Handel, Watkinson, Argenta, Hendricks, Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - Solomon
Singer: HandelTitle: Solomon
Label: Philips Digital Classics – 412 612-1
Type: 3 x Vinyl, LP Box Set
Country: Netherlands
Date of released: 1985
Category: Classical
Style: Baroque
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Tracklist
| "Solomon" (Oratorio In Three Acts) | ||
| A1 | Overture | 5:09 |
| Act I | ||
| Scene 1 | ||
| A2 | "Your Harps And Cymbals" (Chorus) | 3:18 |
| A3 | "Praise Ye The Lord" (A Levite) | 4:46 |
| A4 | "With Pious Heart" (Chorus) | 4:40 |
| A5 | "Almighty Power" (Solomon) | 2:58 |
| A6 | "Imperial Solomon" - "Sacred Rapture" (Zadok) | 4:49 |
| A7 | "Throughout The Land" (Chorus) | 3:30 |
| B1 | "Bless'd Be The Lord" - "What Though I Trace" (Solomon) | 7:00 |
| Scene 2 | ||
| B2 | "And See My Queen" (Solomon) | 0:44 |
| B3 | "Bless'd The Day" (Queen) | 4:45 |
| B4 | "Thou Fair Inhabitant" (Solomon) "Welcome As The Dawn Of Day" (Solomon, Queen) | 3:58 |
| B5 | "My Booming Fair" - "Haste, Haste" (Solomon) | 3:22 |
| B6 | "When Thou Art Absent" - "With Thee Th'Unshelter'd Moor I'd Tread" (Queen) | 2:21 |
| B7 | "May No Rash Intruder" (Chorus) | 3:16 |
| Act II | ||
| Scene 1 | ||
| C1 | "From The Censer" (Chorus) | 5:10 |
| C2 | "Prais'd Be The Lord" - "When The Sun" (Solomon) | 5:10 |
| C3 | "Great Prince" - "Thrice Bless'd" - (Levite) | 3:41 |
| Scene 2 | ||
| C4 | "My Sovereign Liege" (Attendant, Solomon) | 1:53 |
| Scene 3 | ||
| C5 | "Thou Son Of David" (1st Harlot) - "Words Are Weak" (1st & 2nd Harlot, Solomon) | 5:35 |
| D1 | "What Says The Other" (Solomon, 2nd Harlot) - "Thy Sentence, Great King" (2nd Harlot) | 3:28 |
| D2 | "Withhold, Withhold The Executing Hand" - "Can I See My Infant Gor'd" (1st Harlot) | 4:23 |
| D3 | "Israel, Attend" (Solomon) | 1:19 |
| D4 | "Thrice Bless'd Be The King" (1st Harlot, Solomon) | 3:58 |
| D5 | "From The East Unto The West" (Chorus) | 2:29 |
| D6 | "No More Shall Armed Bands" - "Beneath The Vine" (1st Harlot) | 6:23 |
| D7 | "Swell, Swell The Full Chorus" (Chorus) | 2:43 |
| Act III | ||
| E1 | The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba | 3:01 |
| E2 | "From Arabia's Spicy Shores" (Queen Of Sheba, Solomon) | 1:25 |
| E3 | "Sweep, Sweep The String" - "Music, Spread Thy Voice" (Solomon, Chorus) | 3:35 |
| E4 | "Now A Diff'rent Measure" - "Shake The Dome" (Solomon, Chorus) | 1:47 |
| E5 | "Then At Once From Rage" (Solomon) - "Draw The Tear From Hopeless Love" (Chorus) | 3:20 |
| E6 | "Next The Tortur'd Soul" - "Thus Rolling Surges Rise" (Solomon, Chorus) | 3:40 |
| F1 | "Thy Harmony's Divine" (Queen Of Sheba) | 0:59 |
| F2 | "Thrice Happy King" - "Golden Columns" (Zadok) | 3:58 |
| F3 | "May Peace In Salem Ever Dwell" - "Will The Sun Forget To Streak" (Queen Of Sheba) | 5:54 |
| F4 | "Adieu, Fair Queen" (Solomon) - "Ev'ry Joy That Wisdom Knows" (Queen Of Sheba, Solomon) | 3:01 |
| F5 | "Praise The Lord" (Chorus) | 4:39 |
Credits
- Bass Vocals [A Levite] – Stephen Varcoe
- Choir – The Monteverdi Choir
- Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
- Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
- Ensemble – The English Baroque Soloists
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [2nd Harlot] – Della Jones
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Solomon] – Carolyn Watkinson
- Soprano Vocals [1st Harlot] – Joan Rodgers
- Soprano Vocals [Queen Of Sheba] – Barbara Hendricks
- Soprano Vocals [Solomon's Queen] – Nancy Argenta
- Tenor Vocals [Zadok] – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Notes
Recorded in collaboration with West German Radio, Cologne, on the occasion of the 1984 Goettingen Handel Festival.Recorded: London, 6/1984
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 0 28941 26122 2
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 412 612-2 | Handel*, Watkinson*, Argenta*, Hendricks*, Rolfe Johnson*, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | Handel*, Watkinson*, Argenta*, Hendricks*, Rolfe Johnson*, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - Solomon (2xCD, Album + Box) | Philips Digital Classics | 412 612-2 | Europe | 1985 |
| 475 7561 | Handel*, Watkinson*, Argenta*, Hendricks*, Rolfe Johnson*, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | Handel*, Watkinson*, Argenta*, Hendricks*, Rolfe Johnson*, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - Solomon (2xCD, Album + Box, Album, RE) | Philips Digital Classics | 475 7561 | Europe | 2006 |
| 475 7561 | Georg Friedrich Händel, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | Georg Friedrich Händel, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - Solomon (2xCD, Album, RE) | Decca | 475 7561 | UK & Europe | 2006 |