John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (1985)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (1985)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 685 Mb | Total time: 68:32+67:23 | Covers included
Classical | Label: Philips | # 475 7561 | Recorded: 1984
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 685 Mb | Total time: 68:32+67:23 | Covers included
Classical | Label: Philips | # 475 7561 | Recorded: 1984
Acts I and III of this oratorio are sumptuous pageants: Solomon on the throne with his adoring Queen; Solomon receives the Queen of Sheba. In between, Act II's depiction of Solomon's judgment (over the baby) is one of the finest dramatic scenes Handel wrote in any context. The First Harlot's fear, desperation, and gratitude, the Second Harlot's grief-crazed jealousy, Solomon's serene wisdom–all are smashingly portrayed by Handel and by Rodgers, Jones and Watkinson. Argenta's Queen is a girlish delight; the regal Hendricks as Sheba sounds quite comfortable among these Baroque specialists; Rolfe Johnson and Varcoe have two splendid arias each. The choir and orchestra–whether in the amorous "Nightingale" chorus, the sequence of pictorial numbers in Act III, or the stunning double choruses throughout–are magnificent.–Matthew Westphal
Performer:
Solomon - Carolyn Watkinson
Solomon's Queen - Nancy Argenta
Queen of Sheba - Barbara Hendricks
1st Harlot - Joan Rodgers
2nd Harlot - Della Jones
Zadok - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor - John Eliot Gardiner
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Solomon, HWV 67
CD1:
01. Overture
02. Act I. Scene 1. Your harps and cymbals (Chorus)
03. Praise ye the Lord (A Levite)
04. With pious heart (Chorus)
05. Almighty Power (Solomon)
06. Imperial Solomon - Sacred rapture (Zadok)
07. Throughout the land (Chorus)
08. Bless'd be the Lord - What though I trace (Solomon)
09. Scene 2. And see my Queen (Solomon)
10. Bless'd the day (Queen)
11. Thou fair inhabitant (Solomon) - Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon, Queen)
12. My blooming fair - Haste, haste (Solomon)
13. When thou art absent - With thee th'unshelter'd moor I'd tread (Queen)
14. May no rash intruder (Chorus)
15. Act II. Scene 1. From the censer (Chorus)
16. Prais'd be the Lord - When the sun (Solomon)
17. Great prince - Thrice bless'd (Levite)
CD2:
01. Scene 2. My sovereign liege (Attendant, Solomon)
02. Scene 3. Thou Son of David (1st Harlot) - Words are weak (1st & 2ad Harlots, Solomon)
03. What says the other (Solomon, 2nd Harlot) - Thy sentence, great king (2nd Harlot)
04. Withhold, withhold the executing hand - Can I see my infant gor'd (1st Harlot)
05. Israel, attend (Solomon)
06. Thrice bless'd be the king (1st Harlot, Solomon)
07. From the east unto the west (Chorus)
08. No more shall armed bands - Beneath the vine (1st Harlot)
09. Swell, swell the full chorus (Chorus)
10. Act III. The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
11. From Arabia's spicy shores (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
12. Sweep, sweep the string - Music, spread thy voice (Solomon, Chorus)
13. Now a diff'rent measure - Shake the dome (Solomon, Chorus)
14. Then at once from rage (Solomon) - Draw the tear from hopeless love (Chorus)
15. Next the tortur'd soul - Thus rolling surges rise (Solomon, Chorus)
16. Thy harmony's divine (Queen of Sheba)
17. Thrice happy king - Golden columns (Zadok)
18. May peace in Salem ever dwell - Will the sun forget to streak (Queen of Sheba)
19. Adieu, fair queen (Solomon) - Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
20. Praise the Lord (Chorus)
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John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (1985)
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