Theodora, HWV 68
  1. 1Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Grave – Allegro3:10
  2. 2Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Trio1:37
  3. 3Theodora, HWV 68: Overture: Courante1:13
  4. 4Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “’Tis Dioclesian’s Natal Day” (Valens)0:34
  5. 5Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Go, My Faithful Soldier” (Valens)1:54
  6. 6Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “And Draw a Blessing Down” (Chorus of Heathens)2:13
  7. 7Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Vouchsafe, Dread Sir” (Didymus, Valens)0:57
  8. 8Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword, & Fire” (Valens)3:26
  9. 9Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “For Ever Thus Stands Fix’d the Doom” (Chorus of Heathens)1:44
  10. 10Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Most Cruel Edict!” (Didymus)0:34
  11. 11Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “The Raptur’d Soul Defies the Sword” (Didymus)7:50
  12. 12Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “I Know Thy Virtues” (Septimius)0:53
  13. 13Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Descend, Kind Pity, Heav’nly Guest” (Septimius)7:34
  14. 14Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Tho’ Hard, My Friends” (Theodora)0:32
  15. 15Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Fond, Flatt’ring World, Adieu!” (Theodora)4:38
  16. 16Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Bright Example of All Goodness!” (Irene)0:33
  17. 17Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Bane of Virtue, Nurse of Passions” (Irene)5:24
  18. 18Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord” (Chorus of Christians)3:09
  19. 19Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Fly, Fly, My Brethren” (Messenger, Irene)0:58
  20. 20Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “As With Rosy Steps the Morn Advancing” (Irene)7:08
  21. 21Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “All Pow’r in Heav’n Above” (Chorus of Christians)2:16
  22. 22Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Mistaken Wretches!” (Septimius)0:24
  23. 23Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly” (Septimius)3:03
  24. 24Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Deluded Mortal!” (Theodora, Septimius)0:52
  25. 25Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative, Accompany’d “O Worse Than Death Indeed!” (Theodora)0:22
  26. 26Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Angels, Ever Bright, & Fair” (Theodora)3:23
  27. 27Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “Unhappy Happy Crew!” (Didymus, Irene)0:49
  28. 28Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Air “Kind Heav’n, If Virtue Be Thy Care” (Didymus)5:33
  29. 29Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Recitative “O Love! How Great Thy Pow’r!” (Irene)0:24
  30. 30Theodora, HWV 68: Part I: Chorus “Go, Gen’Rous, Pious Youth” (Chorus of Christians)4:35
  31. 1Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Ye Men of Antioch” (Valens)0:33
  32. 2Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “Queen of Summer, Queen of Love” (Chorus of Heathens)0:38
  33. 3Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Wide Spread His Name” (Valens)2:22
  34. 4Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid” (Valens)0:34
  35. 5Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “Venus Laughing From the Skies” (Chorus of Heathens)1:17
  36. 6Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: [Sinfonia]0:58
  37. 7Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Thou Bright Sun!” (Theodora)0:37
  38. 8Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “With Darkness Deep as Is My Woe” (Theodora)4:07
  39. 9Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Symphony of Soft Musick1:29
  40. 10Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?” (Theodora)0:27
  41. 11Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “O That I on Wings Cou’d Rise” (Theodora)3:22
  42. 12Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Long Have I Known Thy Friendly Social Soul” (Didymus, Septimius)1:06
  43. 13Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Tho’ the Honours” (Didymus)3:48
  44. 14Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Save Her Then, or Give Me Pow’r to Save” (Didymus, Septimius)0:40
  45. 15Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Deeds of Kindness to Display” (Didymus)6:29
  46. 16Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “The Clouds Begin to Veil the Hemisphere” (Irene)0:42
  47. 17Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Defend Her, Heav’n” (Irene)5:37
  48. 18Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Or Lull’d With Grief” (Didymus)0:34
  49. 19Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “Sweet Rose, & Lily” (Didymus)2:42
  50. 20Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “O Save Me, Heav’n” (Theodora, Didymus)1:10
  51. 21Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Air “The Pilgrim’s Home” (Theodora)3:21
  52. 22Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative, Accompany’d “Forbid It, Heav’n!” (Didymus)0:25
  53. 23Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “Or Say, What Right Have I” (Didymus, Theodora)1:19
  54. 24Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Duet “To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth” (Theodora, Didymus)4:29
  55. 25Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Recitative “’Tis Night” (Irene)0:56
  56. 26Theodora, HWV 68: Part II: Chorus “He Saw the Lovely Youth” (Chorus of Christians)4:32
  57. 1Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Lord to Thee, Each Night, & Day” (Irene)5:21
  58. 2Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus!” (Irene, Theodora)0:36
  59. 3Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “When Sunk in Anguish, & Despair” (Theodora)3:50
  60. 4Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “Blest Be the Hand” (Theodora, Chorus of Christians)3:09
  61. 5Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Undaunted in the Court Stands Didymus” (Messenger, Irene)0:49
  62. 6Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative, Accompany’d “O My Irene, Heav’n Is Kind” (Theodora)0:26
  63. 7Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Stay Me Not, Dear Friend” (Theodora)0:11
  64. 8Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Duet “Whither, Princess, Do You Fly” (Theodora, Irene)1:14
  65. 9Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “She’s Gone, Disdaining Liberty & Life” (Irene)0:40
  66. 10Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on” (Irene)3:57
  67. 11Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Is It a Christian Virtue Then” (Valens, Didymus)1:03
  68. 12Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Be That My Doom” (Theodora, Septimius)1:03
  69. 13Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “From Virtue Springs Each Generous Deed” (Septimius)6:06
  70. 14Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray’r” (Valens)1:07
  71. 15Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “’Tis Kind, My Friends” (Didymus, Septimius, Theodora)0:49
  72. 16Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “How Strange Their Ends” (Chorus of Heathens)3:20
  73. 17Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “On Me Your Frowns” (Didymus, Valens, Theodora)0:31
  74. 18Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens)1:22
  75. 19Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “And Must Such Beauty Suffer!” (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)0:53
  76. 20Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Air “Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing” (Didymus) / Duet “Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire” (Didymus, Theodora)6:02
  77. 21Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Recitative “Ere This Their Doom Is Past” (Irene)0:26
  78. 22Theodora, HWV 68: Part III: Chorus “O Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame” (Irene, Chorus of Christians)3:09
0:00
0:00