29. Aria: "So rapid thy course is"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

4:26

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 30. Recit.: "Well, may we hope our freedom to receive"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:21

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 31./32. Duet and Chorus:"Sion now her head shall rise"

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

6:46

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 33. Recit.: "Oh let eternal honours crown his name"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:32

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 34. Aria: "From mighty kings he took the spoil"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

8:13

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 35./36. Duet and Chorus: "Hail, hail, Judea, happy land!"

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

2:17

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 37. Recit.: "Thanks to my brethren, but look up to Heav'n"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:49

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 38. Aria: "How vain is man, who boasts in fight"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

5:57

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 39. Recit.: "Oh Judas, oh my brethren!"

Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:48

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 40./41. Aria and chorus: "Ah! wretched, wretched Israel!"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

6:29

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 42. Recit.: "Be comforted"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:44

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 43. Aria: "The Lord worketh wonders"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

3:06

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 44. Recit.:"My arms! - against this Gorgias will I go"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:27

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 45. Aria: "Sound an alarm!" 46. Chorus: "We hear, we hear the pleasing dreadful sound"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

4:44

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 47. Recit.: "Enough!" To Heav'n we leave the rest"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:49

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 48. Aria: "With pious hearts, and brave as pious"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

2:39

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 49. Recit.: "Ye worshippers of God"

Janet Baker, Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

1:18

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 50. Aria: "Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive us"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

5:58

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2: 51. Duet: "Oh! never, never bow we down" - 52. Chorus: We never, never will bow down

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

6:54

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 53. Aria: "Father of Heav'n! from Thy eternal throne"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

7:08

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 54. Recit.: "See, see yon flames"

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:47

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 55. Recit.: "Oh grant it, Heav'n"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:32

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 56. Aria: "So shall the lute and harp awake"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

4:32

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 57. Recit.: "From Capharsalama, on eagle wings I fly"

Paul Esswood, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

1:25

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 58. "See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes!..See, The Godlike Youth Advance!...See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes!"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

2:50

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 59. March

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

1:47

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 60. Chorus: "Sing unto God"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Russell Burgess

2:54

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 61. Recit.: " Sweet flow the strains"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

1:18

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 62. Aria: "With honour let desert be crown'd"

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

3:20

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 63. Recit: "Peace to my countrymen"

Christopher Keyte, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:50

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 64. Chorus:"To our great God be all the honours giv'n"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Russell Burgess

2:29

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 65. Recit.: "Again to earth let gratitude descend"

Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

0:56

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 66. Aria, Duett:"Oh Lovely Peace, With Plenty Crown'd"

Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

8:10

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 67. Aria: "Rejoice, oh Judah! and in songs devine"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & George Frideric Handel

1:52

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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 3: 68. Chorus: "Hallelujah! Amen!"

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Russell Burgess

1:41