Handel: Esther, First Reconstructable Version (Cannons), 1720

Dunedin Consort & John Butt

37 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 39 MINUTES • MAY 14 2012

15

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 3: II. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

01:52

16

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 3: III. Air "O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Robin Blaze

07:42

17

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 3: IV. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

02:09

18

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: I. Recitative "Why Sits That Sorrow on thy Brow?"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Susan Hamilton & Nicholas Mulroy

01:02

19

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: II. Air "Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Nicholas Mulroy

04:25

20

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: III. Recitative "I Go Before the King to Stand"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Susan Hamilton

00:13

21

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: IV. Air "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Susan Hamilton

02:50

22

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: V. Chorus "Save Us, O Lord"

01:27

23

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: I. Recitative "Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence Without Our Leave?"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, James Gilchrist & Susan Hamilton

01:09

24

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: II. Duet "Who Calls My Parting Soul from Death?"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, James Gilchrist & Susan Hamilton

02:46

25

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: III. Air "O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes!"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & James Gilchrist

07:18

26

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: IV. Recitative "If I Find Favour in thy Sight"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Susan Hamilton

00:19

27

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: V. Air "How Can I Stay, When Love Invites?"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & James Gilchrist

03:09

28

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: VI. Recitative "With Inward Joy His Visage Glows"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Thomas Hobbs & Ashley Turnell

00:15

29

Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: VII. Chorus "Virtue, Truth and Innocence"

02:42

30

Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 1: I. Air "Jehovah Crown'd with Glory Bright"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Robin Blaze

01:58

31

Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 1: II. Chorus "He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes"

04:17

32

Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: I. Recitative "Now, O Queen, They Suit Declare"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, James Gilchrist & Susan Hamilton

01:38

33

Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: II. Accompagnato "Turn Not, O Queen, thy Face Away"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Matthew Brook

02:36

34

Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: III. Air "Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Susan Hamilton

04:52

35

Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: IV. Recitative "Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence!"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & James Gilchrist

00:40

36

Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: V. Air "How Art Thou Fall'n from thy Height!"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt & Matthew Brook

06:10

37

Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: VI. Chorus "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Robin Blaze, Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook & Robert Davies

11:56

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