Act III - No.59 Recitative. Solomon "Adieu, fair queen, and in thy breast"

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Sarah Connolly and Daniel Reuss, Sarah Connolly & Daniel Reuss

Handel: Solomon

6 MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS • OCT 23 2007

Album Tracklist

Act I - No.1 Overture

06:55

Act I, scene 1 - No.2 Chorus of Priests "Your harps and cymbals sound"

03:40

Act I, scene 1 - No.3 Air. Levite "Praise ye the Lord for all his mercies past"

04:58

Act I, scene 1 - No.4 Chorus of Priests "With pious heart, and holy tongue"

04:44

Act I, scene 1 - No.5 Accompagnato. Solomon "Almighty pow'r"

03:15

Act I, scene 1 - No.6 Recitative. Zadok "Imperial Solomon"

00:32

Act I, scene 1 - No.7 Air. Zadok "Sacred raptures cheer my breast"

04:33

Act I, scene 1 - No.8 Chorus of Israelites "Throughout the land Jehovah's praise record"

03:51

Act I, scene 1 - No.9 Recitative. Solomon "Bless'd be the Lord"

00:26

Act I, scene 1 - No.10 Air. Solomon "What though I trace each herb and flow'r"

05:59

Act I, scene 2 - No.11 Recitative. Solomon "And see my queen, my wedded love"

00:41

Act I, scene 2 - No.12 Air. Queen "Bless'd the day when first my eyes"

04:52

Act I, scene 2 - No.13 Recitative. Solomon, Queen "Thou fair inhabitant of Nile"

00:43

Act I, scene 2 - No.14 Duet. Queen, Solomon "Welcome as the dawn of the day"

03:28

Act I, scene 2 - No.17 Recitative. Solomon "My blooming fair"

00:09

Act I, scene 2 - No.18 Air. Solomon "Haste, haste to the cedar grove"

02:45

Act I, scene 2 - No.19 Recitative. Queen "When thou art absent from my sight"

00:15

Act I, scene 2 - No.20 Air. Queen "With thee th'unshelter'd moor I'd tread"

02:25

Act I, scene 2 - No.21 Recitative. Zadok "Search round the world"

00:11

Act I, scene 2 - No.22 Chorus "May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours"

04:25

Act II, scene 1 - No.23 Chorus of Israelites "From the censer curling rise" [Explicit]

05:20

Act II, scene 1 - No.24 Recitative. Solomon "Prais'd be the Lord"

00:54

Act II, scene 1 - No.25 Air. Solomon "When the sun o'er yonder hills"

04:05

Act II, scene 1 - No.26 Recitative. Levite "Great Prince, thy resolution's just"

00:19

Act II, scene 1 - No.27 Air. Levite "Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king"

03:24

Act II, scene 2 - No.28 Recitative. Attendant, Solomon "My sovereign liege" / Scene 3 - First Harlot "Thou son of David"

01:51

Act II, scene 3 - No.29 Trio. Solomon, two Harlots "Words are weak to paint my fears"

05:17

Act II, scene 3 - No.30 Recitative. Solomon, second Harlot "What says the other to th'imputed charge?"

01:11

Act II, scene 3 - No.31 Air. Second Harlot "Thy sentence, great king"

01:56

Act II, scene 3 - No.32 Recitative. First Harlot "Withhold, withhold the executing hand"

00:11

Act II, scene 3 - No.33 Air. First Harlot "Can I see my enfant gor'd"

04:33

Act II, scene 3 - No.34 Accompagnato. Solomon "Israel, attend to what your king shall say"

01:31

Act II, scene 3 - No.35 Duet. First Harlot, Solomon "Thrice bless'd the king"

03:06

Act II, scene 3 - No.36 Chorus of Israelites "From the east unto the west"

02:54

Act II, scene 3 - No.37 Recitative. Zadok "From morn to eve I could enraptur'd sing"

00:17

Act II, scene 3 - No.38 Air. Zadok "See the tall palm that lifts the head"

05:46

Act II, scene 3 - No.39 Recitative. First Harlot "No more shall armed bands our hopes destroy"

00:19

Act II, scene 3 - No.40 Air. First Harlot "Beneath the vine, or fig-tree's shade"

06:27

Act III - No.42 Symphony: arrival of the Queen of Sheba

03:10

Act III - No.43 Recitative. Queen of Sheba, Solomon "From Arabia's spicy shores"

02:52

Act III - No.44 Air. Queen of Sheba "Ev'ry sight these eyes behold"

01:10

Act III - No.45 Recitative. Solomon "Sweep, sweep the string"

04:42

Act III - No.46 Solo. Solomon and Israelites "Music, spread thy voice around"

00:13

Act III - No.47 Solo. Solomon and Israelites "Now a diff'rent measure try"

02:31

Act III - No.48 Recitative. Solomon "Then at once from rage remove"

01:53

Act III - No.49 Chorus of Israelites "Draw the tear from hopeless love"

00:31

Act III - No.50 Recitative. Solomon "Next the tortur'd soul release"

02:51

Act III - No.51 Solo. Solomon and Israelites "Thus rolling surges rise"

00:15

Act III - No.52 Recitative. Queen of Sheba "Thy harmony's divine, great king"

03:42

Act III - No.53 Recitative. Zadok "Thrice happy king, to have achiev'd"

01:01

Act III - No.54 Air. Zadok "Golden columns, fair and bright"

00:39

Act III - No.55 Recitative. Solomon "Gold now is common on our happy shore"

03:17

Act III - No.56 Air. Solomon "How green our fertile pastures look"

00:25

Act III - No.57 Recitative. Queen of Sheba "May peace in Salem ever dwell!"

02:39

Act III - No.58 Air. Queen of Sheba "Will the sun forget to streak"

00:40

Act III - No.59 Recitative. Solomon "Adieu, fair queen, and in thy breast"

06:22

Act III - No.60 Duet. Queen of Sheba, Solomon "Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows"

00:17

Act III - No.61 Double Chorus "Praise the Lord with harp and tongue!"

02:52

Chorus of Priests, “Swell, swell the full chorus to Solomon’s praise”

04:21

Handel: Solomon

Act III - No.59 Recitative. Solomon "Adieu, fair queen, and in thy breast"