George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Athalia (1987)
Cover Front Album
Composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Conductor Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra / Ensemble I The Academy of Ancient Music
Length 121:22
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Oratorio
Chorus I Choir of New College, Oxford
Chorus Master Edward Higgenbottom
Index 235
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Sutherland; Kirkby; Bowman; Jones; Rolfe Johnson; Thomas
Credits
Producer Peter Wadland
Label L'Oiseau-Lyre
Track List
55:45
01 Act I: Scene 1: Sinfonia 05:22
02 Act I: Scene 1: Aria "Blooming virgins, spotless train" (Josabeth) 04:47
03 Act I: Scene 1: Chorus "The rising world of Jehovah crown'd" (Young Virgins) 03:13
04 Act I: Scene 1: Solo and Chorus "Tyrants would in impious throngs" (Josabeth and Israelites 03:18
05 Act I: Scene 1: Recitative "When he is in his wrath reveal'd" (Abner) 03:41
06 Act I: Scene 2: Recitative "Your sacred songs awhile forbear" (Joad) 06:41
07 Act I: Scene 3: Recitative "What scenes of horror round me rise!" (Athalia) 02:20
08 Act I: Scene 3: Chorus "The gods, who chosen blessings shed" (Attendants) 02:29
09 Act I: Scene 3: Chorus "Cheer her, O Baal" (Attendants) 03:09
10 Act I: Scene 3: Aria "Gentle airs, melodious strains!" (Athalia) 03:38
11 Act I: Scene 3: Aria "Softest sounds no more can ease me" (Athalia) 04:31
12 Act I: Scene 3: Chorus "The traitor if you there descry" (Attendants); Act I: Scene 4: Recitative "My Josabeth! the grateful time appears" (Joad) 01:56
13 Act I: Scene 4: Aria "Faithful cares in vain extended" (Josabeth) 05:52
14 Act I: Scene 4: Aria "Gloomy tyrants, we disdain" (Joad) 04:48
65:37
01 Act II: Scene 1: Chorus "The mighty pow'r" (Priests, Israelites and Levites) 05:57
02 Act II: Scene 1: Aria "Through the land so lovely and blooming" (Josabeth) 08:22
03 Act II: Scene 1: Aria "Ah, canst thou but prove me!"; Act II: Scene 2: Recitative "Confusion to my thoughts" (Athalia) 05:31
04 Act II: Scene 2: Aria "Will God, whose mercies ever flow" (Joas) 03:18
05 Act II: Scene 2: Aria "My vengeance awakens me" (Athalia) 04:52
06 Act II: Scene 2: Duet "My spirits fail, I faint, I die!" (Josabeth and Joas); Act II: Scene 3: Recitative "Dear Josabeth" (Joad) 04:11
07 Act II: Scene 3: Duet "Cease thy anguish, smile once more" (Joad and Josabeth) 06:34
08 Act II: Scene 3: Chorus "The clouded scene begins to clear" (Trio of Young Virgins) 03:58
09 Act III: Scene 1: Recitative "What sacred horrors shake my breast!" (Joad) 01:28
10 Act III: Scene 1: Chorus "Unfold, great seer, what heav'n imparts" (Virgins, Priests and Levites) 00:51
11 Act III: Scene 1: Recitative "Let harmony breathe soft around" (Joad) 04:15
12 Act III: Scene 1: Chorus "With firm united hearts" (Virgins, Priests and Levites); Act III: Scene 2: Recitative "O princess, I approach thee" (Mathan) 00:56
13 Act III: Scene 2: Aria "Soothing tyrant, falsely smiling!" (Josabeth); Act III: Scene 3: Recitative "Apostate priest! How canst thou dare" (Joad); Act III: Scene 4: Recitative "O bold seducer, art thou there?" (Athalia) 02:20
14 Act III: Scene 4: Chorus "Around let accplamations ring" (Virgins, Priests and Levites) 02:39
15 Act III: Scene 4: Aria "Opression, no longer I dread thee" (Abner) 01:52
16 Act III: Scene 4: Aria "Hark! His thunders round me roll" (Mathan) 02:43
17 Act III: Scene 4: Aria "To darkness eternal" (Athalia) 01:05
18 Act III: Scene the last: Recitative "Now, Josabeth, thu fears are o'er!" (Joad) 02:35
19 Act III: Scene the last: Chorus "Give glory to his awful name" (Virgins, Priests, Levites and Israelites) 02:10
Personal
Purchase Date 6/28/2002
Value $35.50
Store mdt.co.uk
Condition 100%
Librettist Samuel Humphries
Nationality German
Language English
Period Baroque
Details
Studio St. Jude's Church, Central Square, London
Catalog Number 417 126-2
Live No
Recording Date 5/1/1985
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Athalia: Joan Sutherland
Josabeth: Emma Kirkby
Joas: Aled Jones
Joad: James Bowman
Mathan: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Abner: David Thomas

Notes, illustrations, text and translation

Essay: "Athalia: An Introduction by William Dean"