Handel / Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields / Chorus Of St Martin In The Field / Sir Neville Marriner
Jephtha
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records
Handel / Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields / Chorus Of St Martin In The Field / Sir Neville Marriner
Jephtha
1979 4LP Boxset, UK Original. Recorded March 1979 At The Church Of St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. Reproduced Courtesy Of The National Museum Of Wales, Cardiff. Some Light Shelf Wear To Bottom Right Corners Of Box, Tiny Ding On Hinge Edge And Saw-Cut To Top Right. Previous Owner Placed A Small Piece Of Scotch Tape Over The Saw-Cut Area.
Track List
| Act I | ||
| Act II | ||
| Act III | ||
| A1 | Ouverture | |
| A2 | Menuet | |
| A3 | Recitativo, Zebul - It Must Be So - Or These Vile Ammonites | |
| A4 | Aria, Zebul - Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray'rs | |
| A5 | Chorus - No More To Ammon's God And King | |
| A6 | Recitativo, Zebul, Jephtha - But Jephtha Comes - Kind Heaven, Assist Our Plea | |
| A7 | Aria, Jephtha - Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace | 18:18 |
| B1 | Recitativo, Storgé - 'Twill Be A Painful Separation, Jephtha | |
| B2 | Aria, Storgé - In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn | |
| B3 | Recitativo, Hamor - Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis | |
| B4 | Aria, Hamor - Dull Delay, In Piercing Anguish | |
| B5 | Recitativo, Iphis - Ill Suits The Voice Of Love, When Glory Calls | |
| B6 | Aria - Take The Heart You Fondly Gave | |
| B7 | Recitativo, Hamor - I Go; - My Soul, Inspir' D By Thy Command | |
| B8 | Duet, Iphis, Hamor - These Labours Past, How Happy We! | 21:53 |
| C1 | Recitativo, Jephtha - What Mean These Doubtful Fancies Of The Brain? | |
| C2 | Accompagnato, Jephtha - If Lord, Sustain' D By Thy Almighty Pow'r | |
| C3 | Chorus - O God, Behold Our Sore Distress | |
| C4 | Recitativo, Storgé - Some Dire Event Hangs O'er Our Heads | |
| C5 | Aria, Storgé - Scenes Of Horror, Scenes Of Woe | |
| C6 | Recitativo, Iphis, Storgé - Say, My Dear Mother | |
| C7 | Aria, Iphis - The Smiling Dawn Of Happy Days | |
| C8 | Recitativo, Zebul, Jephtha - Such, Jephtha, Was The Haughty King's Reply | |
| C9 | Chorus - When His Loud Voice In Thunder Spoke | 20:27 |
| D1 | Recitativo, Hamor - Glad Tidings Of Great Joy To Thee, Dear Iphis | |
| D2 | Chorus - Cherub And Seraphim, Unbodied Forms | |
| D3 | Aria, Hamor - Up The Dreadful Steep Ascending | |
| D4 | Recitativo, Iphis - 'This Well - Haste, Haste, Ye Maidens | |
| D5 | Aria, Iphis - Tune The Soft Melodious Lute | |
| D6 | Recitativo, Zebul - Again Heav'n Smiles On His Repentant People | |
| D7 | Aria, Zebul - Freedom Now Once More Possessing | 19:04 |
| E1 | Recitativo, Jephtha - Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant | |
| E2 | Aria, Jephtha - His Mighty Arm, With Sudden Blow | |
| E3 | Chorus - In Glory High, In Might Serene | |
| E4 | Symphony | |
| E5 | Recitativo, Iphis - Hail, Glorious Conqueror! | |
| E6 | Iphis - Welcome, As The Cheerful Light | |
| E7 | Chorus Of Boys - Welcome Thou, Whose Deeds Conspire | |
| E8 | Recitativo, Jephtha - Horror! Confusion! | |
| E9 | Aria, Jephtha - Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb | |
| F1 | Recitativo, Zebul, Jephtha - Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted? | |
| F10 | Accompagnato, Jephtha - Deeper And Deeper Still, Thy Goodness, Child | |
| F11 | Chorus - How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decress | 24:26 |
| F2 | Concitato, Storgé - First Perish Thou; And Perish All The World | |
| F3 | Aria, Storgé - Let Other Creatures Die | |
| F4 | Recitativo, Hamor - If Such Thy Cruel Purpose | |
| F5 | Concitato, Hamor - On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal | |
| F6 | Quartet, Storgé, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul - O Spare Your Daughter! | |
| F7 | Recitativo, Iphis - Such News Flies Swift | |
| F8 | Accompagnato, Iphis - For Joys So Vast Too Little Is The Price | |
| F9 | Aria, Iphis - Happy They! This Vital Breath | |
| G1 | Aria, Jephtha - Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun, In Clouds | |
| G2 | Accompagnato, Jephtha - A Father, Off'ring Up His Only Child | |
| G3 | Aria, Jephtha - Waft Her, Angels, Through The Skies | |
| G4 | Accompagnato, Iphis - Ye Sacred Priests, Whose Hands Ne'er Yet Were Stain'd | |
| G5 | Aria, Iphis - Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs And Floods | |
| G6 | Chorus, Priests | |
| G7 | Symphony | |
| G8 | Recitativo, Angel - Rise, Jephtha. And Ye Reverend Priests, Withold | |
| G9 | Aria, Angel - Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live | 26:14 |
| H1 | Arioso, Jephtha - For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name | |
| H10 | Quintet, Iphis, Hamor, Jephtha, Sturgé - All That Is In Hamor Mine | |
| H11 | Chorus - Ye House Of Gilead, With One Voice | |
| H2 | Chorus - Theme Sublime Of Endless Praise | |
| H3 | Recitativo, Zebul - Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn | |
| H4 | Aria, Zebul - Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train | |
| H5 | Recitativo, Storgé - O Let Me Fold Thee In A Mother's Arm | |
| H6 | Aria, Storgé - Sweet As Sight To The Blind | |
| H7 | Recitativo, Hamor - With Transport, Iphis, I Behold Thy Safety | |
| H8 | Aria, Hamor - 'This Heaven's All Ruling Pow'r | |
| H9 | Recitativo, Iphis - My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence |