Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - George Frideric Handel: Jephtha (2014)
Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - George Frideric Handel: Jephtha (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 761 Mb | Total time: 58:34+57:25+52:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Coro | # COR16121 | Recorded: 2014
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 761 Mb | Total time: 58:34+57:25+52:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Coro | # COR16121 | Recorded: 2014
Jephtha (1751) was Handel's last oratorio. It does not have quite the dramatic sweep of Messiah or Israel in Egypt, but it contains many moments equal to anything in Handel. These include the choruses, several of which are among the most dramatically effective fugues ever composed. One attractive feature of this excellent recording of the oratorio under the directorship of Harry Christophers is that these choruses are crystal clear in texture, with all the words intelligible: hard enough for the soloists, who likewise won't have you turning to the booklet, and well-nigh remarkable for a chorus. Christophers' group the Sixteen consists of 18 members here, plus an orchestra of 30, so this is a fairly sizable performance by current standards. At no time does the performance feel bulky or anything other than perfectly under control. Best of all are the soloists, who get the dramatic best out of the story. The oratorio is based on the story of Jephtha in the Book of Judges, who swore if granted victory to sacrifice the first creature he met. Unfortunately that turns out to be his daughter, Iphis. Unlike in the Bible, the oratorio's libretto by the Rev. Thomas Morell provides a deus ex machina in the form of an angel, but that leaves plenty of histrionics for tenor James Gilchrist in the title role. Especially effective are Sophie Bevan in the role of Iphis and countertenor Robin Blaze as her boyfriend, Hamor, but really there is not a weak spot in this performance, honed by several live realizations in front of a demanding Barbican crowd in London. A strong candidate for any Handel library.–James Manheim
Performer:
Jephtha - James Gilchrist
Storgè - Susan Bickley
Iphis - Sophie Bevan
Hamor - Robin Blaze
Zebul - Matthew Brook
Angel - Grace Davidson
The Sixteen
Conductor - Harry Christophers
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Jephtha, HWV 70
CD1:
01. Overture
02. Act 1. Scene 1. Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites / Air. Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs
03. Scene 1. Chorus. No more to Ammon's god and king
04. Scene 2. Accompagnato. But Jeptha comes. Kind Heav'n, assist our plea / Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace
05. Scene 2. Recitative. 'Twill be a painful separation, Jeptha / Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn
06. Scene 3. Recitative. Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis / Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish
07. Scene 3. Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls / Air. Take the heart you fondly gave
08. Scene 3. Recitative. I go; my soul, inspir'd by thy command / Duet. These labours past, how happy we!
09. Scene 4. Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? / Accompagnato. If, Lord, sustain'd by Thy almighty pow'r / Recitative. 'Tis said
10. Scene 4. Chorus. O God, behold our sore distress
11. Scene 5. Recitative. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads / Air. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe
12. Scene 6. Recitative. Say, my dear mother, whence these piercing cries / Air. The smiling dawn of happy days
13. Scene 7. Recitative. Such, Jeptha, was the haughty king's reply / Chorus. When his loud voice in thunder spoke
CD2:
01. Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis
02. Scene 1. Chorus. Cherub and seraphim, unbodied forms
03. Scene 1. Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending
04. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis well / Air. Tune the soft melodious lute
05. Scene 2. Recitative. Heav'n smiles once more on His repentant people / Air. His mighty arm, with sudden blow
06. Scene 2. Chorus. In glory high, in might serene
07. Scene 3. Symphony
08. Scene 3. Recitative. Hail, glorious conqueror! Much lov'd father, hail! / Air. Welcome as the cheerful light / Chorus. Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire
09. Scene 3. Recitative. Horro! Confusion! Harsh this music grates / Air. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb
10. Scene 3. Recitative. Why is my brother thus afflicted?
11. Scene 3. Accompagnato & Air. First perish thou, and perish all the world!
12. Scene 3. Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, lo, your friend / Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal
13. Scene 3. Quartet. O spare your daughter
14. Scene 4. Recitative. Such news flies swift. I've heard the mournful cause / Accompagnato. For joys so vast too little is the price
15. Scene 4. Air. Happy they; This vital breath
16. Scene 4. Accompagnato. Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child
17. Scene 4. Chorus. How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees
CD3:
01. Act 3. Scene 1. Air. Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun, in clouds
02. Scene 1. Accompagnato. A father, off'ring up his only child / Air. Waft her, angels, through the skies
03. Scene 1. Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, whose hands ne'er yet were stain'd / Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods
04. Scene 1. Chorus. Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe
05. Scene 1. Sinfonia
06. Scene 1. Recitative. Rise, Jeptha, and ye rev'rend priests, withhold / Air. Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live
07. Scene 1. Air. For ever blessed be Thy holy name
08. Scene 1. Chorus. Theme sublime of endless praise
09. Scene 2. Recitative. Let me congratulate this happy turn / Air. Laud her, all ye virgin train
10. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, let me fold thee in a mother's arms / Air. Sweet as sight to the blind
11. Scene 2. Recitative. With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety / Air. 'Tis Heav'n's all-ruling pow'r
12. Scene 2. Recitative. My faithful Hamor, may that Providence / Quintet. All that is in Hamor is mine
13. Scene 2. Chorus. Ye house of Gilead, with one voice
14. Appendix. Recitative. Again Heav'n smiles / Air. Freedom now
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Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - George Frideric Handel: Jephtha (2014)
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