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Jephtha --- 1979
Recorded March 1979 at the Church of St. Jude-on-th-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. Ⓟ © 1979, The Decca Record Company Limited, London, (Argo Division) Painting Booklet cover: 'Jephtha' by Sir John Millais. Reproduced by courtesy of the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Tracklist
Act I
Ouverture
Menuet
Recitativo, Zebul - It Must Be So - Or These Vile Ammonites
Aria, Zebul - Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray'rs
Chorus - No More To Ammon's God And King
Recitativo, Zebul, Jephtha - But Jephtha Comes - Kind Heaven, Assist Our Plea
Aria, Jephtha - Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace
Recitativo, Storgé - 'Twill Be A Painful Separation, Jephtha
Aria, Storgé - In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn
Recitativo, Hamor - Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis
Aria, Hamor - Dull Delay, In Piercing Anguish
Recitativo, Iphis - Ill Suits The Voice Of Love, When Glory Calls
Aria - Take The Heart You Fondly Gave
Recitativo, Hamor - I Go; - My Soul, Inspir' D By Thy Command
Duet, Iphis, Hamor - These Labours Past, How Happy We!
Recitativo, Jephtha - What Mean These Doubtful Fancies Of The Brain?
Accompagnato, Jephtha - If Lord, Sustain' D By Thy Almighty Pow'r
Chorus - O God, Behold Our Sore Distress
Recitativo, Storgé - Some Dire Event Hangs O'er Our Heads
Aria, Storgé - Scenes Of Horror, Scenes Of Woe
Recitativo, Iphis, Storgé - Say, My Dear Mother
Aria, Iphis - The Smiling Dawn Of Happy Days
Recitativo, Zebul, Jephtha - Such, Jephtha, Was The Haughty King's Reply
Chorus - When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke
Act II
Recitativo, Hamor - Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee, Dear Iphis
Chorus - Cherub And Seraphim, Unbodied Forms
Aria, Hamor - Up The Dreadful Steep Ascending
Recitativo, Iphis - 'This Well - Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens
Aria, Iphis - Tune The Soft Melodious Lute
Recitativo, Zebul - Again Heav'n Smiles On His Repentant People
Aria, Zebul - Freedom Now Once More Possessing
Recitativo, Jephtha - Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant
Aria, Jephtha - His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow
Chorus - In Glory High, In Might Serene
Symphony
Recitativo, Iphis - Hail, Glorious Conqueror!
Iphis - Welcome, As The Cheerful Light
Chorus Of Boys - Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire
Recitativo, Jephtha - Horror! Confusion!
Aria, Jephtha - Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb
Recitativo, Zebul, Jephtha - Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted?
Concitato, Storgé - First Perish Thou; And Perish All The World
Aria, Storgé - Let Other Creatures Die
Recitativo, Hamor - If Such Thy Cruel Purpose
Concitato, Hamor - On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal
Quartet, Storgé, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul - O Spare Your Daughter!
Recitativo, Iphis - Such News Flies Swift
Accompagnato, Iphis - For Joys So Vast Too Little Is The Price
Aria, Iphis - Happy They! This Vital Breath
Accompagnato, Jephtha - Deeper And Deeper Still, Thy Goodness, Child
Chorus - How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decress
Act III
Aria, Jephtha - Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun, In Clouds
Accompagnato, Jephtha - A Father, Off'ring Up His Only Child
Aria, Jephtha - Waft Her, Angels, Through The Skies
Accompagnato, Iphis - Ye Sacred Priests, Whose Hands Ne'er Yet Were Stain'd
Aria, Iphis - Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs And Floods
Chorus, Priests
Symphony
Recitativo, Angel - Rise, Jephtha. And Ye Reverend Priests, Withold
Aria, Angel - Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live
Arioso, Jephtha - For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name
Chorus - Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise
Recitativo, Zebul - Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn
Aria, Zebul - Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train
Recitativo, Storgé - O Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother's Arm
Aria, Storgé - Sweet As Sight To The Blind
Recitativo, Hamor - With Transport, Iphis, I Behold Thy Safety
Aria, Hamor - 'This Heaven's All Ruling Pow'r
Recitativo, Iphis - My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence
Quintet, Iphis, Hamor, Jephtha, Sturgé - All That Is In Hamor Mine
Chorus - Ye House Of Gilead, With One Voice