Millenium Orchestra: Solomon - COMPACT DISCS
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Artist: Millenium Orchestra
Label: Ricercar
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5400439004498
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-03-10
Number of Discs: 2
Handel's oratorio Solomon is now regarded by it's performers and it's listeners as one of his greatest compositions. This was not, however, always the case. Solomon was not performed outside of London during Handel's lifetime, an unusual occurrence during his British career. The work had therefore enjoyed only a limited success, although we may well wonder why, when oratorios sung in English had been so successful until then. Could it have been the obvious lack of theatricality in the libretto, or the public's growing indifference to the genre? Or was he afraid to alienate the Anglican church, given the rumours of lines with erotic connotations in the first and third acts? Here, Leonardo García Alarcón and his singers and instrumentalists offer us a flamboyant version of the work that would certainly have won over the most hesitant of London listeners in 1749!
Tracks:
1.1 Solomon-Overture
1.2 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Chorus of Priests. Your Harps and Cymbals Sound
1.3 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Air. Praise Ye the Lord
1.4 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Chorus. with Pious Heart
1.5 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Accompagnato. Almighty Pow'r
1.6 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Recitative. Imperial Solomon
1.7 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Accompagnato. See, from the Op'ning Skies
1.8 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Air. Sacred Raptures
1.9 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Chorus. Throughout the Land
1.10 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Recitative. Bless'd Be the Lord
1.11 Solomon-Act I. Scene I. Air. What Though I Trace
1.12 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Recitative. And See, My Queen
1.13 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Air. Bless'd the Day
1.14 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Recitative. Thou Fair Inhabitant
1.15 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Duet. Welcome As the Dawn of Day
1.16 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Recitative. Vain Are the Transient Beauties
1.17 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Air. Indulge Thy Faith and Wedded Truth
1.18 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Recitative. My Blooming Fair
1.19 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Air. Haste to the Cedar Grove
1.20 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Recitative. When Thou Art Absent from My Sight
1.21 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Air. with Thee TH' Unshltere'd Moor I'd Tread
1.22 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Recitative. Search Round the World
1.23 Solomon-Act I. Scene II. Chorus. May No Rash Intruder Disturb Their Soft Hours
1.24 Solomon-Act II. Scene I. Chorus. from the Censer
1.25 Solomon-Act II. Scene I. Recitative. Prais'd Be the Lord
1.26 Solomon-Act II. Scene I. Air. When the Sun O'er Yonder Hills
1.27 Solomon-Act II. Scene I. Recitative. Great Prince, Thy Resolution's Just
1.28 Solomon-Act II. Scene I. Air. Thrice Bless'd That Wise Discerning King
1.29 Solomon-Act II. Scene II. Recitative. My Soverign Liege
1.30 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Thou Son of David
1.31 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air and Terzetto. Words Are Weak
2.1 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. What Says the Other
2.2 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. They Sentence, Great King
2.3 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Withhold the Executing Hand!
2.4 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. Can I See My Infant Gor'd
2.5 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Accompagnato. Israel, Attend to What Your King Shall Say
2.6 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Duet. Thrice Bless'd Be the King
2.7 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Chorus. from the East Unto the West
2.8 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. from Morn to Eve
2.9 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. See the Tall Palm
2.10 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. No More Shall Armed Bands
2.11 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. Beneath the Vine
2.12 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Chorus. Swell the Full Chorus
2.13 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Symfony
2.14 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. from Arabia's Shores
2.15 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. Ev'ry Sight These Eyes Behold
2.16 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Sweep, Sweep the String
2.17 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Solo and Chorus. Music, Spread Thy Voice Around
2.18 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Solo and Chorus. Now a Diff'rent Measure Try - Shake the Dome
2.19 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Then at Once from Rage Remove
2.20 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Chorus. Draw the Tear from Hopeless Love
2.21 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Next the Tortur'd Soul Release
2.22 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Solo and Chorus. Thus Rolling Surges Rise
2.23 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Thy Harmony's Divine
2.24 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. Pious King and Virtuous Queen
2.25 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Thrice Happy King
2.26 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. Golden Columns
2.27 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Chorus. Praise the Lord
2.28 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Gold Now Is Common
2.29 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. How Green Our Fertile Pastures Look
2.30 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. May Peace in Salem Ever Dwell!
2.31 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Air. Will the Sun Forget to Streak
2.32 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Recitative. Adieu, Fair Queen
2.33 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Duet. Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows
2.34 Solomon-Act II. Scene III. Chorus. the Name of the Wicked
